Ivan Salaverry, you remember him right? The Canadian who scored some pretty impressive victories in the UFC against Joe “Diesel” Riggs and Tony Fryklund. The same guy who almost broke Tony Fryklund’s back in a submission at UFC 50.
My question is, what happened to him? Where has he been. Salaverry lost [...]
Archive for March, 2006
What Happened to Ivan and Karo?
March 10th, 2006
UFC 58 Medical Suspensions
March 10th, 2006
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released their medical suspensions from the March 4th event. You can download the full PDF file here.
Here are some of the notable highlights:
Franklin must have broken left hand cleared by Dr or no contest until 09/01/06, minimum suspension no contest until 05/04/06, no contact until 04/19/06
Suspend Loiseau until [...]
Return of the “Beastman”?
March 8th, 2006
UFC 58 is freshly in the books, and its time to look ahead. In the world of MMA, and more specifically the UFC, it seems the favorite thing to do is not look ahead to the next event, but to look forward to the event after the next; in this case UFC 60.
The big [...]
Shogun and Ace Out For 6 Months
March 8th, 2006
Full Contact Fighter is reporting that Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is going to be out of action for at least 6 months as he recovers from the injury he suffered in his fight with Mark Coleman at Pride 31.
Unfortunately, it turned out that Rua had fractured his elbow, as well as ruptured all his elbow ligaments. [...]
IFL Official Press Release
March 6th, 2006
The IFL just posted an official press release announcing their new MMA promotion.
If you read my site at all or keep up with the MMA world, you are already familiar with the IFL and their recent court struggles with the UFC’s parent company, Zuffa LLC. I’m glad to see they are still charging forward [...]
UFC 58…What a “Rush”
March 5th, 2006
Man, oh man. UFC 58 was everything that I was hoping it would be.
I’m going to start off with the Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn fight. This fight lived up to its billing, and the better fighter won the fight. I don’t care what GSP looked like physically, St. [...]
Midoux…Mi-don’t
March 3rd, 2006
Taken from: UFC� : Ultimate Fighting Championship�
LAS VEGAS � It wasn�t the type of injury anyone expects a mere day and a half before a fight, but while engaging in light sparring Thursday night for his fight at UFC 58 against Tom Murphy, Christophe Midoux took a knee to the stomach and suffered a hernia, [...]
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