Archive for October, 2006
Pride Fighting Championships first US event is in the books and overall I think it was a very good night of MMA. Here are a few of my thoughts.
First of all, that is NOT EVEN CLOSE to what I thought Pride’s female ring announcer looked like. I have heard her announcing on the [...]
Sure looks like Sherk got the better end of the deal, even if he is “only a one dimensional fighter” in Kenny’s opinion.
Pride Fighting Championship makes their US debut this Saturday when they hold their “Real Deal” event in Las Vegas. This is a bid deal for MMA in the US, but will it make an impact on the overall MMA scene here in the states? Pride will have to change their rules for this [...]
GracieFighter.com is reporting that Matt Lindlad has been offered a contract by the UFC to return and fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight title.
Inside sources have informed us that the UFC has contacted Matt Lindland to face their new Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva. Lindland’s takedown skills and ability to take out top strikers have [...]
The UFC has released the fighter salary amounts for UFC 64: Unstoppable. The total fighter payroll disclosed by Zuffa, LLC was $209,000. Fighter bonuses and other payments do not need by be made public, and Zuffa has never in their history offered those numbers to the public. (Not that they should. No [...]
A few days before UFC 64, Matt Huges made the following post on his personal website blog:
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Tomorrow I’m going to New York, Chuck and I will be on ESPN. Fly back tomorrow night. This week I’ll spend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning with my brother getting crops out and also trying to [...]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the list of results and medical suspensions from UFC 64. Looks like Franklin is suspended until April 2007 unless he can clear his nasal fracture first. No listing of any rib injuries though.
You can download the file here (pdf).