One of my favorite ring entrances ever by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. This fight is probably what convinced me that Mayweather was the real deal–many people (myself included) thought that the late, great Diego Corrales–then undefeated–would catch Floyd and use his power to pummel him. Didn’t quite work out that way as Mayweather put [...]
Just posted–our postfight analysis of Manny Pacquiao’s unanimous decision victory over Joshua Clottey:
PACQUIAO CLOBBERS CLOTTEY @ The Savage Science
Here’s the ESPN coverage of the Pacquiao/Clottey weigh in:
We can’t show a Japanese wrestling video without going into full puroresu geek mode–here’s the tag team match and post fight interviews that set up the Bob Sapp/Josh Barnett match. Bob Sapp and Yoshihiro Takayama take on Barnett and Naoya Ogawa last fall in Tokyo. Note to TNA/WWE–you don’t need ‘divas’, midgets, backstage [...]
Here’s the latest episode of ESPN’s ‘MMA Live’:
The latest episode (#86 to be specific) of CMLL ‘Ras de Lona’ from the essential Lucha Libre blog CMLLBlog.com
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 [...]
