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The UFC hype machine lands in Chicago
By Zach Arnold | August 19, 2008
- Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse): Miguel Torres expects to fight Manny Tapia on 12/3, then Urijah Faber later on
- Sportsnet (Canada): Dana White says Anderson Silva wanted Patrick Cote next
- The Chicago Tribune: UFC comes to Illinois
- Setanta Sports (UK): Martin Kampmann says upcoming fight with Nathan Marquardt is his toughest test to date
- MMA Fighting: Full cast announced for TUF 8 season
- Sports Illustrated (Josh Gross): Often criticized, TUF gives fighters golden opportunity
- Sports Illustrated (Ben Fowlkes): What to expect with TUF Season 8
- Sherdog: James Irvin admits painkiller use
- MMA Memories: Without Zuffa’s aggression, nobody has momentum
- Dave Meltzer (Yahoo Sports): EXC’s future could rest on Kimbo Slice’s shoulders
- The Dayton Daily News (OH): Kentucky-based AFL is vying to snag Tito Ortiz
- The Baltimore Sun: Q & A with radio host Chris Thomas
- The Las Vegas Review-Journal: MMA popular in NFL
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Tito Ortiz is once again negotiating with the UFC. What a shock. The writing is on the wall for Tito.
1) Randy Couture is out of Zuffa and nearly forgotten by general fans.
2) EliteXC is losing money. Affliction’s star studded 1st PPV didn’t get even half the number of PPV Buys they wanted.
Kampmann vs. Marquardt interests me a lot. Actually all 5 main bout cards interest me. It is the Liddell/Evans fight that I might be the least interested in of those 5.
For Silva/Cote, I will be the first to admit it is not a stellar main event. But I’m not the type of fan who expects a champion to defend his title against the absolutely #1 challenger each time out. Cote has won 4 in a row and is at best semi-worthy. I just don’t like to see a guy like Fedor not have a tough fight for 3 years. That is the other extreme. Plus, the undercard is nice enough.
What a giant surprise, it’s Kevin Iole defending Dana White on Yahoo Sports. Who would’ve ever thought they’d see that?
Terry… that is old news! LOL
I am totally rooting for ProElite and from Chuck Champion’s quotes from one of the articles listed on this website, sounds like they may be able to pull it off!
You’d defend the man who slips $100 bills in your pocket too!
Zac, was that you on the JBS (8/19)?