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A lesson in unregulated MMA and why the issue matters
By Zach Arnold | March 1, 2010
Just asking: Is the Fedor camp afraid of Alistair Overeem? Here is article profiling how Fedor & M-1 are working with Strikeforce. I was asking some questions myself when I saw M-1 suddenly show up this week on Comcast Sportsnet/Fox Sports Net airing TV shows with random matches.
The Des Moines Register in Iowa has an article highlighting the dark side of unregulated MMA. Remember this article the next time you hear Marc Ratner talking about UFC wanting to do business in markets with regulation in place already. The paper did a multiple-article series on this very topic. Do you have sympathy for a 17-year old kid who allegedly lied about his age so he could fight?
The San Diego Union-Tribune has an article about NuVasive, the spinal-specialist company that did the major back surgeries of Nate Quarry and Tito Ortiz.
WEC champion Brian Bowles, who fights this upcoming weekend in Columbus, Ohio, was profiled in a newspaper article recently. WEC will be a big part of this weekend’s Arnold Classic event which keeps getting bigger and bigger…
Brock Lesnar’s pal, Cole Konrad, signs with Bellator. Give him a couple of years of seasoning and he’ll be off to UFC.
We talked about Tim Sylvia vs. Wes Sims happening in Saint John’s on the site a couple of days ago. Now there’s talk about Tim Sylvia vs. Mariusz Pudzianowski on 4/23 in Worcester, MA. The promoters are Butterbean and Corey Fischer. Recognize the name Corey Fischer? We sure do. From our April 12th, 2007 news update:
Ohio event promoter Corey Fischer is promoting Cliff “Twin Tyson” Couser for an upcoming MMA event. Couser fought in the past for K-1. If you recognize the name Corey Fischer, it’s because he used to be associated with Toughman boss Art Dore. Fischer also was named by an Ohio Athletic Commission watchdog group a few years ago for using professional fighters in amateur Toughman events (including MMA fighter Forrest Petz).
Petz, Fischer, and Dan Hardy (of all people) were involved in a bizarre situation a few years ago during and after a fight.
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[…] ex-Art Dore associates all over it, including Eric “Butterbean” Esch and Corey Fischer, who was investigated by a watchdog group linked to the Ohio Athletic Commission for having fighter Forrest Petz allegedly work amateur fights when he was a professional fighter. […]