sports.yahoo.com - 11/14/2008
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There was a festive mood around the UFC 91 press conference. President Dana White has been there since the beginning of the UFC rebirth in 2001 as has returning heavyweight champ Randy Couture. Both spoke at length about how far the company has come mentioning that the public press ...
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LAS VEGAS -- Although largely expected, Kenny Florian
was surely happy to learn that his UFC 91...
co-main event fight with Joe Stevenson will earn the winner a guaranteed title shot. For real this time. UFC President Dana White promised the winner ...
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Dana White: UFC 91's Florian vs. Stevenson winner gets ...
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Fans ask the questions at UFC 91 presser
Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap —
Something cool from yesterday’s UFC 91 presser:
One interesting twist to the press conference was the addition of fan questions. Several attendees in the MGM lobby were allowed to throw some querys at the fighters and White. Somehow I don’t see the NFL allowing that anytime soon. Maybe it’s another example of how MMA has developed a close bond with its fans while the traditional power sports seem to have a chasm growing between their athletes and fans.
To be fair, other sports have more psychos than MMA ...
The Week in Quotes, November 8th - 14th
Bloody Elbow —
... "My first UFC we did the weigh-ins at the Holiday Inn in Augusta, Georgia." - Couture, discussing how far the UFC has come in its 15 years of existence. (Yahoo) ...
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Many lessons to be learned from the Jon Fitch crisis
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betwwx.com 11/14/2008 — Andre Sanchez - October 30th, 2008 . The UFC returns to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for one most anticipated MMA fights in years. Andre brings you latest UFC 91 odds and betting lines below. Randy Couture UFC 91 In the main event MMA ...
