The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
Gina Carano was on hand this past Friday as her “training partner” Kim Sugar Free Couture made her pro mma debut. Kim has a decisive reach advantage on her opponents and should take a lesson from Gina. Carano kept her opponent Kaitlin Young at bay with a great front kick that she used to keep … Read more
According to “the Junkie” Nick Diaz failed to make weight for tonight’s Elite XC event in Hawaii that is to air on Showtime at 9 pm CST. Apparantly, Nick notified officials ahead of time and his opponent, Muhsin Corbbrey, has agreed to fight at a catch-weight of 168 lbs. Not making weight seems to be … Read more
For the second time in two weeks, a main card fighter has failed to make weight by a significant amount. Last week Gina Carano missed weight by an astonishing 4.5 pounds. Well, she must be a trend setter because today Thiago Alves, who is scheduled to fight legend Matt Hughes in the main event of … Read more
by: Jack Bratcher Dave Meltzer from The Wrestling Observer has this report: “We don’t have a rating yet, but the news is very encouraging.The half-hours in the 18-49 demo were 1.4, 1.6, 2.1 and 2.4. The first hour was nothing impressive but the second hour was the highest rated in the demo on television for … Read more
[dailymotion id=x5mo7p] Rumors have been flying around that Kimbo tapped during his fight with James Thompson and that is why CBS cut the camera away into the crowd. At the press conference after all of the fights Brett “grim” Rogers said he saw Kimbo tap and a fight almost broke out. Did Kimbo really tap? … Read more
by: Jack Bratcher ELITE XC on CBS – MAY 31, 2008 Wow, what can I say about this card? I have alot of different feelings about this card. I watched the preliminary fights and the main card. I’m not going to go over every bout in detail. Instead, I’m going to go by the “highlights” … Read more