When we last checked in with Kid Yamamoto following his recent surgery, he was filling his hours playing SimCity on the Nintendo DS. He most have lost interest in the video games since he’s taken up drawing, and SukiMMA brings us his Keith Haring-esque work:
Kid Yamamoto’s art @ SukiMMA
Takanori Gomi was apparently unhappy with his listless performance in the main event of Sengoku 4. Here’s some quotes via the essential SukiMMA:
After the fight interview with SENGOKU.
Gomi:
I was going to give him damages by not punching but kicking. I was almost down in the beginning of 2R because of kicking a lot in …
KJ Noons has sent this to a number of MMA media outlets and it appears to be
legit. Nothing really too exciting–We have no issue with Noons
fighting Eddie Alverez but he’s realistically not going to be able to
fight until later this year. He had a nasty eye injury at the DREAM
LW GP semi finals …
The Croatian sports media is reporting that Mirko Cro Cop vs. Alistair Overeem is a done deal for DREAM.6. We’ll update with details as we get them. Here’s a news report from Croatian television that should give you the general idea…
UPDATE: Our Eastern European source Edo adds the following note:
The report is …
That’s what Kevin Iole is reporting….
The UFC plans to allow former light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson to fight even though he was formally charged with two felonies on Tuesday for his role in a July 15 traffic incident in Southern California.
Jackson, 30, was charged with one felony count of evading while driving recklessly and …
Affliction will be the primary sponsor of Mike Skinner’s #00 car at the 8/31 Pepsi 500 race in Southern California:
Affliction Entertainment and Michael Waltrip Racing have teamed up to race for the checkered flag in the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California. This year’s Sprint Cup Series race at the two-mile D-shaped …
Will be Ken Shamrock…
Kimbo/Shamrock @ EliteXC.com
He makes an effort to be diplomatic here and there, but EliteXC VP Jared Shaw is none too happy with “Nature Boy” KJ Noons–and with good reason. Fight Hype has an interview with Shaw, here’s a tasty excerpt:
PC: Are you anticipating a press conference from Noons' camp?
JS: Honestly, I don't care one way or …
At least for this week….the ECW “Three Way Dance” comes to MMA:
In the never-ending quest to push the envelope in the sport of mixed martial arts, a pair of Virginia men think they’ve found the next big thing.
It is called San Do, a Japanese discipline in which three fighters compete in the ring at the …
Actually that should be “help raise funds for liver transplant”. We here at SAVSCI have the utmost respect for fighters, but we’d still prefer a doctor to perform liver transplants. We’re old fashioned that way.
Anyway, in today’s installment of “MMA fighters are bad role models” a number of them–including one of the sport’s …
