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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 […]
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 […]
Has there been a great MMA rivalry?
Monday, March 17th, 2008If you’ll allow me to be self-indulgent then I’ll use this week’s entry to throw out a question that has been niggling away at me of late. March has already produced another installment in two great boxing rivalries. On March 1st Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez stepped into the ring together for the third time. […]
Media watch (3/12/08)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008A big announcement on the boxing interwebs today, as MaxBoxing and Boxing Scene are merging their two sites together. Also, I saw that coverage of the Anderson Silva/Roy Jones Jr. story hit the airwaves on ESPN. Jim Rome credited the news to MMA Weekly on-air. Congratulations to the MMA Weekly guys.
Wednesday weekly review: Matt Lindland wants your vote
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The big story of the day is that Matt Lindland is attempting a run at political office. KPIC CBS 4 is reporting that Lindland has thrown his name into the Oregon primary race in an attempt to become the Republican nominee for a local House seat. The Canadian Press: The Road Warrior looks forward to […]
Thursday trash talk: Reading material (3/6/08)
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008The latest Pro Elite SEC filing. Fightlinker: Ohio Athletic Commission sues over fake Cummo suspension Sherdog: Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell set for London UFC event (should be interesting to see if the UK fans boo or cheer Evans) The Loudoun Connection (VA): Royce Gracie and family celebrate Capital Jiu-Jitsu grand opening Todd Martin (CBS […]
WWE has no clue about MMA
Monday, March 3rd, 2008It was obvious before, and it became even more obvious after watching tonight on RAW. The Big Show, who is facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. at WrestleMania in Orlando, faced a boxer named Brandon “The Thrill” Hill in a “Mixed Martial Arts exhibition” match. This was supposed to be a parody of the upcoming wrestling match […]
About the Allan Green debacle…
Friday, February 29th, 2008Allan Green, who has been pushed constantly on ESPN2’s boxing coverage for what has felt like an eternity, backed out of his scheduled fight tonight in Marksville, Louisiana, against Antwun Echols. There’s word that Green may get suspended for this move. Echols ended up facing last-minute replacement Mike Walker, a boxer out of the Chicago […]
A DREAM turning into a nightmare
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Gryphon has two news items of interest. First, Kaoru Uno is unlikely to work for the DREAM promotion right now. Second, DREAM backers are in a panic about Bob Sapp losing to Jan “The Giant” Nortje. A panic? Why, our fine fellow readers chided me for making such a suggestion a couple of days ago! […]
Klitschko or Kimbo?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008That was the question asked today by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon on ESPN. The fact is, amongst the various American sportswriters (for better or for worse), Kimbo Slice is the symbol of MMA. Both Kornheiser and Wilbon called MMA “savagery” on TV. Audio here.
Monday news & notes (2/25/08)
Monday, February 25th, 2008Jan “The Giant” Nortje makes quick work of Bob Sapp For those of you in the Reno area, supposedly there is going to be an MMA event at the Grand Sierra Resort on April 5th. The promoter is High Roller Productions. Anyone have details on this show?
Quote of the Day – Israel Gutierrez
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008In today’s Miami Herald newspaper: Instead, I watched the boxing match between Jermaine Taylor and Kelly Pavlik, a fight in which cuts were treated, consciousness was encouraged and the only time you considered someone would die was when ”guest judge” Harold Lederman got a little too excited while giving his round-by-round scoring. And that’s where […]
Floyd Mayweather heading to WrestleMania
Monday, February 18th, 2008That was the obvious conclusion after watching tonight’s angle on RAW with The Big Show. If the rumor is true that Mayweather broke Big Show’s nose yesterday in Las Vegas, then I have to give credit to Show for putting up with that physical abuse. I chuckled at the fact that WWE crowds in both […]
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