BluenoseGreig

OK, my TUF 17 Finale main card musings......

Bubba looked a million times better than he did on TUF, yes Gilbert is not very good......but fair play to Bubba, he worked hard and won every round IMO, and finished the fight too......whether he will beat anyone of a good standing, I doubt it, but at least he's given himself a shot.

Travis Browne showed

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Originally Posted by BluenoseGreig

It was announced in July that Jimi 'Posterboy' Manuwa had finally signed a contract to fight in The UFC. Jimi famously twice turned down the premier MMA organisation feeling he was not quite ready for the step up in competition. He first had the offer to fight at UFC 105 in November 2009 and also could have signed for the UFC prior to signing with

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Originally Posted by BluenoseGreig

When the UFC announced they were finally coming back to the UK to put on an event, many fans were a little disappointed to find out it was going to be an 'on Fuel' card with few big names appearing.

Well it didn't take very long for many of them to change their minds, as the UFC went out and signed 2 of the UK's most promising fighters in Jimi

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Originally Posted by BluenoseGreig

Michael 'Venom' Page or MVP, has recently fought and won at UCMMA 29 in a UK1 bout winning by KO. Check out the fight here...


In the post fight interview, Page annonces that he has signed with both Super Fight League in India and also with Bellator in the US.

Bjorn Rebney had this to say about Page on Twitter yeaterday....

‏@BjornRebney7h@igormelotto @Michaelpage247 If you haven't seen Michael fight, you're missing something

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MMA in the eyes of the majority is a brutal, dangerous and barbaric pastime. Notice I did not say 'Sport', that is because very few people still consider MMA a sport. In the eyes of most, the term MMA does not even exist, the sport is only referred to as Cage Fighting! This to many evokes ideas of 2 men(or women) being locked inside a cage and fighting till one has been beaten unconscious or had limbs broken! ...