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TUF Contestant Darrill Schoonover Called Back to Active Army Duty

Posted: Nov 23rd 2009 11:24AM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
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Darrill Schoonover, a cast member of the current season of The Ultimate Fighter, has been called back to active military duty in the U.S. Army, and will have to report shortly after his Dec. 5 fight on the TUF finale.

Schoonover, who previously served four years in the Army, believes he may be called to serve in Afghanistan, according to an interview he conducted with Shambala Sports Radio.

"At first I was kind of pissed," he said. "I was like, 'I've already served my country for four years and been out for almost two years.' I'm getting my fighting started and getting the ball rolling on that. I was kind of mad, but the very next day, I just accepted it. I'll do what I gotta do, and then I'll come back and work on my fighting."

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Rampage Jackson Responds to Dana White, Rashad Evans

Posted: Sep 24th 2009 4:42PM by Ray Hui (author feed)
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In the follow-up to his "retirement" blog post, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson addressed Thursday his feelings of disrespect from UFC president Dana White and rival Rashad Evans.

"I feel like this whole situation could have been avoided if UFC would have respected me more and rescheduled the fight about a month or more in my hometown," Jackson wrote in a post titled "Who's the baby?" undoubtedly in response to White saying he was "acting like a baby."

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UFC Newcomer Jay Silva Still Doesn't Believe His Dream Has Come True

Posted: Sep 9th 2009 7:35AM by Ariel Helwani (author feed)
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Two years ago, Jay Silva was just a nightclub bouncer who liked watching MMA on television. Then a chance encounter with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson at UFC 78, led to him moving to California to begin his MMA career. Next week, he'll make his Octagon debut when he steps in on short notice to face CB Dollaway at UFC Fight Night 19 in Oklahoma City. Dollaway's original opponent, Dan Miller, was forced to withdraw from the bout after suffering an undisclosed infection.

FanHouse spoke to Silva, who is 5-1 in his career, about his unique road to the UFC and how he plans on preparing for Dollaway. The full interview is below.

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TUF 10 Video: Storylines Heading into The Ultimate Fighter 10

Posted: Sep 8th 2009 1:25PM by Ray Hui (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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Spike.com has released an extended preview of the season premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 10: Heavyweights and in only the first eight minutes of the episode, the storylines are already in place for what is expected to be one of the highest-rated seasons of the series.

Taped for six weeks in June, the show premieres Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 10PM ET on Spike TV following the live broadcast of UFC Fight Night 19.

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Rashad Evans Not Yet Told of Possible UFC 107 Fight Postponement

Posted: Sep 6th 2009 12:58PM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive

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Rashad Evans has yet to be officially informed that his UFC 107 main-event matchup with Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been scrapped, according to his manager, Jervis Cole.

FanHouse contacted Cole on Saturday to find out whether the ex-UFC light-heavyweight champion had been informed of any change in scheduling. As of yesterday afternoon, he had not.

"Haven't heard anything yet," Cole wrote in a text message to FanHouse. "As far as we know the fight is still on. Until the UFC tells us something different, Rashad Evans starts training in mid-October."

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Report: Rampage Jackson-Rashad Evans Match Scrapped From UFC 107

Posted: Sep 4th 2009 5:40PM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
Filed under: UFC

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The Dec. 12 UFC 107 main event between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Rashad Evans has been scrapped from the card, according to UK Web site MMABay.com, which has close ties to Jackson's Wolfslair team.

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UFC 102 Live Blog: Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva Round-by-Round Updates

Posted: Aug 29th 2009 11:35PM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
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This is the UFC 102 live blog for Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva, the light heavyweight co-headliner on the pay-per-view card.

Jardine and Silva are both looking to avoid back-to-back losses. Jardine dropped a unanimous decision to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in March and Silva suffered a first-round knockout at the hands of current champion Lyoto Machida in January.

The live blog is below.

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Report: Rampage Jackson to Play B.A. Baracus in 'A-Team' Remake

Posted: Aug 26th 2009 11:50AM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
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Update: MTV is reporting Rampage will not star in the upcoming A-Team movie.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been cast in the B.A. Baracus role made famous by Mr. T in the upcoming film remake of The A-Team, according to a report by UK-newspaper The Sun.

The charismatic former UFC light-heavyweight champion first mentioned the possibility over a year ago, and apparently won the role in the film ahead of other possibilities including rappers 50 Cent and The Game. The movie is currently in pre-production and scheduled for a June 2010 release.

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Weighing the Chances of a UFC 101 Upset for Kenny Florian

Posted: Aug 8th 2009 11:58AM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
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Kenny Florian PHILADELPHIA -- From the moment he stepped in the octagon for the first time, BJ Penn was a known commodity, so talented he earned a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt in three years, so gifted that he'd won the equivalent of the jiu-jitsu world championship just weeks after his black belt ceremony despite competing against lifelong devotees. His reputation was such in the BJJ world that mixed martial arts fans had debated, analyzed and speculated about this wunderkind before he'd ever had a single MMA match. And when he finally debuted, it was not on a regional show like most, but in the UFC.

Contrast that with his UFC 101 opponent Kenny Florian. He entered the world of MMA with no fanfare, was thought to be a major underdog on his season of The Ultimate Fighter, and even after making it to the finals, he was never expected to amount to much. Fighting at 185 pounds, the former collegiate soccer player seemed outsized, outclassed and out of his element.

Yet somehow, their paths are converging Saturday night at the Wachovia Center. Such is the beauty of sports. Such is the beauty of MMA.

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Forrest Griffin Embraces Challenge of Solving Anderson Silva's Riddle

Posted: Aug 7th 2009 8:59AM by Mike Chiappetta (author feed)
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PHILADELPHIA -- From the beginning, he's been the underdog. You want to talk about taking the hard road? In his first professional fight, Forrest Griffin didn't face a fellow rookie. He didn't even compete against a hot prospect. The first time he stepped into a cage, Griffin fought Dan "the Beast" Severn, an ex-UFC tournament champion in his 58th career fight.

Most fighters don't have 58 fights in their entire career, so Griffin was literally fighting a guy with two careers worth of experience on him. Proposed bouts with such an experience disparity would not even be sanctioned today. Though he lost, he showed the toughness that would become his trademark, taking Severn to a decision. So Griffin isn't exactly intimidated at the prospect of facing UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, a winner of 10 straight who is moving up to 205 pounds to face Griffin in a non-title bout at UFC 101.

"There's the old saying, 'If you're going to be stupid, you better be tough,'" he said. "Well, I've been a lot of both. I'm trying to be maybe a little smart and tough. We'll see how that works out for me."

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