Series II of Round 5 MMA collectible figures now has it’s fourth and final member: Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva.  Silva joins Sean Sherk, Rich Franklin, and Anderson Silva in the second series of these 6 inch collectibles. Series I is made up of MMA icons Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, and Quinton Jackson. The detail and artistry... 

Now that Rampage has been formally charged with felony evasion, reckless driving, and driving down the wrong side of the street stemming from his police chase after the loss to Forrest Griffin last month the question has become if and when Rampage will fight again this year. According to Dana White, he’ll fight this year and it’s looking like it could... 

After Rampage Jackson’s police chase hit and run incident in Costa Mesa, much speculation was going on in the MMA circles that he had split with his manager and trainer Juanito Ibarra. Josh Gross is now reporting that as fact in his new SI.com article: With defeat as the impetus, Jackson responded to rough terrain by relieving the trainer of his duties,... 

Ivan Trembow has a report at MMAWeekly.com about the Dynamite Attendance that is about 1,000 times better than mine: http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4100  Read More →

I’m getting a lot of e-mails and reading a lot of message forum posts about why certain sites (such as Sherdog.com) and this site are reporting two different attendance figures for FEG’s Dynamite USA!! show this past Saturday. Well, we’re all reading the same reports, we’re just interpreting them differently. It’s actually an age... 

The California State Athletic Commission has made the attendance figures available for FEG’s Dynamite USA!! show that took place this past Saturday at the LA Coliseum. Total attendance for the show was 18,340 . The paid attendance was 3,674.  The total house was approximately $2.3 million in gross receipts. Loretta Hunt from The Fight Network reported... 

If you’re looking for a breakdown of last night’s Dynamite USA card with results and little editorializing, then I recommend you check out my boss’ article from CBS Sportsline. Denny Burkholder does a good job of giving just the facts without butchering last night’s card:  http://cbs.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/10210286  Read More →