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Carson’s Corner: Tom DeBlass gives Carson the SCOOP on his shockingly short retirement!
April 12, 2013Even short-time listeners of the show may remember Bob Carson’s insightful and timely interview with former UFC fighter Tom DeBlass on his reasons for retiring from the sport during what was arguably the prime of his career. Those same listeners may be SHOCKED to discover that T...
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CageJunkies Reviews: Tatami Estilo Kids BJJ Gi
April 9, 2013CageJunkies! I hope you enjoy this thorough review of Tatami’s Estilo Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gi. It is a single piece of Tatami’s High Tech weave, featuring contrast stitching, updated patchwork with a rubberized lapel. It is a well-made and affordable Gi retailing for $59.99. Visit ht...
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CageJunies, we need your help! Judo for Jake
April 5, 2013Mark “Stan” Staniszewski’s passion for martial arts began over 3 decades ago as a young boy growing up on Long Island, NY. Years later, Stan discovered Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Stan excelled in both, and has dedicated his life to studying, competing, and teaching the two discipli...
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Bec Hyatt – Ready To Throwdown
April 2, 2013If Jasminka Cive had her way, Bec Hyatt would be announced inside the cage as the Invicta FaceBook champion of the world. Tension has grown between the two in the lead up to their Invicta FC 5 fight on April 5. Cive has stated numerous times that Hyatt doesn’t actually train and that she spe...
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Carson’s Corner Radio: Red Fury Team’s Adlan Amagov AND post-surgery Prindle!
March 31, 2013Folks, Carson’s Corner is BACK with a special double interview bonanaza! First up, courtesy of Red Fury fight team, the man known as “Hot Copy” hosts Adlan Amagov, known for his incredible spinning kick knockouts who now makes the jump to competing for the UFC...
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CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 10
March 27, 2013Perhaps the most anticipated episode of the season, with two quarterfinal fights and star studded special guests like Mike Tyson and current UFC Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. Tonight’s two quarterfinal fights are: Collin Hart (Team Jones) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (Team Sonnen) ...
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CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 8
March 12, 2013This week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter saw the last Preliim fight between Dylan Andrews (Team Jones) and Zak Cummings (Team Sonnen). The choice of who to give the wildcard spot to came down to Bubba McDaniel and Clint Hester, and Zak Cummings, Kevin Casey. B...
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XFC 18 Australia Highlights
March 7, 2013In the past twenty-four hours XFC Australia has released their highlight package from the sold out February 8 event which took place at The Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, Queensland. The main event of the evening saw 5 x Australian Judo champion, Michael Tobin take out the XFC Batamweight champions...
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A CageJunkies Editorial: Should Transgendered MMA Fighter Fallon Fox Be Allowed To Fight In WMMA?
March 6, 2013Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author of this article does not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of CageJunkies.com, it’s editor, or other authors. If you haven’t been living under a rock the last few days you have ...
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Soa Palelei On His Return To The UFC
March 6, 2013When the news broke on Tuesday morning that Soa Palelei (18-3) had finally inked a contract with the UFC, fans around the world breathed a sigh of relief. It has been five long years since Palelei has graced the Octagon with his presence and in that time he has won ten of his past eleven bou...
Read more...CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 7
March 5, 2013Tonight we’ll see Team Jones’ #1 pick take on Team Sonnen’s Jimmy Quinlan in this season’s 6th preliminary fight, and a classic striker vs grappler match. The fighters also get a night on the town with a trip to Hooters, and Josh Samman gets a trip to the emerg...
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CageJunkies Exclusive: CFA on transgendered Fallon Fox – ‘We stand behind the fighter.’
March 5, 2013Although this past weekend Fallon Fox defeated Ericka Newsome by KO in the first round at CFA 10, it is definitely not the biggest splash that she has made in the last week. On Monday Fallon went on record with SI.com and revealed that she is MMA’s first admitted transgender fig...
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Charles Rosa – Delving Into The Untold Story
March 3, 2013Charles Rosa has become one of the electrifying pro fighters of his generation; but, there is more of Charles than just a fighter. Rosa, a family man, was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, but moved to Seabrook Beach, New Hampshire when he was a senior in high school; he graduated from ...
Read more...CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 6
February 27, 2013The show opens with replays of last week’s episode, when underdog Team Sonnen’s Kelvin Gastelum upset Team Jones’ Bubba McDaniels. At the training center, Uriah Hall was sparring with Luke Barnatt, and Uriah throws a pretty stiff jab, which Luke complains about. R...
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James Te-Huna – “I Want Shogun”
February 25, 2013When “Men In Black” blared over the sound system at the Wembley Arena and James Te-Huna started his entrance for his fight with Ryan Jimmo dressed in a black suit and dancing, you kind of got the feeling that something special was going to take place inside the Octagon. Fans worldwide...
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Alex Chambers – Invicta Debut
February 24, 2013When Alex Chambers (3-1) tore through experienced MMA vet Mika Nagano (11-8) at the Brace For War all female event back in October 2012, her name was thrown into the spotlight as a dominant force on the Australian WMMA circuit. After her highlight reel finish, it was revealed that Ch...
Read more...Now That’s A Flyweight! – XFC Australia
February 21, 2013Whilst the division is quite new to the UFC, the 125lbs division boasts quite a number of explosive fighters worldwide. Some criticism the division takes is that the fighters don’t possess the same knockout power that the heavier divisions have. In Australia, that is not the case. The footage...
Read more...CageJunkies Exclusive: TUF 17 Recap Episode 5
February 20, 2013The Ultimate Fighter 17 Team Sonnen vs Team Jones airs every Tuesday at 9pm ET on FX. This week we’ll see the highly touted and much talked about Robert “Bubba” McDaniel (Team Jones) take on underdog and youngest fighter in TUF History, Kelvin Gastelum (Team Sonnen)...
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Damien Brown – Brace 19 Winner
February 18, 2013At Brace For War 19, the highly anticipated lightweight match-up of Damien Brown and Rob Hill took place and much to the delight of the fight-fans in attendance, it was a fight that did not disappoint. After a three round war, Brown emerged the victor and in the process extended his winning ...
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Brandon Sosoli – Evolving
February 12, 2013Photo source: FaceBook It’s not often that a fighter can redeem their first professional loss and win a championship belt in the same night, for Brandon Sosoli (2-1) that “perfect storm” of events all took place in Canberra, Australia on February 2nd. Going into the Heavyweight elimin...
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Fact or Fiction 7.30.12
posted by Ajit Punj
After Anderson Silva successfully took Chael Sonnen out of the middleweight title picture (for now at least), there are plenty of potential challengers that do not seem too exciting. So,...
Fact or Fiction 7.14.12
posted by Ajit Punj
Anderson Silva put an end to all doubt and talk last Saturday with his destruction of Chael Sonnen in the second round. Silva showed some of his classic moves, but it did not come...
Fact or Fiction 7.2.12
posted by Ajit Punj
The biggest rematch of the year- Chael Sonnen vs Anderson Silva 2- is going down this...
Fact or Fiction 6.25.12
posted by Ajit Punj
UFC 147 went down pretty smoothly, especially after all the injuries and changes to the card. Fedor also fought Rizzo, and announced his retirement, so let’s take a look at some pressing issues...
Fact or Fiction 6.1.12
posted by Ajit Punj
The all Heavyweight card went down great for fans, with all finishes. But May has not been easy for the UFC with Diaz and Overeem getting suspended, Cruz tearing his ACL, and now Belfort...
Fact or Fiction 5.18.12
posted by Ajit Punj
It’s been an eventful week in the MMA world, and one of the most talked about things is Nick Diaz’s no-show to his superfight against Braulio Estima. Let’s take a look at some of the most...
Fact or Fiction 5.10.12
posted by Ajit Punj
UFC on Fox 3 had the most exciting fights out of all three of the events, and left us with a pretty exciting rumor regarding a certain Bellator fighter. Let’s take a look at some post-UFC on Fox 3...
Fact or Fiction 4.27.12
posted by Ajit Punj
Time will only tell if the topics we discuss on this shortened version of Fact or Fiction are actually true or not, but we can go back and look at our predictions after news comes out. Last...
Fact or Fiction 4.20.12
posted by Ajit Punj
Finally, after a long hiatus from major UFC events, Jones vs Evans will face off for the LHW title. There have not been many rumors circulating about the event, but there have been some big...
Interview With Renato “Charuto” Verissimo
posted by Ajit Punj
(Renato Verissimo, Ajit Punj, and one of Charuto’s black belts, Steve Rodness) This Friday and Saturday Renato “Charuto” Verissimo took the time to come to Davis, California to teach a...
Fact or Fiction 4.13.12
posted by Ajit Punj
There has been a lot of news lately about Heavyweights, so this Fact or Fiction will be dedicated specifically to those Heavyweights. And, if you recall, last week Neil Rooke and Derrick...
Fact or Fiction 4.6.12
posted by Ajit Punj
There is still one more week before a UFC event, but there are still multiple events to watch this weekend. SFL is holding their second event, and it will be available on YouTube. Bellator 64 is on...
Fact or Fiction 3.29.12
posted by Ajit Punj
There was a lot of upsetting news this week as King Mo made some unfortunate remarks about the NSAC that caught Dana White’s attention. He was released from Strikeforce, which means he will not be...
Fact or Fiction 3.15.12
posted by Ajit Punj
This weekend was huge for the progression of MMA. The UFC premiered their first TUF live episode on FX, and India had their first major MMA show, creating a whole new market for MMA. Let’s take a...
A Review Of “Like Water” – The New Anderson Silva Movie
posted by Ajit Punj
After much anticipation, Like Water is finally releasing to the public. I had the pleasure of watching this documentary, and the buzz about it was well earned. The movie obviously highlights...
Fact or Fiction 2.23.12
posted by Ajit Punj
We are only about 3 months into 2012, and the UFC is already making giant leaps into global markets. UFC 144 goes down on Saturday, and marks the first 4 hour PPV card. But, in the past week leading...
Fact or Fiction 2.16.12
posted by Ajit Punj
Almost 2 weeks after UFC 143 there is still talk about all the fight and events that have happened since (ahem…Nick Diaz…). But there were some non-UFC 143-related rumors floating around too, so...
Fact or Fiction 2.10.12
posted by Ajit Punj
UFC 143 could possibly be the card with the biggest amount of uncertainty left afterwards....
Fact or Fiction 2.2.12
posted by Ajit Punj
Here we are in the aftermath of UFC on Fox. Title shots were secured by: Chael Sonnen in the MW division, and Rashad Evans in the LHW division, and the upcoming title bouts are exactly what...