Jan 022011
 

Frankie Edgar (left) and Gray Maynard (right) put on a Fight of the Night winning performance that ended in a Draw and may have been the best performance by the NSAC judges to date. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images)

UFC 125: Resolution kicked off 2011 with everything that makes MMA exciting to be a part of. The fights were top class and exciting on pretty much every level for fans of all types – a war was waged for one of the most prestigious and hotly contested titles in the sport, underdogs proved the masses wrong, and controversy was in the air, whether it was warranted or not. As with every card, there were some winners, some losers, and some parties who suffered more serious damage than just a loss. Luckily for all involved, there were very few people who fell into the latter of those three on New Year’s Day at the MGM Grand Garden. Continue reading »

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Jan 022011
 

After his short-lived first retirement from MMA, Randy Couture (red trunks) returned with a vengeance by defeating then UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia (camouflage trunks) in March 2007 and reclaiming his title. (Photo courtesy of Zuffa, LLC.)

Well, that was quick. Less than three weeks after “The Natural” Randy Couture (19-10) announced somewhat ambiguously via his personal Twitter and Facebook accounts that he was hanging up his 4oz. gloves for good, MMAFighting.com reported that the UFC Hall of Famer is tentatively slated to face former Light Heavyweight Champion “The Dragon” Lyoto Machida (16-2) at UFC 129 in April. When asked yesterday if the fight with Machida was in the works, Couture said that he had not yet signed a contract, but had verbally agreed to meet with Machida in 2011. Continue reading »

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