For those of you who have read MMA HQ for any period of time, you realize my opinion of Frank Mir has changed drastically over the past year. I went from being one of the biggest Frank Mir fans around, to more or less blacklisting him. The Las Vegas Review Journal has an [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Frank Mir Training Hard for Vera Fight?
October 31st, 2006
Forrest Griffin vs. Keith Jardine at UFC 66
October 31st, 2006
In addition to the already “official” fights of Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz and Andre Arlovski vs. Marcio Cruz, the UFC has officially announced a third fight for UFC 66: Forrest Griffin vs. Keith Jardine. Griffin last fought Stephan Bonnar at UFC 62 while Jardine last fought Wilson Gouveia at the Ultimate Fighter 3 [...]
Special UFC 66 Package Auction on eBay
October 30th, 2006
Randy Harris and Joe Rogan have teamed up and put together a special auction to raise money for the Ryan Bennett Memorial Fund to help Bennett’s family.
You can find the aution on eBay right now. I’ve posted the text from the eBay listing below.
You are bidding on a trip of a lifetime with every [...]
Belfort and Nastula Test Positive
October 26th, 2006
BREAKING NEWS: MMAWeekly has learned that Vitor Belfort and Pawel Nastula tested positive for banned substances after their respective fights on Pride’s “Real Deal” card this past Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has confirmed that Nastula tested positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone, while Belfort tested positive for 4-hydroxytestosterone, which [...]
PrideFC: The Real Deal Medical Suspensions
October 26th, 2006
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released their list of medical suspensions from last Saturdays Pride 32: The Real Deal Event.
You can download the full PDF here.
Oh, How the Mighty Fall
October 24th, 2006
It really is pretty sad the ups and downs people go through in their personal lives. Evan Tanner posted this photo to his Myspace.com blog. Evan says the photos are from a “training session” away from the gym. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen a training session that included [...]
PrideFC: The Real Deal Fighter Payouts
October 23rd, 2006
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighters salaries from this past weekends Pride event. Official live gate numbers and revenue were not reported as of yet. There also were no reported fighter bonuses for winning their respective fight.
Fedor Emelianenko - $100,000
Mark Coleman - $70,000
Kevin Randleman - $40,000
Mauricio Rua - $25,000
Pawel [...]
