Tue, February 9, 2010

Healthy for Return, Lesnar Picks a Fight with Canada — and Canada Hits Back

Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Brock Lesnar plays the villain like a champion. Don’t bother to confirm that with his old boss, World Wrestling Entertainment’s Vince McMahon. Just ask the guy who now signs his checks. Dana White was right there in the cage after the UFC 100 main event when his heavyweight champion dissed his…

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Fight Night’s Main Event Is Not Gripping Enough for Me

Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Evolution ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.

When Gray Maynard and Nate Diaz stepped into the cage for the main event of last night’s UFC Fight Night 20 in Fairfax, Virginia, both had evolved as mixed martial artists since the first time they’d met, in the semifinals of season five of The…

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Dana White Talks About his Hometown’s ‘Fighting Vibe’

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Massachusetts is on a good run, as far as I’m concerned.

The first exciting turn of events in the state where I live came five years ago, when our fine Commonweath became the first state to legalize gay marriage. The significance of this might not have struck me so profoundly if it hadn’t come…

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A Faster Q&A: Kenny Florian on Street Brawls, Buddhism, and Musical Theater

Posted 6 months, 1 week ago

The Florian Martial Arts Center is tucked away on a quiet street just outside the bustling bookstore, cafĂ© and scoop shop scene of Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Mass. It’s about a mile from Fenway Park, close enough that I have to jostle with Red Sox day-game traffic, which on a humid afternoon…

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