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Cris Cyborg Makes Short Work Of Gina Carano In Strikeforce Headliner

Gina Carano put women's MMA on the map, but Cris Cyborg Santos may have become the sports first dominant female champion by virtue of her overwhelming TKO victory in the main event of Saturdays STRIKEFORCE event. Cyborg simply was too physically strong and her punches too powerful for Carano, who fought valiantly before succumbing to a barrage of ground and pound punches with one second remaining in the first round.

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Posted by Ross Everett - December 5, 2011 at 6:26 am

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UFC Pioneer Kimo Leopoldo Victim Of False Death Reports

Former UFC fighter Kimo Leopoldo is alive and well after numerous mainstream media reports of his death. The New York Daily News was first to report the story that Kimo had died of a heart attack, and it quickly spread to other media outlets. MMA insiders were immediately skeptical, as there were few details or any independent confirmation.

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Posted by Ross Everett - September 17, 2010 at 8:41 am

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Jacare’ Signs Deal With Strikeforce MMA Promotion

The San Jose, CA based Strikeforce MMA promotion recently announced that they have signed Brazilian middleweight Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza to a multifight contract. He is expected to make his Strikeforce debut on the same October event as recently signed Fedor Emelianenko, which will be broadcast on the Showtime premium cable network.

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Posted by Ross Everett - August 16, 2010 at 8:03 am

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Gegard Mousasi Wins DREAM Welterweight GP Tournament

Gegard Mousasi looked to be on his way to a submission loss to DREAM's self styled gator, Ronaldo Jacare, midway through the first round of their middleweight GP final match. Jacare had been successful keeping the fight on the ground, though Mousasi was able to fend off a submission. Jacare then made a fateful decision. After that he, never knew what hit him and by the time he regained consciousness Mousasi had his hand raised as the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix champion.

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Bowles KO’s Torres In WEC Bantamweight Title Fight

Brian Bowles used a counter right hook late in the first round to defeat Miguel Angel Torres by TKO and win the WEC Bantamweight title in the main event of another exciting fight card from Zuffas MMA promotion showcasing the lighter weight classes.

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Posted by Ross Everett - July 22, 2010 at 8:03 am

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Henderson Tops Cerrone For Interim Lightweight Title

The oldest fight sport adage in the world is 'styles make fights'. For that reason, no one knew quite what to expect in Saturday's WEC Interim Lightweight Championship battle between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson. Henderson was known for his dominating wrestling skills, while Cerrone has a reputation as a punishing striker. Instead of being a clash of styles, however, it was an instance where the differing approaches of the two competitors complimented each other perfectly. The result was a 'fight of the year' candidate bout that Henderson won by a narrow-yet unanimous-decision.

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Posted by Ross Everett - June 16, 2010 at 7:33 am

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