Overviews: December 2007

James Irvin: Back and Ready for Cane

December, 26, 2007

For the first minute of his fight against Thiago Silva on May 26th of this year, James Irvin was fighting

the way he had trained to fight. Everything was going according to plan, and then “pop”. The “pop” wasn’t a punch landed on his chin, or a kick to the head, or his arm breaking as a result of an arm bar. The “pop” was his knee, which gave out when Silva was attempting a takedown.

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Chuck Liddell – Seven Defining Moments

December, 24, 2007

What separates a champion from a contender, a star from an average Joe scraping out a few dollars here and there on the club fight circuit?...(Thomas Gerbasi, UFC.com)

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Update: Calvancante-Aoki to be Postponed

December, 22, 2007

Hyped as one of the better fights scheduled for a busy New Year's Eve weekend, Shinya Aoki versus Gesias Calvancante will not come to fruition.

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The Red Menace

December, 19, 2007

Can undefeated martial artist Fedor Emelianenko single-handedly knock out the Ultimate Fighting Championship's dominance over the emerging sport?

By Sean Cunningham

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