Archive for July, 2009
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Unfortunately, this is the last Jeff Farmer promo clip that we can locate. The good news is that we’ve got much more from his in-ring work as well as from the other IPW superstars:
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Here’s the latest preview video for ROH on HD Net:
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
With a bonus appearance from Paul Ellering and the Road Warriors after the Omni upcoming card announcement. The real cool thing about this video is an all too rare appearance from one of the greatest masked men in pro wrestling history The Spoiler aka Don Jardine. Jardine is highly respected by pro wrestling [...]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Via Bloody Elbow:
Gegard Mousasi has confirmed a three fight deal with Strikeforce and is interested in boxing:
“I signed a three-fight deal with Strikeforce and I want to box. I hope to be part of the Showtime boxing series, too.”
Mousasi has slick standup skills, but he’s better off sticking to MMA:
Gegard Mousasi confirms Strikeforce deal @ [...]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The Los Angeles Times has reported that Fedor Emelianenko is finalizing a deal with the UFC.
A long-awaited agreement between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the man considered the world’s best mixed martial arts fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, is expected to be announced by UFC President Dana White on Friday, a source with information about [...]
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
From The Onion:
Evander Holyfield To Box Horse For Heavyweight Title
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
The latest episode of the Sengoku TV show SengokuG is online, with previews of much of the Sengoku 9 card. HT: Nightmare of Battle:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
ROH on HD Net is moving to Monday nights–the idea is for wrestling fans to be able to watch the show either before or after RAW. It’ll be shown at 8 PM and 11 PM Eastern/5 PM and 8 PM Pacific
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Here’s today’s question at MMA Opinion’s journalism roundtable:
One of the sore spots MMA writers have is when writers don’t cite their information. While everyone would agree that stealing articles (cutting and pasting with changed names) is wrong, what about repeating information read elsewhere without citing the source? Or when people’s entire article is a quote [...]
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Good news for fight fans as the highly anticipated matchup between Gegard Mousasi and Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral originally scheduled for the ill fated Affliction: Trilogy show has been moved to the 8/15 Strikeforce show. This has the potential to be a great fight and is scheduled as a 5 round contest for ‘Babalu’s’ Strikeforce [...]
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