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Monday, July 21st, 2008If you aren’t a friend on our MySpace page, go ahead and add us. We’re going to try to make more of an effort to add content over there when possible. Sherdog (Jake Rossen): UFC Fight Night & Affliction minute by minute The Alexandria Town Talk (LA): A shot at the top for Kalvin “Hot […]
Joachim Hansen wins DREAM Lightweight GP tournament
Monday, July 21st, 2008He beat Shin’ya Aoki in the finals. Hansen won his reserve fight over Black Mamba, and Hansen stepped in for Eddie Alvarez (who beat Kawajiri but couldn’t continue due to an eye injury). If I recall correctly, on BetUS you could have bet on ‘the field’ as the winner of the GP tournament and gotten […]
How the media covered Affliction: Banned
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The Los Angeles Times: There was nothing artificial about Affliction’s first fight card Sherdog: Fedor reigns supreme USA Today: Fedor rings Sylvia’s bell just 36 seconds into Affliction bout Fox Sports (Mark Kriegel): The secret’s out – Fedor’s the best MMA has The Oregonian: Oregon House nominee Matt Lindland wins MMA fight The Orange County […]
How the media covered UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The Las Vegas Review-Journal: Anderson Silva quells concern, wins The Sacramento Bee: Jame Irvin’s big chance ends in a minute Setanta Sports (UK): World-class Anderson Silva smashes James Irvin The Associated Press: Silva earns first round UFC KO win over Irvin The Long Beach Press-Telegram: Anderson Silva still powerful at higher weight The Billings Gazette […]
Affliction post-fight press conference statements
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Fedor Emelianenko: “I was very pleased with my performance. Everything I wanted to do I was able to do.” “Yeah I was hoping I would end the fight then (first time he took Sylvia to the mat). I was prepared to fight standing up, but I knew I had a better chance to end it […]
New school openings
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Nam Phan has started a new MMA academy, and the school had its grand opening yesterday. The school’s address is: Nam Phan MMA Academy 12122 Brookhurst Street Garden Grove, CA. 92840-2817 Jason Scully has a new BJJ & No-Gi submission wrestling school opening at the Power Center in the Galleria in Red Bank, New Jersey. […]
ESPN gives Sherdog the Ring Magazine treatment
Saturday, July 19th, 2008For many media-types and fans in the sport of boxing, the weight class rankings in Ring Magazine are considered more legitimate than the rankings from various sanctioning bodies in the sport. Whenever you see ESPN cover a boxing event, they will talk about who the Ring Magazine champion is as opposed to who is a […]
UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin (7/19 Las Vegas)
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Reports: Observer | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | MMA Mania | Bloody Elbow | Five Ounces | Kevin Iole (Yahoo Sports) Post all thoughts, results, reports, links here. If you’re watching the TV broadcast, you will notice right away that Spike TV has upgraded the graphics and labels used on-screen. You will also notice that […]
Affliction: Banned 7/19 Honda Center
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Reports: Observer | Sherdog | USA Today | MMA Junkie | MMA Mania | Bloody Elbow | Five Ounces | Pro MMA | MMA Frenzy | MMA on Tap | Fightlinker | Total MMA Post all thoughts, results, reports, links here.
Shukan Gendai story on Kid Yamamoto
Friday, July 18th, 2008They went after PRIDE and caused massive headaches for the company’s backers. Now they’re aiming their sights on Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto. In the newest edition of Shukan Gendai, the publication has a six-page article (p. 16 ~ 22) with allegations that Yamamoto is involved in “marijuana parties” with a famous actor. The article claims that […]
Curses! Aleksander, Yamamoto pulled off MMA cards
Friday, July 18th, 2008Two of the most entertaining bouts scheduled this weekend (Aleksandr Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello and Kid Yamamoto vs. Joseph Benavidez) have been canceled. Gary Goodridge will now replace Aleksander in the Buentello fight.
Press Release: WEC invades Florida on September 10th
Friday, July 18th, 2008URIJAH FABER vs. MIKE BROWN PAULO FILHO vs. CHAEL SONNEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 LIVE FROM THE SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO IN HOLLYWOOD, FL LIVE ON VERSUS 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT Tickets Go on Sale Monday, July 21 at Noon Las Vegas – World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) announced today that two world […]
Plenty of tickets left for Affliction: Banned event
Friday, July 18th, 2008According to Ticketmaster, anyways. The Canadian Press: Affliction looks to carry fashion success to world of MMA The LA Times: UFC’s Dana White, Affliction’s Donald Trump face off USA Today: MMA is alive, kicking The New York Post: Dueling MMA brands dilute fan base MMA Junkie: Affliction to broadcast entire ‘Banned’ fight card The Canadian […]
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