Does a Lesnar victory cost the sport of mixed-martial-arts? Will people then want to compare MMA to professional wrestling? No one can take away from Lesnar’s wrestling credentials. He has dominated the sport of wrestling from going 33-0 at Webster High School to being a two-time All American wrestler at the University of Minnesota. Clearly, [...]
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Does a Lesnar Victory Equal an MMA Loss?
Posted in Brock Lesnar, MMA News, UFC 81, tagged Brock Lesnar, Lesnar, Mir, Mixed martial arts, MMA, UFC, WWE on January 30, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Chris Leben to fight Alessio Sakara at UFC 82?
Posted in Alessio Sakara, Chris Leben, MMA News, UFC 82, tagged Alessio Sakara, Chris Leben, Mixed martial arts, MMA, UFC, UFC 82, Ultimate Fighting on January 28, 2008 | 14 Comments »
All the MMA forums have reported this match up today. And hopefully, it does occur … just on a different card so it will actually be televised. Why in the world would the UFC add this bout to the super stacked UFC 82 fight card? This would be a great opening fight for any pay [...]
PRIDE FC Producer dead at 67
Posted in Hiromichi Momose, MMA News, Pride FC, tagged Hiromichi Momose, Mixed martial arts, MMA, Pride, Pride FC, UFC on January 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The man who put forth the first 5o million yen to begin former PRIDE parent company Dream Stage Entertainment, Hiromichi Momose is dead at the age of 67. According to the Tokyo police and released by the Japanese media, Momose’s acquaintance found him unconscious in his bathtub at 2:30 am when visiting his home. Even [...]
Noguiera vs Sylvia: The Main Event No One Is Talking About
Posted in Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Noguiera, Tim Sylvia, tagged Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Noguiera, Frank Mir, Mixed martial arts, MMA, Tim Sylvia, UFC, UFC 81, UFC las vegas on January 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Amid the hype of Brock Lesner’s UFC debut against Frank Mir at UFC 81, there is one thing that has been left in the shadow. There is a fight for the UFC Interim Heavyweight title fight between Tim Sylvia and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira that is headlining the card. It is common knowledge and kind of [...]
Who’s next for Franky Edgar?
Posted in Frank Edgar, MMA News, tagged BJ Penn, Frank Edgar, Joe Lauzon, Kenny Florian, Kurt Pellegrino, Mixed martial arts, MMA, Nate Diaz, Roger Huerta, spencer fisher, UFC, Ultimate fighting Championship on January 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
BJ Penn and Sean Sherk will fight, sometime in the semi-near future, for the UFC’s lightweight title. There is no set date, as of yet, but it’s safe to say that the next person in line will have to either wait several months, or fight again in the mean time. Franky Edgar is, at this [...]
Diego and Koschek get bumped off of the UFC 82 main card by the Return of Tanner. Fair?
Posted in Evan Tanner, MMA News, Yushin Okami, tagged Anderson Silva, Andrei Arlovski, Cheick Kongo, Chris Wilson, Dan Henderson, David Bielkheden, Diego Sanchez, Dustin Hazlett, Evan Tanner, Heath Herring, Jake O’Brien, John Halver, Jon Fitch, Jorge Gurgel, Josh Koschek, Luigi Fioravanti, Luke Cummo, Mixed martial arts, MMA, UFC 82, Yushin Okami on January 25, 2008 | 13 Comments »
UFC 82: “The Pride of Champions” scheduled for March 1st in Ohio is set to feature one of the most impressive UFC cards in the history of the organization. Top to bottom this card is filled with “star power” and interesting battles. The main event will be the 2nd Title Unification fight between the UFC [...]
UFC 81: We have a full fight card set.
Posted in Andrei Arlovski, Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Noguiera, Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, MMA News, Tim Sylvia, UFC 81, tagged Andrei Arlovski, Arlovski, Big Nog, Brock Lesnar, Couture, Fedor, Frank Mir, Heavyweight, Kimbo, Lesnar, Mir, Mixed martial arts, MMA, Noguiera, Sylvia, Tim Sylvia, UFC, UFC 81, Ultimate Fighting on January 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Ultimate Fighting Championships on Friday has officially annoucned the undercard bouts for it Feb.2 UFC 81 fight card in Las Vegas. The main event features the interim heavy weight title match between the former UFC Champion Tim Sylvia and the former Pride Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria. Former NCAA national wreslting Champion Brock Lesnar is [...]
UFC 81: The Bigger They Are, The Less We Care
Posted in Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Noguiera, MMA News, Tim Sylvia, UFC 81, tagged Andrei Arlovski, Arlovski, Big Nog, Brock Lesnar, Couture, Fedor, Frank Mir, Heavyweight, Kimbo, Lesnar, Mir, Mixed martial arts, MMA, Noguiera, Sylvia, Tim Sylvia, UFC, UFC 81, Ultimate Fighting on January 24, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia and Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Noguiera will face off on Feb. 2 for the interim heavyweight title at UFC 81: “Breaking Point.” The winner will be the unofficial top-dog of the division (once the Randy Couture situation is resolved, of course). The fact that Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar are being marketed [...]
Looking forward to UFC Fight Night 13 on April 2 in Broomfield CO
Posted in MMA News, UFC Fight Night 13, tagged Alves, Bonner, Clay Guida, din thomas, Florian, Guida, Hammil, Joe Lauzon, josh neer, Karo, Karo Parisyan, Kenny Florian, Lauzon, marcus aurelio, matt hamill, Mixed martial arts, MMA, samy schiavo, spencer fisher, stephan bonnar, thiago alves, UFC, UFC Colorado, UFC Fight Night 13, UFN 13 on January 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The UFC returns to Colorado on April 2 for UFC Fight Night 13 at the Broomfield Event Center. And it’s shaping up to be a wonderful fight card. The main event is an interesting match up between top five lightweight Kenny “Ken-Flo” Florian vs. Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon. This has the potential to be an explosive [...]
Dana-Randy Feud Gets Nastier
Posted in MMA News, tagged Dana White, Fedor, Fedor Emelianenko, IFL, M-1, MMA, Randy Couture, UFC, Xtreme Couture on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s no secret that Dana White and the UFC/Zuffa are having their problems with Randy Couture and his contract situation. Couture walked away fom his contract with two fights remaining because either he couldn’t get the fight against Fedor Emilianenko that he wanted or because some other fighters were being offered more money than he [...]