Leonard Garcia vs. Manny Gamburyan expected for WEC 44

A featherweight bout between Leonard “Bad Boy” Garcia and Manny “Pitbull” Gamburyan is in the works for WEC 44. According to a report on Sherdog.com, both UFC lightweight veterans have verbally agreed to the match up and should be made official soon. Gamburyan 9-4 was a participant on The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, but came up short in the finale with Nate Diaz. In the second round of the bout,... [Read More...]

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Leonard Garcia: “Expect fireworks for twenty-five minutes”

While there may be similarities regarding an acquisition of skills, the path every mixed martial artist takes throughout his or her career is unique in nature and molds each individual accordingly. The road traveled by Leonard “Bad Boy” Garcia is no different, and on March 1st, 2009, he’ll head to WEC 39 and a featherweight title-fight against current champion Mike Brown. The trek... [Read More...]

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Report: Brown vs. Garcia for WEC featherweight title set for the new year

World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Mike Thomas Brown has made a verbal commitment to make his first defense of the title against Leonard Garcia, according to a new report by MMAjunkie.com’s John Morgan. Morgan indicates that the proposed bout is expected to take place sometime in March at a venue yet to be determined, However, because of Brown’s affiliation with American... [Read More...]

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Mike Thomas Brown’s first defense likely to take place vs. Leonard Garcia

With Urijah Faber now slated to fight Jens Pulver at WEC 38 on Jan. 25 in a rematch from the classic June encounter, multiple sources have informed FiveOuncesOfPain.com that current WEC featherweight champion Mike Thomas Brown is now expected to make his first defense against former UFC lightweight Leonard Garcia. Five Ounces of Pain spoke to a third source close to Brown who indicated that while the... [Read More...]

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Leonard Garcia says he feels like the number one contender in new 5 Oz. interview

Leonard Gracia couldn’t be happier following what could easily be described as the biggest win of his career. The Greg Jackson trained fighter’s first round knockout over former UFC champion Jens Pulver has the MMA world buzzing that there’s a new force to be reckoned with in the featherweight division. After a nine month lay off and recently being cleared of federal charges that... [Read More...]

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Buentello vs. Emelianenko added to inaugural Affliction show

According to Sherdog.com, Affliction announced Tuesday that a heavyweight clash between Aleksander Emelianenko and Paul Buentello is the latest fight to be added to its debut card on July 19 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Buentello, 25-10, also currently competes for Strikeforce and has also fought for the UFC in the past. The Texas native is looking to come back from a loss in his last fight,... [Read More...]

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Paul Buentello calls out Kimbo Slice

Former UFC heavyweight title challenger, Paul Buentello has called out former Youtube street fighter, Kevin ‘Kimbo Slice’ Ferguson. Buentello was a recent guest on MMAWeekly radio and said the following: People want to see it. I think everybody wants to see it. Me and Kimbo should lace up the gloves. Everybody wants to see it and I think it’s time. He’s fighting all the guys I’ve... [Read More...]

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Report: Paul Buentello added to EliteXC/Strikeforce show on March 29

Former UFC heavyweight contender Paul Buentello is the latest name reported to be fighting on the upcoming combined Strikeforce and EliteXC show scheduled for March 29 in San Jose. The news was first reported by Brian Knapp of The Fight Network. According to the report, an opponent for Buentello has yet to be finalized. Buentello last fought on November 16 in San Jose. He lost to Alistair Overeem in... [Read More...]

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