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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Can anyone read this with a straight face? Complicating a potential Emelianenko match is that the Russian is signed to two contracts. His primary promoter is M-1, led by his manager, Vadim Finkelstein. But he has two more fights on a contract with Affliction Entertainment for any bout in the United States. Affliction Entertainment vice […]
Quote of the Week – Bryan Alvarez
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008From the land of F4W Online… Bryan opines on what would happen if UFC was the only major player in MMA: Obviously, such a scenario would be a disaster for anyone outside the top fighters in this country. MMA, like pro-wrestling, needs a strong number-two group. There are a finite number of spots in UFC, […]
Couture admits to main reason as to why he settled with UFC
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Predictable: “The biggest part of my decision was communicating with Lorenzo [Fertitta] and Dana [White] and clearing up things I was feeling,” Couture said. “The second part was getting tired of the legal sytem, throwing money at the legal system and lawyers with no resolution in sight. The best place where I fight is a […]
UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar on 11/15 in Las Vegas
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® ANNOUNCES UFC 91: COUTURE vs. LESNAR RANDY “THE NATURAL” COUTURE vs. BROCK LESNAR UFC® WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 2008 LIVE FROM MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA Las Vegas, NV (USA) – On November 15th, the champ is back. Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White today announced that after a year away […]
Dana White at his best
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Here you go: “I will be f—ing horrified if Affliction is still in business in January,” White said, referring to the fledgling MMA organization that has tried to position itself as a competitor to the UFC. We won’t be seeing Randy Couture in Affliction, that’s for sure. Furthermore, Randy thinks that at 225 pounds, he […]
Cofield: UFC & Randy Couture working together again
Monday, September 1st, 2008Report here. Couture vs. Lesnar at UFC 91 in November in Portland is now likely. Couture has a gym about 10 minutes from Portland in Vancouver, Washington. If Steve Cofield is right and we assume that Couture signed a multi-fight deal with UFC, then there are a lot of losers coming out of this situation. […]
UFC 88 card line-up
Monday, September 1st, 2008As it stands today: Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan Jason Lambert vs. Jason MacDonald Dong Hyun-Kim vs. Matt Brown Tim Boetsch vs. Michael Patt Thiago Tavares vs. Kurt Pellegrino Martin Kampmann vs. Nathan Marquardt Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares Karo Parisyan vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans
Report: Rampage to fight on 12/27 (UFC 92) Vegas card
Monday, September 1st, 2008From Michael Bisping himself: “I’ve heard he’ll be facing Wanderlei or Shogun but either way, revenge is the dish that’ll be served up on the night! “I’m sure whoever he gets in December, everyone at the Wolfslair will be behind him 100 per cent and fingers crossed he’ll get his revenge.”
Next round in Zuffa vs. Couture court case
Sunday, August 31st, 2008This Thursday (9/4), with Randy Couture’s legal counsel asking for a jury trial. This is something that Zuffa has been fighting.
Fight Opinion Radio #89: The state of MMA outside UFC
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Consider this a group therapy session, as we spend this week’s show trying to figure out what the landscape of the MMA business is outside of UFC. Warning: You may get very depressed and fast. We discuss virtually every issue on the table and also talk about which newcomers to the sport have ‘superstar’ potential […]
Article of the Day – NY Times
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Ultimate Branding. I’m bored out of my mind, too. Work with me here.
Report: WEC down to four weight classes
Friday, August 29th, 2008From the office of Kevin Iole: Zuffa’s decision to trim the WEC from six divisions (light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and bantamweight) to four by folding its light heavyweight and middleweight divisions into the UFC, however, will make it that much harder to fill cards. That’s particularly true given White’s plan to add pay-per-view […]
The Rampage Jackson media circus at court
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Mr. Jackson plead not guilty today to the charges he is facing. Naturally, Rampage is now doing a media tour to rehabilitate his image publicly. Sports Illustrated’s Ben Fowlkes is not impressed at all: It’s not that I can’t understand the collective desire of the UFC and Jackson himself to put this incident behind them. […]
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