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Archive for June, 2006

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Who’s Next for “Ace”

June 30th, 2006

We all know that UFC 61 is right around the corner, but as usual, I always like to look ahead to the future. Sherdog.com writer, Greg Savage listed the following in one of his articles this past week: Georges St. Pierre will finally get his chance for redemption on September 23 when rematches Matt Hughes [...]

UFC and the Media

June 28th, 2006

The topic of how the UFC handles the “internet media” with regards to press credentials and interview requests has become a topic of discussion again recently. Since I consider myself to be a member of the online MMA media community, I always take notice with topics such as this. After The Ultimate Fighter 3 finale [...]

After my success with my Ultimate Fighter 3 finale predictions (I went 8-1), I hope I can be as accurate again for this Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night event. The UFC is really putting out these shows rapid-fire lately with the TUF 3 finale, this Ultimate Fight Night 5, and UFC 61 next Saturday; three different [...]

TUF 3 Finale Predictions

June 23rd, 2006

Tomorrow night marks the end of The Ultimate Fighter season 3, with two new UFC contracts being awarded in both the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. I’m not the biggest fan of making predictions, especially for an event like this with some pretty unknown fighters, but here goes anyways. Light Heavyweight Final Michael Bisping comes [...]

Little Evil Returns

June 23rd, 2006

Jens Pulver is finally back in the UFC. Carlos Arias, a reporter for the Orange County Register, is to first to report this story, and it has not been officially announced by the UFC. In a prior story about the return of Hermes Franca to the UFC, I mentioned that the lightweight belt was vacated [...]

Bushido on FSN?

June 22nd, 2006

Fox Sports Net has taken quite an attraction to MMA is the recent months. With the Pride FC specials hosted by Jay Glazer and Frank Trigg, and the International Fight League contract showing IFL MMA events, FSN is bringing MMA to the free TV market, depite sister-station Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly taking issue with MMA [...]

UFC 61 “On-Demand”

June 22nd, 2006

The UFC released their video on-demand service about a month ago, providing a way for UFC fans to download prior fights for $1.99 per fight, or have unlimited downloads for a monthly subscription fee. The UFC is now taking their video service one step further and will allow viewers to stream UFC 61: Bitter Rivals [...]

WFA Full Fight Card

June 21st, 2006

The World Fighting Alliance has finally released the full fight card for their upcoming King of the Streets event on July 22 in Los Angeles. This MMA card was already loaded with superb lineup, and the final three fights only improve on what should be an already exciting night of action. Jason “Mayhem” Miller leaves [...]

A big knock on the UFC in recent months has been the perception that they “protect” their top fighters. There is some discussion that the UFC won’t put up the money to sign top fighters from other promotions in order to keep their star title holders from the possibility of losing. Whether this is the [...]

Return of Hermes Franca

June 19th, 2006

With all the hype for the upcoming UFC 61 centered around Tito Oritz and Ken Shamrock, it is easy to overlook some of the other fights on this card. Sure you also have a heavyweight title fight between Andre Arlovski and Tim Sylvia (…snore…), but UFC 61 will also feature Joe Stevenson vs Yves Edwards, [...]

The Ultimate Finale

June 16th, 2006

Well, the “regular season” of The Ultimate Fighter season 4 is over and we have our four finalists. Ed Herman will face Kendall Grove in the middleweight division and Michael Bisping will face Josh Haynes in the light heavyweight division. I don’t know about the average fan, but neither of these fights are intriguing to [...]

See More Vitor?

June 15th, 2006

Pride FC has signed Vitor Belfort to fight on their July 1 event in Japan against Yoshiki Takahashi. I hope this is suprising to everyone else and not just me. Vitor hasn’t exactly been “The Phenom” recently like he has been in the past. Belfort has lost four of his last five fights, with the [...]

Horn Done with UFC?

June 14th, 2006

Reports are now surfacing that Jeremy Horn is finished with the UFC. Apparently Horn’s fight with Chael Sonnen at UFC 60 was the last fight on his UFC contract, and the UFC has no intentions of resigning him. There is the possibility of Horn going to Japan and fighting in Pride and facing off against [...]

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