Las Vegas, NV (USA) - When the doors opened at the first UFC® Gym™ in Concord, Calif. late last year, the response from fitness enthusiasts was overwhelming. From the time membership enrollment began in June 2009, nearly 3,500 people signed up to take part in UFC Gym's incredible experience. From training inside the hallowed Octagon™ to tackling UFC Gym's Ultimate TRX workout, exercise fans in the Concord area came out in droves to participate in the next wave of fitness.
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Frank Curreri, WEC - The stunning blow struck on a Saturday, and Ricardo Lamas hastily scrambled in search of a flight out of town.
A day later, the 27-year-old Chicagoan boarded a plane bound for Arizona. When the aircraft landed, he drove to a residence with his father and brother. The somber trio walked inside and began sifting through George Lamas' possessions.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - 11 professional fights. That's all it's taken for Brazil's Junior Dos Santos to soar into the UFC heavyweight title picture. But if you think the 25 (soon to be 26) year old from Santa Catarina is about to start believing the glowing reviews for his four UFC finishes of Fabricio Werdum, Stefan Struve, Mirko Cro Cop and Gilbert Yvel, think again.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - With the clash of two active UFC Hall of Famers - Randy Couture and Mark Coleman - set to make history, the Ultimate Fighting Championship®(UFC®) confirms the remaining bouts for UFC 109: RELENTLESS, presented by Bud Light and live on pay-per-view on Saturday, February 6, 2010 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Rhett Butler, UFC - On the night of September 16, 2009, within the bowels of the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Phillipe Nover was ready to do battle with Sam Stout. That UFC Fight Night card should have been named "Rising Stars" due to the caliber of up and coming talent on the card and the main event of Melvin Guillard vs. Nate Diaz. However, the perfectly matched lightweight bout between Nover and Stout would never occur.
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Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - At UFC 102 in Portland, Oregon, this past August, Ryan Bader was backstage helping his Arizona Combat Sports teammate Aaron Simpson get ready for Ed Herman. In the same dressing room, not ten feet away, Keith Jardine was readying for his fight with Thiago Silva, slamming his feet into pads held by Trevor Wittman. They walked around each other a dozen times. Both were zeroed in on their tasks at hand, peaceably sharing a small space for a couple of hours—in fact, neither showed the slightest hint that the other even existed.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - It started out as just a normal Friday, but by the end of January 15th, Dan Miller and his brand new Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt were the talk of the MMA world.
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Elliot Worsell, UFC - If one ever questions the toughness or bravery of British heavyweight Mostapha Al Turk, it takes only one look at his UFC career to provide the answer. In his opening two Octagon bouts, Al Turk has battled a couple of the most lethal strikers in the sport and he carries the scars to prove it.
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The February / March issue of the UFC Magazine is now on newsstands, and it's bigger and better than ever. Click below for a look at this issue's features...
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Wednesday morning's announcement that UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was fully healed from a bout with diverticulosis and getting ready for a return to the Octagon later in 2010 was the news millions of fight fans had been waiting to hear. As for the rest of the heavyweight division, Lesnar isn't so sure.
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