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Heads up: WEC 44 goes down next Wednesday in Las Vegas, with featherweight champ Mike Brown defending his belt against terrifying knockout artist Jose Aldo, who has ended all five of his appearences in the WEC via highlight-reel stoppage; his last opponent, Cub Swanson, lasted all of eight seconds. But is Mike Brown scared? Nah. "He’s never faced the caliber of fighter that I am," Brownie says. "It’s not gonna be an easy fight of course, but if I do my thing, I’m gonna win the fight." Check out the full lineup here.
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You’d figure that after a rough day of training, guys like Mike Swick and Brandon Vera would do everything they can to avoid thinking about fighting. Maybe they settle in with a nice round of Bonsai Barber to take the edge off. But they actually seem psyched to be plugging Ubisoft’s new stealth-killing joint Assassin’s Creed 2. Vera explains how he feels like an assassin in the cage, and Swick gives props to the main character’s sick overhand right. The word "badass" is thrown around a few times. Even Lyoto Machida shows up to mumble something about fighting for honor. Keep at it guys, and one day maybe you’ll make the MMA fighter-pitchman Hall of Fame…
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And finally, MMA fighter/Special Forces Sniper Tim Kennedy, along with his Recon Marine buddy Jon Walsh reveal some of the U.S. Military’s most devastating (and until now, secret) hand-to-hand combat techniques. If you see these dudes coming at you, you might as well start getting right with God, because you are already pink-bellied dead.
Soda Popinski wins twelve internets for his preview. i lol’d harder at this than the Van Arsdale chicken catcher story.