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Mixed Martial Arts

MMA: Win over James Toney in UFC 118 enhances Randy Couture's legacy

Bob Emanuel Jr. Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Monday, September 6, 2010 - 9:21pm

Randy Couture's legacy in mixed martial arts was well established before August.

Couture, 47, was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame during his brief retirement in 2006. Couture returned to the Octagon in 2007 to claim the third heavyweight championship, and fifth overall title, of his UFC career.

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Marvez: Recalling 'The Sheik -- Wrestling's Greatest Villain'

Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 11:33pm

Ed "The Sheik" Farhat was hard-core long before Extreme Championship Wrestling unleashed its own brand of brutality in the early 1990s.

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Randy Couture celebrates after defeating James Toney in a UFC heavyweight fight on Saturday at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. Couture defeated Toney by first round triangle choke.

Even in easy win, Couture still impresses

Brett Okamoto The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 30, 2010 - 4:42pm

A heavyweight title fight at UFC 118 Saturday night in Boston showed everyone that professional boxer James Toney still has a lot to learn in mixed martial arts.

It also demonstrated that, at 47, Randy Couture might know just about everything there is to know.

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New diet leads to new success for judo champion Delgado

McClatchy Newspaper

Last updated Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 9:16pm

MIAMI -- For Angelica Delgado, switching to a lighter weight division was the true test of her discipline as a judo athlete.

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Former boxer James Toney is interviewed at a Mixed Martial Arts training facility in Los Angeles. After winning 72 fights and multiple title belts during more than two largely successful decades in the square ring, Toney has put himself in a cage, training for his MMA debut against Randy Couture at UFC 118 on Saturday night in Boston.

Toney brings big punch to MMA debut

Ray Brewer The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 5:48pm

One powerful right-hand punch from James Toney could settle the argument.

If Toney, the former three-weight boxing world champion, beats legendary mixed martial artist Randy Couture on Saturday at UFC 118 in Boston, it would potentially be more than a black-eye to Couture.

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Marvez: Catching up with Scott 'Flash' Norton

Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 10:33pm

Kendra Wilkinson is in good hands when pro wrestler Scott "Flash" Norton is around.

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Diamond Dallas Page's latest career twist involves yoga

Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 9:08pm

Page Falkinburg -- aka Diamond Dallas Page -- did more in pro wrestling than most of his peers could ever dream of accomplishing.

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Couture son's MAA debut looms as media circus

Las Vegas Sun

Last updated Friday, August 13, 2010 - 5:17pm

Ryan Couture became a fan of mixed martial arts at a young age, watching his father, Randy, become the first UFC fighter to claim championship belts in two weight divisions.

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Arreola looking to reshape his image

Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 11:06pm

LOS ANGELES -- It happened at a big-box store, of all places.

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Chael Sonnen walks to his corner after the fourth round during a Middleweight Championship UFC mixed martial arts match against Anderson Silva in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday. Silva won by submission in the fifth round.

Okamoto: Sonnen proves he's more than just big mouth

Brett Okamoto The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 4:04pm

Prior to Saturday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., a lot of people thought UFC 117 would be nothing more than the end of Chael Sonnen's 15 minutes of fame.

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UFC suddenly a pop culture phenomenon

San Jose Mercury News

Last updated Saturday, August 7, 2010 - 5:36pm

The Ultimate Fighting Championship rolls into the Bay Area for the first time Saturday, bringing with it punches, kicks and assorted painful arm bars.

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Marvez: Tommy Dreamer reflects on ECW, looks to 'Hardcore Justice'

Alex Marvez Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Friday, August 6, 2010 - 4:29pm

It's the pro-wrestling concept that refuses to die.

Even though Extreme Championship Wrestling was officially shuttered (again) earlier this year, the brand's spirit still lives on. TNA Wrestling is the latest company attempting to capitalize on ECW's lingering popularity with Sunday's "Hardcore Justice" pay-per-view show emanating from Orlando, Fla.

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Anderson Silva (left) stands close to Chael Sonnen during at a news conference in San Francisco, on Thursday. Silva and Sonnen are scheduled to fight for the Silva's UFC middleweight title at UFC 117 on Saturday in Oakland, Calif.

Sonnen talks great game before UFC 117 vs. Silva

Greg Beacham The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 6:23pm

Anderson Silva speaks spotty English, and his Portuguese hasn't been much better while he's supposed to be promoting his record seventh defense of his middleweight title against Chael Sonnen at UFC 117.

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Irvin hopes move helps in next UFC battle vs. Pokrajac

The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 7:07pm

LAS VEGAS -- After spending 22 years of his life in Sacramento, Calif., UFC fighter James Irvin sold his house, picked up his family and moved to Southern California in 2010.

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Bgreat Muhammad Ali looks to the field prior to an NCAA college football game between Louisville and Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., last year. It's been nearly three decades since Muhammad Ali stepped into the ring, and the public still can't get enough of the self-described greatest. A number of products bearing his image and iconic signature have come on the market the past couple of years, no surprise considering the former heavyweight champion, philanthropist and cultural icon has become even more beloved in retirement.

New products proving Ali is still the greatest

Dave Skretta The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 30, 2010 - 5:13pm

NEW YORK -- It's been nearly three decades since Muhammad Ali stepped into the ring, and the public still can't get enough of the self-described greatest.

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