Remember Karo Parisyan (19-5, 1 NC)? Sure you do. He’s the UFC veteran who went from being one of the toughest dudes in the world to having panic attacks so bad he couldn’t even show up to his fights.
FIGHT! Magazine’s Danny Acosta talks with former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett who has a fight coming up in Australia in July against Geronimo dos Santos at Impact FC.
Barnett talks about what he has been up to since the Affliction debacle and his positive steroid test last year. And in a form of logic that [...]
Josh Barnett, John “Doomsday” Howard, and Sean Sherk join Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice on this week’s edition of Inside MMA. Barnett addresses the steroid allegations as well as Tom Atencio’s statement saying he was the cause of Affliction’s demise. Barnett denies he was the cause of Affliction’s failure and denies any wrong doing with [...]
Barnett, Sean Sherk and John “Doomsday” Howard guest on “Inside MMA” this Friday, April 2 at 9p.m. ET
DALLAS (April 1, 2010)
WHAT: Tonight on HDNet’s “Inside MMA,” Josh Barnett speaks candidly about his three failed drug tests in a no-holds-barred interview with Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten. One of the sport’s most controversial fighters, Barnett, [...]
Pro MMA Now (www.prommanow.com) will provide live results and play-by-play commentary for tonight’s “Dream 13″ taking place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. Tonight’s main card will be televised live on HDNet at 3:00 am ET, and features a featherweight title fight.
Quick Results:
Bibiano Fernandes def. Joachim Hansen by split decision
Josh Barnett def. Siala “Mighty [...]
Network’s LIVE coverage begins early Monday, March 22 at 3:00 a.m. ET
DALLAS (March 19, 2010) HDNet will feature exclusive coverage of “HDNet Fights: DREAM 13″ early Monday morning, March 22 at 3:00 a.m. ET, LIVE from the Yokohama Arena in Japan.
MMA heavyweight “The Babyface Assassin” Josh Barnett (24-5) returns to the ring for the first [...]
Classic heavyweight fights are a rarity in MMA. There has always been a dearth of talent. Competition between promotions always ends up fracturing the already weak weight class. So, when Affliction announced Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett, MMA fans thought they were in line for something special.
In the end, the fight never actually happened and [...]
While wearing the holy garment of regeneration, “The Last Emperor” speaks about a number of topics in this new in-depth interview with Russia Today. You will hear Fedor speak about certain fighters you may be unfamiliar with, such as George Barnett, Kevin Randlebarn, and Don Henderson.
Fedor speaks on a number of issues such as his [...]
Josh Barnett’s manager, Shannon Hooper of Excel Sports Management, has released a statement regarding Barnett’s positive steroid test result as administered by the California State Athletic Commission.
Although Barnett denies intentionally using any banned substance, the positive steroid test has caused him to be pulled from a scheduled Aug. 1 main event fight against Fedor Emelianenko [...]
Despite testing positive for anabolic steroids and derailing the entire Affliction Trilogy card, Josh Barnett is still headed for a payday. The former UFC champion is set to perform on Aug. 9 for Inoki Genome Federation, a professional wrestling promotion directed by the legendary Antonio Inoki.
Ariel Helwani first reported the news and confirmed it with [...]
After going on nearly a one month hiatus, Matt De La Rosa and “Fast” Eddie Constantine returned to the PRO MMA (promma.info) air waves for an hour and a half long edition of THE INFO. The boys from the Bay were joined by MMA Junkie Radio’s Gorgeous George. Matt and Eddie talked to George about [...]
Fedor Emelianenko was not the only one to miss out on a huge bout due to Josh Barnett’s foolishness. To be exact, there were twenty-three other fighters who have been sidelined after the cancellation of “Affliction: Trilogy.”
Dream veteran Gegard Mousasi (25-2-1) had a scheduled match up with Renato “Babalu” Sobral (32-8), and is none too happy [...]
When results came back with a positive steroid test for Josh Barnett, Fedor Emelianenko needed a new opponent on ten days notice. Multiple fighters threw their hat in the ring for a shot at the world’s number one heavyweight.
In the end, instead of using a replacement for Barnett, Affliction decided to cancel the entire “Trilogy” [...]
Did Josh Barnett just single-handedly bring down a whole promotion and put twenty-three fighters and a number of other employees out of work? It would appear so.
The domino effect caused by one man’s desire to enhance his performance with an illegal substance has been, frankly, mind-boggling. Not only has Barnett cost a lot of fighters [...]
Has the MMA world entered the Twilight Zone? It feels like it.
Following Josh Barnett’s removal from his fight against Fedor Emelianenko due to a positive steroids test and the the entire “Affliction: Trilogy” show being cancelled, Kevin Iole at Yahoo Sports is reporting Affliction Entertainment will no longer be promoting professional mixed martial arts events.
The report states that Affliction [...]
PRO MMA (promma.info) has been notified that in the wake of Affliction’s number one heavyweight contender, Josh Barnett, testing positive for a banned substance, Affliction Entertainment has cancelled their August 1st “Trilogy” PPV card.
Although numerous fighters stepped up, including Vitor Belfort, Brett Rogers, and Jeff Monson, vying to replace Barnett on short notice, Affliction’s upper management did [...]
Tito Ortiz gives his thoughts on Josh Barnett’s recent ordeal of testing positive for steroids just days before the biggest fight of his career. Tito answers the question if he would be willing to take the fight against Fedor on this short of notice.
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