Story by Anthony Springer Jr As the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter comes to a close this Saturday, it seems that the latest installment of the Spike TV reality show will largely be remembered for one person: Junie Browning. Browning, a Kentucky native, became the show’s most infamous fighter to date with antics that…
Story and photos by Anthony Springer, Jr. When Court McGee walked into theUltimate Fighter press conference, he was greeted by an unlikely fan. Kris McCray. McGee choked out McCray in the second round with a rear naked choke to become season eleven’s UItimate Fighter. It’s common for fighters to embrace each other in the Octagon after…
Story and photos by Anthony Springer, Jr. Chris Leben’s inner demons have been well publicized. The cast member from the original Ultimate Fighter has excelled in the cage, but has suffered knockdowns due to excessive drinking and drug use.
Liddell has ‘earned right to punch’ Ortiz Story by Anthony Springer Jr. As a new edition of Spike TV’s hit reality show, The Ultimate Fighter gets under way, all eyes will be on this season’s legendary coaches who happen to not be too fond of each other. Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and “The Huntington Beach…
The highly anticipated bout between Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson and Houston “The Assassin” Alexander underwhelmed. What was thought to be a short, fireworks filled slugfest turned out to be a 15-minute bout with a couple of sparks. After the final bell sounded, Slice, 35, and Alexander, 37 were exhausted. While the bout was a disappointment…
Story by Anthony Springer From the moment the promos began to run for the highly anticipated tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, the rumors began to fly. In addition to a pair of coaches who have next to no love for each other in “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans, all eyes were on one particular…
Report by Anthony Springer Jr Photos by Chris Cozzone UFC 94 may not go down in history for being the most exciting MMA card in recent memory (an honor this writer believes goes to UFC 91 or 92), but it was the day that fans got to see two rising stars put on big performances.…
Report by Anthony Springer Jr Photos by Josh Hodges/UFC Ryan Bader is a happy man these days. The Arizona fighter was just crowned season eight’s Ultimate Fighter in the light heavyweight division after a first round TKO over Vinny Magalhaes.
Report by Anthony Springer Jr Photos by Josh Hodges/UFC Despite a perfect 10-0 record coming into the show, good wrestling credentials, and exemplary performance on The Ultimate Fighter, the odds were stacked heavily against lightweight winner Efrain Escudero to win in the finals.
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