All posts by Eduardo Martinez
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Gracie Breakdown – Rener Gracie with WWE Champion CM Punk
For those not familiar with Rener Gracie, he is a great grappler that is fantastic at breaking down grappling. He is the son of Rorion Gracie,...
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UFC 143 Preview – Nick Diaz vs Carlos Condit
It’s been almost 11 years since Nick Diaz made his professional mixed martial arts debut. He had some bad moments early on with losses to...
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UFC 143 Preview – Fabricio Werdum vs Roy Nelson
In a way, I feel both these guys are two of the most underrated fighters in the UFC heavyweight division. In his UFC run, Nelson...
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UFC 143 Preview – Mike Pierce vs Josh Koscheck
I’ve been very high on Mike Pierce ever since his fight against Jon Fitch. He hurt Fitch badly in the third frame of the bout...
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UFC 143 Preview – Renan Barao vs Scott Jorgensen
If you ever need an MMA trivia question, here is one: Who was involved in the first UFC championship fight that aired on live cable...
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UFC 143 Preview – Ed Herman vs Clifford Starks
Since his nasty knee injury back in August of 2009, Herman has come back in 2011 and fought quite well. He beat Credeur badly via...
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Weekend Thoughts
Going to discuss some of the highlights of the weekend. MFC 32 was a disappointing show on Friday night. It was disappointing to see that Antonio McKee missed weight...
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UFC on FOX 2 – Rashad Evans vs Phil Davis Preview
Back at UFC 133 in August of 2011, Rashad Evans was scheduled to fight Phil Davis in the main event of that PPV event. Unfortunately,...
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UFC on FOX 2 – Demian Maia vs Chris Weidman
In the Fall of 2009, a relative unknown showed up at ADCC in Barcelona, Spain and squared off with Andre Galvao. That unknown was Chris...
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UFC on FOX 2 – Chael Sonnen vs Michael Bisping Preview
One one hand, it’s a shame that Mark Munoz suffered an injury that took him out of a high level fight. But on the other...
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MMA Library – Hideo Tokoro vs Alexandre Franca “Pequeno” Nogueira
The K-1 Hero*s promotion features some of the greatest MMA fights of its time, unfortunately most people were only watching UFC and PRIDE at the...
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The Monitor Interviews Omar “Panterita” Figueroa Jr.
Weslaco based fighter Omar Figueroa Jr. shares his thoughts on his last fight on Showtime.
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Local Updates – The next STFC and UWF events
On their Facebook page, STFC promoters are now looking towards March 2nd as the date to their next event. No fights have been publicly announced...
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UFC on FX Thoughts
Nick Denis’ violent elbow stoppage of Joseph Sandoval is a great candidate for knockout of the year. Amazing elbows. It’s almost as cool as Denis’...
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UFC on FX Preview – Jim Miller vs Melvin Guillard
Tomorrow night, Jim Miller will face off with Melvin Guillard in a fight that could be an exciting affair. If this bout were to take...
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J Jaggers takes exception to UFC’s promotion of Chad Mendes
It seems like Jaggers is annoyed that Mendes is claiming that he was screwed in his NCAA Finals match-up with Jaggers. From Jaggers Twitter: He’s...
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UFC 142 Thoughts
Edson Barboza continues to look like a rising star with each fight he has inside the UFC. I was a huge fan of his striking...
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UFC 142 Preview – Jose Aldo vs Chad Mendes
It blows my mind when I think Jose Aldo is just barely 25 years old. He’s still a young man in this sport, I have...
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UFC 142 Preview – Vitor Belfort vs Anthony Johnson
So the first UFC in 2012 has already produced one of the most talked about incidents of recent memory. For a fight contested at 185...
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UFC 142 Preview – Rousimar Palhares vs Mike Massenzio
When Rousimar Palhares fights, it’s an event. Sometimes it’s scary, sometimes it’s funny, and most of the time it’s just plain weird. Whether it’s accusing...
