Report: Wanderlei Silva moving to middleweight
A new published report indicates that former PRIDE champion Wanderlei Silva is about to make a long-rumored move from light heavyweight to middleweight. According to Franklin McNeil during ESPN’s MMA Live pre-fight UFC 94 coverage on Friday, Silva has decided to drop from the UFC’s stacked 205 pound division in favor of its 185 pound weight class. Neither the UFC or Silva himself have confirmed... [Read More...]
PRIDE’s Brazilian Super Heroes Appear to Have Lost their Special Powers
UFC 92 featured a lot of things: the crowning of a new light heavyweight king in Rashad Evans; the crowning of a new interim UFC heavyweight champion in Frank Mir; and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson proving to the critics that it wasn’t too soon to return to the Octagon. However, another prevailing theme from UFC 92 was the continuing demise of the old Brazilian guard of PRIDE. If I could... [Read More...]
UFC 92 Video: Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva
Courtesy of the UFC and ESPN.com, below is video of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Wanderlei Silva speaking at a pre-UFC 92 press conference held earlier this week. Silva indicated he’s looking for the “Knockout of the Night” bonus while Jackson talked about how he prepared for his third encounter vs. “The Axe Murderer.” Read More →
UFC 92 Preview: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva
History is not on the side of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson heading into the third fight of his trilogy against Wanderlei Silva. Usually when we see a trilogy between two fighters it’s because there is a need for a rubber match. However, if the Jackson vs. Silva feud was two-out-of-three falls then Silva would have already been declared the winner of the series after having TKO’d... [Read More...]
Round 5 MMA figures Series II: Wanderlei, Ace, Spider, and Sherk (pics)
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 of these figures is the design of... [Read More...]
Dana White says Rampage Jackson will fight despite charges
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 be as early as November 15 according... [Read More...]
Report: Rampage Jackson splits with Juanito Ibarra; UFC looking towards November fight with Silva
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, though “bottom line, somehow, someway... [Read More...]
More on the Dynamite USA!! attendance…
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 →
Thoughts on the Dynamite USA!! attendance
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 old debate that has been going on in sports... [Read More...]
Attendance figures for Dynamite USA!!
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 on Mauro Ranallo’s radio show earlier... [Read More...]
Dynamite USA results article
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 →
