Iain Liddle
UFC loses both Jake O’Brien and its credibility
Monday, April 14th, 2008Buried amongst the YAMMA headlines on Saturday morning came the news that the UFC have released Jake O’Brien from his UFC contract with Palace Fighting Championships likely to be his next destination. The 10-1 heavyweight who is fresh off a loss to Andrei Arlovski had two fights remaining on his contract and was widely considered […]
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. […]
Cage Rage Drug Testing Policy Claims First Victim
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Cage Rage today announced the name of the first fighter to have fallen foul of their recently introduced drug testing policy. John Phillips (6-1-0 1NC) tested positive for what was only identified as a banned substance and the result of his recent fight against Jake Bostwick (3-4-0 1NC) has been officially changed to a no […]
Graciemag reporting death of Ryan Gracie
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Report from GracieMag.com News to make the fighting world tremble. According to news carried by Globo TV, the black belt Ryan Gracie was found dead in the cell where he was being held at a police station in Sao Paulo after having been accused of car theft yesterday in the city of Sao Paulo. According […]
Bisping makes cut to 185 official
Friday, December 14th, 2007Speaking to Ant Evans at UFC.com Michael Bisping has confirmed his intentions to drop down a wegith class from light heavyweight to the 185lb division. Whilst having been speculated for a while, most fighters often require a loss to clairify their thoughts and it appears the recent loss to Rashad Evans was just the catalyst […]