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The Tao of Forrest Griffin Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - A little over three years ago, the idea of stardom hadn t set in for Forrest Griffin. Forget that he almost single-handedly put mixed martial arts on the mainstream map with his stirring three round victory over Stephan Bonnar at the first Ultimate Fighter finale and captivated a nation with his self-effacing humor and ability to smile ... [link]

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Georges St. Pierre Nominated for ESPY Award
Published 7/2/2008 by Dr J at MMA HQ - Mixed Martial Arts News and Analysis
... UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has been nominated in the “Best Fighter” category for this year’s ESPY awards by ESPN. Everyone reading this post right now needs to head over to the ESPY voting site and vote for GSP. Seriously, stop what you are doing and do it right now. If you don’t, I don’t ever want you visiting this site again because you don’t deserve it. Here’s the clip from UFC.com On July 20th, UFC Welterweight Champion ...

Georges St. Pierre Nominated For 2008 ESPY Award
Published 7/2/2008 by CagE at MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion
UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has been nominated to a 2008 ESPN ESPY Award for Best Fighter. UFC: he has been nominated for the ‘Best Fighter’ award following a 12 month period that has seen him decision Josh Koscheck, submit Matt Hughes, and TKO Matt Serra to regain his 170-pound crown. St-Pierre’s competitors in the ‘Best Fighter’ category include boxers Joe Calzaghe, Holly Holm, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Kelly Pavlik Go Vote for him at ESPY.TV ...

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