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Hobby sprouts into livelihood

It took just a matter of seconds for Brett Rogers to realize what his stunning destruction of Andrei Arlovski would mean for him and his family.

Too ill to train, Lesnar withdraws

Brock Lesnar has run through each opponent that the Ultimate Fighting Championship has put in front of him.

Machida defense narrow success

LOS ANGELES — Lyoto Machida ran into the first real adversity of his Ultimate Fighting Championship career on Saturday night.

Karate expert shows serious chops in rising to top in UFC

LOS ANGELES — The mere mention of the word karate used to conjure up images of Ralph Macchio painting fences and standing on his one good leg to finish off one of the bullies from Cobra Kai.

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Fighter salutes Mexican roots

Cain Velasquez keeps his immense pride in his Mexican heritage close to his heart.

Hard knocks school Rua

When the Ultimate Fighting Championship purchased Japan-based Pride Fighting Championships in 2007, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was one of the crown jewels of the acquisition.

Miller aims to impress audience

Mixed martial arts’ return to network television is being built around Fedor Emelianenko.

Rothwell steps up into the spotlight

After years of bouncing around from one upstart organization to another, Ben Rothwell finally signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in August.

Cerrone’s jabs target champ, not next foe

Donald Cerrone doesn’t like Jamie Varner and has made that abundantly clear to anyone who will listen during the buildup to his main event fight on Saturday in San Antonio.

Mayorga, Walker take new challenge

Two professional athletes who have made names for themselves in other sports made separate announcements that they plan to compete in mixed martial arts.

Griffin prefers quick win over another UFC bonus

Tyson Griffin’s name has never been on an Ultimate Fighting Championship marquee. That hasn’t stopped the diminutive Las Vegan from stealing a few shows.

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