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The Ultimate Fighter has become a gem among the typical dredge of reality television. Smartly conceived, well-produced and playing completely to the large UFC fan base, The Ultimate Fighter brings it’s SpikeTV viewers an eclectic collection of cast members every season. This is ultimately what makes the show tick; the clashing of personalities is a reality show staple, but on The Ultimate Fighter the personalities get to enter the octagon and fight each other. As each season passes, a number of contestants fade from the public eye for one reason or another, sometimes never to be seen again. What has happened to your favorite Ultimate Fighter contestant? Here, we’ll profile what’s been going on with some of our favorite fighters from The Ultimate Fighter.

Stephen Bonnar

Bonnar is probably best known for his epic and universally beloved The Ultimate Fighter title fight with Forrest Griffin on The Ultimate Fighter 1; a fight he actually lost. Many regard this match as one of the best in UFC history, and rightfully so. However, since then, Bonnar has had some troubling times. He notched three consecutive victories in the Octagon after the fight, all on SpikeTV Ultimate Fight Nights. Then, on Ultimate Fight Night 5, he lost a unanimous decision to Rashad Evans. After that, Bonnar got scheduled to fight a rematch with Forrest Griffin at UFC 62 on August 26, 2006. Bonnar again lost to Griffin (in a unanimous decision), but those were the least of his worries. Shortly after that fight, Stephan Bonnar tested positive for the use of anabolic steroids, a banned substance in the UFC. He has not fought since, and his career is seemingly in jeopardy. No decision has yet been made by the powers that be on his UFC status.

Chris Leben

Brash and unflinching, Chris Leben was as dynamic a personality (and fighter) as The Ultimate Fighter has ever seen. In a controversial match early on in The Ultimate Fighter 1, Leben lost to Josh Koscheck. Leben complained to UFC president Dana White after the fight that Koscheck just “held him down” and if that was the kind of fighter White wanted in the UFC. Leben got to fight again, this time in the Ultimate Fighter semi-finals, when Nate Quarry bowed out with an injury. Leben lost again to Kenny Florian. Since The Ultimate FIghter 1, Leben has had a sterling record, going 6-1-0 in UFC competition, only losing to Anderson Silva, but beating quality fighters like Jorge Rivera, Edwin Dewees, and Jorge Santiago. Leben is a personality that the Ultimate Fighting Championship should be eager to use. He had been training at AMC Pankration in Seattle, but currently Leben is training down in Portland, Oregon.

Rashad Evans

Despite an eight inch height difference between Evans and the 6′7 Brad Imes, Rashad beat Imes in the heavyweight division finale of The Ultimate Fighter 2. Success has followed Evans since his victorious stint on The Ultimate Fighter 2, him winning all three of his UFC bouts since. His professional MMA record remains a perfect 14-0-0 and Evans is widely considered to be a title contender. It should only be a matter of time before Rashad Evans gets his shot.

Joe Stevenson

Stevenson surprised few by winning the Welterweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 2. Only 5′7, he defeated Luke Cummo in the Ultimate Fighter finale with an unanimous decision. He lost his first match after The Ultimate Fighter, to Josh Neer at Ultimate Fight Night 4. However, Stevenson easily won his next fight due to doctor stoppage versus Yves Edwards at UFC 61. Stevenson is one of the most experienced fighters to ever appear on The Ultimate Fighter; he sported a professional record of 24-6-0 prior to appearing on the reality show.

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Martial Arts have always been a craze among most of the people across the world. Mixed Martial Arts has always been considered as one of the best sports these days. People love to watch the self defense techniques tactfully used by both the opponents. Mixed Martial Arts Fighters from Hawaii are highly trained challengers who have mastered this technique of self defense. They are now on the field to show you their best performance and capability that literally keeps you fixed on your seats till the competition is over. Some of the most popular Mixed Martial Arts Fighters From Hawaii are BJ Penn, Kendall Grove, Suger Shane to name a few have shown their best talent and tact in the recent fights. This fighting competition was held in Philadelphia, Wachovia Center where BJ Penn proved himself to be the best in the world of MMA. However, BJ Penn commits to be on number one position, so there is no chance of other lightweight on the whole earth of beating him. Kenny Florian learnt this painful and excruciating lesson on Saturday when UFC 101 was viewed. Penn revealed his talent and skill in the field of Mixed Martial arts which will be remembered forever. His performance has created waves in this championship leagues. People have appreciated his commitment and keenness during the challenge. BJ Penn conquered Florian right form the first round till the 3m 54sec score of 4th Round, it was here when his rear-naked stifle ended the matters. BJ Penn’s game was flawless and perfect. This was confirmed by the 17,411 spectators who were glued to their seats till BJ Penn ultimately won. BJ Penn fans in the Wachovia Center viewed the entire match with great amusement and amazement. The audience was amazed to see the way Penn systematically faced and singled out each and every facet of his opponents- Florian’s fight preparation. Penn organized the standup with firm rights which counteracted his opponent’s 4 inch contact advantage thereby resulting in 2 opening round knockdowns. Penn was quite successful to stop and defend every takedown attempts from his challengers. And when these were put to the ground, Penn was still fresh, fit and fine with no sign of deterioration. Just like from past several years, his cardio was perfect and this really helped him to lead to capitulation hold. Penn was all set to fight and he actually wanted to maintain his title. But Florian was more prepared than before, as he showed a better performance in each aspect of fight. Florian was efficient in boxing and Penn was ready for the match. Penn already knew that Florian was dreadful opponent, but he never tried to back off. He showed his true sportsmanship on Saturday night, the fight night. Penn was all prepared and boosted to become the mixed martial champion and this helped him win the fight against Florian. He said the he wanted to have the fun and wanted to live his dream on Saturday night. He really wanted to do this and he did it! And if he really wants to maintain his rank, he should be dedicated to hard work and sincere practice. Now he has to stay on the cutting-edge orelse he will soon be in old news.

How To Get A Quick Six Pack: Secrets Of Top MMA Fighters…

Top mma fighters are always in the news revealing their relentless workout routines and top conditioning programs.  And at the end of the day their take on ripped fitness should be considered because they sport some of the most lean and chiseled bodies out their.  MMA news and MMA schools preach that the combination of strength conditioning and aerobics is the keys to a quick six pack, but their just so much information out their I am just going to help you in 4 simple steps on how to get a quick six pack with top mma secrets…

Top MMA Secrets Step #1- Use the whole body.  You’ll turn your metabolism into a fat burning furnace if you incorporate compound movements.  It is truly the secret to ripped fitness.  Compound movements burn more calories and also increase your testosterone.(Testosterone is the hormone for burning fat and gaining muscle) So use exercises like squats,push ups, and any exercise that keep 2 or more muscles at work.  Try to avoid exercises that involve sitting.  Total body movement is the key to a ripped workout. Top MMA Secrets Step #2- Use weight,body weight, and aerobic workouts to achieve a quick six pack.  Because variety is king.  The ab killer is a plateau also known as sticking points, which can stop your body from releasing body fat to be burned.  So don’t let your body get used to the style and workload you plan on doing to achieving ripped abs.  Incorporate circuit routines,HITT,long distance cardio,stretches, and bodybuilding routines to keep the body guessing. Top MMA Secrets Step #3- MMA schools and the UFC talk about their athletes agility and athleticism all the time.  So incorortate athletic routines and plyometrics.  Use jumps,lunges, and rope skipping to achieve ripped fitness. Top MMA Secrets Step #4- The diet is everything.  So what’s the main answer to “How to Get A Quick Six Pack?” “That’s easy.” EAT! The myth that you have to eat very little is not true.  I weigh about 200lbs and when I want to drop a few pounds to look like a top mma fighter I’ll eat as high as 3,000 calories.  Remember it all depends on your fitness level and  weight but understand when you under eat your testosterone drops and your body looses muscle.

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With three local fighters winning their bouts in the first round, their trainers at USMMA based in Bellingham truly had something to be proud of.  Mike Campbell, Devin Wessinger and Kevin Corrigan each won their weight class recently at the World Championship Fighting (WCF) Fight Night competition at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA.
Corrigan, fighting at 155 pounds and standing 5’11”, started off the night for USMMA in his first professional fight against Ruben Gonzalez. The bell sounded and both fighters came out strong.  After circling briefly, Corrigan closed the distance with punches drawing a lead leg kick from Gonzalez.  Corrigan caught the kick and closed on his opponent’s hip, lifting and slamming Gonzalez. The crowd reacted with a roar, Gonzalez tried for a guillotine but Corrigan mounted. From there, it only took :48 seconds for Corrigan to win with a KO in the first round.
Corrigan, a 35-year-old native of Bellingham, now lives in Franklin, MA.  He graduated from Bellingham High School in 1991 and he played baseball and hockey there.  He attended the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth and Framingham State College. When asked about his first win, his first thought was, “Unbelievable!!” he said.  “It was the best thing that has ever happened to me.  It was a feeling that was completely different for me because I am so used to team sports.  This was something I did completely by myself,” he said.
“I have never worked so hard for anything in my life and the pay-off was worth it for me in the end,” said Corrigan. “Matt Phinney at USMMA put together a game plan for me and it worked perfectly … absolutely perfectly!  It was almost easy to win because I was so prepared.  I practiced so hard and was just ready for every move,” he added.   Corrigan said that he trained hard for 10 to 12 weeks to prepare for the fight.  He would grapple with the other fighters at USMMA one after another, so facing just one opponent in his first fight was not as nerve-wracking as he thought it would be.  “I was very calm.  I felt very prepared and at ease and I knew I had my support system there,” he said.
“USMMA is the best gym around.  Tom Hafers, Matt Phinney and Jorge Rivera, prepare fighters better than anyone.  All of the fighters know we are trained better than anyone every time we step into the ring.  They really take care of me and they have all become like a second family to me,” said Corrigan.  “We have such a team spirit at USMMA.  If I win, they win and vice versa.  You don’t want to let them down,” he said.  His next fight is September 13, 2008 in Wilmington, MA.
Wessinger, fighting at 155 pounds, and returning to fighting after a year off, was next up on the card for USMMA in a fight against Jose Lopez. The bell sounded and both circled. Lopez threw a leg kick and Wessinger pressured in with punches, backing Lopez into the ropes. Lopez clinched with Wessinger and drove forward getting the takedown into Wessinger’s guard. Wessinger started working for a triangle then transitioned into and Omaplata, a submission move. It was shortly after that Lopez tapped earning Wessinger the victory at 1:19 seconds into the first round.   His record is now 4-1.
Wessinger, a native of Whitinsville, MA, graduated from Blackstone Valley Regional Technical High School in 2003.  While there, the well-rounded athlete played football, lacrosse, basketball and some baseball and hockey.   After graduating, Wessinger began working as a machinist and truly missed the competition of sports.  He tried Mixed Martial Arts and truly enjoyed it. 
“I really missed playing sports after high school and working out at USMMA gave me a great outlet,” said Wessinger.  “The trainers there, Tom Hafers and Matt Phinney, are the best in New England.  They always have a game plan for me.  They know what will happen and what the other guys is planning to do.  It makes me a calmer and more focused fighter because they are there for me,” he said.  “In and out of the ring, I am a happier person because of my training.  I don’t feel frustrated or aggravated because I leave all of that in the ring,” he added.
Wessinger trains about 12 hours a week at USMMA.  He incorporates Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu Mai Tai and sparring.  His next fight is scheduled for September 13, 2008 at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA.
The most anticipated fight of the night proved it’s worth with headliner and professional fighter Campbell vs. Rich Moskowitz and the crowd was ready for it.  The bell sounded and the fighters began to circle.  Moskowitz looked to close the distance on Campbell with kicks and punches but Campbell proved that he is too elusive.  Using superior footwork and timing, Campbell set up his openings.  Just one minute into the first round, Campbell countered with a cross that sent Moskowitz to the mat.  He rushed in to finish the fight and the referee stopped the fight at 1:28.  Campbell’s victory leaves him with a 5-0 record.
Campbell, a 25-year-old from Franklin, MA, fights in the welterweight division at 5’9”, 170 lbs.  He graduated from Coventry High School in Rhode Island.  While in high school, his dream was to play college football.  It was dream he shared with his father.  After his father passed away from a heroin overdose in 2001, Campbell put aside his football plans, as it was a passion they had always shared together. “My dad and I both loved football and we shared the passion for the game and for me playing.  When he passed away, I didn’t want to play anymore.”
Being no stranger to competition, and missing playing sports, Campbell was inspired to try power lifting.  He represented the US as a power lifter at the Power Lifting World
Championships when he was 22-years-old.  From there, Campbell found Mixed Martial Arts training at USMMA.  As a professional MMA fighter, he has built a solid career path for himself with a 5-0 record that includes 3 KO’s.  He holds a local title belt for the 170 lb. welterweight division. 
He is just getting started.  Campbell was chosen as the feature fighter on the reality show “Tap Out” on the Versus Network.  The “Tap Out” crew has been following Campbell and watching his training and fights that will be featured on an upcoming episode that documents their quest for the best up and coming Mixed Martial Arts fighters in the United States.  “It has been kind of weird having them follow me around, but I know that this will help take me to the next level in my career as a fighter,” said Campbell.  The episode will air in September. 
Campbell also trains with Hafers and Phinney at the USMMA facility in Bellingham, MA.  “They always come up with a great game plan and it always works!” he said.  “Tom and Matt are there for me 100 percent.  They have helped me to develop, not only as a fighter, but as and individual, as well,” he added. 
The United States Mixed Martial Arts Training Center, located on Hartford Avenue in Bellingham, focuses on elevating the physical and spiritual well being of students through Mixed Martial Arts and Yoga. This is accomplished through a four-pronged approach to reality self-defense training centered in total body wellness. 
The state of the art, 4,000-square foot training facility is complete with a 2,000-square foot padded MMA training floor equipped with heavy bags and conditioning equipment, a 15 hundred-square foot yoga studio, locker rooms, showers, a retail store and a juice bar.  USMMA also conducts kid’s programs including birthday parties, hip-hop classes and summer camps.  To contact USMMA, call 508-966-5006 or visit their website at www.usmma.org.

There are fighters who are good, fighters who are great and fighters who you’d bet on no matter who their opponents are. Who are the absolute best fighters in the UFC? The fighters who define their weight classes and perhaps could compete at a weight class higher.

The UFC has five weight classes. Each weight class, with the exception of heavyweights spans 15 lbs and each class has their own sets of tried and true stars and outstanding performers.

The lightweight class goes from 155lbs to 170 lbs and features such great fighters as Sean Sherk, Spencer Fisher, Frank Edgar, BJ Penn, Joe Stevenson, Hermes Franca and Kenny Florian.

Welterweights go from 170lbs to 185 lbs and has such notables as Matt Hughes, Matt Serra, Diego Sanchez, Jon Fitch, Karo Parisyan, Josh Koscheck and Georges St Pierre.

Middleweights are between 170lbs and 185lbs. Top level UFC middleweight fighters include Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin, Evan Tanner, Dan Henderson (sometimes), Yushin Okami and Jason MacDonald.

The UFC light heavyweight division is perhaps the most talent deep of all the divisions in the UFC and covers 185lbs to 205lbs. The light heavyweight division has fighters such as Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Keith Jardine, Shogun Rua, Forrest Griffin, Stephan Bonnar, Wanderlei Silva and Houston Alexander.

Heavyweight is the heaviest of all divisions in the UFC (there is no super heavyweight division). The UFC heavyweight division with it’s recent resignation of Randy Couture has a bit of an identity crisis, but features fighters like Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Mirko Cro Cop, Tim Sylvia, Brandon Vera and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

Out of these five divisions, I could only find four fighters that I would bet on no matter who they were fighting (within their own divisions), but even having said that there is always one guy who you think might, just might take them down.

As far as I’m concerned, the king of all lightweights in the UFC isn’t even the current title holder, in fact he’s never held the UFC lightweight title. BJ Penn is best known to new UFC fans as a former coach on the Ultimate Fighter TV series and for holding a win over Jens Pulver. Long time fans will remember the younger BJ Penn who completely dominated competition in the UFC lightweight division before being defeated by Pulver and then leaving the UFC. Penn returned to the UFC as a welterweight and defeated then welterweight champion Matt Hughes by submission. In a re-match event, Penn dominated Hughes early on, but was eventually defeated by ref stoppage. It was later determined that BJ Penn had suffered a broken rib in that match up. BJ also had a very good showing against another top UFC welterweight, Georges St Pierre. In that fight BJ hurt St Pierre early on, but eventually lost a very close split decision. If there was one lightweight in the UFC who I would bet on every time, it would be BJ Penn. Honorable mention in this category goes to Sean Sherk, who I would bet on every time, except when he fights BJ Penn.

The UFC welterweight division is full of talent and full of matches which could go either way. For instance Matt Serra poses a problem for many UFC welterweights, but for others I think he is outmatched in size and strength. There is one guy in the UFC welterweight division who I believe stands head and shoulders above the rest, Georges St Pierre can match any of the other welterweights in size, strength, speed, stand up abilities and wrestling. He is likely the most well rounded fighter in all of mixed martial arts. Even with Georges physical advantages you need to look at Matt Hughes as well. Hughes has a victory over St Pierre, but St Pierre avenged that loss with a dominant TKO stoppage of Hughes. If there was one welterweight in the UFC that I would put money on every time, it is Georges St Pierre.

Of all the divisions in the UFC, the middleweight division is the easiest to pick out a dominant fighter. Anderson Silva has dominated just about every match up he’s been in since joining the UFC middleweight division mid way through 2006. Silva has taken out 5 top UFC middleweight fighters and could be king of that division for a long time. In fact, the only guy who I see giving Anderson Silva trouble is his next opponent. Silva will take on Pride 185lb champion Dan Henderson in what should be an outstanding match up at 185lbs, still you’ve got to make Silva the odds on favorite given his performances over the last year and a half.

I do not have a pick in the UFC light heavyweight division. Sure, Quinton Jackson has looked great in his matches against Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson, but still I wouldn’t pick Quinton against say Wanderlei Silva. I believe Wanderlei Silva would have trouble with his former Chute Box team-mate, Shogun Rua, or maybe even against Chuck Liddell, a fight which takes place on December 29th. I cannot find a single light heavyweight fighter in the UFC who I believe can defeat all top contenders, that’s the true mark of a talent laden division.

Since Randy Couture has left the UFC heavyweight division I do see a top dog emerging. That top dog is Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Big Nog has defeated Cro Cop, Barnett and just about every fighter (except Fedor) that Pride has put in front of him. I expect Nogueira to do the same against all of the existing UFC heavyweights. Fighters like Lesnar aren’t ready for him, fighters like Sylvia and Cro Cop aren’t well rounded enough to compete with Nogueira on the ground. I could see Gabriel Gonzaga giving Big Nog a good match after about another year of experience.

Five divisions, four sure picks to win any match up within their divisions. The UFC is stacked with talent and there are some truly outstanding fighters-athletes who make watching mixed martial arts a real joy. Penn, St Pierre, Anderson Silva and Nogueira are all stand out fighters in their respective UFC divisions and I expect each of them to be title holders some time during 2008.