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February 16, 2009 Why Fighters Hate Kimbo Slice: Whether you are a big mixed martial arts fan or not, there is a good possibility that you have heard of Kevin Ferguson.  Well, let’s be more specific.  While the name “Kevin Ferguson” probably does not ring [+] February 16, 2009 Memo to the UFC: Change the Rules!: The Ultimate Fighting Championship has come a long way in the last several years, as anyone who has read an article about the growing mixed martial arts phenomenon in the US, as well as the [+] February 16, 2009 Griffin vs. Evans According to Their Trainers: Preparing for their main event light heavyweight title fight at UFC 92 "The Ultimate 2008" this Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, champion Forrest Griffin and undefeated challenger Forrest [+] February 16, 2009 When One Division Isn’t Enough: No fan of mixed martial arts would question the fact that Anderson Silva has owned the middleweight division since he won the title from the then-unstoppable Rich Franklin in October of 2006.  However, [+] February 16, 2009 Tito Ortiz:The Forgotten Poster Boy: If you happened to catch a UFC event in the late 90’s or early 2000’s, there’s a good chance that you saw Tito Ortiz either fighting or being heavily promoted by the organization.  In fact, [+] February 15, 2009 The Cloudy Future of Randy Couture: Randy Couture is, without a doubt, one of the best known mixed martial arts fighters in the entire world.  He did not achieve this distinction without merit, of course, as he is a multiple time [+] February 15, 2009 Great Upsets in MMA History: Mixed martial arts, or MMA, is unique from many other combat sports in that there are many ways to win- or lose- a fight.  This creates ample opportunities for the kind of upsets that can [+] February 13, 2009 UFC 94: Georges St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn 2: UFC’s two time welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre is up against UFC’s lightweight champion BJ Penn, for the second time. Penn has earlier earned welterweight champion experience in defeating UFC legend Matt Hughes with a submission victory [+] February 5, 2009 Best Knockouts 2008: It’s the most feared and decisive ending in all of combat sports. Unlike a submission, where a fighter may be working for position or already have a hold applied, a fight-ending knockout is almost impossible to see [+] February 5, 2009 Great Fights You May Have Missed…: If you are like many newer fans to the sport of mixed martial arts, you may have missed a lot of great fights that either happened outside of the UFC, or before you started watching the [+]