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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 […]
WEC 35 (8/3 Las Vegas) card line-up
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008This Sunday on Versus. WEC Welterweight Title match: Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura WEC Light Heavyweight Title match: Brian Stann vs. Steve Cantwell WEC Lightweight Title match: Jamie Varner vs. Marcus Hicks Micah Miller vs. Josh Grispi Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page Brock Larson vs. Carlo Prater Bias Avena vs. Dave Terrel Shane Roller vs. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Press Release: WEC invades Florida on September 10th
Friday, July 18th, 2008URIJAH FABER vs. MIKE BROWN PAULO FILHO vs. CHAEL SONNEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008 LIVE FROM THE SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO IN HOLLYWOOD, FL LIVE ON VERSUS 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT Tickets Go on Sale Monday, July 21 at Noon Las Vegas – World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) announced today that two world […]
Today’s chalkboard (7/10/08)
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Dan Wetzel (Yahoo Sports): Competition sends Dana White back to basics Luke Thomas: I love Dana White’s ruthlessness Florida Today: MMA hits Brevard County (Joe Silva is quoted) Florida Today: MMA sheds violent image (with quotes from Marc Ratner) Jason Macdonald: Brutal scoring – MMA judging right now is so ridiculous, and something needs to […]
Where does Machida fit into the UFC 205-pound title picture?
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Just asking… Jared Barnes (Houston Chronicle): What’s next for the UFC Light Heavyweight division? Dave Meltzer (Yahoo Sports): UFC 86 decision spotlights scoring system Ben Fowlkes (SI): Judging flaws resurface at UFC 86 Sherdog: Fighters weigh-in on Rampage-Griffin Steve Cofield: Juanito Ibarra brings boxing nonsense to MMA world… still not retired MMA HQ: UFC 86 […]
Yet another failed drug test
Monday, July 7th, 2008The CSAC announced that Alexandre Franca “Pequeno” Nogueira, Shooto and K-1 veteran, failed his drug test that was administered on June 1st in Sacramento. Official statement: Alexandre Nogueira, who last competed for the WEC on June 1 in Sacramento, has tested positive for Boldenone. He has been fined $2,500. His suspension period runs from the […]
Today’s chalkboard (6/26/08)
Thursday, June 26th, 2008I have a new article up at MMA Memories discussing the prospects of Urijah Faber vs. Kid Yamamoto happening. It’s a fight that I think we all want to see, but it will be a very complicated process politically to get it booked. Business Week: Giving UFC its proper due The Stockton Record (CA): EXC […]
The media heat-up for Saturday’s TUF Finale event
Friday, June 20th, 2008I have a new article up at MMA Memories, which discusses the divide in MMA media circles regarding the Nick Diaz/KJ Noons post-match brawl in Hawaii last weekend. You can read that article by clicking here. If you want to subscribe to that site’s RSS feed, use this link. Onto today’s headlines.
There’s as much fighting outside of the cage than in it these days
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Here is a press release detailing Ricco Rodriguez’s upcoming fight on June 28th in Salt Lake City for the UCE promotion. Sherdog is reporting that UK star Dan Hardy will make his UFC debut on October 18th in England. Josh Gross at Sports Illustrated has a preview of the upcoming MMA Summer calendar. I like […]
Today’s chalkboard (6/16/08)
Monday, June 16th, 2008The MMA California site has a new message board, which can be accessed right here. Check it out. New York Magazine has an article on UFC’s attempts to get MMA legalized in the state of New York. Count the number of items in the article that make you laugh or cringe. Sam Caplan has a […]
Fight Opinion Radio #82: Coffee talk on major MMA issues
Sunday, June 8th, 2008We are joined this week by Caleb of The Fightworks Podcast and MMA Predictions to talk about many of the bigger issues that the MMA industry is going to face in the reminder of the 2008 calendar year. This show features a different format than past shows in that it’s more in free-flow form, but […]
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