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 …
Dana White plugs UFC 91 on Jim Rome’s ESPN show. Rome, incidentally, is one of the few mainstream sports journalists that “gets” MMA:
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 …
The Las Vegas Sun is reporting that UFC 94 will feature a matchup between BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre:
Lightweight champion B.J. Penn will try to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two UFC championships at the same time when he faces Georges St-Pierre for the welterweight title at UFC 94 on …
The Canadian Press catches up with Kalib Starnes 7 months after his non-competitive fight against Nate Quarry made him a pariah among MMA fans and resulted in the UFC releasing him. His story hasn’t changed:
And his explanation today for what went wrong is essentially the same as it was back in April, although he …
It hasn’t even started yet and critics are already panning the next season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ suggesting that the entire format is ‘dumb’. Judith Crist? Cleveland Amory? Mike Wilkerson?
Try the one critic whose expletive laced opinion really matters: Dana White, speaking with the UK Sun newspaper:
Speaking exclusively to SunSport, White said: “I …
Hermes Franca was arrested in Burt Reynolds’ hometown of Jupiter, Florida on suspicion of DUI after last night’s WEC show. Franca was arrested at 2:38 this morning when an officer observed him driving erratically. Franca maintains that he was not under the influence but was tired and falling asleep. Since he has …
The Vancouver Sun had an article today about local fighter Denis Kang’s signing with the UFC:
Local MMA fighter Denis Kang has signed a four-fight contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) that could see him on an internationally televised fight card as early as this coming January.
Kang, 31-10-1 in a mixed martial arts career that …
The UFC bolstered their welterweight division today by signing Denis Kang to a 4 fight deal. We’re guessing that the UFC will be working toward a Kang/GSP matchup for a future Canadian card. Alternately, he could fight as a middleweight and be a good challenge for Anderson Silva Kang is of …
Via the hardest working man in fight sport…er…sports…journalism, Michael David Smith @ AOL Fanhouse:
Chris Leben failed a UFC administered drug test following his loss to Michael Bisping at UFC 89. He’ll be suspended for 9 months and fined 1/3 of his purse. Leben fought gamely but was no match for Bisping’s superior technical striking …
