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November 20, 2008
Marcus Foran vs. Chris Reedy
Marcus Foran vs. Chris Reedy from Ultimate Warrior Challenge “Confrontation.”
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November 20, 2008
UFC drops Jon Fitch, AKA fighters
A bitterly angry Dana White said Wednesday the Ultimate Fighting Championship has cut highly regarded welterweight contender Jon Fitch and is not going to do business with any fighters who are part of the American Kickboxing Academy team in San Jose, Calif.
The outspoken UFC president said shortly after landing in Hawaii on Wednesday that he no longer wants to work with AKA fighters or those represented by DeWayne Zinkin and Bob Cook.
White said he excepted AKA welterweight Mike Swick from that group because he said Swick called him and told him he wants to fight for the UFC. But Fitch and heavyweight Christian Wellisch were cut on Wednesday, and heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez and welterweight Josh Koscheck could be next.
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November 19, 2008
What is the best way for me to improve my endurance for mixed martial arts?
I would like a complete endurance workout to get my heart in the best possible condition for mixed martial arts.
If you're trying to improve your cardio, just doing *any* cardio routine won't help your MMA training. Cardiovascular endurance is activity-specific, meaning that to improve an activity, it's best to work through that specific activity.
For instance, if you want to train for a marathon, don't train for it by working out on a stair-climber (duh). While working out on a stair-climber like a madman may help the overall conditioning of your heart, you're mainly developing your cardio capacity to climb stairs, not run at a marathon pace.
Picking specific activities for MMA really depends on the techniques you intend to use. If you're a kicker, guess what - work on cardio kicking drills. If you're a grappler, work on cardio grappling drills. Etc.
"How do make a <insert technique here> cardio drill?"
Glad you asked. You do that activity while keeping your heart rate in your cardio zone (usually around 65-80% of your recommended maximum though varies by source). Don't know you're max? You can find it pretty easily online (usually look it up by gender, age and weight). And you can use a heart rate monitor or just periodically stop to check your pulse with a watch. You want to keep doing that activity while keeping your heart rate in that cardio zone as long as you can. Over time, you'll be able to do it longer and longer. Actually, if you want to make the workout even more adapted to MMA, alternate your workouts between cardio as described above and interval cardio training.
Interval training has the additional benefit of conditioning your body to recover quickly from short, sudden periods of intense activity. The most well-known interval training exercise is fartlek running. Reading about it may help you understand how to apply interval training to other activities. In a nutshell, rather than keep your heart rate in the middle of your cardio zone, you spend relatively short intervals at a high heart rate (near your recommended max) and then a longer period at a lower hear rate (near the lower bound of your cardio zone). Then you just repeat the cycle. Over time, you can lengthen the high-intensity intervals and decrease the low-intensity intervals.
Do NOT try training at maximum intensity for long periods of time. Maximum intensity workouts put a lot of strain on muscle fibers, ligaments and joints. Instead of increasing your cardio capacity, you'll wind up shredding your body so that you can't work out as much or as often as you ideally should.
I hope this helps you in your training. And heed the advice given in other answers - get plenty of rest and pay attention to nutrition as well 
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November 18, 2008
8 Second Mixed Martial Arts Bout Ends In Hilarious Double KO
The quickest fight with the best finish in fighting history.
You’rrre BOTH Out!!!
Duration : 0:0:12
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November 18, 2008
UFC 90 bonuses: Riley, Gurgel, Stephens and Hazelett each earn $60K
Aaron Riley, Jorge Gurgel, Jeremy Stephens and Dustin Hazelett each earned $60,000 “fight night” bonuses for their performances at “UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar.”
UFC 91 took place Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and aired live on pay-per-view. The bonus amounts were slightly lower than the $65,000 awards issued at UFC 90 in October.
The UFC announced the bonuses at the UFC 91 post-fight press conference and were confirmed by MMAjunkie.com.
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November 18, 2008
Kyle Baker vs. James Jones
Kyle Baker vs. James Jones from Ultimate Warrior Challenge “Confrontation.”
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