Kevin Iole at Yahoo Sports has a great article about how UFC heavyweight Antoni Hardonk broke up a robbery attempt in SoCal recently:
Antoni Hardonk, a heavyweight who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, had just finished a training session last month in Los Angeles near Los Angeles International Airport.
He was talking with his attorney, Nima [...]
Got this thing from Affliction announcing that an actor from ‘Twilight’ would be making an appearance at their Melrose Avenue store. While we respect the fact that he’s scratching out a beefy check to a worthy charity, we take our job as an educational resource for junior high school teachers very seriously.
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The essential Japanese MMA blog Nightmare of Battle is reporting that Strikeforce may have the inside track toward signing Takanori Gomi. Affliction’s Tom Atencio indicated in a postfight interview after ‘Ultimate Chaos’ that his organization was close to signing Gomi, but that may not be the case:
From Gomi’s latest interview in MMA magazine Kamipro [...]
June 28, 2009
Tom Atencio, Vice President
Affliction Clothing
Seal Beach, California
Dear Mr. Atencio:
Let me congratulate you on behalf of the entire SAVAGE SCIENCE staff on your victory at ‘Ultimate Chaos’. It was a source of inspiration for 40 somethings everywhere.
As I’ve told you in the past, we’re big fans of Affliction Clothing and really like what [...]
Affliction VP Tom Atencio aka the new hero of 42 year olds everywhere was interviewed after his victory at ‘Ultimate Chaos’. Among the topics covered was his crack back on Dana White, who had referred to Atencio’s opponent Randy Hedderick in very derisive terms:
MMAWeekly: One of your first comments after the fight was addressing [...]
Via Bloody Elbow:
Gegard Mousasi talks about his fight against Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral at Affliction: Trilogy:
Gegard Mousasi talks Affliction Trilogy @ Bloody Elbow
Just posted–our recap of tonight’s ‘Ultimate Chaos’ event headlined by Bobby Lashley’s brutalization of Bob Sapp:
BEASTMASTER: LASHLEY SMASHES SAPP @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE
…and there was much rejoicing.
There will be no Limp Bizkit performance at UFC 100. Via MMA Junkie:
Rap-metal group Limp Bizkit’s previously announced July 10 performance at Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort has been canceled.
Ticketmaster.com was the first to announce the cancellation of the event, which was set to coincide with a weekend [...]
Via the excellent metal blog Shockwaves.TV:
Someone ran some video during Megadeth’s recent show with Slayer in Vancouver, BC. They caught a preview performance of ‘Headcrusher’ from the forthcoming album ‘Endgame’. Y’all know we love us some Megadeth here at SAVSCI so check it out:
And this video clip from AOL Fanhouse was before the UFC’s recent ‘pay to play’ edict for their fighter’s sponsors. Russian fighting god Fedor Emelianenko gives his thoughts on the UFC’s treatment of fighters:
