Don’t Interrupt Dana White While He’s Eating
UFC President Dana White has some, um, opinions when it comes to who’s the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. After spending a few moments slamming the media for anointing Jose Aldo as the best in the game, White went on to support his argument with what can only be called a Box Office Defense. White, who’s spent the last few months dogging Anderson Silva for failing to deliver exciting... [Read More...]
Zuffa seeking New Media Account Manager for Japan
Yesterday (8/4/08), Zuffa LLC posted a job opening on the digital media news website paidcontent.org, for a “New Media Account Manager for Japan” The responsibilities for this position include: Managing all aspects of distribution, production, operations and account management of mixed martial arts video content to Japanese based media outlets. Manage content selection and metadata creation,... [Read More...]
Report: ZUFFA buys International Fight League
The Fight Network has the scoop: The long speculated moratorium of the International Fight League now has a date. According to IFL senior vice president of communications Joe Favorito, the team-based MMA promotion will turn out the lights July 31 as its assets are sold to a yet-to-be-named buyer, confirmed today by several anonymous sources as the UFC ownership group Zuffa LLC. “As of July 31 my... [Read More...]
Diaz wants Aoki instead of Sakurai; “Mayhem” wants Sakuraba
Sherdog has a great piece up detailing some of the things that were said at the DREAM 3 post-fight press conference. Namely, Nick Diaz said he would rather be fighting Shinya Aoki next instead of Hayato Sakurai and Jason “Mayhem” Miller said that he would love a shot at his hero, Kazushi Sakuraba. Nick Diaz on Aoki: “You know, there’s a lot of other people I’d like to... [Read More...]
JZ, Kid Yamamoto, and Kazushi Sakuraba all win at K-1 HERO’s
Results from the Sept. 17 K-1 HERO’s card from the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa, Japan are making the rounds on various Internet sites. The results are as follows: - Takenori Sato defeated Kenji Nagai via armbar submission at 2:40 of round 1 in the opening bout. - Kazuyuki Miyata defeated Harvey Harra via armbar submission at 1:13 round 1 in a middleweight tournament reserve bout. - Andre Dida... [Read More...]
Gracie tests positive for steroids
Just when you thought Dynamite USA!! couldn’t get any worse, now comes word from Josh Gross of Sherdog.com that Royce Gracie has tested positive for Nandrolone, a commonly used anabolic steroid. The test result came after Gracie’s decision victory over Kazushi Sakuraba on June 2 at the LA Coliseum. The California State Athletic Commission has suspended Gracie from June 2, 2007 through May... [Read More...]
