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ESPN Reports: White says UFC’s punishment is going to Intensify

Dana White

Fresh off a vacation in Tahiti with his family, Ultimate Fight Championship president Dana White was still answering questions about UFC champion Sean Sherk and challenger Hermes Franca allegedly flunking their postfight drug tests July 7. Each has been suspended for one year, although Sherk has filed an appeal. It should come as no surprise that White bristles at the criticism

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CBS Reports: Steroid scandal could destroy what UFC has built

Sean Sherk
Et tu, UFC? And you? You stupid idiots. You shameless morons. You dumb, impatient, shortcut-seeking cheaters.

You?

Not you. Please, not you. Let Major League Baseball and the National Football League deal with the suspicions of steroids. Let the dopers of track and cycling turn their sports into shams. Le

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Sherk and Franca Test Positive for Steroids!

Sean Sherk
LA Times Reports UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk, who successfully defended his belt July 7 in Sacramento, tested positive for the steroid nandrolone and faces a one-year suspension, the California State Athletic Commission announced Thursday.

Sherk’s opponent, Hermes Franca, also tested positive for a banned performance-enhan

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UFC 73 Fight Summary

ufc 73
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CP) - In the end, UFC 73 didn’t change much.

Middleweight Anderson Silva and lightweight Sean Sherk defended their titles and Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans decided nothing. The two light-heavyweights fought to a draw, thanks to Ortiz being deducted a point for holding onto the cage in the second round, and then bickered

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UFC 73 Live Results

UFC 73 Results

Heath Herring vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - Could have been stopped in the first round when Herring delivered a devastating huge Kick to the head similar to the KO Babalu took from Chuck, but the the ref did not stop the fight and Herring could not finish the fight. The next two were stayed busy with Nogueira went back to the smart game plan being the aggressor giving man

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UFC 73 Betting Odds

Anderson Silva

Reported by Jason Logan of Covers.com The Ultimate Fighting Championship didn’t name this Saturday’s pay-per-view event “Stacked” for no reason.

UFC 73 boasts three main events, making this the most anticipated card in mixed martial arts’ recent history. Covers.com couldn’t decide what big-name bout to focus on, so we did all thre

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UFC 73 Fight Card

UFC 73The UFC offically announced that the UFC 73: Stacked card was now complete, confirming our previous rumors. Here is the freshly confirmed fight card:

Main Card:

Nathan Marquardt vs. Anderson Silva (Middleweight Championship Match)
Hermes Franca vs. Sean Sherk (Lightweight Championship Match)
Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz

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