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10 YRS AGO – ENNIS’S TAKE: Three things that confuse me – HBO-UFC, where to watch WEC, Couture-Sylvia-Vera

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The past month or so has been a busy time for Zuffa, the parent company of the UFC.  They’ve made some great moves in this time, buying out the WFA, picking up Mirko Filipovic, and […]

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Craig Asks: Am I the only person a little unimpressed with how Jon Jones dropped Lyoto Machida to the floor when the ref stopped the fight?  He said after that he knew he was out […]

10 YRS AGO: Lay of the Land – Heavyweight Division – Tim Sylvia, Rothwell, Barnett, Herring, Mir, Monson, Kongo, Vera, Arlovski

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The following is MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis’s breakdown of the UFC Heavyweight Division ten years ago this week with a look at the contenders on the rise and on the fall and on the verge […]

10 YRS AGO: ROWLES: The Aftermath – Ramblings from a Post UFC 65 MMA World including GSP’s Welterweight Championship victory

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The following article was published ten years ago this week, featuring MMATorch columnist Randy Rowles reaction to UFC 65 including a historically significant George St. Pierre Welterweight Title victory… UFC 65 saw the crowning of […]

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10 YRS AGO: ENNIS – UFC 65 Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down: Tim Sylvia, Frank Mir, George St. Pierre, Randy Couture, and Ugly Americans

November 19, 2016

Ten years ago, UFC 65 took place and MMATorch columnist Shawn Ennis presented the following Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down column on the event… I’m trying a new feature here with “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down.”  I haven’t decided […]

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