Joe Stevenson had to commute a bit farther this time, but with a win, his journey to the top of his profession won’t be nearly as long as it was the first time.
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Randy Couture over the last 15 months learned one or two or 10 valuable lessons but none more important than a simple truism often echoed throughout sports: Play to your strength.
Fair or not, the comparisons were going to be made.
Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture at the MGM Grand is being billed as the biggest fight in the history of the young organization.
When featherweight Urijah Faber surrendered his two-year grip on the World Extreme Cagefighting title Wednesday, it probably came as a shock to fans who weren’t able to watch the card on television.
Anderson Silva, among the best and most dominant strikers in mixed martial arts, went long stretches without doing much of anything against overmatched challenger Patrick Cote on Saturday night.
Mixed martial artists Tyson Griffin and Gray Maynard train together almost daily in an effort to achieve their goals.
Randy Couture has faced opponents of all shapes and sizes during his lengthy mixed martial arts career.
The fighters in the main event on Saturday’s nationally televised EliteXC mixed martial arts card weren’t quite who the fans were expecting.
Gina Carano has heard all of the criticism lobbed at her about her ever-expanding interests outside the cage.
The stigma attached to mixed martial artists who entered the Ultimate Fighting Championship through the organization’s reality show is quickly disappearing.
A freakishly fit athlete who is known as a cardio machine, Randy Couture finally ran into an opponent that wore him down.
Martin Kampmann once climbed most of the way up the ladder in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Sensitive, shy and soft-spoken are three characteristics that do not describe Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship president. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Carlos Condit’s dominance as the World Extreme Cagefighting welterweight champion has led to speculation that he soon might be asked to step up to the UFC.
