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		<title>Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Denis Kang</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And for the moron who wrote saying that a) Akiyama can&#8217;t fight without his gi and b) can&#8217;t strike here&#8217;s a clip of him against Denis Kang.  Akiyama has fought a good deal without the gi, and here around the 5:00 mark he puts Kang to sleep with a slick combination.  Everyone knows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/07/04/yoshihiro-akiyama-vs-denis-kang</link>
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		<title>Akiyama interviews, trains in a sparkly shirt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interview with the next UFC middleweight champion Yoshihiro Akiyama.  Bonus footage of Akiyama training in a sparkly shirt.  Do you know how big of a badass you have to be to train in a sparkly shirt?  Chuck Norris uses his peripheral vision when he rolls up on Akiyama.

And we can never get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/07/04/akiyama-interviews-trains-in-a-sparkly-shirt</link>
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		<title>MMA Live for 7/2/09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the latest episode of ESPN&#8217;s &#8216;MMA Live&#8217;:

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		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/07/03/mma-live-for-7209</link>
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		<title>Antoni Hardonk kicks ass on some petty street thugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Iole at Yahoo Sports has a great article about how UFC heavyweight Antoni Hardonk broke up a robbery attempt in SoCal recently:
Antoni Hardonk, a heavyweight who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, had just finished a training session last month in Los Angeles near Los Angeles International Airport.
He was talking with his attorney, Nima [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/07/01/antoni-hardonk-kicks-ass-on-some-petty-street-thugs</link>
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		<title>Steve Cofield on &#8216;Ultimate Chaos&#8217; debacle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good article by Steve Cofield on the shoddy officiating at &#8216;Ultimate Chaos&#8217;:
Organizations like Strikeforce, WEC, Affliction and the UFC have to cringe a bit everytime some small MMA show is waged in states like Alabama and Mississippi. As the big boys push to cross the sanctioning finish line in New York, a disasterous result in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/07/01/steve-cofield-on-ultimate-chaos-debacle</link>
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		<title>Alexis Arguello R.I.P.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just posted&#8211;the Savage Science tribute to boxing great Alexis Arguello, who died today in Nicaragua at the age of 57:
Alexis Arguello remembered @ The Savage Science
For more boxing news and boxing opinion visit our comrades in fight sport journalism at The Sweet Science
Boxing news and opinion @ The Sweet Science
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		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/07/01/alexis-arguello-rip</link>
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		<title>Frank Mir trains for Brock Lesnar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HT:  Around the Octagon:
Don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve ever seen Mir in this kind of shape.  With all due respect to Brock Lesnar&#8211;who is a beast&#8211;lest we forget, Mir is 6&#8242;3&#8243; 250 pounds himself. Not exactly a tiny guy.  His striking has improved drastically, and he&#8217;s among the best submission fighters at any weight. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/06/30/frank-mir-trains-for-brock-lesnar</link>
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		<title>Ultimate Travesty:  Poor officiating places fighters at risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just posted&#8211;Lyman Hoyt takes a look at the horrible officiating at &#8216;Ultimate Chaos&#8217; and the way late stoppage of Yvel/Rizzo:
ULTIMATE TRAVESTY:  POOR OFFICIATING PLACES FIGHTERS AT RISK @ SAVSCI
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		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/06/29/ultimate-travesty-poor-officiating-places-fighters-at-risk</link>
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		<title>Guy from sparkly vampire movie at Affliction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got this thing from Affliction announcing that an actor from &#8216;Twilight&#8217; would be making an appearance at their Melrose Avenue store.  While we respect the fact that he&#8217;s scratching out a beefy check to a worthy charity, we take our job as an educational resource for junior high school teachers very seriously.  

For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/06/29/affliction-vamps</link>
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		<title>Satoru Sayama honors Misawa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That would be the original &#8216;Tiger Mask&#8217; and founder of Shooto Satoru Sayama for those of you scoring at home:

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		<link>http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/06/29/satoru-sayama-honors-misawa</link>
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