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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Judo gold medalist Ishii offered $5 million by DREAM
Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii will be tranistioning into the world of Mixed Martial Arts according to various reports. Ishii, who won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the men’s over 100-kilogram event follows in the footsteps ... Read More »
UFC: Sport or Entertainment?
by: Jack Bratcher I woke up today a bit confused. After watching a recent video interview with Randy Couture where he says that no one is pretending Brock Lesnar is the number one contender for the UFC Heavyweight Title, but ... Read More »
Couture realizes Lesnar is not the top contender
It’s not often the UFC gives a title shot to someone who is not a top contender unless the Champ had already cleaned out the division such as the case with Silva vs. Cote. But Randy Couture has not cleaned ... Read More »
TUF 8 – The Ultimate Fighter week 7 recap
By Denny “The Mad One” Hodge After the obligatory past week’s fight re-cap, multiple fighters voice their opinion that they really respect Roli after his performance vs. Junie Browning. This is a far cry from the way most felt about ... Read More »
Mike Whitehead wins at Kansas City M-1 Challenge – Full Results
Kansas City M-1 Challenge took place last night at Harrah’s Casino. The M-1 Challenge is an international team competition for young talented upcoming fighters to gain experience and be given the opportunity to fight internationally. The most talented may be ... Read More »
Strikeforce: Destruction on Nov. 21 in San Jose
Strikeforce will bring Destruction to California on Friday, November 21 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose starting at 7:30 PM (Prelims at 6:00PM). There will be two title fights, lightweight and light heavyweight, on this card. Here’s how this ... Read More »
UFC steps into next-gen with Blu-Ray
On November 18th the UFC in cooperation with First Look Studios will officially step into the next generation by releasing “Ultimate Comebacks”, the first UFC title on Blu-ray Disc. Pete Sell vs. Scott Smith and Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries ... Read More »
Mark Dellagrotte praises Anderson Silva
Mark Dellagrotte was very proud of his student, Patrick Cote, after going two full rounds with the UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva at UFC 90. Dellagrotte talks about the background on Cote’s knee injury and also gives his thoughts on ... Read More »
CXF on Oct. 30 – K.J. Noons boxing on Nov. 13
California Xtreme Fighting (“CXF”) returns on Thursday, October 30, 2008 with the kick off of its new Thursday Night Fight Series. CXF will hold its third professional Mixed Martial Arts Card at a new venue, the El Monte Expo Center ... Read More »
Kevin Ferguson is back in the gym
by: Jack Bratcher We all know what happened on Oct. 4 in Sunrise Florida when an enormously inflated persona named Kimbo Slice went into the ring with Kevin Ferguson as his own shadow. This shadow was everything Ferguson was not; ... Read More »
Dana White hopes Strikeforce gets 10 million viewers
Dana White hopes Strikeforce gets ten million viewers next week on NBC. He has nothing bad to say about them cause “they are doing it the right way,” says the UFC President. What do you think would happen if they really ... Read More »
Inside the numbers: Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin
Probably the most interesting fight statistically from UFC 90 was the Fight of the Night between Sean Sherk and Tyson Griffin. Our friends over at CompuStrike have it all broke down for us. Sherk was the winner by unanimous decision ... Read More »
Rachelle Leah interview from UFC 90
Rachelle Leah had a good time at UFC 90 and talks about doing the All Access show with Anderson Silva. She discusses the Playboy photos and what she looks for in a man, so take notes pimps. Read More »
Elite Combat League hits Tulsa on Nov. 1
On November 1st Elite Combat League will host a mixed martial arts show at the brand new Spirit Bank Event Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The show will consist of 24 talented mixed martial art fighters from around the country for ... Read More »
Sean Sherk discusses UFC 90 performance
Sean Sherk discusses his Fight of the Night performance at UFC 90 in Chicago against “Fight of the Night connoisseur,” Tyson Griffin. Sherk talks about what seems to have impressed people the most; his boxing. His boxing looked absolutely amazing ... Read More »
Could Robbie Lawler be headed to the UFC?
by: Jack Bratcher Robbie Lawler left the UFC in 2004 after two straight losses, first to Nick Diaz at UFC 47 by KO and then to Evan Tanner (R.I.P.) at UFC 50 by Triangle Choke. At the time he was ... Read More »
Shooto – GIG Central 16 Fight Results
This Shooto event took place on October 26, at the Tokai TV Telepia Hall, Nagoya, Japan. The main event was for the Pacific Rim Middleweight Title. The fight results are as follows: Main Event – Pacific Rim Title Fight: Xavier ... Read More »
Poland MMA-SWG Baltic Storm 4 Results
This Poland mma event took place on October 26, in Hala Stulecia, Sopot, Poland. The fight results are as follows: Ireneusz Cholewa fought Piotr Witkowski to a Draw Pawel Procaj defeated Artur Strzelczyk via Decision Aslambek Saidov defeated Lukasz Christ ... Read More »
Pancrase Shining 9 Results
This Pancrase event took place on October 26, in Differ Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan. The fight results are as follows: Kenji Arai fought Tashiro Akai to a Draw Takuya Wada fought Masahiro Toryu to a Draw Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Yuichi ... Read More »
Pro Kumite in Bracknell, U.K. on Nov. 1
Pro Kumite is a new fight promotion in the UK, concentrating on MMA events all over Europe. The first show is going to be held on November 1st at the Bracknell Leisure Centre on Bagshot Road, Bracknell, RG12 9SE. According ... Read More »
Kang KO’s Eastman at Raw Combat: Redemption
Calgary’s Raw Combat promotion held their latest event entitled “Redemption” at the Stampede Corral on Saturday October 25th. Edmonton’s Ryan Ford was able to score a unanimous decision over Nabil Khatib. The main event saw former PRIDE fighter, Denis Kang, ... Read More »