Since UFC 61, most of the talk around the internet has been related to the Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell fight announcement. However, I think a good majority of the press is too quickly looking past Liddell’s fight with Renato “Babalu” Sobral. I just wanna take some time an dig into who Babalu [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Who is Renato “Babalu” Sobral?
Pride OWGP Final Four Matchups
Dream Stage Entertainment, the owners of the Pride Fighting Championship, have officially announced the two semifinal fights in the Open Weight Grand Prix tournament. The September 10th card will see Wanderlei Silva fight Mirko Cro Cop and Antonio Nogueria will take on Josh Barnett.
I like these matchups since we will see a rematch between [...]
Jeremy Lappen’s Removal from UFC 61
As much popularity as the UFC seems to be gaining recently, as far as I can tell, the WFA and more specifically their CEO Jeremy Lappen are drawing just as much attention in the past week. Much of the attention Jeremy Lappen is drawing can be attributed directly to the UFC and how they [...]
UFC 61 Medical Suspensions
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released their list of medical suspensions after UFC 61: Bitter Rivals.
You can download the official PDF file here.
UFC Lightweight Champion
Sherdog.com mentioned in a recent article that both Kenny Florian and Mark Hominick have turned down offers to fight Sean Sherk for the vacant UFC Lightweight belt. In the most recent episode of Beatdown Radio, Sherdog.com editor Josh Gross discusses these reports.
With talk that Sean Sherk is having trouble luring an opponent into the [...]
UFC vs. Pride
Well, I’m sure that you’ve all been following all the new UFC vs. Pride articles that are appearing all over the web since UFC 61. Different details and reports are cropping up and I’ve waited to take my time and try to sort everything out and get all the details.
First of all, for true [...]
UFC 61 Post-Fight Thoughts
I normally am not one that writes post-fight review articles, but I think this UFC 61 event is going to be an exception to that rule. First of all, I went 9-0 in my predictions which makes me 23-4 over the last 3 UFC fight cards. Not that it means anything; I’m just [...]



