The city of Boston is a large and simmering fight market. To the cities south, along the shores, just before the dreaded stretch of melted steel, tar and stone known as the Sagamore Bridge, lays the unassumingly quaint and beautiful town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. There, on the edge of the cold and unforgiving Atlantic, sits the otherwise dormant home of Boston’s premier Mixed Martial Arts promotion, Cage Titans Fighting Championship. Dormant by standard of comparison to the excitement brought to the town’s only suitable venue, Plymouth Memorial Hall, when the MMA comes to the coast.
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Upon third party investigation, the size of the South Boston promotions’ home venue may not indicate the extreme decibel level which its crowd achieves. Anyone daring to challenge that assertion, may do so. It happens as so, an opportunity presents itself in a little over a week. April 14th, hosts the 38th installment of Cage Titans, at its aforementioned home, Plymouth Memorial Hall, where a new Lightweight champion will be crowned. 

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Hold onto your breeches. ​The UFC is coming to town, and I doubt we are all prepared. Not only is UFC 220 a little more than a couple of weeks away, not only is the city of Boston ready to heat up from excitement but, Carl Weathers, (the great actor known for portraying the character, Apollo Creed) narrates the official event trailer.

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At 5-2, Chris Wade looked to be primed for a run to the UFC's lightweight rankings. In an odd and unfortunate turn of events, a seemingly personal grudge from the promotions former match-maker, Joe Silva, leaves Wade without a contract. 

The UFC takes the long journey to Shanghai this Saturday (morning). Michael Bisping, #2 ranked Middleweight, will face Kelvin Gastelum, #9. Bisping, finally has the support and respect of fans that the man has deserved throughout his career. Coming off a disappointing loss to George St. Pierre, the British star looks to avenge the loss of his title against the powerful Kelvin Gastelum. Gastelum was scheduled to fight a different former Middleweight champion in Anderson Silva. Yet, in the wake of a second potential doping violation, flagged by USADA, "The Spider" was pulled from the card. 

The picks are back, another week, another late blog release and more wads of money thrown down the garbage disposal. This weeks got UFC: Sydney, NFL, and NCAAFB.

Ignore the clear re-hash poster, I did not have time to make a new one.

Disgruntled negotiations over current NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, and his contract have turned public. ESPN reported the long time NFL commish, whose life achievements include; beating Tom Brady in court, is seeking an annual salary of $50 million as well as, access to a private jet for life. 

The best blog of the week is here, written by the international blog man, whom, went to Asia and wasn't caught stealing. 

MMA has some great journalists, and a few pundits involved in the sport who prefer to be categorized as something else. Yet, media hosts/journalists who know nothing about the sport always seem to squeak in the circle.

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When will the feud between Team Alpha Male and its former member, TJ Dillashaw, end? The most likely of scenarios, never. 

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Hot n spicy, that is how we like our picks, hot N spicy. We are closing in on the holiday season, which means, important sports games. Why waste your time talking over turkey about the nation of Turkey, when you could be watching some football, MMA, or basketball.

We are going to have some bad weeks together, but this past week was not one of them. Thursday Picks is a hot segment, but before last week, the blog category was the only thing hot about it. 

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Amid news that the second, UFC hosted, Madison Square Garden event has struggled to sell tickets, lies a story-line buried a few inches deeper than shoving matches between Michael Bisping and George St. Pierre.

I am sorry, let's start out with that. I am very sorry. 

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Week Three, its going down like a nice bottle of red wine.