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Monday, November 3rd, 2008According to Dave Meltzer, UFC 89 main-eventer Chris Leben has failed a UFC-administered drug test. Leben reportedly tested positive for Stanozolol.
Sengoku starts building up card for their 1/4 Saitama Super Arena event
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008Takanori Gomi vs. Satoru Kitaoka seems to be on the horizone for the next Sengoku event on January 4th at Saitama Super Arena.
Let’s go trick-or-treating at Dana White’s house
Friday, October 31st, 2008Dana White wants you to know that he’s not going to stiff you with f*%&%*! small candy bars if you go to his house for trick-or-treating.
Dave Meltzer’s comments on UFC paying for media coverage
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Dave Meltzer comments on Dana White’s recent claims in a UFC YouTube video that the company paid Scott Ferrall to promote UFC-related events.
The media tries to psychoanalyze UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva
Sunday, October 26th, 2008UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva had some fun in his fight last Saturday night against Patrick Cote. The same media writers that bought into Dana White’s hype of Silva being the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter in the world are now trashing Silva for supposedly not taking his fight against Cote seriously enough.
UFC 90 (10/25 Chicago)
Saturday, October 25th, 2008Anderson Silva defeated Patrick Cote and Thiago Alves defeated Josh Koscheck in the co-main event headliner for UFC 90 in Chicago, Illinois.
Mark Davies: If Elite XC was paying for stand-up fights, what is the UFC paying for?
Friday, October 24th, 2008Guest columnist Mark Davies of StrictlyMMA.com writes that there may be a double standard between fans who were upset about what Elite XC was doing in regards to encouraging fighters to stand-up and the current method of encouragment that UFC endorses for fighters with the use of their bonus system.
Reports: Station Casinos is in big financial trouble
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Many months ago, Lorenzo Fertitta left Station Casinos to concentrate full-time on UFC. Now, there are multiple media reports surfacing that Station Casinos is dealing with financial problems.
Dana White’s admission that will likely not get much attention but really should
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008UFC President Dana White admitted in a Youtube vlog that the company had been paying for media coverage of past UFC events with Sirius Satellite radio host Scott Ferrall. However, according to White, Ferrall held up UFC for more money and UFC balked at paying him. White’s admission that UFC buys and pays off members of the sports media has gone unnoticed, including a public by sports blog The Big Lead three months ago that Spike TV paid them to go to Las Vegas to cover an MMA event. Will anyone in the mainstream sports media raise ethical and journalistic questions regarding this situation?
Will Thiago Alves be able to make weight?
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Having failed to make weight for his UFC fight a few months ago in the UK against Matt Hughes, can Thiago Alves make weight this time for his UFC 90 fight against Josh Koscheck?
Fight Opinion Radio #92: Delivering our eulogy for Elite XC
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008This week on Fight Opinion Radio: We deliver our eulogy for Elite XC, a promotion that had a world of potential and crashed just like every other miserable start-up in the Mixed Martial Arts business. What’s next for Kimbo Slice, Gina Carano, Jake Shields, and many other top Elite XC fighters? Plus, how will the scandal affect the MMA landscape that is already dominated by UFC & Dana White?
UFC: Dana White’s newest Youtube vlog to find the next big British MMA star
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008UFC President Dana White is in the United Kingdom, watching the latest tryouts for The Ultimate Fighter reality show. Who will end up earning a shot to train under UFC fighter Michael Bisping?
Kamipro writer: UFC can’t do business their own way in other countries
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008The editor of Kamipro magazine in Japan warns the public about how UFC wants to do business on their own terms, while trying to publicly needle UFC management for approaching Kamipro staff members on how to contact Yoshihiro Akiyama’s management.
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