Main event is next but we’re treated to a clip of a new Nicholas Cage opus first…Now we’re doing the recap of the Forrest Griffin v. Rampage “feud” from the Ultimate Fighter. Rampage evokes the “wouldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight” line from Jay-Z’s classic “99 Problems”.
Forrest Griffin being the …
Ricardo Almeida comes to the cage first–Almeida is a nice story as he had to step away from MMA to deal with his family, including a kid with autism. Now that there’s more money in MMA he can fight and provide for his family, which is definitely cool. For that alone we’ll cut …
They’re billing Rashad Evans as “Sugar” Rashad Evans now. They must be kidding. With all due respect to Evans–who’s a solid pro–you don’t roll with the sobriquet “Sugar” unless you are a seriously bad man. Consider the company you’re in–”Sugar” Shane Mosely. “Sugar” Ray Leonard. Oh, and arguably the best …
Michael Bisping shown in the crowd, and they’re showing a highlight video. Bisping was smart to move down to 185 but the fact that he clearly spent a lot of time in the boxing gym could have been equally as important. He’s a tall, rangy fighter with heavy hands but in the past …
The “other” Griffin–Tyson Griffin (no relation) is one of those fighters like our man Clay Guida who just brings it every time he steps into the ring or cage. If you didn’t catch it the first time around, track down Griffin’s fight against Guida which–like seemingly every fight that Guida is in–was a fight …
OK, we’re ready to go with our live coverage of UFC 86 headlined by a light heavyweight title match between Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and the working man’s hero (or was that Dusty Rhodes?) Forrest Griffin. On the undercard there’s a very interesting matchup between Patrick Cote and Ricardo Almeida. We’re back in Las …
We’re ready to go with the live round by round of UFC 86. Last prelim is getting underway right now as Gabriel Gonzaga enters the ring to the classic Danzig song ‘Mother’. That didn’t take long–Gonzaga wins by wristlock submission early in round one. We’ll pick up the action live at 7 PM …
Thomson’s nickname is ‘The Punk’ but he’s anything but, as he’s done some public service announcement work lately against the barbaric abuse of dogs in dogfighting. He, along with some of the other Strikeforce fighters including Cung Le, has also done some educational programs for ‘at-risk’ kids basically teaching them that real men don’t …
Evangelista comes to the ring to Rage Against the Machine, which has become something of a trend in the past few months. Jeff Monson at Sengoku3 against Josh Barnett, a fighter at the last DREAM show–can’t recall whom at the moment– and now Evangelista entering to RATM. Nam Phan is 25 and an up …
This fight is for the Strikeforce light heavyweight title. Ruiz holds a win over champ Southworth, which is always a nice mental edge for a challenger. Apparently Ruiz won the first matchup on cuts which Southworth is using to suggest that the victory was insignificant. Southworth beat Vernon ‘Tiger’ White for the …
