Archive for August, 2008
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008An interview with Armando Garcia. A must-read article. MMA across Canada, part one — British Columbia
Video: Drew Fickett gets beat by Richard Villa
Monday, August 4th, 2008Somewhere, Mark Pavelich is having the last laugh on Mr. Fickett.
Kid Yamamoto has successful knee surgery
Monday, August 4th, 2008Sports Navigator (Yahoo Japan) reports that Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto had successful knee surgery on Monday. According to the report, two doctors examined Yamamoto’s knee and found out that he had a complete ligament tear as opposed to a partial tear. Therefore, surgery was required for healing. Yamamoto will not be available to fight for the […]
PR: “Knock Out Dog Fighting” program honored with achievement award
Monday, August 4th, 2008Celebrity Mixed Martial Arts fighters Cung Le, Josh “the Punk” Thomson and the American Kickboxing Academy receive achievement award for their work with Kristine Crawford and For Pits’ Sake, Inc. to combat dog fighting. Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) August 4, 2008 — The unique structure and impact of For Pits’ Sake, Inc.’s “Knock Out Dog […]
Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura
Monday, August 4th, 2008If you can catch a replay of the WEC 35 show on Versus, do so. Get a DVD of the show if you have to.
Quote of the Day: Boxing is better than MMA
Monday, August 4th, 2008Rick Morrissey in The Chicago Tribune: Watching two guys breathing on each other for a minute or more while they try to extricate themselves from a tangle of arms and legs on the ground leaves me frustrated.
Report: Barnett vs. Arlovski booked for 10/11
Monday, August 4th, 2008This, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram. What makes this report so strange is that no one from Affliction has contacted the media about this fight being booked at all. Read what the LBPT article says: Affliction announced over the weekend that its next show will feature a showdown of two of the best heavyweights […]
Fight Opinion Radio #87: Josh Barnett & Shayna Baszler
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008They wanted to come on our show, so we gave them a not-so-cotton-candy Q & A session. Topics mentioned during the interview include: reports about Affliction pay cuts, will or will not Fedor fight on the second Affliction show, reasons for why Shayna got mauled by a woman named Cyborg, and why Shayna is all […]
WEC 35 (8/3/08) Las Vegas
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008A very, very good show tonight. More entertaining than the Elite XC show last week from Stockton, that’s for certain. Reports: USA Today | AOL Fanhouse | MMA Junkie | Bloody Elbow | MMA Frenzy | MMA on Tap | Total MMA | Pro MMA | Yahoo Sports
Josh Barnett: Dave Meltzer report on Affliction pay cuts is not true
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008From a statement released on Saturday: -Straight from the mouths of my friends Tom Attencio and Todd Beard; No one is being asked to take a pay cut. They would never ask anyone to take a pay cut and don’t intend to. Tom was only referring to any fighters that may have been thinking that […]
Media heat-up for tonight’s WEC event in Las Vegas
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008Give Zuffa credit — they have done an excellent job in heating up press coverage for tonight’s WEC event on Versus. The New York Times: 30 seconds with Brock Lesnar New York Newsday: In legalization fight, MMA has champ in corner with Melvina Lathan Charles Jay (MMA Memories): MMA adversary removed from NYSAC payroll New […]
Rampage Jackson better lawyer-up real fast
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Let’s start here with this story at The Daily Pilot…
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