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Archive for June, 2009

• Varner: Interim Title Is ‘Glorified Second Place’

  Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

  Varner: Interim Title Is ‘Glorified Second Place’<a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Donald-Cerrone-15105">Donald Cerrone</a> will meet <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Benson-Henderson-20548">Benson Henderson</a> for the interim WEC lightweight championship at WEC 43, but current titleholder <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Jamie-Varner-7168">Jamie Varner</a> says the gold they’re fighting for is “garbage.” <BR><BR>
  “It’s funny; it’s like the interim belt is a glorified second place,” Varner told Sherdog.com

• Gomi Wrestles with Offers

  Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

  Gomi Wrestles with OffersIt’s nice to be in demand: According to Japanese blog <a href="http://nightmareofbattle.wordpress.com/">Nightmare of Battle</a>, Sengoku athlete <a href="http://www.mensmmashorts.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/0fb73_www.sherdog.comfighter/Takanori-Gomi-425">Takanori Gomi</a> is being courted by several major stateside promotions for a summer or fall engagement.
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  The hold-up is — what else — money. Gomi is apparently balking at the discounted rate being offered by promotions [...]

• Gono-Hornbuckle Set for Aug. 2 Sengoku

  Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

  Gono-Hornbuckle Set for Aug. 2 SengokuIt is still undecided if <a href="http://www.mensmmashorts.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/3886b_www.sherdog.comfighter/Akihiro-Gono-1217">Akihiro Gono</a> will get to fight alongside his teammate <a href="http://www.mensmmashorts.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/3886b_www.sherdog.comfighter/Kazuo-Misaki-1829">Kazuo Misaki</a> on Aug. 2, but he at least has an opponent now. <BR><BR>
  Sengoku parent company World Victory Road announced Tuesday that Gono's return to Japan at the promotion's "Ninth Battle" card at Saitama [...]

• Month in Review: June’s Good, Bad and Ugly

  Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

  Month in Review: June’s Good, Bad and UglyLike virtually anything else in life, mixed martial arts has its yin and its yang. The sport’s ever-changing landscape offers fighters, fans and frenzied media

• Pictures: Bisping Trains for UFC 100

  Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

  Pictures: Bisping Trains for UFC 100<a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Michael-Bisping-10196">Michael "The Count" Bisping</a> prepped for his bout with <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Dan-Henderson-195">Dan Henderson</a> at Tapout’s training center in Las Vegas. The British slugger will take on the former Pride multi-weight champion at UFC 100.
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  Terry Goodlad photographed the star-studded camp exclusively for Sherdog.com

• Weekend Rundown

  Monday, June 29th, 2009

  Weekend RundownUFC castaway <a href="http://www.mensmmashorts.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/6b585_www.sherdog.comfighter/Rich-Clementi-1046">Rich Clementi</a> suffered a broken collarbone in a technical knockout defeat to <a href="http://www.mensmmashorts.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/6b585_www.sherdog.comfighter/Kyle-Jensen-4904">Kyle Jensen</a> in the main event at Ultimate Cage Fighting Challenge “Rumble on the Rivers” on Saturday at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh.<BR><BR>
  The injury, suffered 45 seconds into the match, brought a premature end to the first regulated [...]

• Strikeforce Signs a Gracie

  Monday, June 29th, 2009

  Strikeforce Signs a GracieThough <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Renzo-Gracie-290">Renzo Gracie</a> has made some sporadic appearances in fight promotions over the years, no promotion has had the ambition — or the funds — to groom anyone in the family’s next-generation lineage. In the states, the name seemed to go into hibernation on billboards with <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Royce-Gracie-19">Royce Gracie</a>’s exit from [...]

• Pictures: Lashley vs. Sapp

  Monday, June 29th, 2009

  Pictures: Lashley vs. Sapp<a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Bobby-Lashley-39806">Bobby Lashley</a> dominated <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Bob-Sapp-4416">Bob Sapp</a> on Fight Force International’s debut card at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss.
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  Also on the card, <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Gilbert-Yvel-323">Gilbert Yvel</a>, <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Chris-Horodecki-13944">Chris Horodecki</a> and <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Javier-Vazquez-511">Javier Vazquez</a> claimed wins. Dave Mandel was cageside to witness the action

• Lightning Lee

  Monday, June 29th, 2009

  Lightning LeeIn the grand tradition of the great British thugs — media-proclaimed “hard men” like Lenny McLean, Charlie Bronson and Mark Brandon Read — Lee Murray is moving through the ranks like Parliament was waiting at the end

• Sherdog Prospect Watch: Jacob McClintock

  Monday, June 29th, 2009

  Sherdog Prospect Watch: Jacob McClintockIn the world of mixed martial arts gyms, Arizona Combat Sports compares favorably to a hungry pack of wolves. For the past five years, Jacob McClintock has sat at the back of the pack, biding his time