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		<title>Video: why not tag-team MMA?</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2012/01/13/video-why-not-tag-team-mma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tag team]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I suggested electrifying the cage to liven up boring fights. It was mostly a response to the lack of Pride-like pop during recent UFC events. The loss of Brock Lesnar and his WWE heelness also takes away a bit of the lustre. So why not introduce tag-team fighting to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: anarchist and MMA fighter Jeff Monson knows how to heal America</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2012/01/11/video-anarchist-and-mma-fighter-jeff-monson-knows-how-to-heal-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lights, camera... action!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Monson]]></category>

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		<title>Video: a serious MMA rap battle</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/12/20/video-mma-rap-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rap battle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this a few weeks ago, but it seems appropriate to post it now, post-Ralek Gracie rap video.

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		<title>Video: Bob Sapp doesn&#8217;t know when to quit either</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/12/19/video-bob-sapp-doesnt-know-when-to-quit-either/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Sapp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although curling up from a barrage of strikes is par for the course for the former K-1 notable. 

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		<title>Video: Jens Pulver proves he&#8217;s no honey badger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jens Pulver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pro athletes rarely know when to exit their sport gracefully. Their competitive nature, along with a total lack of real-world job skills, keeps them hanging on for one more game, one more match, one more fight. Case in point: Jens Pulver. Once upon a time, Pulver was the honey badger of MMA, a Pride veteran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video preview: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko]]></category>

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		<title>Junie Browning vs. Thai mafia, Brock Lesnar vs. Bambi, Sean Sherk vs. SWAT and other MMA nuttiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brock Lesnar]]></category>
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There&#8217;s a mixed bag of MMA news on this Friday afternoon, most of it scraps about upcoming scraps along with a few scrapes with the law. So let&#8217;s get started.
There&#8217;s Junie Browning on the run from the mafia in Thailand (of course he is); Brock Lesnar busted for poaching in Alberta during a recent killing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Listen up, baby monkeys, your jiu-jitsu is no good here</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/12/14/video-listen-up-baby-monkeys-your-jiu-jitsu-is-no-good-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kung fu]]></category>

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		<title>Video: One-armed MMA fighter&#8217;s impressive 90-second win</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/12/05/video-one-armed-mma-fighters-impressive-90-second-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nick Newell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One arm or not, Nick Newell is a bad-ass. He&#8217;s 6-0 as a professional with one TKO and five submission wins, which is pretty fucking impressive for a guy with no left hand or forearm. You can tell he&#8217;s got a strong muay Thai and wrestling background and has apparently picked up a bit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Marius Zaromskis delivers the best head kick of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/27/video-marius-zaromskis-delivers-the-best-head-kick-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/27/video-marius-zaromskis-delivers-the-best-head-kick-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marius Zaromskis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marius Zaromskis has scored a few memorable head kick knockouts in his career. Hayato Sakurai, Jason High and Ho Bae Myeong all come to mind. But this cartwheel kick to the skull of Bruno Carvallo at Saturday&#8217;s K-1: Rumble of the Kings 6 in Stockholm, Sweden, takes the cake. It&#8217;s actually kind of a forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Fedor Emelianenko gets his first win since beating Brett Rogers two years ago</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/21/fedor-emelianenko-gets-his-first-win-since-beating-brett-rogers-two-years-ago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fedor Emelianenko]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Dan Henderson was waging war with Mauricio &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua and Eddie Alvarez was battling Michael Chandler in two of the best fights of the year, the once greatest fighter on the planet, Fedor Emelianenko, ended his three-fight losing skid with a unanimous if unspectacular victory over Jeff Monson at an M-1 Global event in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope this sambo fighter is right-handed</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/14/hope-this-sambo-fighter-is-right-handed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sambo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My arm hurts just watching this insanely slick reverse omo-plata. I&#8217;ve watched it a few times and I&#8217;m not even sure how he got to that position. 

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		<title>Enson Inoue is saving Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/04/enson-inoue-is-saving-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Enson Inoue]]></category>

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Chances are you don&#8217;t know who Enson Inoue is. Maybe you remember him from UFC 13, his lone UFC appearance that saw him submit Royce Alger. Or his four Pride fights, including a loss to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Maybe you&#8217;re a hardcore Shooto fan, or you recall when he armbarred Randy Couture at Vale Tudo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Shawn Tompkins died of a heart attack</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/08/16/report-shawn-tompkins-died-of-a-heart-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shawn Tompkins]]></category>

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MMA trainer and Team Tompkins top dog Shawn Tompkins died of a heart attack, according to his brother-in-law Sam Stout, who confirmed the news with the London Free Press. Tompkins, 37, died in his sleep Sunday. An autopsy was performed Monday although those results have not been made official. Meanwhile, thoughts about Tompkins, both the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Injuries happen, but do we need to watch the replay?</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/08/16/video-injuries-happen-but-do-we-need-to-watch-the-replay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injuries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I witnessed a cringe-inducing limb-mangling at the Copa Ontario jiu-jitsu tournament hosted by my club, Toronto BJJ. It was entirely unintentional and a complete fluke. I don&#8217;t recall ever seeing anyone win a match simply by pulling guard but it happened. I know that the competitor who caused the injury, [...]]]></description>
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