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Fighters are supposed to enter the Octagon, win, and then declare their intention to become champion. Along the way they run into someone else who’s done the same and they lose. They go on to […]

5 YRS AGO – PENICK EDITORIAL: Rashad Evans shines vs. Tito Ortiz, prospect Rory MacDonald impresses and other UFC 133 musings

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This article was originally published five years ago (Aug. 7, 2001) at MMATorch. One hundred numbered UFC events ago, Tito Ortiz headlined Zuffa’s first pay-per-view event since purchasing the UFC. Three title fights that went […]

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