Archive for August, 2009

UFC 102 struggles to sell tickets in Portland

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Just posted–we look at the UFC’s ticket sale struggles here in the Rose City and conclude “It’s not the economy, stupid”…
UFC 102: It’s not the economy, stupid @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE

Affliction and Ozzy at Blizzcon

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Affliction covers the World of Warcraft convention ‘Blizzcon 2009′ with a live performance by Ozzy Osbourne:

Patton Oswalt on KFC Famous Bowls

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Patton Oswalt is one of the funniest standup comics working at the moment–here he riffs on the KFC Famous Bowls, or as he calls them ‘a failure pile in a sadness bowl’:

M-1 Global Breakthrough live play by play coverage

Friday, August 28th, 2009

THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live coverage of M-1 Global: Breakthrough. The event will feature Muhammad ‘King Mo’ Lawal against Mark Kerr, as well as a sparring exhibition between Fedor Emelianenko and Gegard Mousasi. The action begins Friday, August 28th 7 PM Pacific/10 PM Eastern:

M-1 Global Breakthrough

MMA Live 8/27/09

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Here’s the latest edition of ESPN’s MMA Live:

BREAKING: Fedor’s first Strikeforce opponent

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

At Fedor’s open workout in NYC Strikeforce/Showtime has announced that ‘The Last Emperor’ will face Brett Rogers in his first fight for the promotion. More details later.

Akiyama TV commercial highlight video

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Here’s a highlight clip of Yoshihiro Akiyama TV commercial appearances. Seriously, he’s a Japanese-Korean reincarnation of Dean Martin. The guy literally oozes cool, not to mention the fact that he’s a *serious* badass in the ring or cage:

Ice motorcycle racing forces relocation of WEC Ohio event

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

A couple of days ago we wrote about the cancellation of the September 2nd WEC show in Youngstown, Ohio. We were foolish enough to suggest that bad ticket sales were likely the reason, but some stalwart Zuffa fanboy shot back that we didn’t know what we were talking about and that a commenter who [...]

ROH Video Wire for 8/26/09

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Here’s the latest ROH video wire. The bad news is that it starts with The Briscoe brothers. Couldn’t handle the Briscoes starting at us so click the link to watch the video:

Shane Carwin to challenge Brock Lensar at UFC 106

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Just posted–we look at the UFC 106 heavyweight championship matchup between Shane Carwin and Brock Lesnar:
Shane Carwin to challenge Brock Lesnar at UFC 106 @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE