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UFC Fight Night 28′s Ryan Bader says scouting trip, fan doubt, fueled his prep

BAD MMA News — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:30:00 +0000

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – Breaking training camp to fly 12,000 miles round trip isn’t generally common practice for an athlete. But for Ryan Bader, what could have been a difficult challenge wound up being what he feels is a huge benefit.

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Ryan Bader: I’m Ready to Go Out There and Upset Glover and the UFC’s Plans for Him

BAD MMA News — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:31:26 +0000

Light heavyweights Glover Teixeira and Ryan Bader were originally expected to meet at UFC 160 on May 25, but a knee injury forced Bader out of the fight. Teixeira defeated Bader’s replacement, James Te Huna, by submission that night, but now that Bader is healthy, the two will finally face off at UFC Fight Night 28 on Wednesday. While Teixeira had to change his focus to Te Huna, Bader’s focus remained on Teixeira, and he believes that is an advantage. “We were thinking about him long before and he had to switch it up and think about Te Huna, so we’ve been having a long training camp for him. At least thinking about him for when I healed up and started training again and getting back at it, it was for Glover,” Bader told MMAWeekly content partner Knockout Radio

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Chael Sonnen: “It’s Gonna be a Long and Unpleasant Evening” (video)

BAD MMA News — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:01:51 +0000

UFC Fight Night 26 main eventer Chael Sonnen , heading into his bout with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Saturday night in Boston, expects that he is in for a long and grueling night. Likewise, Alistair Overeem has been putting in a long and grueling training camp, focusing on getting better so that he can topple Travis Browne on Saturday night in Beantown, putting himself back on track for a UFC title shot. Both Sonnen and Overeem spoke to Inside MMA’s Ron Kruck. Check out the video below

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After UFC release, Roger Gracie moving stateside, could stay at middleweight

BAD MMA News — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 03:45:00 +0000

Decorated submission grappler Roger Gracie (6-2) plans to move from the U.K. to the U.S. to train full-time at Blackhouse MMA in Southern California. Gracie’s manager, Ed Soares, who also runs the Blackhouse gym, said the switch will help the fighter better prepare for his bouts. “I think he just needs more time to prepare for fights,” Soares today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “In his last few fights, he hasn’t been able to get a full training camp here.” Blackhouse MMA is located in Gardena, Calif., and also hosts top fighters Lyoto Machida , Glover Teixeira , Pedro Rizzo , and ex-champ Anderson Silva , who trains there when not in his native Brazil

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‘Rampage’ Jackson on Roy Jones Jr. fight: ‘Tito f—ed all that up’

BAD MMA News — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:40:00 +0000

Bellator MMA light heavyweight and ex-UFC champ Quinton Jackson said he wanted to fight former boxing champ Roy Jones Jr. at the promotion’s pay-per-view event slated for winter. But UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz put the kibosh on that. Or in the words of “Rampage,” “f—ed it all up.” This past week, Bellator threw MMA fans a curveball when it announced Ortiz as Jackson’s opponent rather than Jones, who had been targeted for a boxing match with “Rampage.” Jackson (32-11 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) and Ortiz (16-11-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), who’ve been friends for over a decade, will headline the Viacom-owned promotion’s first foray into pay-per-view on Nov. 2 at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, Calif. Jackson said he was putting together a training camp for Jones and planned to cut to 200 pounds, which is the limit for boxing cruiserweights, when he got word that Bellator was going to sign Ortiz. The rest was history. “When Tito signed, I went, ‘Damn – there goes my Roy Jones fight,’” Jackson said on a Monday call with media members in support of the fight

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UFC 163′s Bristol Marunde: Full training camp is a luxury I can only now afford

BAD MMA News — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 17:00:00 +0000

There are certain risks involved with taking a fight on short notice, and UFC middleweight Bristol Marunde knows them as well as anyone. Over the past two years, Marunde has had the opportunity to compete under the bright lights of the Strikeforce and UFC banners. However, in his two fights with the organizations, he had a minimal amount of time to prepare due to the fact he stepped in on very short notice. At UFC 163 tonight, though, Marunde feels he will finally get the chance to showcase his full skillset, backed by the preparation of a full training camp. “Training camp is one thing that has been a huge difference for this fight,” Marunde told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “My last two fights were called on a week’s notice, and it’s hard to prepare.” Most MMA fighters do their best to keep in shape year-round so that when they do get the call for a short notice fight, they are ready to make the very best of the opportunity

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UFC 163 preview: 20 pre-fight facts for Aldo vs. Jung in Rio de Janeiro

BAD MMA News — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 05:00:00 +0000

  The UFC returns to pay-per-view for the eighth time this year on Saturday night as ”UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie” goes down at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. There have been several injury-ridden cards in 2013, but UFC 163 takes the cake. The original main event, as well as several main- and preliminary-card bouts, were changed in the weeks leading up to the event. Fortunately, the UFC’s lone undisputed Brazilian champion made it through training camp in one piece. Featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo (22-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) looks to extend his remarkable winning streak to 13-0 since joining the Zuffa ranks in 2008 when he puts his belt on the line for a fifth time in the UFC, this time against Chan Sung Jung (13-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC).

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UFC on FOX 8 bonus winner Melvin Guillard wants to fight in Houston at UFC 166

BAD MMA News — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:00:00 +0000

SEATTLE – UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard wanted to send a message by beating Mac Danzig at UFC on FOX 8. Now, after knocking out “The Ultimate Fighter 6″ winner in highlight-reel fashion, he wants to keep busy by fighting at UFC 166, which takes place Oct. 19 in his former hometown of Houston. Guillard (31-12-2 MMA, 12-8 UFC) expressed no preference of opponents and told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com), “I don’t care who I fight. As long as they put them in front of me, I’ll fight them.” Before he returns to his new training home at Denver’s Grudge Training Center, where he spent three months preparing for Danzig (21-11-1 MMA, 5-7 UFC), “The Young Assassin” will fly to Florida to reunite with his wife for a week. He’ll then fly to his native New Orleans to spend two weeks with his sister, who’s preparing to undergo brain surgery. Guillard stressed the importance of family in his impressive turnaround. This past week, he missed his grandmother’s funeral to complete his training camp for UFC on FOX 8.

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Watching Dominick Cruz pushed UFC on FOX 8′s John Moraga to next level

BAD MMA News — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:15:00 +0000

SEATTLE – John Moraga knew he had what it takes to be a champion some day. But he also knew he was going in a direction that needed him to take a push to the next level. Moraga knew he was underachieving, and it took a visit to a UFC champion’s training camp to realize what he needed to do to get to take things up a notch. Moraga (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) on Saturday challenges Demetrious Johnson (17-2-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) in the main event of UFC on FOX 8 for Johnson’s flyweight title. And he may have Dominick Cruz to thank for helping him get there

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UFC 161 winner Mitch Clarke credits John Crouch, training camp at The MMA Lab

BAD MMA News — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 19:15:00 +0000

Mitch Clarke had his back against the wall a week ago, and he knew it. The Canadian had two straight losses, and they happened to come in his only two UFC fights. Going 0-2 in the UFC these days usually gets you a pink slip. Going 0-3 is pretty much a certainty. So that had Clarke (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) plenty motivated for his UFC 161 fight in Winnipeg a week ago against John Maguire (18-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC)

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