A flicker of hope?
At yesterday’s press conference which announced the arrival of M-1 Global, and their marquee signing, Fedor Emelianenko, new CEO, Monte Cox made some interesting comments regarding a still possible fight between Randy Couture and Fedor in the UFC Octagon. If the UFC gets Randy back and they call and want Fedor to fight, we’ll send him to the UFC. I know you’re probably thinking this... [Read More...]
M-1 Press Conference Provides As Many Questions As Answers
Near the end of Monday night’s M-1 Global press conference in New York on Monday evening, which was characterized by repeated promises to be “a global, open company”, a reporter asked whether there were any restrictions at all on Fedor Emelianenko’s contract with the company. “No,” said Sibling Sports president and CEO Mitchell Maxwell. “That’s the short... [Read More...]
Spider Silva won the UFC Middleweight title and all he got was this lousy t-shirt
Props to Adam Morgan for finding this pic on the Project Alpha blog. Editor’s Note: The picture was not taken after UFC 77 but after another UFC event. Read More →
Jake O’Brien wants Brock Lesnar
According to Ken Pavia, O’Brien’s agent, on the UG: Jake O’Brien called begging for the fight. I had to remind him he just had titanium rods put in his neck and he is out for 6 more months atleast. He forgot. Silly O’Brien. Read More →
Fedor’s NYC M-1 Press Event
At 5:21 PM (New York time) last evening, Fedor Emelianenko entered Mark Ecko headquarters in New York City, accompanied by several other well-dressed gentlemen and two stunningly beautiful women (whom we all later learned were the Russian interpreters for Fedor and Vadim Finkelchtein, Fedor’s manager) for the official announcement of his signing with M-1 Global. And for whatever reason, I was invited. As... [Read More...]
Brad Imes first opponent for Brock Lesnar?
According to MMAScoops.com, this could be a possibility: MMAScoops.com has learned that Brad Imes has been contacted by UFC and is being talked about as a possible opponent for Brock Lesnar’s UFC’s debut fight in February of 2008. Brad Imes? Really? That’s a trap fight for Lesnar, in my opinion. Imes’ jiu jitsu has grown leaps and bounds since the reality show and he gogoplata’d... [Read More...]
My UFC 77 Live Experience
When a big time UFC pay per view comes to your city and you’re as big of an MMA fan as I am, is there really a question in your mind that I wouldn’t be there? The best part? It cost me nothing. I’m quite fortunate that a friend of mine’s sister knows a guy who works for the UFC. He told her a few months ago that he could get tickets, so I was like “Cool, I won’t... [Read More...]
Report: Rich Franklin not considering retirement
During his post-UFC 77 review, Alex Marvez of FoxSports.com briefly made mention that former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin might consider retirement as a option following his second career loss to current champion Anderson Silva. However, in Dann Stupp’s latest Dayton Daily News column, it doesn’t appear that Franklin is seriously considering retirement. Stupp spoke with J.T.... [Read More...]
Dana White wants to head butt Dan Henderson
In Dann Stupp’s latest article in the Dayton Daily News, he discusses potential challengers for the UFC middleweight title that’s currently held by Anderson Silva. Ricardo Almeida, David Terrell, and Thales Leites are all mentioned as possibilities, as is current PRIDE welterweight (183 lbs.) champion Dan Henderson. However, UFC president Dana White apparently expressed some frustration... [Read More...]
Exclusive Interview with UFC lightweight champion Sean Sherk
This interview was submitted and conducted by special contributor Eric Shapiro… Making an appearance during Saturday’s BattleCage Xtreme III event in Atlantic City was current UFC lightweight champion Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk. I was lucky enough to grab some face time with the champ and ask him a few questions about a potential bout with B.J. Penn, the Randy Couture situation,... [Read More...]
BattleCage Xtreme III: detailed results and recap
The electricity was at an all time high inside boardwalk hall last night, as everyone from die hard MMA fans, friends and family of fighters, members of the armed forces, and one UFC lightweight Champion gathered to witness BattleCage Xtreme III on an unusually warm October night. The evening started off at a reasonable pace with the first three bouts going the distance and ending with decisions.... [Read More...]
UFC 77: Post-show news & views – Franklin could retire; Sylvia not a lock for title shot; Couture to hold press conference in Vegas; and more!
On FoxSports.com, Alex Marvez has a UFC 77 recap available that reveals several interesting news items. I wanted to take a few minutes to go over some of the news items that Marvez is reporting and give my thoughts on each one using the same format that a lot of fantasy sports websites use. News: Rich Franklin suffered a broken nose during last night’s loss to Anderson Silva and is believed to... [Read More...]
Pic of Starnes cut at UFC 77: “He could see my skull!”
Thanks to “Elvis” from the Underground forum for posting this sick shot: Click for more UFC 77 goodness on 5 Oz of Pain. Read More →
UFC 77: My post-show thoughts
As promised, here are my post-show thoughts of UFC 77. Overall Grade: B Match of the Night: Silva vs. Franklin (I didn’t see Matt Grice vs. Jason Black but they got the $40,000 bonus for match of the night from the UFC) Knockout of the Night: Anderson Silva Submission of the night: Demian Maia Match-by-match thoughts… Anderson Silva TKOs (strikes) Rich Franklin at 1:07 of round 2 Franklin... [Read More...]
IFL Draft Report from New York
I promise I will have my post-UFC 77 thoughts later today. I’m running behind because I attended to IFL draft tryouts in New York on Saturday. It was a full day of MMA for me between the IFL and UFC 77, but I had a blast. I was xocering the draft cover for CBSSports.com and I will post my professional, third-person feature-style article for CBS later this week, In the meantime I wanted to post... [Read More...]
BattleCage Xtreme III results
Here are the quick results for last night’s BCX III event from Atlantic City NJ. CLICK HERE for full detailed summary of the event and each fight. USKBA Heavyweight Title: Kevin Jordan def. Carlos Moreno USKBA Welterweight Title: Jim Miller def. Nuri Shakir BCX Flyweight Title: Nick Cattone def. Josh Spearman Welterweight: George Sullivan def. Roberto Conceptcion Welterweight: Lester... [Read More...]
UFC 77 quick results
Quick results for UFC 77: Middleweight: Anderson Silva def. Rich Franklin TKO (Strikes) R2 Anderson Silva remains UFC Middleweight champ by once again DISMANTLING Rich Franklin. Silva crumpled Franklin with a right hook at the very end of round one. In round 2, Silva patiently stalked, not throwing a strike for the first 30 seconds of the round, dancing and dodging Franklin, finally UNLOADING on... [Read More...]
Brock Lesnar + UFC = $$$
Enough said. Read the UFC press release on the addition of Brock Lesnar to the UFC heavyweight division HERE. Read More →
Middleweight contender matchup benched?
Not having Jason MacDonald and Yushin Okami on the main card of UFC 77 is madness. Sure, it probably won’t be the most exciting match of all time, and will probably end up as a slow ground n’ pound victory for Okami but this fight is most likely for the next middleweight title shot. You would think that a matchup of this importance would be shown on the main card. This seems pretty disrespectful... [Read More...]
UFC 77 Video: Dana White on ESPN commenting about Randy Couture’s resignation
I’ve been critical of Dana White recently in how he’s handled himself from a PR standpoint in regard to Randy Couture’s resignation from the UFC. However, in this video with ESPN host Josh Elliott, White is at his best. He really stepped up to the plate with this interview and played it beautifully. Dana should keep a copy of this video handy and play it before every interview with... [Read More...]
