Archive for 'Spike TV'

Dana tries to justify booking Tito v. Chuck 3

Monday, December 7th, 2009

MMA Memories takes their shots at yet another questionable Zuffa decision, bringing fans the not on anxiously awaited third fight between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz:
Houston, we have a problem in the UFC… besides the performance Mr. Alexander put on against Kimbo Slice last Saturday night.
I’m talking about UFC’s overall product overexposure, lack of roster [...]

Time to Bash the TUF 10 Finale

Monday, December 7th, 2009

One of our favorite MMA sites, Watch Kalib Run, takes their shots at the TUF Finale:
We are 24 hours removed from TUF 10 and WKR has been playing close attention to the reaction from around the MMA blogosphere and the consensus is: The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale sucked.
Secretly the UFC must be counting their blessings [...]

Jake Rossen on Kimbomania…er…the TUF Finale

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Jake Rossen has always been one of our favorite writers, and here he puts the TUF Finale into perspective keeping mindful of the pro wrestling undertones:
If Hulk Hogan was at all plugged in to his surroundings Saturday, he might have gotten the feeling he was witnessing the regeneration of his own carnival business: Characters sniping [...]

The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Nelson KO’s Schaub

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Just posted–our recap of ‘The Ultimate Fighter Finale’:
Nelson KO’s Schaub at The Ultimate Fighter Finale @ THE SAVAGE SCIENCE

Kimbo not boffo B.O. at TUF Finale

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Early reports are that The Ultimate Fighter Finale did 1,400 people in the 2,200 seat ‘The Pearl at the Palms’. Doesn’t say much about Kimbo Slice’s drawing power. More problematically, the 1,400 numbers is tickets *distributed* and there’s no indication how many of those were giveaways. By way of comparison, the TUF: [...]

Hulk Hogan promo on Ultimate Fight Night

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Here’s the awkward promo with Joe Rogan and Hulk Hogan. It’s unfortunate that they didn’t get Mike Goldberg’s great quote on the video:
‘If you are not a fan of Hulk Hogan, you are not a fan of entertainment and sports’

Was Kimbo vs. Alexander a ‘work’?

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

At the time I was watching, it looked like two horrible ground fighters with bad cardio, but there’s a lot of people out there on the Intertubes that think something was fishy in the Kimbo v. Houston fight. First, the Underground Forum suggests that the two guys were actually ‘working’ the fight:
That was either [...]

UFC, boxing trending on Google

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Good day for fight sports in the Google searches with both the UFC 105 event from earlier today and tonight’s big Pacquiao/Cotto fight ranking well. Here’s the tally:
3) UFC 105 results
13) Pacquiao vs Cotto time
19) Pacquiao fight
21) UFC 105 live stream
27) Couture vs Vera
32) UFC 105 fight card
40) Cotto fight
With the boxing card scheduled [...]

The Ultimate Fighter Heavyweights: Week 8 Recap

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Just posted–Mike Wilkerson’s Nobel Prize nominated review and recap of ‘The Ultimate Fighter Heavyweights’ Week #8
The Ultimate Fighter Heavyweights Week 8 recap @ The Savage Science
Also, give a listen to the accompanying SavSci Style Podcast below. And for more Mike than you’ll know what to do with visit his podcasting network:
2 Guys Talking Podcast [...]

The Ultimate Fighter Week #7 podcasts

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Don’t miss the Savage Science Style podcast review/recap of THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER Episode 7!

And the ‘TUF Tally’ podcast for the week 7 fight: