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ESPN’s headline about John Calipari hating Rampage Jackson…
By Zach Arnold | May 27, 2010
When I saw the title of this article on ESPN as “John Calipari talks about his true dislike for Rampage Jackson, I thought – holy $^%! – these guys really have gotten the public excited about the fight. Then, of course, I realized they messed up. But what a funny headline.
USA Today cover story on UFC 114 highlights that this is UFC’s first huge marquee fight featuring two Black athletes. Any fight where the tag line is “this is the first time I’m actually going to enjoy beating the hell out somebody” is a fight with great hype. On the undercard, Cyrille Diabete is looking to finally prove himself in MMA on the biggest stage.
Is the semi-main event of UFC’s 8/7 Oakland event going to be Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida?
Time for a prediction — UFC will have less success opening and maintaining an office in China than they will in Canada.
So, the toothless Tennessee Athletic Commission has suspended five fighters for “9 month suspensions” but those will be reduced to 3-month terms if the fighters don’t protest… and Nick Diaz is still in the main event of DREAM this weekend at Saitama Super Arena. Scott Coker’s remarks about Diaz fighting in DREAM made me chuckle.
Speaking of DREAM, here’s Ralek Gracie talking about Kazushi Sakuraba.
Given that the Bobby Lashley experiment in MMA has worked out so well, how about a Dave Batista MMA experiment.
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