Archive for April, 2008
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008The Canadian Press: One year after winning UFC title, Matt Serra is still looking for respect (and magazine covers) The Times-Herald Record (NY): UFC dangles upstate fights The Ilford Recorder (UK): Khalid Ismail goes into the lion’s cage Adam Swift: HDNet vs. Zuffa remanded to state court Kevin Iole: Travis Lutter gets chance for redemption […]
Wednesday’s chalkboard (4/9/08)
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008The Baltimore Sun: Growing MMA from the Ground up in Baltimore with John Rallo and Binky Jones The Orlando Sentinel: Fight ’til you scream for ultimate ‘guy TV’ Bloody Elbow: Zuffa’s dangerous summer Sportsnet (Canada): Following Fedor Sherdog: Fedor confirms fight with Tim Sylvia Javno: Fedor would quickly deal with Mirko Cro Cop The Sun […]
Tuesday news clippings (4/8/08)
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008The Southwark News (UK): David Haye eyeing MMA in his thirties Setanta Sports (UK): UFC top 10 pound-for-pound list The New York Daily News: Roy Jones Jr. disappointed that match-up with UFC star Anderson Silva is off Bloody Elbow: Fightlinker vs. Dave Meltzer Walrus Magazine: Roland Barthes vs. MMA MMA Predictions: CSAC releases numbers for […]
Hector Lombard signs with Elite XC
Monday, April 7th, 2008Press release from www.cfcworld.com.au Cage fighting Championship CFC is proud to announce that current Middleweight Champion Hector “Shango” Lombard has signed with Elite XC and will be fighting in the U.S. after his Title defence against Fabiano Capoani of Brazilian Top Team on CFC #4 May 23rd 2008 at Luna Park’s Big Top Stadium. This […]
Monday morning quarterback (4/7/08)
Monday, April 7th, 2008Hayato “Mach” Sakurai will face David Baron in Shooto on 5/3 in Tokyo at JCB Hall (Tokyo Dome City). Also booked for the show is Lion Takeshi vs. Rumina Sato. The circus between Nobuyuki Sakakibara and UFC continues to grow. Luke Thomas does therapy. Eurosport: Michael Bisping’s blood is boiling Fox Sports: Kendall Grove, Evan […]
Today’s chalkboard (4/6/08)
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Sherdog: More controversy at a ShoXC event The Boston Herald: Kenny Florian ready for all comers Jack Encarnacao: Kenny Florian sets himself apart The Boston Globe: Team Link puts BJJ on the map The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: UFC on Spike TV has strong ratings MMA Junkie: Kim Couture wins in MMA debut Fox Sports: Champions […]
MMA’s moneyball era coming soon?
Saturday, April 5th, 2008AOL Fanhouse: Is MMA ready for the moneyball era? (a great interview with Fight Metric) The Winnipeg Sun: Top 10 Canuck fighters The Quad City Times: Commenters take UFC to the mat The Canadian Press: Sam Stout to get love from crowd at UFC 83 Dave Meltzer: Frank Shamrock still relevant in big picture The […]
DREAM & Sengoku card updates
Friday, April 4th, 2008K-1 has set the table for the next two DREAM events (DREAM 2 on 4/29 and DREAM 3 on 5/11 at Saitama Super Arena). The 5/11 Saitama card features Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Buscape, Kaoru Uno vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida, Joachim Hansen vs. Eddie Alvarez, and Katsuhiko Nagata vs. the winner of JZ Calvan/Shin’ya Aoki II […]
How the AP’s story on “MMA for kids” has caused a firestorm
Friday, April 4th, 2008I have noticed a big amount of local newspaper editorials across the nation today in regards to that Associated Press article last week talking about kids doing ‘ultimate fighting.’ That AP article did some major damage. CBS 13 in Sacramento has an article on the situation. The story has gotten so over-the-top that in Missouri, […]
This has been a great week for fight fans
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Save your arguments about pro-wrestling for another time. If you are a pro-wrestling fan or an MMA fan, this has been a hell of a week for you. On Monday night, the greatest television segment in the history of American professional wrestling happened on WWE TV with Ric Flair’s farewell address. There is no one […]
Lauzon vs. Florian and new season of TUF is tonight
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Make sure to get your predictions in today for tonight’s UFN card. There has been a lot of media coverage leading up to this event, so Lauzon vs. Florian definitely has a big-match feel to it. Xyience has been officially sold: The sale price will cover only part of the secured debt at Xyience, debtor […]
April Fool’s: Does Chuck Liddell think Kimbo Slice is one?
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Chuck Liddell says Kimbo Slice is overrated, at least according to The Sun newspaper today. Expect this to pick up some steam on the blogs, no doubt. Here is the BetUS preview for this Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night event. Todd Martin has an article talking about the upcoming match between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. […]
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