Articles tagged with: pride
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It has been widely reported today that both Nogueira brothers will appear on the UFC 119 main card (main and co-main events) this summer in Indianapolis. Older brother and MMA legend Antonio “Minotauro” will rematch former UFC heavyweight champ Frank Mir while young brother Antonio “Minotoro” will face rising TUF star Ryan Bader.
Mir and Big Nog first squared off at UFC 92 in late 2008. While Mir won by TKO early in the second round, the victory was marred by the later-discovered fact that Nogueira came into the fight having …
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WAMMA lightweight champ Shinya Aoki will get his long-awaited rematch against popular Japanese fighter Hayato “Mach” Sakurai at DREAM.8.
The Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan will be the stage for this 155 lbs. bout, and you better believe both want this win. Aoki is on a roll as of late, and “Mach” has been a fixture at the top of Japanese MMA (DREAM, PRIDE, Shooto) for years.
At Shooto back in 2005, Sakurai barely out-pointed Aoki. Shinya had a solid performance but was unable to impress the judges enough to gain …
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Rua vs. Coleman is set to take place when the UFC makes its way to Ireland for UFC 93 on January 17. The match is filled with bad blood, due to Coleman TKO-ing Shogun via elbow dislocation back in PRIDE.
After Shogun’s last loss to Forrest Griffin, he knows more than anyone that a win over Coleman is a must.
Enjoy the video…
>> View the entire fight card and event details here at out UFC 93 page.
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Former UFC light-heavyweight champ Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson will be looking to finally get some revenge and regain pride (pun intended) when he faces off against the ever-popular and ever-powerful Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva, when they meet at UFC 92.
It won’t be an easy task for Jackson, who’s already loss twice in violent fashion to Silva. These two bruisers are modern day legends in the sport of MMA after having gained major followings, respectively, from their days in the now defunct PRIDE organization.
Rampage is with a new camp in the …
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Ricardo Arona, a former PRIDE fighter who went 8-4 in the organization and handed Silva his first loss at middleweight under the banner, spoke with Brazilian-centric MMA site Tatame.com and shared his thoughts on the upcoming fight at UFC 92 between Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The third showdown between these two former PRIDE and now current UFC light-heavyweights will happen on December 27.
“Quinton is a great fighter, but only when he’s doing well in the fight. When he fights someone like me or Wanderlei he …





