Talk Radio: Can Scott Coker create more of a sense of urgency with Strikeforce?
By Zach Arnold | June 10, 2010
From Jordan Breen’s radio show on Tuesday, a caller asks a simple but direct question about what is ailing Strikeforce now (which is a myriad of problems). If you’re looking at it from a positive spin, as Matt Lindland has tried to do it, you chalk it up to growing pains. If you’re looking at it from a negative spin, the promotion is not functioning at full efficiency because there’s chaos.
CALLER: “First of all, Strikeforce… do you see that more as a PR problem or a roster problem? You get a guy like Scott Coker who really I just feel needs to create some urgency with his organization or maybe even just get a better, certain more vivacious PR personality, someone to do it. You know, I don’t know if he is by deference have to be you know the docile guy compared to Dana White, but I don’t know. It just seems like he’s got to step it up.”
JORDAN BREEN: “I would say with Coker the big thing is simply that he’s relatively powerless. Ken Hershman is the problem with Strikeforce. Showtime is the problem.”
CALLER: “Really?”
JORDAN BREEN: “Yeah, I mean, like I laughed, I saw something on Twitter from someone who I can’t recall if it was a blogger or someone but I saw something post something like ‘Richard Chou is the worst matchmaker in the world. Step your game up’ or something like that. Richard Chou, I don’t even know what they let him do, but to call him Strikeforce’s matchmaker is absurd. I think maybe they let him like match up the undercards of Sho XC fights or something like that. The thought that Richard Chou, the thought that even like Coker or (Mike) Afromowitz and these guys have the ability to put together their own main cards with impunity is absurd. Ken Hershman micromanages this product to a point where Strikeforce gets irrevocably hurt and have been repeatedly. There’s a reason that when for instance Dana White when he critiques Strikeforce, you know, he’s getting a bit more liberal with it now just going ‘Strikeforce sucks entirely’ but initially his criticisms were very pointed. They weren’t ‘oh Strikeforce sucks’ it’s “they’re stupid for getting in bed with Strikeforce, these guys don’t know what they’re doing.’ Even Wallid Ismail who was on (the radio show) last week, you know, he singled out Ken Hershman and said you know I met with this guy, I came up with the business plan for Pro Elite, this guy’s a boxing guy and he has no idea what’s he doing. “You treat it like box, you fail!” So, yeah, it’s not fundamental that boxing people are bad, I don’t necessarily agree with that, but Hershman doesn’t get MMA and has shown repeatedly that his influence over Strikeforce is an undue one at this point in time. I think Scott Coker is someone who as we saw with Strikeforce prior to them ramping up, he likes just promoting fights, being able to make money at it, and putting on some good fights. I really don’t think in his heart of hearts Scott Coker wants to be a competitor for the UFC. I’m sure he would like to if it was easy but that’s not the goal that drives him and I think that at this point in time he’s sort of caught in this weird place where it’s supposed to be his promotion, yet essentially his baby is being thrown about the bath water by this lunatic who has no idea what he’s doing.”
This conversation passage is fascinating when you juxtapose it to that Sherdog article quoting Ken Hershman who basically put the entire ball (publicly) in Scott Coker’s court for being in charge of Strikeforce.
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission’s posturing on steroids and drug testing
By Zach Arnold | June 9, 2010
If you haven’t read Ivan Trembow’s summary yet on what today’s telephone conference call was like, this is a must-read summary. (E-mail me if you managed to catch the call today.)
As most of you know, Dr. Margaret Goodman talked about this conference call (before it happened) and thought that maybe, finally, the NSAC would at least acknowledge that there is a problem and that all the silly talk from Keith Kizer about the urine-testing they do being adequate would stop. Unfortunately, before and after the meeting, it’s not stopping. It’s only becoming more of an entrenched public stance by the NSAC.
I know that this is one of those “death by a 1,000 paper cuts” situation for the NSAC, but it’s a very hard position to take publicly to say that you have can’t spend a few hundred dollars on drug testing fighters who make hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions of dollars, per fight.
At the end of the day, I thought the NSAC would at least publicly state that they would keep an open-mind to improving drug testing procedures and go forward in the future, much like Dr. Goodman said when she noted that the NSAC’s position probably would be fluid. In one sense, they did by allowing Mr. Tygart to state his case. But, for the most part, the NSAC went into backing their current position for this “informational” meeting.
Eddie Goldman has posted the audio online of the conference call (here and here). Lots to listen to.
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A very odd feeling going into the UFC 115 fight with Chuck Liddell and Rich Franklin
By Zach Arnold | June 9, 2010
As pointed out by Rich Franklin himself in recent interviews he’s done (here and here), he’s coming off of a long layoff and he said he was glad to take a break from the sport in order to heal up. With that said, he also stated that he would not fight a full-time schedule any more. It’s not exactly the kind of mindset you can sell easily to the masses to buy a PPV main event, but I give Rich a lot of credit for his honesty not only with himself but to the fans.
Which is why when I was listening to this Chuck Liddell interview with Josh Gross, I came away from the interview with the same reaction that I had for the Rich Franklin interviews. If you listen to what Chuck had to say, he sounds glad that he took the time off but that he’s ready to fight again and he’s taking it one step at a time.
How are your currently feeling? You are in Vancouver right now.
“I feel great, man, I’m in the greatest shape I’ve been in years. Feel really good about this. I’m quick, I’m strong, ready to go. I’m light. Lighter than usual but that’s good, I guess.”
Your trainer, John Hackleman, said he didn’t have to worry about getting you in shape during training camp. You already were in shape.
“Yeah, that was the biggest difference I think this time. You know, I was already shape going into camp and I spent the whole camp working on getting better and doing stuff, not just surviving the couple of weeks of camp getting in shape, you know.”
What was the thinking process like a year ago when there was talk about you retiring?
“You know, I was never considering not fighting again, really. You know I talked to everybody and ultimately it’s got to be my decision, I mean for me you know I need to decide I’m done. I still think I can compete. I still think, you know, I needed to make some lifestyle changes and make some training changes as far as you know staying in shape in the off-season and staying in shape all-year round. I got away with a lot of things for a long time and you know, just, need to improve on things, so I’ve been working on that stuff and I feel great. I just needed some time off. I’ve been in the grind since ’98. You know, I love fighting and getting out there but you know sometimes you just got to step away from it…”
Did you fall in love with the sport again?
“Definitely, I mean, I don’t think I ever fell out of it. You know I was getting a little burned out maybe. Now I’m excited to be back in and excited to be out there.”
What were some of the health issues you were facing?
“You know a lot of the physical stuff was just wear and tear on the body. … I just needed some time away from getting hit, too.”
When did you get back in the gym and how long did it take before you were back to training full-time?
“I was already, I mean by the time I didn’t even have mitts until probably December, so, I was plenty ready to get back in the gym and start going full-bore as soon as I was my timing was ready. My first sparring was late January.”
What was it like to live a different life away from MMA when you did Dancing with the Stars?
“It was interesting, you know doing something different for a little bit. … I really like training, having that goal, having something in front of me and having a fight coming up. I like training, I like getting ready for fights, I like fighting, so I mean it just reminded me how much I like that stuff.”
Dana White was so against you coming back. What did you do to convince him to give you another fight?
“Yeah, I mean I flew out to Vegas, we had a meeting and we sat down and talked, just me and him talked about it at my hotel room you know and I told him how I felt at the meeting and he said, OK, let me think about it, and let me figure out what we’re going to do.”
How quickly did he come back to you with a response?
“He came back pretty quickly and said, you know, let’s have you do The Ultimate Fighter again and get you back in there and I think it was one of the best things I did because I think it put me through that mini-camp during the thing for several weeks before I took three weeks before I went back into camp, so I think it was a real good thing for me.”
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Demian Maia on UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva: “I don’t like fake people… he’s a fake humble guy… or he’s bi-polar.”
By Zach Arnold | June 9, 2010
If you haven’t seen this video from the Inside MMA show yet, watch it. I have a transcript of all the quotes in this post.
It really is amazing to see how much talk there is about Anderson Silva after this fight. Remember the initial reaction from everyone after his UFC 112 fight? People were swearing up and down that they would never pay to see him fight again, Dana White went on Jim Rome’s ESPN show and said he would cut him if he had another clown act performance, so on and so forth. But look what’s happened — the UFC 112 fight has only added to Anderson’s mystique with the fans and talking heads. He’s transformed from this incredible pound-for-pound best champion to a guy who 90% of the population wants to see him get his ass kicked by somebody, anybody, any time he fights in the future. The question to complete that equation now is whether or not people will pay to see an ass-kicking attempt or if fans will sit on the sidelines and wait to hear about it before perhaps ordering a replay or not ordering a show on PPV.
Over/under 500,000 PPV buys for Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen?
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Steroid cheater appointed as judge for Rich Franklin/Chuck Liddell UFC 115 fight
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2010
Sherdog has the list of judges and officials for this weekend’s UFC 115 event, but one name that sticks out is local fighter Bill Mahood — the same Bill Mahood who failed a drug test for Drostanolone when he lost to Bobby Southworth in 2007.
I already see the ‘defense’ coming on this — he’s a fighter, he’ll know more about what he’s seeing than other judges!
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Talk Radio: What is the future of Tyson Griffin in the UFC Lightweight division?
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2010
He fights Evan Dunham this Saturday night at UFC 115 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Almost a must-win fight for Tyson…
JACK ENCARNACAO: “Well, I think the knockout of Hermes Franca put more of an exclamation point on what had been an issue for him in terms of finishing fights. I think a Tyson Griffin who can put a stamp on opponents with his hands is a much more effective Tyson Griffin at putting together the wins that he needs to get to the top. He always has exciting fights. I think it was like seven straight decisions, though, and they’re all nip-tuck and you know it was you know 10-9s, someone went to one, some went to the other, a bunch of split decision in there, the (Sean) Sherk fight was close, the (Clay) Guida fight was close, the (Frankie) Edgar fight was close, the fights that really you know made a difference in terms of whether he got catapulted up into an inevitable title shot or not seemed to be too close to call more often than not and I think that was a bit because Griffin had to harness more than just his other-worldly scrambling ability, you know, and his ability to dodge jiu-jitsu guys trying to post up submissions on him and taking his back. I think if the Hermes Franca stoppage was any indication, it’s tough to get a read because right after that Hermes I think got stopped on a small show I think in Texas and then retired from the game because he felt like it was a downward trend at that point for him. But you know Hermes had only been stopped once, I believe, before in his career prior to that Tyson Griffin fight via strikes, so it was a definite endorsement, a definite plus and hopefully at least for Tyson Griffin hopefully a shade of something more that he’s bringing to the table now in terms of being able to get the kind of emphatic wins that will move him up the title ranks. But as long as it’s these very, very close nip-tuck decisions that sometimes he doesn’t end up on the right end of, it’s going to be difficult to really set himself apart I would say at 155, but I think Evan Dunham, Lotfi, is kind of an opponent that will definitely produce that exciting, protracted fight but I think will put Griffin in enough compromising positions that he’s going to have to be ultra-sharp, I think, and not just from a defensive but from an offensive posture. I think we saw with Efrain Escudero you know where he put down Evan Dunham in the first round and everyone thought it was you know a wrap-up win for the TUF 8 champion and then to come back as strong as he did so emphatically and find that arm-bar in the second round definitely gave I think probably give Tyson Griffin a sense coming into this fight that if he has anywhere close to a stoppage in front of him, he’s going to absolutely run through that opening and not allow Evan Dunham time to recover because he clearly can do damage if you do allow that, I mean, do you think this fight holds that potential more so than other Griffin fights or do you think that him stopping Hermes Franca means anything? Does it speaks more to Hermes Franca’s deteriorating ability to continue or willingness to continue or does it speak really to Griffin showing something entirely new to his game?”
LOTFI SARIAHMED: “I think it’s more the former than it is the latter, unfortunately, and I think Tyson Griffin, this is a very dangerous fight for Tyson Griffin I kind of think. Evan Dunham is more than capable of sealing a win here and really skyrocketing forward as Tyson Griffin kind of gets stuck in the same sort of path that he’s been in, but with that said it’s still a very close fight. I’m not picking Evan Dunham by any means, I think it’s a close fight, really haven’t made a decision to that front. But… I would expect that this fight goes to a decision, I would expect that this fight is one where despite Tyson Griffin’s recent forward wins over (Rafael) Dos Anjos and Franca, you’d still need to see him step up onto this bigger stage because Evan Dunham’s a guy that you could very well be seeing on that next level, on that next tier and to this point Tyson Griffin when he’s faced guys like that has slipped up whether it be, you go back to the Frankie Edgar fight, you go back to the Sean Sherk fight. As great as both of those fights were, he still ended up losing, he still ended up on the wrong side and to come close only counts for so much for so long and I think Tyson really does need the win here. A loss here would kind of leave him on that second tier of Lightweights for the foreseeable future when we’ve been talking about him for a while with regard to maybe taking that next step up. Here’s a guy who, if my very poor math serves me correctly, is 26 right now and this is the time where if all the hype is supposed to be met, well he’s supposed to be making these big moves and I think it starts with Evan Dunham. If he were to make a move like that and then he kind of builds up from there because Dos Anjos is a nice win, Franca doesn’t really tell you anything considering where Franca is right now, but it starts with Dunham and he keeps building it up from there and I think Tyson Griffin is in a spot where he wins this, then he gets another fight against a name and then we’ll see just whether or not we can talk about Tyson Griffin in the same vain we talk about Gray Maynard, Kenny Florian, Frankie Edgar, BJ Penn.”
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Talk Radio: On a 1-10 scale, how interested are you in the Cung Le/Scott Smith rematch?
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2010
From Sherdog radio on Monday, a caller states that he thinks the re-match coming up on June 26th at San Jose Arena (HP Pavilion) for Strikeforce will take away from Scott Smith’s performance in the first bout last Winter. The radio host responds this way:
“About the Cung Le/Scott Smith re-match and Tim was saying, well the re-match really doesn’t make a whole heck of a lot of sense because it kind of takes away from the win Scott Smith had the first time around, kind of takes away from just how big of a comeback that actually was and just wondered what our thoughts were about what that meant for the first bout, if it meant any thing at all and… my first reaction was it doesn’t really mean a whole heck of a lot. I think you would see this re-match regardless of what organization it was, whether it was UFC, whether it was Strikeforce or whatever because Cung Le was winning that fight, because Scott Smith did have that huge comeback there at the end. I think what makes the re-match all the more intriguing is because you see whether or not this fight goes in Cung Le’s favor or whether or not Scott Smith does come back and win a second fight as well. I think Strikeforce right now, the one consistent that you’re seeing with their matchmaking if there is anything consistent at all is that they’re going to go and they’re going to take storylines like this when they’re out there for them and this one is pretty easy and like I said, regardless of the organization, this isn’t really on Strikeforce. If it were the UFC, if it were Bellator, if it were for whomever, they’d do this re-match relatively quickly because it’s there to be had and simply because the story from the first fight. Scott Smith came out of nowhere, won that fight against Cung Le, and I don’t think it takes away from that first fight. I think Scott Smith still has that comeback regardless of what happens in this second fight and I mean I don’t really, I can’t really get on board with this idea that it takes away from the first fight comeback just because of what happens here.”
This is a tough one. There’s a few angles to look at this fight from.
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You may call Gary Shaw sleazy, but is he right about his MMA booking philosophy and right about Kimbo Slice?
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2010
INTERVIEWER: “Kimbo Slice got cut by the UFC. What do you feel about that situation?”
GARY SHAW: “I think the UFC made a huge mistake. Once again, Dana’s ego’s probably gotten in the way. I think Kimbo Slice could be a draw wherever he goes around the world. I think that they matched him up wrong. I would have put him in against just stand-up fighters. I would have built to a PPV with James Toney. So, you know, my way of doing business is obviously different than Dana’s and UFC, I don’t knock them, they got a great product, they make a ton of money, so God bless them. But, I sure wouldn’t have promoted Kimbo Slice you know like they did and I hope Kimbo comes around and gets in a boxing ring with me.”
INTERVIEWER: “How do you feel business philosophy-wise the UFC and Dana White act cutting fighters like that just so quickly?”
GARY SHAW: “Well, look, I don’t believe in it. I believe in loyalty. If you’re going to ask for loyalty from your fighters, you need to give them loyalty. So, to have two fights and cut ’em, I don’t get it. Plus, he is a star. I mean, when he walks in a room, he captivates the room.”
INTERVIEWER: “James Toney/Randy Couture, do you think it’s a good idea for James Toney even crossing over into MMA?”
GARY SHAW: “Look, I don’t plan anybody’s life out. If James wants, and I like James a lot, if he wants to try MMA, then God bless him, but he needs to be in against the Kimbo Slices, the guys where he stands and he uses his skills as a boxer. He’s way too old to develop all the skills of these real good MMA guys. Impossible.”
Related: Do we need to give credit to Gary Shaw for what he did with Kimbo Slice?
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Could Rich Franklin be the man that sends Chuck Liddell into retirement after their UFC 115 fight?
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2010
Kind of a sad thought to consider there. I hadn’t thought of the UFC 115 main event that way until I heard the question asked yesterday in this Tapout radio interview with Rich Franklin.
The last time I did a transcript of a Rich Franklin interview, most of you ignored it. So, go read it. Maybe I should have headlined with the fact that he used the phrase ‘hot yoga class.’ It’s actually a very good interview. In fact, Rich is one of a few fighters in Mixed Martial Arts who always usually does a great job in media interviews. No matter if you’re a cub reporter or a veteran of the game, he always manages to say a few things that make you look at certain topics in MMA from a different perspective. I respect his opinions and analysis a lot and I think he’ll do a great job in the media when he decides to retire.
As to the issue of retirement for both Rich and for Chuck (Liddell), Rich answered it in the Tapout interview.
(Full-page displays the money quotes that he said.)
He’s already in Vancouver and ready to fight this Saturday night at GM Place. For all intents and purposes, there’s no buzz at all in the States for this show, but the building will be insanely hot for crowd heat on Saturday and I think it’s a show that will easily outperform expectations, as low as they might be for most UFC fans.
As a bonus quote, Rich also made a prediction for the upcoming Brock Lesnar/Shane Carwin fight. That quote, along with Rich’s thoughts on ‘wall and stall’ in UFC with wrestlers like Rashad Evans, may draw some attention as well.
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Would changing major UFC non-title fights from 3 to 5 rounds eliminate the need for interim titles?
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2010
From Sunday’s Observer radio show, here’s the setup question for the topic:
“This person says I read on the web site today on the Inside MMA report where the panel talked about the possibility of UFC main events being turned into five round fights instead of three rounders regardless whether a title is on the line. I feel there are too many variables for this to be a good solution. For example, if a main event is canceled the last minute because of injury and another match is moved up to the main event, the fighters who would have trained for a three round fight would in theory be forced to fight for five rounds. Or, actually I can add to that, a guy who really haven’t been training at all would have to go from zero round sto five rounds which would be rounds. He says furthermore, with the chances of fighters who are not used to five round fights could gas quickly. A boring or bad three round fight could be an excruciatingly terrible fight if we were forced to watch two more rounds. I’m thinking specifically of lay ‘n pray battles. Do you really think the positives outweigh the negatives when it comes to change three round fights to five rounders?”
And the response in full-page mode…
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What you need to know about this Wednesday’s Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting about drug testing (updated with Dave Meltzer commentary)
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2010
Noted on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s agenda list for this Wednesday’s meeting in Las Vegas is the following:
14. **Review of Protocol for Steroid/Drug Testing and Disciplinary Matters.
For those of you who are readers in the Las Vegas area or those of you who are in the media in Las Vegas area, you should definitely check out Wednesday’s meeting. Here is the information from the agenda sheet on the meeting:
A duly authorized telephone meeting of the Nevada State Athletic Commission will be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 East Washington Avenue, Suite 4500, Fourth Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101.
(If you really need an excuse to check out the meeting, use this one — the referees for the Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin fight will be determined on Wednesday.)
Recently, Eddie Goldman did an hour-long interview with Dr. Margaret Goodman which I would highly recommend that you download and listen to. They discuss the upcoming meeting in Las Vegas along with what the current state of drug testing is, how rampant Growth Hormone usage is in boxing and MMA (via mark doctors), and where things go from here. I thought the most interesting part of the interview was how open Dr. Goodman was about Keith Kizer, someone who I have ripped several times publicly on this site.
In full-page mode, I have written a transcript of the opening 30-minutes of the radio show discussion. I put in a couple of hours transcribing it, so hopefully you find some news and discussion value from the text. There’s so many topics touched upon in the transcript that you should read it and absorb it and then come back and read it again and comment on it as part of our Sunday conversation.
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Bizarre — Fox Sports touts Brian Cushing for Jay Glazer MMAAthletics show
By Zach Arnold | June 7, 2010
Press release
MMAthletics with Jay Glazer & Rachelle Leah
Today’s Menu: Brian Cushing Tackles Glazer and Couture’s Training at their MMAthletics Gym, Rachelle and Arianny Celeste go on a shopping spree north of the border, Glazer’s MMA Move of the Week & More…
Hosted by FOX’s JAY GLAZER and UFC Octagon Girl RACHELLE LEAH. Each Monday at 1 PM ET viewers get a behind-the-scenes looks at the world of MMA including; Brian Cushing and his off season training amongst all the turmoil. We are the only show to have video of Brian Cushing training and it’s in the form of MMAthletics.
The only thing more ballsier today is the announcement of UFC 121 taking place on November 13th in Germany.
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The Fertitta Family may be bankruptcy winners (plus an open letter to Lorenzo Fertitta about a fighter’s union)
By Zach Arnold | June 7, 2010
Try accomplishing that if you have to file for bankruptcy on a personal level. Good luck. Any time you have an article that says they have bested their creditors at every turn, it lends you to ask the question — why continue to do business with them? Are they smarter than they appear or is everyone else dumber than they look?
I don’t know if MMA fans in Milwaukee continue to be suckers for boilerplate Zuffa statements of “yeah, we may come one day to Milwaukee,” but the Milwaukee media sure buys it hook, line, and sinker every time.
A very interesting interview with Ron Frazier at Fighthype where he talks about the fight that MMA “is not a poverty sport” like boxing in the sense that you see a lot more college graduates in MMA and that it takes more money to train the right way in MMA as opposed to boxing.
Jake Rossen wonders why fighters look at MMA media writers and interviewers as advisarial marks when most of the coverage tends to be flattering towards anyone who gives a writer access.
Bobby Southworth is trying to get back on The Ultimate Fighter TV show. Speaking of TUF, production for Season 12 with Josh Koscheck & Georges St. Pierre has just started.
Todd Martin is now with Sherdog/ESPN and debuted today with a column talking about UFC’s handling of Chuck Liddell and how Strikeforce being an option for Liddell as a free agent has kept the UFC/Liddell relationship strong.
Ryan Bader will be in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on June 19th for a wrestling clinic.
Tonight, Quinton Jackson is supposed to appear on WWE RAW from Miami. It’s a three-hour show starting at 8 PM EST/PST on USA Network. Ironic that The Undertaker recently got hurt and won’t be at the all-brands show, since Undertaker was supposedly the wrestler who didn’t sign an autograph for Rampage when he was a kid watching wrestling in Memphis. Oh, and Rampage is still defending himself in the press based on crude remarks he made in the past. This is not going over well.
As for the idea of having a fighter’s union in Mixed Martial Arts and Lorenzo Fertitta’s recent statements about such a concept, go to full-page mode for this article and read an interesting open letter penned by someone (not me).
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