Big surprise with a Randy Couture/Mark Coleman main event, huh? No less than Dana White and the UFC are predicting a pitiful buyrate for UFC 109–as in 380 thousand. If this is the case–and there’s no real reason to expect that the Dana is giving a lowball number–this will be the 5th PPV [...]

Via Failblog–a weatherman ‘cuts a promo’ on a forthcoming snowstorm:

The legendary Jack Brisco passed away on February 1 due to complications from open heart surgery at the age of 68. Brisco held the NWA World Heavyweight Title on two occasions and is considered by many pro wrestling hardcores as one of the best champs ever. Here’s some classic Brisco video. The [...]

Our friend David Glisan at SportsUntapped talks about Gegard Mousasi leaving the M-1 Global fold:
You know its generally a slow MMA news cycle when a fighter’s management change is considered a top news story, but that was the case late last week when Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi confirmed in an emailed release that [...]

More epic Who….this video kicks ass for Roger Daltrey’s shirt alone. One of my personal favorite songs from the early days of The Who:

The Who performing the Beach Boys’ classic ‘Barbara Ann’ live in France 1966.

Here’s Akiyama vs. Carl Toomey at Hero’s 2. Akiyama’s typically epic entrance lasts longer than the fight. Way to serve up your arm to a judo black belt Toomey…might as well have gift wrapped it:
Entrance:

Fight:

Here’s a clip from Affliction of the new Sinful swimwear line. Someone gets paid to roll video on chicks wearing bikinis…

For some reason this was ‘Recommended’ for me on YouTube–a compilation video of Major Nelson keeping Jeannie in line:

Here’s a video of The Sheik vs. Dory Funk Jr. shot in 1978 in Japan: