Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Our guy Michael David Smith over at AOL Fanhouse has some comments from Frank Trigg on Kurt Angle’s MMA aspirations:
There have long been rumors that Kurt Angle, the Olympic gold medalist and professional wrestling star, was going to give mixed martial arts a try. But for all the talk, Angle has never actually set foot [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
That would be awesome were it to transpire….DREAM middleweight GP winner Gegard Mousasi says that he’s going to fight Vitor Belfort at the next Affliction show. He also throws some fuel on the “Fedor to fight Josh Barnett” rumors…..
DREAM middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi expects to face Vitor Belfort on Affliction’s next MMA show in [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Lengthy article about women’s MMA in the Minneapolis City Pages:
Let’s look at the tale of the tape. Kaitlin Young has a one-inch height advantage, but her opponent, Gina Carano, has at least four pounds on her. Both study Muay Thai and jiu-jitsu. They stand across from each other inside a circular cage, bouncing in their [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Frank Shamrock’s opinion of Dana White?:
-On Dana White, Frank thinks White is a bad representative for MMA and calls him a “weirdo”. Frank doesn’t feel the promoter should “curse” and “wear skin tight shirts”. He thinks UFC holds an unfair monopoly on the sport and is not truthful to their fans. According to Frank, [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A lot of American kids who came up in the 70’s remember seeing Ultraman on TV, but in reality there’s like a million of them in countless different “series” in Japan. Here’s the first four Ultraman…er….Ultramen:
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The Canadian Press has an article about the Kobold/Carano fight and they feature a picture of Kobold:
Kelly Kobold remembers the first time she had to tell someone she was a pro fighter. She was in the locker room after a workout and a woman, noticing the bruises on her body, came over and gave her [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
We get why Gina Carano is on TV everytime you turn around, but here at THE SAVAGE SCIENCE we’re big fans of Kelly Kobold as well. She definitely deserves more exposure than she’s getting–anyway, here’s an interview from Gfight.TV:
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Here’s Inside MMA #237 from Tokyo–pretty entertaining episode featuring, among other things, an interview with announcing goddess Lene Hardt (aka the “crazy English announcer lady” from PRIDE and DREAM):
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Here’s Kimbo’s “I Am a Fighter” spot:
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Here’s one of the cool “I Am a Fighter” promo clips featuring Gina Carano:
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