Rob Sayers
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Saturday, February 4th, 2006By Rob Sayers UFC 57 will go down in history as the event where Randy Couture retired. Much to the disappointment of myself and many other fans, in his post fight interview, Couture stated this is the end of the road for him. Randy showed all of us what hard work and determination can accomplish […]
New Randy Couture Interview
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006MMA Weekly has posted a very good interview with former light heavyweight champ Randy Couture. He discusses his training for this fight, what went wrong with the last fight, and how he plans to change things the third time around. I’m prepared to keep my composure and stick to my game plan, hunt this son […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 5
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006This week’s show features special guest analyst Rob Sayers, along with co-hosts Adam Summers & Mike Sempervive, discussing the story of the legendary Carlson Gracie Sr. dying on Wednesday. Plus, Rob helps Adam & Mike preview the upcoming UFC 57 show. In addition, Adam & Mike have a two-part discussion on boxing (the heavyweights in the first segment, the lighter weight classes in the second segment).
UFC set to make Califonia debut at UFC 59
Thursday, January 26th, 2006Inside Fighting is reporting that the UFC will hold its first event in California April 15th at UFC 59: Reality Check. UFC 59 will also mark the return of Tito Ortiz to the octagon as he battles TUF1 winner Forrest Griffin. Dana White had this to say: “We are pleased to announce that, after years […]
Gracie vs. Shamrock Official
Monday, January 23rd, 2006Hell has frozen over it seems as Sherdog is reporting the long announced bout between MMA legend Frank Shamrock and BJJ Black Belt Cesar Gracie will finally take place March 10th in San Diego’s HP Pavilion. This will be the first MMA event in California since mixed martial arts events were made legal in the […]
UFN3: My Thoughts
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006UFN3 was a good event, outof 8 fights, 1 went to the judges. I like that. Here’s a few of my thoughts on the fights we got to see. Chris Leben vs Jorge Rivera Leben came into this fight pretty much as an underdog and once again proved his critics wrong. He seems to get […]
Live review of Ultimate Fight Night on Spike TV
Monday, January 16th, 2006By Rob Sayers & Zach Arnold This is where we will be doing live note-taking on UFC’s UFN special on Spike TV. Last-minute links to read before the show: Fight Blog – Ultimate Fight Night live MMA Opinion – The Big Announcement~!~! Wrestling Press Box – Ultimate Fight Night 3 Preview No Holds Barred – […]
Weigh-in results for UFN3
Monday, January 16th, 2006Inside Fighting is reporting that all fighters managed to make weight on their first attempt. Official Weights: Tim Sylvia (263) vs. Assuerio Silva (236) James Irvin (204) vs. Stephan Bonnar (205) Drew Fickett (169.5) vs. Josh Burkman (170.5) Chris Leben (185.5) vs. Jorge Rivera (184) vs Melvin Guillard (168) vs. Josh Neer (170) Duane “Bang†[…]
Kick-Shoot: January 14th 2006
Sunday, January 15th, 2006By Rob Sayers While promotions such as PRIDE, the UFC, and many other smaller organizations are often seen in the MMA press, many amateur promotions are taking shape across the country. These shows are giving tomorrows future stars their first taste of combat today and are very important to the growth of our sport. I […]
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