Archive for 'MMA business'
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Josh Barnett is scheduled to return to MMA action at DREAM 13 in Japan. Here’s his latest pro wrestling endeavor with Inoki Genome Federation against Bob Sapp. Barnett is very good at ‘worked’ fights and carries Sapp to a watchable match that is better than 99% of the matches that the WWE and [...]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Here’s the latest episode of ESPN’s ‘MMA Live’:
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
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 [...]
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
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 [...]
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Over at Sports Untapped, they take Tito to task and link to our article. As a bonus, they get in a good ‘Bullwinkle’ reference:
Wow. Talk about harsh. Tito waited until after UFC 109 to get his ‘revenge’ with his heckling and bird lobbing, a plot worthy of Boris and Natasha’s ongoing battle [...]
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Just posted–we look at Tito Ortiz and wonder where he fits in to the UFC picture circa 2010:
Tito Ortiz’s Tired Act @ The Savage Science
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Here’s the latest episode of ESPN’s MMA Live:
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Brock Lesnar is almost completely recovered from his career threatening intestinal condition and could possibly return to action as early as May:
Brock Lesnar’s recovery from a serious intestinal condition is proceeding better than expected. So much better than expected that the UFC heavyweight champion is talking about a possible May return to action. [...]
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Just posted–Yael Grauer gives you all the news you need to know from the world of Women’s MMA:
Weekly Women’s MMA Wrap Up for 1/13/10 @ The Savage Science
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Over at Sports Untapped, David Glisan takes umbrage with the bad behavior of fans at last night’s WEC event and poses the question: “Are MMA fans hurting the sport?”
Longtime AWA champion and pro wrestling legend Nick Bockwinkle was famous for his often contentious relationship with the fans that followed the sport. He would often [...]
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