Comments on: Tuesday news and notes: Bringing the heat against Karo Parisyan

By: Brendon

Brendon — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:39:06 +0000

Jesus what is Evander doing…

By: The Gaijin

The Gaijin — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:10:07 +0000

45 is a fanboy. Please be gayer.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:17:54 +0000

The last WEC show got a .46 rating which is up from the .39 rating for their first live show. Viewership was up from 417,000 to 451,000. According to Meltzer, this is considered a fantastic rating for the Versus network. Shows how few people watch that channel.

Also, the bonus payouts are $7,500. Condit got one for best submission. He ended up with $33,500. Filho got one for best submission. He ended up with $57,500 And Logan Clark & Eric Schambari got fight of the night and each got $7,500.

By: Grape Knee High

Grape Knee High — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:30:36 +0000

Dida’s last fight was changed to an alternate bout after JZ sat out. I imagine if he keeps up the brawling, he could be a pretty good gaijin stalwart in their announced 145 lb division. I could be wrong, but he seems like a small 155, much less a 161.

By: The Gaijin

The Gaijin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:11:03 +0000

Pro Elite seems to be doing a pretty good job of consolidating the remaining powerbase in mma outside of the UFC and K-1. IMO this is a good thing as they will be able to keep all of the talent that was spread out across these orgs under one roof and they’re actually doing a good job of broadening their exposure into different markets.

Let’s just hope that we don’t see a lot of bad news coming out of the somewhat ominous report posted about their accounting practices. We don’t need an Enron scandal in mma, thank you very much.

By: The Gaijin

The Gaijin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:06:11 +0000

So Andre “Dida” got screwed over in the tourney eh? Hopefully they’ll find a suitable “super fight” for him…he’s a really exciting new fighter. Maybe HEROS can turn him into their own “Axe Murderer”, as we all saw how big a draw Silva was for PRIDE in his hey day.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:01:13 +0000

I wish I could be more than what I am, but either by choice or design (or both), I am a total follower.

By: Grape Knee High

Grape Knee High — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:52:10 +0000

Originators: Dave Meltzer, Loretta Hunt, Dann Stupp
Influencers: Sherdog, FightOpinion, 5 oz of Pain, MMA Weekly
Adopters/Followers: UFC Mania, etc

By: Zurich

Zurich — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:28:08 +0000

Luke – Safari.

By: Euthyphro

Euthyphro — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:21:00 +0000

Great job by Greg Savage to get to Wanderlei. On the radio yesterday he mentioned he was on his way to talk film Randy for the usual Sherdog training videos, but it must have been a pleasant surprise to see the Axe Murderer there. It really sounds like Wanderlei to the UFC is a done deal, which bodes well for seeing him vs Chuck in December.