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	<title>Fighting Words... &#187; Squared circle</title>
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	<description>musings on mixed martial arts, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai and all things mano-a-mano</description>
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		<title>Velasquez vs. dos Santos is no Ali vs. Frazier</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/10/velasquez-vs-dos-santos-is-no-ali-vs-frazier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/10/velasquez-vs-dos-santos-is-no-ali-vs-frazier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cain Velasquez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Frazier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Junior Dos Santos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muhammad Ali]]></category>

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When was the last time you saw two fighters face each other in a ring or a cage who truly hated each other&#8217;s guts, who genuinely wanted to inflict serious and lasting pain on each other?  This question came to mind while reading a few eulogies for Joe Frazier. When Frazier and Muhammad Ali fought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Down goes Frazier&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/11/08/down-goes-frazier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Frazier]]></category>

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A lot of words have been written about &#8220;Smokin&#8217;&#8221; Joe Frazier in the days since it was revealed he was battling cancer, and in the hours since his death, at the age of 47. But there&#8217;s nothing to be said, really, about the Olympic gold medalist and heavyweight boxing champion, that can&#8217;t be witnessed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The two Jakes take a backseat to the big dick</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/09/19/the-two-jakes-takes-a-backseat-to-the-big-dick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellenberger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayweather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shields]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to say I&#8217;m surprised that Jake Shields lost to Jake Ellenberger on Saturday, that a knee to his face followed by his face on the mat after just 53 seconds wasn&#8217;t predictable.

Yes, it was the first time Shields has been stopped in 11 years, but it comes just a month after the death [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/31/of-boxers-and-bugsy-siegel-jewish-fighters-not-forgotten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Katz</dc:creator>
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		<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>Manny Pacquiao is the Bruce Lee of boxing</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/02/manny-pacquiao-is-the-bruce-lee-of-boxing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2011/05/02/manny-pacquiao-is-the-bruce-lee-of-boxing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 18:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manny Pacquiao]]></category>

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To shift gears momentarily from the UFC to boxing, there&#8217;s a great piece in the New York Times on Manny Pacquiao and his Bruce Lee-inspired fighting style:
Growing up in the Philippines, Pacquiao studied Lee, watching his movies  on endless loops. He still often views his collector’s set. “Enter the  Dragon” is his favorite. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Toney did what no other heavyweight champ has ever done: Get in a real fight</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/09/01/james-toney-did-what-no-other-heavyweight-champ-has-ever-done-get-in-a-real-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Toney has taken a beating lately, starting even before his embarrassing yet entirely predictable submission loss to Randy Couture at UFC 118 on Saturday. The pile-on reached epic proportions immediately after the bout, as though he had robbed MMA fans of something. It was not as though the fight was ever going to decide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Ariel Helwani tries to ask James Toney one more question</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/08/26/video-ariel-helwani-tries-to-ask-james-toney-one-more-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/08/26/video-ariel-helwani-tries-to-ask-james-toney-one-more-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Toney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The more I watch boxing champ James Toney in interviews, the more I hope he shocks everyone and knocks Randy Couture out at Saturday&#8217;s UFC 118. There&#8217;s something about his over-blinged, marble-mouthed, thug-parody personality, it&#8217;s like some weird performance art that I can&#8217;t look away from.

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		<title>Thoughts on Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley&#8230; ?</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/01/thoughts-on-floyd-mayweather-vs-shane-mosley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/05/01/thoughts-on-floyd-mayweather-vs-shane-mosley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 23:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Floyd Mayweather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Mosley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anybody? I&#8217;m just wondering how much of a fight Shane Mosley is going to be able to put up. And whether Floyd Mayweather will show up to box or to dance around and avoid boxing. 

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		<title>James Toney is &#8220;undestructible&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/16/james-toney-is-undestructible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/16/james-toney-is-undestructible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Toney]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fightingwords.ca/?p=7384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of points. I still can&#8217;t fathom UFC president Dana White signing boxing&#8217;s biggest blowhard given how soundly, directly and publicly James Toney has trashed the UFC, it&#8217;s fighters and the sport of MMA in general. I guess White just wants an easy buck and perhaps to see the attitude choked out of Toney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxer James Toney stalks and trash talks his way to a UFC contract</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/03/boxer-james-toney-stalks-and-trash-talks-his-way-to-a-ufc-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/03/03/boxer-james-toney-stalks-and-trash-talks-his-way-to-a-ufc-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret that boxer James Toney fancies himself the next UFC champion. Like the most-persistent Washington lobbyest, he&#8217;s hounded UFC president Dana White for months to get a contract. Ambushing him at press conferences, making taunting videos, calling him a &#8220;straight up ho.&#8221; Basically, he&#8217;s been stalking and trash talking the UFC. And it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Machida vs. Shogun II gets out of Floyd Mayweather&#8217;s way</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/01/21/machida-vs-shogun-ii-gets-out-of-floyd-mayweathers-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/01/21/machida-vs-shogun-ii-gets-out-of-floyd-mayweathers-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floyd Mayweather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyoto Machida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montreal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rampage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rashad Evans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shane Mosley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UFC 113]]></category>
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Before I get into the meat of things make sure you check out the video below. It&#8217;s really one of the best UFC promos ever. No annoying voiceover from the UFC&#8217;s equivalent of the movie trailer guy (&#8220;In a world where&#8230;), cool taiko drums, set a mood for what should be a classic clash. [Ed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Toney chases dollar signs into the octagon</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/01/08/james-toney-chases-dollar-signs-into-the-octagon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2010/01/08/james-toney-chases-dollar-signs-into-the-octagon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heavyweight boxing champ James Toney says he wants to fight in the UFC, says he knows more than boxing, that he knows takedown defense, he knows wrestling, he knows sidekicks and back kicks and whatever else he needs to know. At least, I think that&#8217;s what he says. He chews up his words so badly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I went to boxing and a chess game broke out</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/10/19/i-went-to-boxing-and-a-chess-game-broke-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/10/19/i-went-to-boxing-and-a-chess-game-broke-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rear-naked joke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
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I missed this 10.16 piece in the Globe and Mail story on the rising popularity of chessboxing in the U.K. (thanks, Vern). As you can imagine, this &#8220;sport&#8221; combines chess and boxing as two players/fighters alternate between four-minute chess rounds and three-minute boxing rounds with a winner determined by checkmate or knockout. As the story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boxer Bernard Hopkins thinks MMA is &#8220;a porno&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/10/17/boxer-bernard-hopkins-thinks-mma-is-a-porno/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/10/17/boxer-bernard-hopkins-thinks-mma-is-a-porno/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Hopkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panties]]></category>

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		<title>Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki</title>
		<link>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/10/15/muhammad-ali-vs-antonio-inoki/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fightingwords.ca/2009/10/15/muhammad-ali-vs-antonio-inoki/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[MMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Squared circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Inoki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muhammad Ali]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an abridged version of the shootfight between past-his-prime showboat Muhammad Ali and Japanese catch wrestler Antonio Inoki from 1976 that is glimpsed in the Fight Network video I just wrote about. It was pretty much a joke as no grappling was allowed, strikes only, and Inoki could kick only when he had one knee [...]]]></description>
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