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Tim Marchman

Tim Marchman

Joined: Dec 11, 2013

Sometimes you really need to look beyond MMA's hype
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Sometimes you really need to look beyond MMA's hype

Oddly, no one dropped a gloating note after Overeem defeated Fabricio Werdum, one of the five best heavyweights in the world, this past Saturday. They might

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Overeem looks part, but resume pales compared to reputation
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Overeem looks part, but resume pales compared to reputation

Alistair Overeem, who owns about as many heavyweight titles he never defends as he does wins over impressive opponents, is a fraud. At those moments when you

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Carwin, Dos Santos know each other's plans entering UFC 131
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Carwin, Dos Santos know each other's plans entering UFC 131

Bob Dylan, if not otherwise occupied, would have been a pretty good fight trainer. On his 1966 world tour he played a song that led into the chorus with the

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Fedor vs. Henderson will be special
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Fedor vs. Henderson will be special

Dan Henderson is an old middleweight who may well be eight weeks away from beating the best heavyweight fighter anyone has ever seen into retirement. The fact

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Advice for Jon Jones, push for MMA legalization moves forward, more
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Advice for Jon Jones, push for MMA legalization moves forward, more

Here is some unsolicited advice for Jon Jones' management team, offered by someone who has interviewed the UFC light heavyweight champ several times and would

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Jon Jones talks about future, but remains mum on Rashad Evans
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Jon Jones talks about future, but remains mum on Rashad Evans

Example: When does Jones, currently resting up the most famously injured hand in all of fighting, think his next bout will take place? "I'm not really sure what

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Rash of UFC injuries not cutting into overall quality of fight cards
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Rash of UFC injuries not cutting into overall quality of fight cards

Cain Velasquez, Jon Jones, Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard, B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch would, between them, make for the core not just of a sound fight promotion, but

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Aldo underscores meaninglessness of MMA pound-for-pound rankings
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Aldo underscores meaninglessness of MMA pound-for-pound rankings

I don't know how you feel about the matter, but I've always thought that ranking the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world was a slightly ridiculous thing

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On second thought, Davis vs. Evans sounds like a fine idea for UFC 133
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On second thought, Davis vs. Evans sounds like a fine idea for UFC 133

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Shields' path to victory vs. GSP
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Shields' path to victory vs. GSP

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Bout with Lesnar could be breakout moment for quick-study Dos Santos
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Bout with Lesnar could be breakout moment for quick-study Dos Santos

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Opening up the MMA mailbag
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Opening up the MMA mailbag

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