Archive for October, 2008
Inside MMA episode 242
Friday, October 31st, 2008Bas and Kenny in the latest episode of ‘Inside MMA’:
ESPN MMA Live Episode 25
Friday, October 31st, 2008Here’s episode 25 of ESPN’s ‘MMA Live’
Fedor’s entrance at last year’s Yarennoka!
Friday, October 31st, 2008Brock Lesnar is going to be an excellent MMA fighter, but he doesn’t want any part of this guy. He may *think* he does but he doesn’t. It looks like poor Hong Man Choi is seriously questioning his choice of profession during Fedor’s entrance:
Kimbo to rematch Petruzelli at DREAM/K-1 Dynamite??
Friday, October 31st, 2008That’s the rumor making the rounds in the Japanese fight media. The Japanese fighting public is a very dichotomous group: on one hand they may be the most knowledgeable and respectful fight fans on the planet. Well, most knowledgeable on the planet outside of Portland, Oregon where THE SAVAGE SCIENCE headquarters is [...]
Ishii notifies All Japan Judo Federation of switch to MMA…
Friday, October 31st, 2008Japan Times (and a number of other media outlets) are reporting this today. We reported it back on October 8th. Do the math:
Judoka Satoshi Ishii, who won the men’s over 100-kg gold medal at this year’s Beijing Olympics, is to quit judo and become a professional mixed martial artist, judo sources said Friday.
The [...]
HD Net buys IFL assets
Thursday, October 30th, 2008HD Net has reached a deal to buy the assets of the defunct IFL for $650,000. The only real value the company had was its video library and trademarks, so obviously HD Net is looking for more content:
In addition to the media library, HDNet will receive IFL’s brand name and other intellectual property. The [...]
UFC 91 website, preview up…
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008The official UFC 91 website is up and they have a great video promo for the Brock Lesnar/Randy Couture fight. They do such a good job with their fight promo videos its not even funny….
UFC 91 @ UFC.com
Mike Mooneyham on SD Jones
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Mike Mooneyham, whose column in the Charleston (SC) Post & Courier is always some of the best pro wrestling journalism anywhere, has an extended profile of SD Jones. Well worth taking the time to read in its entirety:
While Jones will be known primarily for putting opponents over and making them look good in the [...]
Fedor Will Return Affliction commercial
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008After watching Anderson Silva’s less than stellar title defense at UFC 90 you can make a valid argument that the “pound for pound best” debate comes down to GSP and Fedor. Here’s Fedor’s case for the “PFP Title”:
GSP is about as excellent of a fighter as you’ll find, but that guy in this video [...]