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UFC 140 fight card: Mark Hominick fighting with heavy heart against Chan Sung Jung
When Mark Hominick steps inside the cage tonight (Sat., Dec. 10, 2011) at UFC 140: "Jones vs. Machida" at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, against Chan Sung Jung, he'll do so with a heavy heart. That's because Hominick recently lost his head trainer and mentor, Shawn Tompkins, who...
UFC 140 Fight Card Primer: Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
At UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida, former #1 contender Mark Hominick (20-9; 3-1 UFC) fights Chan Sung Jung, "The Korean Zombie" (11-3; 1-0 UFC). This fight is in the Featherweight division and is the opening bout on the PPV card. Hominick is surrently the #8 Featherweight in the world according to the...
Shawn Tompkins: Last Captured Training Footage
I don't believe in fate, but the timing of Gamma Labs CEO Cliff Morgan's email was coincidental all the same. I'm sitting in the bowling alley at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Amateur Bowlers Tour Fall Nationals tournament. I sat here around the same time last year....
Heart Health: In Memory of Shawn Tompkins
This is a guest post by P.R. Cole www.FueltheFighter.com. I first met Shawn Tompkins in 2008 through mutual contacts in the MMA world. Having much in common we became friends quickly. One of the first conversations we had involved him poking fun at me for being a nerdy Star Trek fan even though...
Remembering Shawn Tompkins
As a trainer, Shawn Tompkins never should have succeeded. By the time Tompkins began to really succeed in MMA as a trainer, the sport had moved past the point of single discipline fighters. Fighters now needed to be well rounded, trained equally in the many aspects of fighting that make up Mixed...
Shawn Tompkins cause of death was heart attack
That's according to Sam Stout, brother-in-law of the famed mixed martial arts trainer, who spoke to the London Free Press about Tompkins' untimely death in Ingersoll back on Aug. 14, 2011. From "Hands of Stone:" "I don't know what to say. It's not supposed to be happen to a healthy...
OH: Fighters React to the Loss of Shawn Tompkins
It was on Sunday night during the broadcast of UFC on Versus 5 that the sad news of Shawn Tompkins's untimely passing began to come out, perhaps most noticeably on Twitter. Many fighters posted their immediate reactions to the news and the collection of their statements seemed to be a touching way...
Shawn Tompkins dead at 37
Former professional fighter and renowned mixed martial arts trainer Shawn Tompkins has passed away today (Aug. 14, 2011) at the age of 37. Tompkins is survived by Emilie Stout, sister of UFC lightweight Sam Stout, and is perhaps best known for working with UFC fighters Chris Horodecki, Mark...
Shawn Tompkins: "Coleman's The Tougher Of The Two"
Shawn Tompkins has known both Randy Couture and Mark Coleman for years, and actually worked at Couture's gym before leaving to pursue other goals. Now he'll be in the corner of Mark Coleman as he goes to war with Couture in the main event of UFC 109. He thinks Coleman is the tougher of the two....
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