The biggest concern that we here at SAVSCI had during Affliction weekend is that someone would try to hire away Grady Roy to serve as their trainer. Thankfully, that didn’t happen and we avoided the resulting costly bidding war. He’s back with his always prescient analysis of the UFC 94 main event between [...]
There are few things more metal than a volcano erupting, and Alaska’s Mount Redoubt is about to do just that:
Mount Redoubt, the Alaskan volcano expected to erupt at any time, is getting a bit more edgy.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory said in a statement Friday “volcanic tremor” has increased in “amplitude.”
The activity on the 10,197-foot peak [...]
We won’t do any jokes about how BJ Penn trains by lifting weights “a quarter pounder at a time”, but there’s no way he’ll be in as good shape as GSP–the reigning welterweight champion is on a short list of the best conditioned athletes in *any* sport:
Currently in heavy rotation on the SAVSCI playlist is the Dutch metal band “Hail of Bullets”. Think Amon Amarth meets Bolt Thrower, only with songs about WW II instead of Vikings. You may have trouble finding it at the local Wal-Mart, but you can get their debut CD “Of Frost and War” at [...]
If you need any help getting excited for the UFC 94 main event of Georges St. Pierre vs. B.J. Penn you should probably go to the doctor as you have no pulse. In any case, here’s a UFC produced promo video that might help.
Don’t forget to join us for our round by round coverage [...]
You all remember Kinniku Mantaro, the Japanese anime character that fought Bob Sapp at Fields Dynamite in one of the strangest moments in fight sports history? If you did miss it, we’ve got the fight complete with Kinnikuman, Sapp and DJ OZMA at the bottom of this post.
Anyway, Kinniku Mantaro aka ‘Kinnikuman’ has just [...]
There was a brief flap in the Japanese MMA blogosphere in the past 48 hours when an eagle eyed blogger noticed that the recently released graphic for DREAM 7 was missing their usual sponsor: the Heiwa pachinko machine company. Here’s the logo as we posted it a few days ago, with no sponsor [...]
Here’s today’s episode of ESPN’s “MMA LIVE”:
Here’s a highlight video of Takeshi Morishima, whom Nigel McGuinness defeated for the ROH title. Don’t know if its his build, his style or some combination thereof but he sure reminds me of a Japanese Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy at times…
Ring of Honor is affiliated with the women’s wrestling promotion Shimmer and hopefully the HD Net deal will give US fans an opportunity to see more serious women’s wrestling. Current Shimmer champion is MsChif, who is not only hot but can really work unlike the WWE “divas”:
Here’s her Shimmer promo video:
