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Today's Daily Audio Update brings Torch Editor Jamie Penick's picks and predictions for tomorrow night's UFC 88 Pay Per View. He breaks down the card and gives his thoughts on the fights, and picks results for Torch Columnist Matt Pelkey's Predictions and Betting contest. Also on today's update is a quick DVD review of last July's UFC 73: Stacked, headlined by Anderson Silva vs. Nate Marquardt and featuring a stellar undercard. All this on the Daily Audio Update, only on MMATorch.com!
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"There's still a large contingent of people, that they just want to see these guys almost die, or the other guy almost die and come back, and sometimes fights are like that. Certainly they are. But sometimes you get technical masterpieces too, and to hate a beautiful, technical fight - you're not really a fight fan...
Diaz has a granite chin, possesses perhaps the best recovery in the sport, his pace and conditioning are second to none and he sets records with the volume of his punches almost every time he steps into the cage. Nick Diaz is simply designed to fight the way he fights, and not many other fighters are...
"There was a lot of poison going on around there and I'm really disappointed because we had a good thing going. It was a good thing and I think people's egos got in the way. Well, not people just Javier, his ego got in the way, and too many cameras in the gym and him trying to build himself up and his brand, his AKA brand...
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