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Cain Velasquez trains at American Kickboxing Academy, so why was I so surprised to see the manner in which he beat up Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the main event of UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia, tonight? Instead of using the thunderous takedowns that had made him such an unstoppable force in his…
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With the sports world’s eyes fixed on North America and the Vancouver Olympics, the global leader in mixed martial arts is venturing off the beaten half-pipe this weekend halfway around the world, coincidentally at the site of the Summer Games of a decade ago. And UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia,…
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When Fedor Emelianenko speaks, people listen. And analyze. And miss the point.
Yesterday’s online analysis run rampant was over what Fedor was really saying when he sat there silently at a recent Kiev news conference, forgetting the name of the fighter he’d just been asked about. A memory lapse…
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The Florian Martial Arts Center is tucked away on a quiet street just outside the bustling bookstore, café 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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