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UFC 149 Faber vs. Barao: Renan Barao Wins Interim Bantamweight Title by...
It’s Fight Night, and as always, I’m here to make sure you get all your UFC results and analysis hot and fresh at Keyboard Kimura. The card from Calgary kicks off with two fights on Facebook at 4:00pm...
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UFC 149 Faber vs. Barao: 10 Things We Learned Last Night
1. You Can’t Win’ em All UFC 149 was a loss as far as the main card and overall impression left on the fans. The myriad injuries leading into the event put the UFC in a hole going in, and the tepid...
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UFC 149 Fallout: Calgary Clunker Just a Blip
UFC 149 fell flat this weekend, injuries assaulting the line-up on the way to Calgary and frustrating, sub-par performances on the pay-per-view card dooming the show at the Scotiabank Saddledome to be...
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UFC December to Remember: The Must-See Fights From the Month Ahead
(a condensed version of this story appears in today’s print edition of The Province) Let’s be perfectly honest with one another: it’s been a rough year for the UFC. Injuries ravaged the roster,...
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The Ultimate Fighter Finales: 10 Burning Questions Heading into This...
Fresh off the best event of the year last weekend in Seattle, fight fans get a double dose of free televised fights this weekend with a pair of Ultimate Fighter finales. First up is UFC on FX 6 from...
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UFC on FX 6 Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson: Punch Drunk Predictions
Not only did last weekend’s UFC on FOX show deliver all kinds of awesomeness in the cage, it also served as a “get back on track” vehicle for my predictions. UFC 154 smacked me around a little, but...
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UFC Aftermath: Anderson Silva Just Needs to Fight
Vitor Belfort dashed Michael Bisping’s dreams of fighting for the UFC middleweight title by planting his shin upside the Brit’s head on Saturday night. Before the night was done, the focus had shifted...
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UFC Japan: 5 Burning Questions Surrounding Saturday’s Event
1. Is Wanderlei Silva’s Last Stand? Trust me when I tell you that I wish Wanderlei was still prime Pride Era Wanderlei, but the reality is that “The Axe Murderer” is 36-years-old, has gone 3-5 in eight...
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UFC Japan Silva vs. Stann: Punch Drunk Predictions
For the second consecutive February, the UFC has made the trip to “The Land of the Rising Sun,” bringing another event back to the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Last year’s event was a...
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UFC on Fuel TV 8 Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann: About Last Night
Vintage Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” returned to the scene of many of his greatest victories on Saturday night, and added another win to his resume, knocking out Brian Stann in exciting fashion in the...
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Matchmaking 101: Nine non-championship UFC match-ups easily worth the price...
Though it should be the collective dream of every UFC fighter to earn a title shot — the reality is only a handful actually get one. That being said, there are still plenty of opportunities available...
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Match-Ups To Make — UFC 170
If there was one recurring theme that ran through UFC 170, it was elite talents proving themselves in convincing fashion. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey took out challenger Sara McMann...
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UFC 171 Predictions – Who holds onto GSP’s belt for him?
Johnny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler Quinn: Winner: Hendricks Why: It’s awesome to see Lawler finally climb his way up to the top of the welterweight division. He was in his first professional MMA fight...
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Pat’s Picks — UFC 171
Coming off the biggest fight of his MMA career at UFC 167 last November, Johny Hendricks gets his second welterweight title shot in just under four months after a five-round war with Georges St-Pierre...
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Monday Morning Musings: UFC 171 Recap
It’s recently been brought to my attention that one of the legends of the Province Sports section, Ed Willes, used to have a Canucks recap column called “Monday Morning Musings.” I assure you, that it...
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UFC Welterweight Division: Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together
The UFC welterweight division is clearly the most interesting weight class in the company right now. Last weekend at UFC 171, Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler went head-to-head in the most...
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UFC Needs to Resolve Their Awkward Relationship with Grappling
Jake Shields is the latest grappler to be let go by the UFC under somewhat questionable circumstance. A former welterweight title challenger, the 35-year-old American Jiu-Jitsu pioneer came out on the...
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UFC 173 Fight a Make or Break Situation for Jake Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger isn’t facing a must-win situation when he steps into the Octagon to face Robbie Lawler at UFC 173, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a great deal at stake for the 29-year-old Nebraska...
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Keeping the Faith: Nate Marquardt looks for successful UFC middleweight return
Nate Marquardt might not be ready to give up on his goal of winning UFC gold, but the 35-year-old is finding motivation in more than victory in his return to the middleweight division. “I have a lot of...
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UFC Fight Desk: Joe Lauzon steps up, Holly Holm debut set
Welcome to the UFC Fight Desk, a new weekly feature that will fill you in on all the fight announcements from the previous seven days, but with a little twist. Rather than just dropping a list of...
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UFC 182 Jones vs. Cormier: 5 Reasons to Watch
In sitting down to pen this column for Saturday’s pay-per-view, I was tempted to break out the following five reasons: 1) Just trust me. 2) Seriously. 3) This is the best fight in a really, really long...
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UFC 182 Jones vs. Cormier: Punch Drunk Predictions
Happy New Year, boys and girls, and welcome to the first of a potential 45 Punch Drunk Prediction columns in 2015! The final six months of this column were pretty fun last year, as Patrick Cwiklinski...
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UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier Pre-Fight Primer
Later tonight, Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will step into the Octagon to battle for the UFC light heavyweight title in the main event of the first pay-per-view of 2015. Before the action in the cage...
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UFC 182: Jon Jones outworks, outlasts Daniel Cormier to retain LHW title
WOO-HOO! It’s Fight Day! Forgive me – I’m a little excited. After months of build up and a week that seemed to drag along, the time has finally come for Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier to step into the...
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UFC 182: Jon Jones now fighting against himself, history books
Saturday night in Las Vegas, Jon Jones crossed another name off the list of light heavyweight title challengers, fighting tooth and nail with Daniel Cormier for three rounds before picking up the pace...
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UFC Fight Desk: April return to Montreal gets Dillashaw-Barao II, MacDonald...
UFC matchmakers Joe Silva and Sean Shelby have been pretty busy over the last seven days and a lot of what they’ve been doing involves UFC 186 in Montreal on April 25 as the organization announced a...
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The Keyboard Kimura podcast breaks down Conor McGregor and sets up UFC Fight...
Are you sitting comfortably? Good, because there’s a lot for Spencer Kyte and Paul Chapman to talk about in the UFC world this week in this record hour-long podcast. Reaction to the Conor McGregor...
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UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi In, MacDonald vs. Lombard Out (Updated)
The fight card for the UFC’s return to Montreal in April underwent some changes early Tuesday morning as the welterweight contest between Canadian Rory MacDonald and Hector Lombard was replaced by a...
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The Morning Skate Feb. 10: Horvat trade? Virtanen? Kassian riddle, Kane...
This is the time of scoreboard watching. The time in the season where fans start to follow the out of town scoreboard with extra vigour. The Sharks lost last night. Great news for the Canucks. Oops,...
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Keyboard Kimura podcast on Lombard’s drug test and Rory MacDonald’s title...
Paul Chapman and Spencer Kyte pick apart the positive drug test of fighter Hector Lombard and what it means for his supposed opponent Rory MacDonald in the aftermath of their fight cancellation. The...
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