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Bradley fight Sept. 17 in Omaha on UFC Fight Night 15

E. BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (August 26, 2008) – In a relatively short period, 24-year-old Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon has gone from computer geek to starring on The Ultimate Fighter 5 television reality show, upsetting a former world mixed-martial-arts champ, and then headlining UFC Fight Night 13.

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LOS ANGELES (Aug. 21, 2008) – The California State Athletic Commission announced Thursday morning it had suspended Antonio Silva for 12 months and fined him $2,500 for testing positive for the banned anabolic substance Boldenone after a fight on July 26 in Stockton.
Shortly thereafter, Silva’s co-manager Alex Davis issued a statement claiming not only that his fighter was clean but that he had no idea how Silva could have tested positive.

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By: Tim Crowley

Boxing writer Tim Crowley covered Affliction Banned ringside, for Brickcityboxing.com and contrasts that huge event with Boxing's best.

With the rise in popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in the United States, many have speculated whether MMA contests like UFC and Affliction Banned

will soon overtake boxing as the premier combat sport. The debate is enhanced by comparing the Margarito/Cotto fight vs. the Affliction Banned card, held three weeks ago.

Each was arguably the biggest event of the year for their respective sports. Margarito/Cotto was a pitting of the two best welterweights in the world, with each having proved themselves by winning against the best opposition the sport had to offer.

And for Affliction Banned, it was a sort of re-packaging of some of the sports top talent who may have been previously overlooked by mainstream media—fighters like Vitor Belfort and Antonio Rogerio Noguiera—while also attempting to establish dominant superstars in Andrei Arlovski and Fedor Emelianenko.

There is a marked difference in how each was marketed. The Cotto/Margarito match was given third-tier marketing and buildup. An HBO Countdown was done, but not a 24/7, and it was nowhere near as hyped as the De La Hoya/Mayweather fight, which was supposed to “save” boxing and bring it back to mainstream audiences.

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LOS ANGELES (Aug. 2, 2008) – Fans seeking to participate in the highly anticipated South Florida homecoming of incredibly popular and exciting mixed martial arts superstar Kimbo Slice of Perrine, Fla., near Miami, have the opportunity to reserve their seats now.

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