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Monday, October 20th, 2008Multiple reports claim that Elite XC has closed up shop and is out of the MMA business for good. Not good news for Kimbo Slice or Gina Carano. Dave Meltzer claims that the ‘stand-up scandal’ involving Seth Petruzelli and Kimbo Slice concerned CBS and that CBS will not buy Elite XC.
UFC 90 card line-up
Monday, October 20th, 2008Who can stop Anderson Silva? Plus, Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin, Rich Clementi vs. Gray Maynard, and Hermes Franca vs. Marcus Aurelio on a stacked undercard full of good fights.
Media: Hey, Michael Bisping is a really good fighter
Sunday, October 19th, 2008The Telegraph (UK): Chris Leben admits Michael Bisping has qualities to become UFC champion The Sweet Science: Bisping closer to title shot with UFC 89 win The Sun (UK): Dan Hardy tipped for UFC 93 The Sun (UK): Keith Jardine’s done messing around AOL Fanhouse: Did Bisping’s win at UFC 89 earn him a title […]
Media reaction to UFC 89
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Interesting to note that a lot of the British newspapers that covered the heat-up for Bisping vs. Leben didn’t cover the UFC 89 event at all in their Sunday newspapers. The Canadian Press: England’s Michael Bisping wins decision over Chris Leben at UFC 89 The Sun (UK): Michael Bisping – I’ve not earnt title shot […]
UFC 89 (10/18) event results
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Reports: AOL Fanhouse | USA Today | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | MMA Mania ESPN has been running result spoilers on their newsticker (on both ESPN & ESPN2 channels) for UFC 89, so you didn’t even need to be on your computer to find out who won what fights. On the boxing side of things, […]
K-1: Hey, maybe Yoshihiro Akiyama won’t fight on NYE for us
Saturday, October 18th, 2008I love how K-1 plays out any sort of bad news coming from their camp — they send out former PRIDE PR guy Sasahara to deliver it. Big fighter cancelation for a DREAM show or anything MMA-related? Have Sasahara deliver some bad news to the Japanese media. And make sure it happens a lot at […]
Heat-up for UFC 89
Friday, October 17th, 2008The Telegraph (UK): Dan Hardy’s UFC dream is victory over Akihiro Gono Ben Fowlkes (SI): What to know, who to watch at UFC 89 The LA Times: UFC 89 card to be televised tomorrow on Spike TV ESPN The Magazine: The real UFC — photographer Kevin Lynch’s five year journey behind the scenes of the […]
UFC 89 (10/18) card line-up
Thursday, October 16th, 2008TV: Spike TV, 9 PM As it stands right now: Lightweights: Per Eklund vs. Samy Schiavo Lightweights: David Baron vs. Jim Miller Lightweights: Sam Stout vs. Terry Etim Lightweights: Jess Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden Heavyweights: Shane Carwin vs. Neil Wain Welterweights: Dan Hardy vs. Akihiro Gono Welterweights: Paul Kelly vs. Marcus Davis Welterweights: Paul Taylor […]
Dave Meltzer’s comment on UFC bonuses
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Cryptic, evasive, whatever you want to call it (from this week’s Wrestling Observer newsletter — go subscribe if interested): UFC has all sorts of bonuses, some that you hear about and most that you don’t. So, name them. Why mention this item in this week’s newsletter and then not go into detail with your paying […]
Any interest in UFC 89?
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008The LA Times has been adding more and more MMA-related blog posts on their web site. A message to LAT: I would be happy to add the RSS feed of MMA-related blog posts onto this site, but your blog RSS feeds only grab ‘all posts’ as opposed to giving the reader the option of only […]
What we’re reading right now
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008If you notice that the site is a little ‘buggy’ today, it’s because we’re updating the software on our end to be able to process everything as smoothly as possible. Sherdog: MMA, boxing take hits in Las Vegas Las Vegas Business Press: Private concerns (lots of interesting details about the Fertittas and how business is […]
US sports media weighs in on Elite XC scandal
Saturday, October 11th, 2008You can always count on Greg Cote of The Miami Herald to be a blithering idiot: Kimbo Slice’s loss in 14 seconds during that EliteXC mixed martial arts card in Sunrise has spawned allegations the outcome may have been predetermined. Gee, there’s a shock. That’s like shouting ”Fix!” at Wrestlemania? (Kimbo should please go away […]
Video: Dana White explains the Elite XC scandal to the average person
Saturday, October 11th, 2008In this two-minute video clip, Dana White lays out what the Elite XC scandal is all about to the average human being (from his point of view). The part of this interview that should resonate the most with the MMA media is the situation regarding betting on fights at the Vegas casinos involving Elite XC […]
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