And for the moron who wrote saying that a) Akiyama can’t fight without his gi and b) can’t strike here’s a clip of him against Denis Kang. Akiyama has fought a good deal without the gi, and here around the 5:00 mark he puts Kang to sleep with a slick combination. Everyone knows [...]

Interview with the next UFC middleweight champion Yoshihiro Akiyama. Bonus footage of Akiyama training in a sparkly shirt. Do you know how big of a badass you have to be to train in a sparkly shirt? Chuck Norris uses his peripheral vision when he rolls up on Akiyama.

And we can never get [...]

Here’s the latest episode of ESPN’s ‘MMA Live’:

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 [...]

Good article by Steve Cofield on the shoddy officiating at ‘Ultimate Chaos’:
Organizations like Strikeforce, WEC, Affliction and the UFC have to cringe a bit everytime some small MMA show is waged in states like Alabama and Mississippi. As the big boys push to cross the sanctioning finish line in New York, a disasterous result in [...]

Just posted–the Savage Science tribute to boxing great Alexis Arguello, who died today in Nicaragua at the age of 57:
Alexis Arguello remembered @ The Savage Science
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HT: Around the Octagon:
Don’t think we’ve ever seen Mir in this kind of shape. With all due respect to Brock Lesnar–who is a beast–lest we forget, Mir is 6′3″ 250 pounds himself. Not exactly a tiny guy. His striking has improved drastically, and he’s among the best submission fighters at any weight. [...]

Just posted–Lyman Hoyt takes a look at the horrible officiating at ‘Ultimate Chaos’ and the way late stoppage of Yvel/Rizzo:
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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.

For [...]

That would be the original ‘Tiger Mask’ and founder of Shooto Satoru Sayama for those of you scoring at home: