Camp Pendleton hosted a free mixed martial arts show Friday night. The card included a number of former Marines, including Kenneth Alexander, who lost his fight by techinical knockout in the second round. Turns out the loss may be the least of his problems right now. A Marine Corps Times reader disputed published reports that said Alexander was a sniper, that he had deployed twice to Iraq and Afghanistan, and that he had served with the Special Forces. So Marine Corps Times spoke to the fighter earlier this week, and Alexander acknowledged that none of that was true, that he’d…
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Get ready to get dirty because registration for the 2010 Hard Corps Race series is underway. The Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command event tests the athleticism of California-based Marines and their civilian counterparts in a 10-part series that will kick off Feb. 27 with a 26-mile “Bulldog Bike Race” along the Camp Pendleton, Calif., coast. It’s the perfect warmup to the duathlon and triathlon to follow. But you better hope you’re in top shape because the competition will get a lot tougher this year. The number of participates in the “World Famous Mud Run” is expected to double to…
