If you’re a frequent visitor to the SAVAGE SCIENCE you already know that our HQ is located in Portland, OR. Today the community is mourning the death of Kevin Duckworth at age 44. He was the center on the great Portland TrailBlazer teams led by Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter, and in retirement …
MMA Junkie is reporting that the UFC has contacted the Oregon State Athletic Commission about holding UFC 91 at the Rose Garden Arena here in Portland.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in talks with the Oregon State Athletic Commission to organize an event that could take place Nov. 15 at the Rose Garden Arena …
One of the SAVSCI writers (bet you can probably guess who) is a big fan of Telly Savalas. His name and his classic “Players Club” commercials were brought up at our last staff meeting, and here they are in all their glory:
and at no additonal charge, a Telly music video. You’re no doubt …
There’s at least three members of the SAVSCI staff–myself included–who owe their interest in fightsports at least in part to the late, great wrestling manager “Playboy” Gary Hart. A lot of us who came up during the “territory” era of pro wrestling got their first taste of in-ring action by stumbling across our local …
Here’s a cool video highlight montage of Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger. Liger may no longer be the state of the art in high flying wrestlers but he was a pioneer that the men who followed him such as El Blazer owe a debt to. Liger has always been very good at ‘working’ a match …
Here’s the 2nd SavSci video blog. From the YouTube video description:
This video was recorded early this morning in NW Portland and stars SavSci editor in chief Jim Murphy and Alfie. In the video we walk around Northwest Portland, discuss Josh Barnett’s appearance in Japanese pro wrestlng against Tank Abbott, gripe about the unseasonable …
We’re honored to have Ralph Gonzalez as part of the SAVSCI staff. He’s simply a fight journalism monster, one of the best in the game not only in his coverage of MMA but of boxing as well. Here’s a few of his recent articles starting with his excellent boxing work over at our …
There’s a funny parody of those lame motivational posters you see on office walls:
A SavSci staffer who shall remain nameless received a text message with this picture at the AFFLICTION: BANNED show with the message “Michael Buffer introducing Megadeth playing ‘Holy Wars’ before Fedor fights?”
Real life actually may have been *more* awesome than the picture …
Jordan Breen @ Sherdog has an excellent crackback on the surprising number of people who had issue with Brock Lesnar’s “roping the imaginary bullrope” move after his wall to wall teabagging of Heath Herring at UFC 87. Best line was some crank who responded that he should take some lessons from the two fighters …
Why should Dana White have all of the fun? The inaugural edition of the SavSci video blog is live on YouTube! It may take us a few episodes to get all of the technical kinks out, but this will give you a behind the scenes glimpse into the production of this website. …
