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Chuck Liddell talks about the Tito/Dana Fight!?

Apparently, White isn’t the only person in UFC who takes issue with Ortiz’s version of the story. At roughly 9:30 p.m. Thursday night, I got a phone call — at home — from a UFC representative. The message: Chuck Liddell is very upset, and would like to speak to someone immediately.

If I had known in journalism school that my job description would someday include handling angry phone calls from one of the world’s greatest fighters, I might have considered

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CINTRON OFFERS TO REPLACE MAYWEATHER IN CHALLENGE OF UFC CHAMPION

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BLOOMFIELD, NJ (May 8, 2007) – Floyd Mayweather, Jr doesn’t want to battle a UFC champion.  No problem.  IBF World Welterweight Champion and former high school/college wrestling star Kermit Cintron would like to accept the challenge from UFC President Dana White, it was announced today by Main Events CEO Kathy Duva.  Cintron, who will be defend

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MMA TODAY: Bruce Lee’s Dream Come True

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"You know who the grandfather of mixed martial arts is? Bruce Lee," Dana White, president of Ultimate Fighting Championship, was saying of the incredible growth spurt of mixed martial arts.

"Let me tell you how the original UFC started. A bunch of television guys got together in 1993 and said, ‘Let’s answer the age-old question of which fighting sty

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UFC 72 in Ireland!

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Manchester, England (UK) The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization today announced it will bring the world’s most exciting mixed martial arts event straight back to Europe, this time to fight fans in Northern Ireland. Topping off the international lineup of fights will be the middleweight main event clash Rich “Ace” Franklin vs. Denmark’s Marti

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UFC 70 Press Conference

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From mma411 News and Notes from the UFC 70 Pre-Fight Media Conference Call

Mirko Cro Cop:

- Stated he enjoyed his time working for the Croatian Special Police. "It was a great time of my life, I enjoyed it very much" but had to quit when he joined Parliament. Is strongly considering joining again when he is done with his Parliament duties around November. Being in t

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Dana White vs. Tito Ortiz

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Tito Ortiz issued the following statement in regard to his portrayal on the Dana vs. Tito UFC special which aired last week on SpikeTV:

“Dana White has once again taken the low road and decided to try to damage my reputation and credibility in a public forum. During an appearance on Spike TV on April 12th White accused me of failure to show up for a fig

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UFC Canada soon!?

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As the UFC heads to England for UFC 70 April 21, UFC president Dana White turned his attention to Canada this week and offered up a shout-out.

"Canada’s been a phenomenal breakthrough market for us, the sleeper market," White told The Canadian Press.

"When we were looking at this thing, when we first purchased it, we had no idea that Canada would

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