Kenny Florian spoiled the Ultimate Fighting Championship debut of Takanori Gomi by submitting the Japanese star with a rear-naked choke at 2:52 of the third round in the main event of a Fight Night card Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C.
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One of the biggest fighting stars in Japan, Takanori Gomi is far from famous in the United States.
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller has suffered his share of bumps and bruises along the campaign trail but nothing like the bop in the nose he suffered at the hands of Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White about a year ago. Miller fights as a hobby, and the bond he formed in the gym with White has led the two to team up on a campaign aimed at reminding young people to return their census forms.
Apparently, Frank Mir doesn’t really wish death on Ultimate Fighting Championship nemesis Brock Lesnar. On Tuesday, a day after quotes from a Friday interview on a Pittsburgh radio station began to circulate on the Internet and in print, the 30-year-old Las Vegan and the UFC were in full damage-control mode. During that interview, Mir said of Lesnar, ”I hate who he is as a person. I want to break his neck in the ring.”
Michael Bisping’s most recent UFC victory was impressive enough, but it couldn’t blot out the memories of his most devastating defeat — mainly because he won’t allow it to.
World Extreme Cagefighting wants to put its best foot forward in its pay-per-view debut on April 24.
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