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Archive for October, 2007

In case you didn’t get to see the segment on ESPN’s E:60 last night featuring MFS, here it is:

UFC Press Conference

October 30th, 2007

Apparently the audio and video seems to be having problems at UFC.com for today’s press conference. If you are having issues (like I was) you you can watch it live now or after its over at Yahoo.com

Din Thomas = Tyler Durden?

October 30th, 2007

UFC Veteran Din Thomas was arrested yesterday in Port St. Lucie, Florida for holding illegal MMA competitions at his gym. According to the police arrest warrant, Thomas was holding MMA fights in a cage and charging $10 per person for the 150 or so in attendance. According to the police report, Thomas stated that they [...]

Another voting period has closed at MMAHQ.net. Here are the current overall MMA Top Ten Rankings. You can vote again starting November 6. HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Fedor Emelianenko – 263 pts 2. Randy Couture – 221 pts 3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – 214 pts 4. Josh Barnett – 173 pts 5. Tim Sylvia – 145 pts [...]

UFC.com announced today that Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon to “clear up” statements Randy Couture made at his press conference last Friday afternoon. For those that want to see the press conference, it will be streamed live via UFC.com. Dana White, UFC® President and Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC® co-owner [...]

Denis Kang vs Yoshihiro Akiyama

October 29th, 2007

For those of you who weren’t able to see the K-1 HERO’s card from this past weekend, here is the main event. In a surprising upset win, Yoshihiro Akiyama defeated Denis Kang via TKO in the first round. Marcelo Garcia, who many consider to be the best pound-for-pound grappler in the world, also made his [...]

If you are interested in seeing Randy Couture’s press conference video from yesterday afternoon in Las Vegas, click through to the rest of this post. Unfortunately the video plays automatically so to keep the video and audio from loading everytime someone visits this page, I’m putting it on after the break.

Randy or Dana? You Decide

October 25th, 2007

For those who have not chosen to “take sides” in the Randy Couture vs the UFC issue, today could be a tough day for you. Randy Couture announced earlier this week that he would hold a press conference today at 4:30pm EST to address the media and answer questions regarding his resignation from the UFC. [...]

Sean Salmon announced today on MMAJunkie.com that he will be fighting Jason “Mayhem” Miller on an HDNet Fights card this December 15 in Dallas, TX. Last week, Miller confirmed that he was no longer under contract with Zuffa and the WEC where he last fought in May. Next up, I have been given permission to [...]

Paulo Filho vs Frank Trigg

October 24th, 2007

Gabriel Gonzaga put Team Link and Ludlow, MA earlier this year with his quick rise in the heavyweight division. Team Link (in my home state of Massachusetts) has recently added current WEC Middleweight champion Paulo Filho and undefeated UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva to their team making Link one of the strongest BJJ camps in [...]

UFC 77 Fighter Payouts

October 24th, 2007

The Ohio Athletic Commission has released the fighter salary numbers from last Saturday nights UFC 77: Hostile Territory event. Tim Syliva – $200,000 Anderson Silva – $120,000 Brandon Vera – $100,000 Rich Franklin – $45,000 Stephan Bonnar – $44,000 Yushin Okami – $24,000 Alan Belcher – $22,000 Josh Burkman – $20,000 Jason MacDonald – $17,000 [...]

[Source: FightBeat.com] HT: todd

UFC Judging Woes Continue

October 22nd, 2007

The UFC could not escape more scoring controversies at UFC 77, and may have made matters significanly worse. For those who haven’t heard and/or seen the opening fight of the night between Matt Grice and Jason Black (I haven’t seen it myself), the fight ended in only the worst of possible scenarios.Grice apparently dominated the [...]

M-1 Mix Fight, the promotion that recently signed Fedor Emalianenko, officially announced today that they have named MMA “super-agent” Monte Cox as President and CEO. Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SIBE) ["Sibling Holdings"] announced Sibling Theatricals, Inc. ["Sibling Theatricals"], a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sibling Entertainment Group, Inc., together with Garlin Holdings Limited [...]

ESPN recently interviewed Dana White in regards to Randy Couture’s recent departure from the UFC. HT: bvrasp

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