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Will Ribeirio In Accident
According to Tatame:
TATAME.com received a call from his coach Luiz Alves, telling about the bad motorcycle accident suffered in Rio de Janeiro, earlier today. “Things are really bad… The accident happened around 1a.m.. He were riding a bike without a helmet and, when tried to brake, skided and crashed”, told Luiz Alves, who also told [...]
MMA4Real Exclusive: Manny Tapia Interview(Post Torres Fight)
Manny Tapia challenged WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres at WEC 37, losing by TKO in the second round. Tapia was previously undefeated, and was kind enough to speak with MMA4Real as he recuperates at home and reflects back on the fight. Manny we here at MMA4Real really appreciate you taking the time to speak with us.
WEC 37: Analysis And Predictions
WEC 37 will be brought to us LIVE on tomorrow(December 3rd) on the Versus channel beginning at 8pm EST. Don’t you just love some FREE midweek high caliber MMA? Let’s take a look at the match ups on tap for the show:
Jens Pulver vs. Urijah Faber At WEC 38?
That’s the word according to MMAWeekly:
Recently knocked off his featherweight perch by Mike Brown, Urijah Faber will make a quick turn and get right back in the cage on Jan. 25 at WEC 38. A little more surprising, however, may be whom he will be facing. Sources close to the bout tell MMAWeekly.com that Faber [...]
Chael Sonnen Beat Paulo Filho With A Broken Arm?
That’s the word according to the UG:
Chael had/has a broken arm.
Thanks Nick!
Courtesy of Nick “The Goat” Thompson who is a UFC veteran and former Bodog WW champion. It’s not April, and I don’t see why he would have a reason to lie. I suppose that kinda of explains his performance in the fight. Filho wasn’t [...]
2008 MMA Awards Thus Far
As the year 2008 slowly comes to an end, throughout this busy and historic year we’ve seen many shake ups, breakdowns, and fallouts. While there’s plenty of MMA left to achieve one of the aforementioned verbs, I will just give my two cents on some of the major happenings of the year thus far:
Fight of [...]
WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia
More on this outstanding event after the jump.
Paulo Filho Moving To LHW Division
Paulo Filho and his coaches conducted an interview with Tatame immediately after his WEC 36 fight against Chael Sonnen. Below is an excerpt from the interview:
“(Train) Here will be good, everybody is coming here and that’s because it works. At Brazil we hadn’t a good training camp, and here I believe we’ll have a high level training”, [...]
WEC Needs To Make Some Adjustments
I’m shooting from the hip here as it’s way past my bed time. Overall I thought tonight’s show was decent with a big upset as the WEC poster boy Urijah Faber succumbed to Mike Brown via punches. I wouldn’t consider Filho’s loss an upset given the circumstances and how the first fight went between him [...]
WEC: Brown vs. Faber Analysis and Predictions
The WEC will be bringing a talent laded card to us tomorrow night for FREE on the Versus channel. We have a clash of two of the best featherweight fighters in the world in a championship bout, and the #2 ranked MW in the world defending his belt against a game opponent. Also on the card, [...]
