From the excellent website MMA Payout:
According to their report, Couture is in the process of suing Affliction and the temporary restraining order is part and parcel of that. Also, they’re being represented by one of Zuffa’s big legal guns–one who represented the company in their legal battle against Randy Couture. You can likely …
One thing about covering the fight game–its never boring. No matter what happens that makes us think that we’ll never have to report a stranger story then something happens to top that. We have no clue what the backstory here is, so we’ll just report the facts–or as close to the ‘facts’ as …
In the only political race that we here at THE SAVAGE SCIENCE had an official position on, Matt “The Law” Lindland lost in his bid for the Oregon State House. Basically, he was waging an uphill battle against the nasty old biddy that did win–plus he was running as a Republican and probably got …
Josh Gross at SI has a nice profile on Matt Lindland focusing on his political ambitions:
Close decisions and ugly fights are comfort foods for Matt Lindland. It’s no surprise then that the gritty 38-year-old mixed martial artist, a 2000 Olympic silver-medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, is serious about his politics.
Following months of campaigning that brought a …
Brock 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:
After 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 …
Dana White finally addressed the ban of “Cage Fighter” branded apparel. Contrary to previous reports, he suggests that it had nothing to do with a battle for shelf space at Wal-Mart. According to Dana, they just “crossed him”…
UFC president Dana White wouldn’t divulge exactly why the Cage Fighter clothing line has been banned …
The Albuquerque Journal newspaper has a brief mention of Joey Villasenor, specifically his current state of unemployment caused by the demise of EliteXC:
With the demise of mixed martial arts promotional firm Elite X-C, Albuquerque MMA fighter Joey Villasenor is without a home.
Elite X-C filed for bankruptcy last Monday. Villasenor (26-6), an original Elite X-C contract …
Fighters.com has more on the UFC’s ‘negotiations’ with the Russian fighting god:
“Fedor will not sign to the enslaving terms of a UFC contract, and the UFC just doesn’t want to compromise.”
Finkelstein, M-1 Global president and Emelianenko’s manager, was responding Friday to UFC president Dana White’s recent comment to the Boston Herald that “[the UFC’s] door …
Tara LaRosa dissed Gina back in the day as “just another pretty face”. She’s changed her tune:
Labeled by her promoters as “The Face of Women’s MMA” and pushed to the spotlight after just three professional outings, Gina Carano (7-0) was a lightning rod for discussion throughout her tenure with the now-defunct EliteXC.
And while some …
