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Cung Le Returns to the Octogon
Sports Nov 07, 2012, by Cap Calderon
Saturday marks another major event for San Jose fighters as hometown favorite Cung Le takes on former UFC middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin at “UFC on Fuel 6.”
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Strikeforce Card Features 2 of San Jose’s Best
Sports Sep 19, 2012, by Cap Calderon
Sacramento hosts “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy” on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Power Balance Pavilion. Featured on the card are two San Jose fighters, Josh “The Punk” Thomson and Mike “MAK” Kyle.
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New Reality Show Features San Jose Gym
Sports Aug 15, 2012, by Cap Calderon 2 Comments
The cable channel NuVo TV is taking MMA fans on an inside look with its reality show “Fight Factory.” The show takes viewers inside the doors of San Jose-based American Kickboxing Academy and Josh Koscheck’s “Dethrone Base Camp” in Fresno.
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SJ Q&A: Megan Williams, Silicon Valley Roller Girls
CommunityLocalNewsSports Aug 15, 2012, by Hayley Benham-Archdeacon
Silicon Valley Roller Girls is a nonprofit, all-female flat track roller derby league that was founded in 2007. Megan “Panda Monium” Williams played alongside the girls for three years until stepping off the rink to focus on her role as coach. Along with other members of the coaching staff, Williams does her part by facilitating scrimmages, teaching new skills and strategies to players and developing teamwork.
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San Jose UFC Fighter Returns With a Victory
Sports Aug 06, 2012, by Cap Calderon
Saturday night marked an impressive return to the Octagon for San Jose’s Mike “Quick” Swick at The Staples Center in Los Angeles. After a two-year break, due to injury, Swick opened the “UFC on FOX 4”s live televised broadcast in a welter-weight bout against hard hitting DaMarques “Darkness” Johnson (15-11).
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San Jose MMA Fighter Swick Returns to Octogon
Sports Aug 02, 2012, by Cap Calderon 2 Comments
After being sidelined by a pair of losses, followed by a few unexpected injuries, San Jose-based mixed martial arts fighter Mike “Quick” Swick returns to the Octogon for a televised bout this Saturday.
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The U.S. Olympic team has brought some of the world’s best athletes to London, in no small part because of Californian athletes.
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UPDATE: Ghost Claims WBC Welterweight Title
Sports Jul 27, 2012, by Matt Miller
UPDATE: Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero outpointed Selcuk Aydin on Saturday at HP Pavilion to claim the WBC interim welterweight title belt by a unanimous decision.
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A new resident of San Jose, Diane Ortega has managed The Studio climbing gym on First and San Salvador since it opened earlier this year. Ortega first started climbing at age 19 while living in San Antonio, Texas where she grew up.
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Local Gymnast Josh Dixon Competes in San Jose for U.S. Olympic Trials
LocalNewsSports Jun 27, 2012, by Alyssa Kies 1 Comments
During the Olympic Trials in San Jose this weekend, Willow Glen High School and Stanford University alum Josh Dixon must come in sixth to secure a spot on the U.S. National men’s gymnastics team.
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