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March 25, 2008 |
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Kenny Florian talks Lauzon, Ultimate Fight
Night Part 2
The pendulum may
have finally swung for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt and Ultimate
Fighter alumnus Kenny Florian.
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March 16, 2008 |
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Kenny Florian talks Lauzon, Ultimate Fight
Night Part 1
Headlining the April 2nd Ultimate Fight Night card is a fight between two Boston natives Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon.
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May 13, 2008 |
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New, Improved
and Mean? Kenny Florian and why he's not what his opponents expect Pt. 1
It’s not hard to find similarities between UFC lightweights Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon, who will face one another April 2 in the main event of the latest Fight Night on Spike TV.
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February 2008 |
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Fit to Fight
How UFC fighter Kenny Florian supercharges his ab routine. |
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September 5, 2007 |
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Interview with UFC lightweight
Kenny Florian
Kenny
Florian only wants to fight the top dogs at 155. He has his wish. Florian
takes on crafty MMA veteran Din Thomas on Sept. 19 on the UFC Fight Night
card to be broadcast live on Spike TV.
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September 2007 |
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Driven By Threat
Florian Picks Up His Game After a Kneebar Almost Ended His Night |
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July 18, 2007 |
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Thanking the Troops (Kenny's Trip Blog)
I arrived here safe and endured the long trip. Thankfully, I slept pretty well on the flight here. We waited at the airport and our ride came. He drove us to the base (Camp As Sayliyah) in Qatar where we went through several checkpoints. We ate dinner and pretty much headed to bed.
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July 12, 2007 |
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Florian: "The Attitude Now is it's Him or
Me...I'm Going Into My Fights With a Killers Instinct From Here On Out!
Ever since that Sherk
fight, it's been about getting healthy and doing the right things; treating
your body well, eating right and doing the work. The motto has been "there
is no off-season".
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July 7, 2007 |
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Florian in the Swing of Things
Fighting in the swing bout – a match that may or
may not take place depending on how long the matches run during a television
broadcast – can be a nerve-wracking affair.
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June 2, 2007 |
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Taking His Shots
(Kenny Quoted on his fight with Alex Karalexis)
His competitive spirit puts him in demand. In his
first bout after recovering from two broken ribs, he fought the highly rated
Kenny Florian on Aug. 6, 2005. The early part of the bout was a
back-and-forth slugfest that had the crowd in the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas
on its feet roaring.
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May 2007 |
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7 Perfect Workouts for the Perfectly
Workout-Averse
At Sityodtong, a two-level martial arts center in Somerville, I meet up for training with Kenny Florian, above. The 30-year-old BC grad turned Somerville-based Ultimate Fighter is here prepping for an April match at the Palms in Las Vegas (which he subsequently won).
Friends
fans who recall Jon Favreau’s guest turn as an Ultimate Fighter might
associate the sport with its former “no holds barred” rep, but recent
regulations have made Ultimate Fighting—best described as a mix of boxing,
wrestling, and jujitsu—a little more humane.
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April 16, 2007 |
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InsideFighting's 4 fighters to watch
It may seem odd to suggest you keep an eye out for a fighter you probably already can’t avoid seeing, but we’re going to do it anyway. Kenny Florian is fast becoming one of the main faces of the UFC, between his participation on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), headlining a pay per view and making television appearances.
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April 12, 2007 |
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"KenFlo" Florian talks Ultimate Fight
Night
Kenny Florian dominated
Dokonjonosuke Mishima in his recent UFC outing, and once again MaXfighting
got to talk with their longtime friend about his one-sided victory on Spike
TV's Ultimate Fight Night.
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April 8, 2007 |
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Don't Ever Count Out Florian
In the blink of an eye, it had all gone wrong for Kenny Florian. One moment, he’s toying with Dokonjonosuke Mishima, dominating to the point that the Japanese legend looked lost in their Thursday night UFC match. Then, just like that, it was Florian who was seconds from defeat.
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April 4, 2007 |
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Fall changes fighter's life
It took a headfirst fall off a cliff
to get mixed martial arts fighter Kenny Florian's attention. In 2003, Florian fell while mountain climbing in Brazil.
He dropped five metres, landing on a rounded rock.
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April 4, 2007 |
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Florian eyes sport's best
Kenny Florian grins wanly at the mention of his willingness to fight in any weight class.
The former soccer player turned pro fighter is one of the elite lightweights in mixed martial arts, but he has fought as high as the middleweight division despite a body that looks as if it might be snapped like a twig by many of the massively muscled men in the 185-pound division.
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April 2, 2007 |
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Kenny Florian – Eager for Round Six
The five round championship fight. For mixed
martial artists, it’s a rite of passage, anaffirmation that you truly belong
in this unforgiving game. And if you make it through all 25 minutes, whether
you win or lose, you will undoubtedly be changed. read more |
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April 2, 2007 |
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Florian ready for comeback
"Very few fighters get the opportunity to fight
a five-round fight, let alone go five rounds, so that alone was something I
could take away," said the Boston-based fighter. "Also, dealing with a
frustrating opponent who was on top of you all the time, grinding out the
win."
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April 2, 2007 |
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Kenny Florian has made changes for the better
On April 5th, Kenny Florian returns to action in
the UFC Octagon for the first time since October 14th, 2006 when he battled
Sean Sherk for the UFC lightweight title for five rounds. Florian lost a
judges’ decision that night but gained tons of respect from pundits who
thought he wouldn’t last even a single round with the powerhouse Sherk.
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March 17, 2007 |
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Soft-spoken linguist now gets his kicks from Ultimate Fighting
Kenny Florian is college-educated,
multilingual, polite, soft-spoken and low-key. A doctor's son, he grew up in
the affluent Boston suburb of Dover and dreamed of playing professional
soccer.
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March 14, 2007 |
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Kenny Florian Ready for the Road Back to the Title
After winning three consecutive fights after his loss to Diego Sanchez at the Ultimate Fighter season one finale, Kenny Florian was given a chance to compete for reincarnation of the UFC Lightweight Championship. No more reality fighting veteran, Florian had reached official UFC title contender status. |
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February 20, 2007
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Kenny Florian
Kenny Florian plays Monopoly as a child with his
sister and four brothers and starts to lose. The smart sibling ducks. The
others have crushing left hooks coming at 'em.
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February 20, 2007
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InfiniteMMA Interviews Kenny Florian (USA)
My favorite submission is the one that gets the tap. Really, it is the rear naked choke. There is no move in all of the martial arts that is more efficient, effective and beautiful.
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January 23, 2007
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Florian Agrees on MISHIMA
Three months after a grueling loss to Sean Sherk in a fight
that reintroduced the UFC lightweight title, Kenny Florian, 30, will return
to action on April 5 as part of a Spike TV UFC Fight Night event in Las
Vegas.
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January 14, 2007
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Florian Becoming Face of UFC
Hey,
don’t laugh. Dover’s own Octagon star was asked to represent the UFC and
Spike TV at the annual Television Critics Association in Pasadena, Calif.,
this past week. Florian, who graduated from Dover-Sherborn High School and
Boston College answered
questions -- along with lightweight Jens Pulver -- about Spike’s hottest TV
show, “The Ultimate Fighter. read more
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January 14, 2007
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Knockout Marketing
Two
men, barefoot and slathered with Vaseline, their hands covered in little
more than leather wraps, enter a cage at the center of the arena. For five
minutes, they kick and punch and lock limbs, trying to land a headlock known
in their trade as a guillotine and designed to cut off the blood flow in the
opponent's carotid artery.
At the end of the first round, one fighter _ Kenny "KenFlo" Florian, a
former college soccer player from Massachusetts _ rests on a stool.
"Be patient!" his trainer tells him. "God will tell you what to do!"
Less than a minute later, Florian crushes his elbow into the right temple of
his opponent, Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk, a father of two from Minnesota
with no discernible neck. Blood begins to spurt from Sherk's head, pooling
on the mat, hanging in coagulating strands from the cage fence.
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January 9, 2007
Nokaut.com |
Kenny Florian Interview |
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December 6, 2006
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Kenny Florian: Lessons learned and respect earned
Kenny Florian simply wasn’t getting any respect. Not from fans, not from writers and, in an especially harsh example, not even from some UFC officials.
Florian, a 30 year old 6 fight veteran was set to take on one of the most dominant welterweight fighters of the last decade, Sean Sherk, and not many gave him a chance to survive, health in tact, much less win.
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December 6, 2006
Boxing Talk |
Interview with Lighweight Contender:
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November 19, 2007
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Florian’s Title Baptism a Bloodbath
Even in a violent sport like
Ultimate Fighting, Kenny Florian wasn’t quite prepared for the blood.
“It was pretty bad,” the Dover lightweight said of the cut he opened above
Sean Sherk’s left eye during their Oct. 14 title match at UFC 64 in Las Vegas. “There was
blood gushing all over the place. He’d end up taking me down and there was
blood in my eyes, my mouth, my nose, my shorts. We repainted The Octagon in
Sherk’s blood. He just bled for five rounds. It was pouring out. It was
pretty disgusting.
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November 2, 2006
MMACanada |
KenFlo Speaks on 5 Round Title War
with Sherk
"At UFC 64 two warriors went into battle. Kenny Florian and Sean Sherk stole the night with an action packed 5 round war for the vacant lightweight championship. In this MMACANADA exclusive Kenny recaps the fight of his life."
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Fall 2006
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Top Fighters Reveal Success Tips
Elite Fighting Magzine asks MMA Kenny Florian, Tim Sylvia and Bas Rutten
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November 2006 |
KenFlo is a Lightweight
Ultimate Grappling Magazine profiles Kenny. Magazine available
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October 18, 2006 |
Post-fight interview with Kenny Florian |
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KenFlo fought with a ton of heart this past weekend as he
fought for the UFC Lightweight Championship Belt against Sean Sherk. The
fight went the distance all 5 rounds with Sherk getting the unanimous
judge's decision. I caught up with Kenny to get his thoughts on the fight,
his performance, and what's next for him.
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October 15, 2006 |
UFC 64 Aftermath |
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*Ken Florian had one of those
performances last night where you gain in stature by losing. No doubt Sherk
won convincingly (I had it 49-46); but for a fighter with his experience
level, Florian's jiu-jitsu was solid and he did his share of damage.
Ironically, the cut over Sherk's eye ended up backfiring on Florian, as it
may have enabled Sherk to slip out of his opponent's submission attempts.
"It got me on that armbar," Florian said. "I thought I had it sunk in and I
turned and he just slipped right out of it. The blood and sweat made it real
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October 14, 2006
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Lightweight title match:
Sean Sherk vs. Ken Florian
This match is for the vacant UFC lightweight championship.
Jens Pulver was the first 155-lb. champion, left the promotion without
dropping the title back in 2002, and it has gone unfilled until now. Sean
Sherk (30-2-1) is a veteran from Minneapolis. He previously fought as a
welterweight and holds the distinction of being the only fighter ever to
take UFC 170-lb. champ Matt Hughes a full five rounds (in a decision loss).
Sherk's only other career loss is to No. 1 welterweight contender Georges
St. Pierre. Florian, a former Ultimate Fighter contestant from the
Boston area, is much less experienced than Sherk, but has won his past three
fights, including a quick submission of Sam Stout to earn the shot.
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October 13, 2006
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UFC Lightweight Contender: Kenny Florian
Two years ago Kenny Florian 3-0 and fighting Drew Fickett on The Combat Zone, a local show no one outside of Massachusetts has heard of. Tomorrow, he's fighting in the UFC for the Lightweight Championship of the World. Now that's an amazing story. MaxFighting recently caught up with "KenFlo" to talk about his upcoming fight.
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October 11, 2006 |
Kenny Florian talks Sherk, UFC title
This weekend Kenny Florian fights Sean
Sherk for the UFC Lightweight belt, a belt that has been vacant since
Jens Pulver walked away from the bargaining table almost four-and-a-half
years ago.
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October 10, 2006
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Just Another Win Situation for Kenny Florian
In April of 2005, Kenny Florian was recovering from the worst
loss of his young mixed martial arts career. Fighting at an unnatural 185
pounds, the Massachusetts native got run over by current welterweight
contender Diego Sanchez at the finale of the first season of ‘The Ultimate
Fighter’ and fight fans weren’t expecting to hear from Florian too much over
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October 5, 2006
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Mixed Marital Arts Column
Kenny Florian has fought bigger fighters for most of his
career.
He often fought against fighters that outweighed him by 20-60 pounds in open
weight Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and submission wrestling tournaments.
He competed 30 pounds above his natural weight in the 185-pound division on
the first season of Spike TV’s hit reality series “8221;
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October 3, 2006 |
Wayland Firm Sponsors Fighter |
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Ed Tourtellotte
used to train with Kenny Florian in 1997, when they both practiced Brazilian
jiu jitsu in Watertown.
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August 4, 2006
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Will we see Florian versus Sherk for the lightweight title?
The two top contenders for the lightweight
title are Kenny Florian and Sean Sherk. Pretty straightforward stuff
there. The UFC makes the match and bam! we have a new lightweight
champion. Again, pretty straightforward stuff. Should be easy as one, two,
three and money in the bank for Zuffa the way it looks on paper. Check the
upcoming pay per views and look for this fight. Do you see it? I would bet
“no”.
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July 18, 2006 |
Kenny Florian: Right Place,
Wrong time |
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The UFC brought back the lightweight division a
few months ago and fights were taking place with no title match on the
horizon. With Kenny Florian defeating Sam Stout (defeated
Spencer Fisher in his UFC debut) he became a lead candidate for the
lightweight title. But with the UFC looking for an opponent for Sean
Sherk, the welterweight turned lightweight, the timing isn’t right for
Florian. He further explains in this ADCC News Interview.
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July 11, 2006
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Ultimate Fighting Championship Packs a
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Florian fought the main event on Spike last month underneath
two fights that crowned the latest Ultimate Fighters. It was the most
watched show among men 18-49, the night of June 24th. The Ultimate Fighter
drew 2.8 million viewers.
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July 11, 2006 |
Florian Willing To Fight Sherk, Given Time
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“No, not at all,” said Florian regarding the rumors that he
turned down the fight with Sherk. “I would absolutely fight Sean Sherk, but
the UFC wanted to push for the August show, and I just came out of training
from my last fight, and I don’t want to push myself into another fight with
only three weeks to prepare for a guy like Sean Sherk."
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July 11, 2006 |
These Personalities are hard-hitting |
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White believes that Florian is doing what the young males in
his audience dream about the way their fathers dreamed of being Muhammad Ali
or Sugar Ray Robinson. "Ninety percent of the guys in cubicles wish they
could by Kenny," White said.
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June 29, 2006 |
Mixed martial arts column |
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In the main event, Kenny
Florian looked awesome at 155 pounds as he dismantled Sam Stout 1 minute and
46 seconds into the first round. Florian fought 30 pounds above his natural
weight in Season 1 of "The Ultimate Fighter" when he lost to Diego Sanchez
in the finals. Look for Florian to continue his onslaught in the lightweight
division. |
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June 26, 2006 |
Florian Floors Stout |
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The long wait was worth it for Dover native Kenny Florian Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Florian dismantled highly touted prospect Sam Stout in just 1:46 of the first round to win his featured 155-pound match during the Ultimate Fighter Season 3 finale.
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June 26, 2006 |
The Monday Morning Reverie: TUF 3 Finale |
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Kenny Florian will be the first UFC lightweight champion since
Jens Pulver Something tells me that with Pulver being back in with the UFC
and his alleged presence on season five of TUF (Jens dodged all of my
questions at the show), it sets up a wonderful showdown between Pulver, who
has never lost inside the Octagon and Focker Florian. My money would be on
Florian big time. He is that good. |
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June 25, 2006 |
Post Fight Interview with Kenny Florian |
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MMA Weekly |
Just after his victory over Sam Stout in the main event of the
UFC's "Ultimate Finale" show on Spike TV, Kenny Florian spoke with MMAWeekly
about the fight and his immediate future in the UFC's lightweight division.
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June 23, 2006 |
New: Kenny Florian Interview 24 Hours Before Fight
What's up everyone, Luis Cruz here with just 24 hours until The Ultimate Fighter 3 season finale. I'm joined by one of the main event participants, Kenny Florian.
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June 21, 2006
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After Three Weeks in Thailand, Florian’s Ready for The Heat on Saturday |
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Pardon the use of the UFC catchphrase, but this was truly “as
real as it gets”. Far away from the bright lights of Las Vegas - where he
will headline this Saturday night - Kenny Florian watched as two Thai
teenagers battled it out in over 100 degree heat.
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June 15, 2006 |
Kenny Florian pre-UFC |
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"I think it is absolutely important that I’m a good role model. A lot of guys when they think of MMA they think of the big guy with tattoos and criminal record and I’m definitely the opposite of that. I try to portray a different image and any time I get a chance to help promote the sport or give a different outlook or aspect I definitely do."
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June 9, 2006
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Interview with UFC Lightweight Kenny Florian
The lightweight fights in the UFC thus far have been exciting and being a main event on June 24th as a lightweight means that the UFC is really committed to the division. The UFC has been looking to bring back the weight class for a while and now with the amount of shows they have, they are able to showcase one of the best divisions in the sport.
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June 3, 2006
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MMA Canada Interview
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May 7, 2006 |
Back in Action |
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If you have ever seen an Ultimate
Fighter Championship, you have seen the violent extremes these athletes put
themselves through. Dover's Kenny Florian is no exception.
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February 28, 2006
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Kenny Florian – Moving Up while Moving Down
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It sounded like shotguns going off backstage before the finale of season two of The Ultimate Fighter last November. Muay Thai standout Kit Cope, warming up for his UFC debut, decided to set up camp directly across from his opponent that night – Kenny Florian
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February 24, 2006
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Kenny Florian Looking to Make the Most of WW |
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I have been an underdog my whole
life and don’t look like a fighter. I think that is why a lot of regular
folks can relate to me. I don’t talk trash, I keep quiet and then fight like
my life depended on it.
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February 24, 2006 |
Kenny Florian Interview |
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February 11, 2006
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Vote for KenFlo, an Interview with Kenny Florian |
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Those are the kind of words that can come back to haunt you. He’s been doing so well at 170, so it’s definitely a tough fight, but I’d love to fight him at some point.
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December 28, 2005
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Kenny Florian - The Improbable Fight Celebrity |
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am just doing this because I love it. I love the competition and love the
fact that I get to test my skills against the best fighters. For me, it is
about mastering fighting skills and going to war. To me that is most
important.
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