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Thursday, July 31st, 2008Poll of the day: NBC Sports currently has a poll with the following question: After watching Fedor Emelianenko crush Tim Sylvia in spectacular fashion, which fighter do you think is most capable of beating him? Randy Couture was first with 47%, no one second at 27%, Andrei Arlovski third with 14%, Mirko Cro Cop fourth […]
Kenny Florian’s new Martial Arts Center
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008I don’t know too many details about his new school, but the school is set to have its grand opening in August. The location is: Florian Martial Arts Center 6 Webster Street Brookline, MA. 02446-4938
Don’t supposedly do drugs, kids – James Irvin & Justin Levens edition
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008He reportedly tested positive for the pain killers methadone and oxymorphone. Update: The CSAC just announced that Justin Levens, who fought on the Affliction 7/19 show, failed a drug test for… testing positive for Oxymorphone. Justin Levens, who was scheduled to compete at the Roy Englebrecht Promotions event sponsored by Affliction on July 19, 2008, […]
Are you buying or selling Tito Ortiz vs. Renato Babalu?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Any time you have headlines screaming ‘Pro fighters tasered, beaten in hotel room’, obviously your eyebrows raise up a little bit. One person is currently in a coma. Keep up-to-date on story developments at TKO Xtreme. Steve Cofield has stirred things up by reporting on Affliction wanting to book Tito Ortiz vs. Renato Babalu for […]
Mark Davies: The truth about Zuffa’s business acumen
Sunday, July 27th, 2008Written by Mark Davies of StrictlyMMA.com The UFC is threatened in a way that it rarely has been. Affliction is a credible challenger, with discernible advantages in several areas. The deep-pocketed rival, and the mainstream attention it is getting, presents a challenge that even the late, lamented, PRIDE Fighting Championships never did. Affliction, Elite XC, […]
Not much mainstream media coverage for EXC Stockton event
Friday, July 25th, 2008Tito Ortiz has been generating good press in the Phoenix media market for an upcoming blood drive this weekend in the area. Writing the obituary on the IFL. The Seattle PI: Elite XC is ready for round two The Oklahoman: Frank Shamrock steps behind the mic for Elite XC icLiverpool (UK): Cage Gladiators roll into […]
GSP on Fitch: “I’m better than he is”
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Georges St. Pierre seems very confident that he will beat Jon Fitch in August. ‘I’m better than he is.’ AOL Fanhouse has a preview of this weekend’s EXC show on CBS. Today, we have a motley selection of articles. No real theme or direction, just some news items to read. The Arizona Republic: Tito Ortiz […]
UFC scores huge rating for Silva/Irvin
Tuesday, July 22nd, 20082.1 cable rating, which is tremendous. Check out the CompuStrike stats for the 7/19 event.
Did Spike TV buy positive UFC coverage from The Big Lead?
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Read Steve Cofield for more details. For those who don’t follow general mainstream sports blogs in the States, TBL is a popular web site that made a name for itself by having interviews with sportswriters Jason Whitlock and Tony Kornheiser.
Today’s chalkboard (7/21/08)
Monday, July 21st, 2008If you aren’t a friend on our MySpace page, go ahead and add us. We’re going to try to make more of an effort to add content over there when possible. Sherdog (Jake Rossen): UFC Fight Night & Affliction minute by minute The Alexandria Town Talk (LA): A shot at the top for Kalvin “Hot […]
How the media covered UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin
Sunday, July 20th, 2008The Las Vegas Review-Journal: Anderson Silva quells concern, wins The Sacramento Bee: Jame Irvin’s big chance ends in a minute Setanta Sports (UK): World-class Anderson Silva smashes James Irvin The Associated Press: Silva earns first round UFC KO win over Irvin The Long Beach Press-Telegram: Anderson Silva still powerful at higher weight The Billings Gazette […]
ESPN gives Sherdog the Ring Magazine treatment
Saturday, July 19th, 2008For many media-types and fans in the sport of boxing, the weight class rankings in Ring Magazine are considered more legitimate than the rankings from various sanctioning bodies in the sport. Whenever you see ESPN cover a boxing event, they will talk about who the Ring Magazine champion is as opposed to who is a […]
UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin (7/19 Las Vegas)
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Reports: Observer | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | MMA Mania | Bloody Elbow | Five Ounces | Kevin Iole (Yahoo Sports) Post all thoughts, results, reports, links here. If you’re watching the TV broadcast, you will notice right away that Spike TV has upgraded the graphics and labels used on-screen. You will also notice that […]
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