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USA Today's Brief History of MMA
Bloody Elbow —
Leading national McPaper USA Today has published a surprisingly thorough "MMA timeline" on their website. (Or at least as thorough as one could expect from USA Today.) Obvious inclusions such as John McCain's "human cockfighting" comment and the debut of The Ultimate Fighter aside, the uncredited piece managed to ...
Videos: James Thompson vs. Butterbean, Ross Geller + More
CagePotato.com —
Just a little something to whet your appetites for Saturday . James Thompson has suffered some quick and embarrassing knockouts in his career, but this freak bout against Eric Esch at Cage Rage 20 in February 2007 was maybe the most humiliating. The announcers warn Thompson of “Buh’ah’bane”’s infamous overhand right — but alas, poor James cannot hear them, and he’s out seconds later. More video awesomeness after the jump… ( The Friends visit the UFC — in New York! — and Jon Favreau runs afoul of Tank Abbott. Great find, Bloody Elbow . ) (Killer career-spanning Lyoto Machida highlight compilation. Props to the ...
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