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Written by Robert Johnson
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Tuesday, 03 July 2007
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 Philadelphia has long been a fertile breeding ground for some of the world's best fighters, both real and fictional - boxers like "Smokin" Joe Frazier and Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins, not to mention Sly Stallone's Rocky Balboa.
These days, the "City of Brotherly Love" is home to some of America's toughest mixed martial arts fighters, like Eddie Alvarez.
With movie-star looks and lightning fast hooks, the 23-year-old product of Philadelphia's Fight Factory is one of the most marketable young fighters on the MMA scene.
"I think I was born to fight," says Alvarez. "I grew up in Kensington, which is a working class neighborhood in Philly known for fighting, so it's been around me my whole life." A two-time All-American wrestler in high school, Alvarez wrestled with life after graduation.
"Trouble seemed to find me, and I wound up getting into fights on the street, so I decided to take it a little more seriously and really learn how to fight. I went to a class at Steven Haigh's Fight Factory and got hooked on MMA."
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 July 2007 )
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Friday, 29 June 2007
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 There's always a healthy degree of skepticism when it comes to cross-over athletes. A few have enjoyed success, like Bo Jackson , Deion Sanders and Dennis Rodman (or was he a cross-dressing success?), but remember when Michael Jordan tried his hand at baseball? Yikes.
The world of mixed martial arts is no stranger to two-sport athletes, although the best examples have all left behind their former sports to pursue a full-time career in MMA. Boxers like Tommy Morrison and Ray Mercer, Olympic wrestlers like Bodog Fight's own Matt Lindland, and pro wrestlers like Brock Lesnar and Daniel Puder. The 25-year-old Puder won World Wrestling Entertainment's first "Tough Enough Challenge " in 2004, but he drew the ire of Vince McMahon by straying from the promoter's plan to have the popular Kurt Angle punish him during a WWE event. Instead, Puder humiliated Angle in front of a live audience by trapping the former Olympic Gold Medal wrestler in a "key lock". Angle has vowed revenge ever since. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2007 )
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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 Ever wonder what it would be like to be a fighter during the lead up to a big fight? Why wonder when you can live the experience , without being punched in the nose! Enter now to win an exclusive all-access package for Bodog Fight : Eddie Alvarez vs. Matt Lee on July 14 in Trenton, New Jersey. Stay at the fighters' hotel, attend the weigh-ins, ride with the fighters to the event, attend the pre-fight press conference, then - best of all - take your ringside seat and watch the world's best mixed martial arts athletes go to work. It's Bodog Fight's "Offer You Can't Refuse Sweepstakes" If you're a U.S. resident, here's what you can win: |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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 On Saturday, July 14th, Bodog Fighters will become New Jersey's "Garden State" warriors when they visit the Sovereign Bank Arena on the shores of the Delaware River in Trenton, New Jersey for Bodog Fight: Eddie Alvarez vs. Matt Lee.Bodog Fight’s July 14th debut US event in Trenton is covering tri-state area! Check it out! After Alvarez lost his Bodog Fight welterweight championship belt, Philadelphia's Eddie Alvarez (9-1) is ready to get back into the swing of winning. This explosive striker shown in the video will face of against Boston's Matt Lee (9-5-1) at this once in a lifetime ground breaking American debut! Dont Miss It! |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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Written by Brad Marchetti
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007
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 Sometimes in life you run into these pesky little guys with big mouths. You know the type. Always eager to prove something or show that they have got the world already figured out by flapping their lips. Dana White is one of those people.
I can’t call him a man really based on the tremendous character flaws he’s displayed hidden under all his pudgy exterior. While Mr. (ahem) this goofball (I’ll use one of Dana’s bigger words in his vocabulary) White is getting more worried by the minute, Bodog Fight has come along and stole his thunder. Calvin Ayre’s entry into the world of mixed martial arts was so upsetting to Dana that he needed to lash out to make himself feel better about being a Rogaine patient.
See goofball, you thought you had it all figured out. All you had to do was overthrow boxing and you would have it made in the shade. You are about to get eaten by a bigger fish, goofball. Not everyone can have it all my dear Dana. Your dough can’t buy you class, manners or even hair plugs all of which would be able to help your situation.
And when I say class I’m referring to your utter lack of it. First you disrespect the great sport of boxing and its rich history on ESPN. Which by the way made more than just a few true boxing fans eager to do more things to your head than shave it.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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