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Larry Vollmer Jr. is a Web programmer for LoHud.com, the Web site of The Journal News. He spends his days staring at thousands of lines of code and his nights throwing highkicks and hitting the mat with submission grappling specialists. After work and training, Larry gets the latest news on the world of mixed martial arts from the fighters themselves while watching and rewatching matches on his DVR.
E-mail Larry Vollmer at lvollmer@lohud.com
It’s casual Friday here. Most days are casual here, but today I am donning my Fedor Emelianenko Affliction shirt. I don’t even think he is going to win this Saturday, but the shirt is pretty cool, and I want to show my support for the organization.
This weekend is filled with a lot of MMA. I [...]
This week’s Hits from the MMA blogosphere:
To check out "Affliction wields heavyweight firepower" from Sergio Non’sTo check out "Fedor ready to prove heavyweight supremacy" from Carlos
Arias’ Keep Punching blog for the O.C. Register, click here.
To check out "Affliction: Banned preview and [...]
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On Saturday, July 19th, UFC phenom Anderson “The Spider” Silva (22-4-0) will take on James “The Sandman” Irvin (14-4-1) live from The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, [...]
Spike TV will be seeing Cornhusker red this fall as the network travels to Nebraska for the first ever UFC event in the state with an action-packed card featuring former “The Ultimate Fighter” champions Nate Diaz and Mac Danzig, and Omaha’s own, Houston Alexander. Spike TV’s live “UFC Fight Night” will emanate from the [...]
Dana White has done it again. With all of the hype around the first Affliction PPV, the UFC president decided to put together a UFC fight night on five weeks notice, an effort to discourage fans from purchasing the upcoming Affliction: Banned PPV.
For being on free TV and assembled in such a short period of [...]
EliteXC returns to CBS on July 26th with the second installment of CBS Saturday Night Fights.
Question: Jake, what are your thoughts on finally getting a shot at a world title? How is training going? How are you physically?
Shields: I couldn’t be more excited about [...]
This week’s Hits from the MMA blogosphere:
To check out “No Holds Barnett” from Tom Kim’s Ultimate Fan blog for the Seattle Post Intelligencer, click here.
To check out “FightTicker.com Exclusive: Karo ‘The Heat’ Parisyan disses U.S. Judo, talks Thiago Alves” from FightTicker.com’s Eric Tamiso, click here.
To check out “Roach makes jump to MMA with Arlovski (with [...]
A week or so ago, the people at Hydra Head Records asked me if I would be I interested in receiving a copy of an audio book titled, “Fight: Everything You ever Wanted to Know About Ass Kicking, but were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked For Asking”, authored by award winning journalist and competitive [...]
I’ve recently taken an interest in my friend Liz. She likes sports, and more specifically MMA, so what’s not to like? Every girl I hang out with takes one look at an MMA fight and says “that’s too violent”.
You sure do love your Eli Manning jersey though, don’t ya?
Next.
So In an effort to show off [...]
Rampage Jackson walked into UFC 86 as the light heavyweight champion, and that was his title to lose.
He lost it.
This fight is the source of a lot of controversy. Rampage Jackson’s trainer, Juanito Ibarra, plans on protesting the decision, but it is highly unlikely anything with come out of the protest.
We got robbed,” Ibarra [...]
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