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Foxcatcher Director Bennett Miller Says Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo Have Cauliflower Ear

Channing Tatum's ear

Channing Tatum’s ear

If early reports are true, Foxcatcher may be the best (only?) film ever made about amateur wrestling.

One of the main reasons for this was the dedication of its two stars Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo to actually train for the movie.

They trained so hard, in fact, that they both developed cauliflower ear — the mark of a true wrestler.

Sarah talked to director Bennett Miller about this and more when he was in town promoting the film during TIFF.

To read her story at Fightland go here.

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Jon Jones And Nike Break Up

Jon Jones

Jon Jones

UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones used to be sponsored by Nike.

It was kinda a big deal.

He isn’t sponsored by Nike anymore.

This is a big deal for different reasons.

Sarah wrote about it for Fightland. To read the story go here.

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Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell 4: Dance-Fight

Randy Couture

Randy Couture

As UFC history tells it, there have been three fights between Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, with Liddell scoring two victories to Couture’s one.

History is wrong, though.

The pair have (sort of) squared off in another field of battle as well — the hardwood floor of Dancing With The Stars.

Sarah analyzed the respective foxtrots the two did while on the dancing reality show.

To read about who the better dancer is go here.

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Ninjas, Chuck Norris And Cannon Films

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

 

When the Toronto International Film Festival was on Sarah had the chance to speak with Mark Hartley, the man behind the documentary film, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films.

If “Cannon Films” doesn’t ring a bell, the company’s imprint on pop culture certainly does. They’re the people who brought Chuck Norris, breakdancing movies, ninjas and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 to the masses a few decades ago.

To read her interview with Hartley for Fightland go here.

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Cyborg’s Path To Rousey

Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino

It may be unfurling with the deliberate pace of a Carnivale story arc, but a clash between toughest-woman-on-Earth Ronda Rousey and pretty much her only perceived challenger Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino is slowly, inevitably, inching closer to happening.

There remains only one problem: Cyborg is too big.

Justino isn’t in Rousey’s weight class. And if she wants to compete with the much smaller Rousey she’s going to have to shrink down to the champ’s size.

She’s apparently going to attempt this now and Sarah wrote about it for Fightland.

Go here to red the story.

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