Kimbo KO'd on CBS

It took years for the legend of Kimbo Slice to rise and just 14 seconds for it to crumble. Slice was defeated for the first time in an MMA fight by last-minute sub Seth (The Silverback) Petruzelli. Petruzelli caught slice coming in with a short, chopping punch and Kimbo fell face first to the mat. Read more

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UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben

UFC 89 Date: October 18, 2008 Location: Birmingham, England Read more

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Couture opens new MMA gym in LI

Randy Couture just opened up his sixth Xtreme Couture MMA gym. Newsday.com traveled to Centereach, NY to check out Couture's new Long Island location. Read more

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Brooklyn's Nover has shot on "Ultimate Fighter"

By Katie Strang/Newsday Phillipe Nover's life has always been a balancing act. He grew up in Canarsie, but spent summers in The Philippines, his mother's native country. After getting into scuffles when he was younger, he appeased his parents by taking self-defense classes, but when his interest progressed, he was forced to sneak out of the house to attend his mixed martial arts matches to avoid upsetting his mother. He's had to limit his fights to about one per year while he attended classes full-time. Read more

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Almeida couldn't stay away from mixed martial arts
Written by KATIE STRANG   
Friday, 04 July 2008 00:00

 Despite Ricardo Almeida's nearly four-year absence from mixed martial arts, he was never quite able to sever ties to the sport.

That's probably a good thing, because it hasn't taken him long to get back into the mix of the UFC's middleweight division. Although he missed an important stretch in the sport's development -- between the reality show on Spike TV and several marquee pay-per-view events -- Almeida stayed involved by helping friend and mentor Renzo Gracie train for fights and by teaching students at his own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in Hamilton, N.J.


"The first year, I just didn't watch anything. It was very hard for me to watch," Almeida, 31, said. "I didn't want to be that guy sitting on the couch saying, 'Yeah, I could beat that guy.'"

By all accounts he probably could have.

READ MORE AT NEWSDAY:COM



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