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In a recent update Matt Hamill has provided an update on his recent successful knee surgery and a possible rematch with Michael Bisping at UFC 79 in December. Here’s an except from the update:
“While training for UFC 75 I developed a knee issue. My knee would lock up whenever I bent it past parallel. I [...]
“The rematch betwen Hamil and I was being planned for Nov 17 in New Jersey. Unfortuntely Hamil is unable to fight as he is having knee surgery. I am dissapointed as I was really looking forward to fighting him again. That said, myself having a torn posterier cruciate ligament in each of my knees for [...]
Read More »“He’s already said he’ll be back in the gym next Monday. He’s going to fight again, hopefully as soon as possible, maybe in December. We’re looking at ‘Shogun.’ Chuck will face anyone they put in front of him.
You’re dealing with a guy that just lost a fight, is totally depressed right after a humongous loss. [...]
“Well, put it this way. I’ve been training with a guy who took Sokoudjou the distance and I whoop that guy’s [butt]. No offense to [my training partner] — I like him. He’s a good guy, he’s my friend. I would beat him in a fight and he took Sokoudjou the distance. So if Sokoudjou [...]
Read More »“He made a lot of mistakes, he did not train in the cage, he let his ego get the better of him. Usually when he returns from a defeat, Mirko is very angry and good. I am convinced that we will see a completely different Cro Cop. I must admit I can hardly wait for [...]
Read More »“The UFC already called me about maybe [fighting] in October, and I just need to take some personal time. I’m just trying to catch up and do some family things right now, and I need to find a good fight camp so I’ve got nothing really scheduled right now. After that last one (versus Nogueira) [...]
Read More »“The deal is that I got injured when I was supposed to fight Matt (Hughes) and I got injured pretty bad. I had to come back and work my way back to fight for the title. I lost my title shot and they said okay you lost it and now you’ve got to work [...]
Read More »â€œGeorges St. Pierre is a pathetic liar. He stood up after the fight like a man and admitted he got beat. Now this bullshit? How do you do a total 180? It’s so disheartening. I earned this. I worked my friggin’ ass off for this fight. All I did was give him respect and now [...]
Read More »“Chief among those killing brain cells was mixed martial arts fighter Drew Fickett, who’d been keeping a steady pace since the night before. Shaking hands and buying drinks, he stumbled from table to table like the orangutan from the classic Clint Eastwood movie “Every Which Way But Loose”. Bottle after bottle, his mustache was never [...]
Read More »â€œI hate to say it, but I’m counting the days on my contract… because then I’m going to be able to cash in with this contract because I signed a contract on the show [The Ultimate Fighter]. I just got a raise. I’m up to like $10,000 and $10,000 now after like 8 fights [...]
Read More »“[Carneiro's] a really good wrestler, really good ground control. I’ve been doing a lot of situational type of stuff as far as my ground work and starting off in a really bad position. He’s pretty good at controlling positions so I’m putting myself in really bad situations and make myself fight out of them. Anytime [...]
Read More »“Current mood: crappy
In case you have not heard, I suffered a broken rib in practice yesterday and was forced to cancel my fight. I was doing some light boxing on Monday afternoon and took a body hook to my left side. I felt a crunch and I knew something was bad. I took a [...]
Former boxing contender recently turned mixed martial artist Tommy Morrison gave this reply to MMA Weekly in reponse to UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell’s drug induced stupor on “Good Morning Texas” when he stated he would like to fight Morrison:
“I couldn’t believe that. It’s one thing to talk about fighting someone, but another thing [...]
“I am going into this fight thinking as if I have never seen this guy in my life. I don’t care what he is going to do. I only care what I am going to do. I don’t think about Chuck; he is just an opponent. He is a champion, but to me he is [...]
Read More »“It’s kind of funny, all of these Pride guys are supposed to be the best and they’re better than the UFC. Then you got a guy who isn’t ranked in the top ten of the world knocks out the number two guy in the world. I think it goes to show you how much tougher [...]
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