bloodyelbow.com - 11/13/2008
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Tatame.com is reporting (in Portuguese, translation via Google ):
Suspended by the athletic committee of the United States on charges of doping, Antonio (Silva) can not fight in America before July 28, 2009, when it was terminating the suspension. After losing in the courts of the athletic ...
nightmareofbattle.wordpress.com - 11/13/2008
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“Pezão” Close To Signing With SENGOKU In a
new article at Tatame it says that former EliteXC
Heavyweight champion Antonio Silva is close to signing with SENGOKU. They have made an offer to him to participate in their January 4th event. Do ...
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“Pezão” Close To Signing With SENGOKU! Blanco’s Opponent ...
mmafrenzy.com - 11/15/2008
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mmafrenzy.com —
Still reeling from EliteXC folding and a suspension
from the CSAC for testing positive for steroids, Antonio
“Bigfoot” Silva could rebound quicker than originally imagined despite some obvious caveats. It seems that Silva may opt to ignore his ...
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World Victory Road Looking To Sign Antonio Silva
fiveouncesofpain.com - 11/14/2008
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fiveouncesofpain.com —
FiveOuncesOfPain.com has confirmed that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio
Silva is drawing strong interest from World Victory Road’s
Japan-based Sengoku promotion. The news was verified Thursday afternoon following an exclusive interview with ...
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Antonio Silva drawing interest from Sengoku but contract ...
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Silva Considering Offer to Fight at Sengoku VI
MMA on Tap —
... , he could be in jeopardy of being unable to fight in the United States again. However as Bloody Elbow points out, Vitor Belfort did something similar and is now in the good graces of the US athletic commissions. ...
Antonio Silva Could Blow Off Steroid Suspension for Sengoku
CagePotato.com —
(“I used to take steroids. I still do, but I used to, too.” Photo courtesy of MMAonTap.)
Though he’s not allowed to fight in the U.S. again until July 26, 2009 because of his steroid suspension, Antonio Silva is close to signing a deal that would have him fight at Sengoku’s January 4th event in Saitama, Japan. I guess this means that Sengoku plans on being the highest bidder when Silva’s contract is auctioned off on Monday. According to Tatame, Silva is “entering ...
Punches in Bunches: Lambert released by UFC
Brawl Sports —
... participants from DREAM, K-1, K-1 MAX and K-1 Koshien. Kazushi Sakuraba will fight Kiyoshi Tamura and DREAM 2008 lightweight grand prix champion Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen will take on Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante. MMAMania.com is reporting that other fighters expected to be on the card are Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto, Caol Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Masakatsu Funaki, Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Gegard Mousasi and Hong Man Choi.
• BloodyElbow.com translated an article from Tatame.com in which Antonio Silva says he is close to ...
Punches in Bunches: Sakurava vs. Tamura; Lambert released by UFC
Brawl Sports —
... MMAMania.com is reporting that other fighters expected to be on the card are Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto, Caol Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Masakatsu Funaki, Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Gegard Mousasi and Hong Man Choi.
• FiveOuncesofPain.com has confirmed that Jason 'The Punisher' Lambert has been released by the UFC. Lambert's loss to Jason McDonald at UFC 88 was his fourth loss in his last 5 fights.
• BloodyElbow.com translated an article from Tatame.com in which Antonio Silva says he is close to ...
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sherdog.com 12/3/2008 —
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