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Thursday, January 29th, 2009Helio Gracie, the patriach of the legendary BJJ family, has died at the age of 95.
CSAC suspends license of Antonio Margarito
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009Antonio Margarito has had his boxing license temporarily suspended by the California State Athletic Commission.
A mysterious Japanese scandal that could even top what happened to PRIDE
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009What is it about the Japanese fight business having such a powerful attraction to the ‘dark world’?
Yahoo Sports should give credit to MMA Payout on the UFC/360 deals story
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009Adam Swift and the MMA Payout deserve credit for first bringing to light the possibility of UFC implementing 360 deals with their fighters. Plus, my thoughts on what historical analogy best suits what Affliction’s MMA operation resembles.
Larry Merchant: Affliction had to pay ODLH $5 million USD just to show up
Monday, January 26th, 2009I’ll take $5 million USD plus a private jet to appear at your next MMA show if you make the offer. And, I promise I won’t poach your headliner and promote him on my own fight show in the future.
Some praise for the WEC San Diego show
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Jose Aldo has a lot of star potential and he knows how to work over a crowd. Good performance tonight.
Versus totally mishandling WEC event in San Diego
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Why and how did Versus take a sure-fire WEC San Diego event and make it troublesome for fight fans to watch?
WEC 1/25 San Diego Sports Arena
Sunday, January 25th, 2009Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone will be facing each other in front of a lot of people in San Diego on Sunday. Plus, Urijah Faber gets his ‘rebound’ fight against Jens Pulver.
Quote of the Week – Freddie Roach
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Freddie Roach knows how boxing skills translate to MMA — or maybe not.
“Holy crap, are you watching HDNet? There’s no one there.”
Saturday, January 24th, 2009So, how about that attendance for the Affliction show?
News and notes leading up to Margarito vs. Mosley
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Shane Mosley vs. Antonio Margarito will clearly overshadow the Affliction event in the Southern California marketplace Saturday night. So why is Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy excited about the possibility of Andrei Arlovski defeating Fedor?
Affliction 1/23 weigh-in video
Friday, January 23rd, 2009Jerry Millen made quite a spectacle of himself here.
Pacquiao vs. Hatton is back on
Friday, January 23rd, 2009Manny Pacquiao apparently is happy with a 52/48 split of the fight purse on May 2nd against Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas.
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