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	<title>Fighting Words... &#187; Jesse Katz</title>
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		<title>Requiem for a Gladiator Man</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/08/22/requiem-for-a-gladiator-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gladiator Man]]></category>

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When &#8220;Gladiator Man&#8221; comes on the screen at the beginning of every UFC pay-per-view it is officially guys night out.  The mayham might have started earlier, the debauchery well under way, but  the dude in the leather skirt and sandals makes it official; it&#8217;s fight night. Like the first  song you got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Score Fighting Series makes my Hershey Centre sore</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/06/11/score-fighting-series-makes-my-hershey-centre-sore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
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I would normally never let someone drive me to the Hershey Centre, the  sports complex in Mississauga, unless they wined and dined me first. A rule I should have heeded. Last night was theScores Fighting Series, the first MMA event fully organized by the network.
The Score had done a great job of promotion leading up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of boxers and Bugsy Siegel: Jewish fighters not forgotten</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/31/of-boxers-and-bugsy-siegel-jewish-fighters-not-forgotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jew]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Facebook a couple of weeks ago, Revolution MMA’s Joel Gerson posted the video of his famous victory over Japanese Shooto legend Rumina Sato. Within hours, good-natured comments about the Jewish fighter and the stunned Japanese crowd appeared.

It got me thinking: In today’s world, the Jewish fighter is an anomaly. Once upon a time, though, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wear a pink gi to support cancer research</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/10/wear-a-pink-gi-to-support-cancer-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 16:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BJJ isn't a dirty word]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
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Every blue moon I come across something that just makes me happy. A  gesture, an act of good will or kindness that restores my faith in  people. Today, that blue moon was provided by Clinton O&#8217;Shea, who will be wearing a pink gi to the South East Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open to raise money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFC 129 was like Christmas morning</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/02/ufc-129-was-like-christmas-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[UFC 129]]></category>

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In the weeks leading up to UFC 129 I was both excited and anxious. The biggest MMA event in North America was in my own backyard, yet I could not help feeling that $400 dollar tickets (plus taxes and Ticketmaster fees) were God’s way of telling me I had too much money.
Inspired by guilt, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reckoning punches above its weight class, making the future a lot brighter for MMA in Ontario</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reckoning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Casino Rama, in partnership with Knockout Entertainment Canada, had big gloves to fill as it hosted Ontario’s first
sanctioned MMA event on Saturday. On top of making history, MMA: The Reckoning did so at the risk of being a &#8220;dog and pony show&#8221; compared to the UFC’s “Big Top,” which comes to town on April 30.
Up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto fundraiser for WEC fighter Will Ribeiro On Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/11/17/toronto-fundraiser-for-wec-fighter-will-ribeiro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Ribeiro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know, you get asked for donations for so many good causes that it’s just easier to focus on your $4 latte. However, we really encourage you to check out Train for a Cause &#8211; Will Ribeiro Recovery at Toronto BJJ this Saturday.

Ribeiro was a WEC fighter who was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help the Afflictioned: a rally to aid the plight of MMA fans in Ontario</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/20/help-the-afflictioned-a-rally-to-aid-the-plight-of-mma-fans-in-ontario/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/20/help-the-afflictioned-a-rally-to-aid-the-plight-of-mma-fans-in-ontario/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 18:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know going to a pro-MMA rally should not be complicated. Throw on ye old Affliction shirt, head down to Queen&#8217;s Park, meet up with the guys from the gym, discuss why the United Nations has been conspicuously silent about mixed martial arts not be sanctioned in Ontario, and eyeball the handful of women who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BC blogger seeks attention, lays a smackdown on Showdown</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/08/bc-blogger-seeks-attention-lays-a-smackdown-on-showdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/08/bc-blogger-seeks-attention-lays-a-smackdown-on-showdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Showdown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those with no life there has been some fiery cyber tough talk between a BC blogger named Jonathan Ross and &#8220;Showdown&#8221; Joe Ferraro. Ross has an issue &#8211; several, actually &#8211; with the way Ferraro reported on whether the UFC was or was not coming to Vancouver. If you want to read something that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sympathy for the Devil: the plight of the unemployed neo-Nazi MMA fighter</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/05/considering-the-plight-of-the-unemployed-neo-nazi-mma-fighter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/04/05/considering-the-plight-of-the-unemployed-neo-nazi-mma-fighter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nazi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I received a comment in regards to an article I wrote about the Nazi-inspired clothing line Hoelzer Reich and how the neo-Nazi imagery being worn into the ring/cage reflects horribly on the sport of MMA and is unacceptable.
A racist fighter who has been finding it hard to find a fight because he has SS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to improve The Ultimate Fighter (or at least make it more entertaining)</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/31/10-ways-to-improve-the-ultimate-fighter-or-at-least-make-it-more-entertaining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/31/10-ways-to-improve-the-ultimate-fighter-or-at-least-make-it-more-entertaining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TUF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Drew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sooki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Situation]]></category>

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The 11th season of The Ultimate Fighter, featuring coaches Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz (and Rich Franklin?) kicks off tonight following the UFC Fight Night 21 with Kenny Florian and Takanori Gomi in the main event.
Considering tomorrow&#8217;s April Fool&#8217;s Day, it seems like a good time to suggest ways to make the UFC-meets-Big Brother reality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I hate Shane Carwin</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/27/i-hate-shane-carwin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/27/i-hate-shane-carwin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Mir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Carwin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, maybe hate is extreme. Insanely jealous might be more accurate. Having a full-time job, a son and occasionally training and contributing to this blog leaves me pretty much gassed at the end of the day.
Shane Carwin holds down a full-time job (as an engineer), has two kids (one born recently), and somehow finds time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W-1 is Montreal’s best kept secret</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/21/w-1-is-montreal%e2%80%99s-best-kept-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/21/w-1-is-montreal%e2%80%99s-best-kept-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W-1]]></category>

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It&#8217;s got to take guts to start a fight promotion. Especially when the events have to occur in a different province, because MMA is illegal in your hometown. Such is the case with W-1, which is based in Ontario but held its most-recent card in Montreal on Saturday.
There were many warriors at the event. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fedor needs to prove he&#8217;s the best, something he hasn&#8217;t been in a long time</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/09/fedor-needs-to-prove-hes-still-the-best/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/09/fedor-needs-to-prove-hes-still-the-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>

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I know I’m going to get flack for saying this but as of late I’m seriously underwhelmed by Fedor Emelianenko. Fighting the likes of Brett Rogers, Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia and Hong-Man Choi are not the makings of “The Baddest Man on the Planet.”
I know he is a business man and I’m sure Affliction (at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Sylvia is an Oxy moron</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/02/27/tim-sylvia-is-an-oxy-moron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lights, camera... action!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OxyContin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Sylvia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just saw the ad for OxyMorons, a new film starring Tim Sylvia (and, strangely, sponsored by Affliction; watch the end of the trailer) about OxyContin addiction. A powerful &#8211; and powerfully addictive &#8211; opiate, Oxy is also known as hillbilly heroin.

Someone must think that the same people who watch MMA are the same people who [...]]]></description>
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