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Three prelim bouts added to WSOF 27 in Memphis

BAD MMA News — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:24:46 +0000

Justin Hartley and Wade Johnson WSOF 27 is continuing to come together with the addition of three prelim bouts to the card. The bouts were announced via a WSOF press release. WSOF 27 takes place Jan. 23 at The Theater at FedExForum in Memphis. The main card airs on NBCSN following prelims on MMAjunkie. In the main event, Mike Ricci (11-4) takes on Caros Fodor (10-4) in a lightweight bout.

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Fight Path: How a workout with an NFL vet led Chris Dempsey to an MMA career

BAD MMA News — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 01:50:40 +0000

Chris Dempsey was a 275-pound heavyweight wrestler when his college coach came to him with an unusual opportunity. Dempsey wrestled at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, and an alum of the school, Carlton Haselrig, was starting a fighting career in 2008. He was a legendary competitor at Pitt-Johnstown, and he had gone on to an NFL career as an offensive lineman after his college wrestling days. So Dempsey knew plenty about him. He just didn’t know Haselrig’s decision to become a fighter would change his own life so much

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Fight Path: Poker dealer Adam Nash graduating from bar fights to V3Fights bout

BAD MMA News — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:01:25 +0000

Adam Nash had traveled the country with a front-row seat to the winning and losing of fortunes. He had found that job, dealing high-stakes poker tournaments, after working a string of going-nowhere gigs, including even one week as a vacuum cleaner salesman. Once he landed his steadiest job, at a Biloxi, Miss. casino, he got a familiar feeling whenever he would go to a movie.

Fight Path: Poker dealer Adam Nash graduating from bar fights to V3Fights bout – MMA Junkie

Fight Path: Wade Johnson eschews his hoops hopes for the MMA life

BAD MMA News — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:57:35 +0000

Wade Johnson was a promising enough basketball player at his small-town Arkansas high school that he had multiple college options he was considering. He played baseball and ran track as well, but basketball was where he got most of his attention. Then he did something that no one expected. He became a teenaged MMA fighter. “It was during the summer, so I could so some training and take a few fights,” Johnson told MMAjunkie.

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