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There’s a million stories in the big city, here’s a couple from today:

Lots of talk about the MMA drup culture from Fight Opinionand MMA Weekly although it looks like everybody on the UFC 73 card got a clean bill of health. Update [2007-7-19 15:29:50 by Kid Nate]: Boy was I wrong about that!

FightLinker has lost his love for Mike Swick, due to Swick’s taking Jonathan Goulet’s Sherdog Forums bait and taking the fight.

Pro-boxer and UFC wannabe Kermit Citron got a KO this weekend. FightReport has the .gif action.

Kenny Florian’s getting the sport some good publicity on NBC for visiting the troops.

That article led me to this good, if somewhat sad piece about ‘roid casualty Mark Kerr.

Another boxing fan gets the MMA bug.

411 Mania picks five fighters to keep your eyes on. I dunno about Jake O’Brien, dude’s got some serious health problems. And FightLinker is NOT a fan.

And here’s a good Din Thomas video that’s got me anticipating his match with Spencer Fisher.

Update [2007-7-19 14:9:1 by Kid Nate]: And I forgot the post that made me want to do this roundup, UFC Mania has video highlights from two exciting light heavyweights who have just been matched up against each other at UFC 75: Thiago Silva and Tomasz Drwal. I’m stoked about this matchup!

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Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.