Archive for 'UFC'

Sports Untapped on Tito’s UFC postfight fit

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 [...]

Tito Ortiz’s Tired Act

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

Brock Lesnar gets clean bill of health, eyes May UFC return

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. [...]

Dana White vs. the media

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Zach Arnold at MMA Memories has a very good piece about Dana White’s recent tirade against the MMA media (as well as some of his older tirades):
The issue with White wanting to control the media speaks volumes about the pressure he has put himself under. At a time when the company is running too many [...]

WWE counterprograms 1/11 UFC Ultimate Fight Night

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Taking a page from the UFC’s playbook, the WWE is pulling out a big gun to counter the 1/11 Ultimate Fight Night event. In recent months, the WWE has featured a different celebrity guest host on ‘Monday Night Raw’ and on this evening they’ve signed former world heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson to do [...]

Brock Lesnar’s July UFC return just a rumor

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Dave Meltzer shoots down reports that Lesnar’s people have confirmed a July return to action for the UFC heavyweight champ:
There is nothing to the story of Brock Lesnar on his supposed Facebook account saying he will be fighting in July. It was posted there, but according to people very close to him it’s not true. [...]

Octagon girls cut by UFC, world keeps turning

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The UFC has cut loose a couple of their divas octagon girls. MMA Madness gives us the story:
MMAMADNESS.com has learned that both Natasha Wicks and Logan Stanton have been cut from the UFC as ring girls. Stanton’s contract expired after UFC 107 and the UFC chose not to renew it. Wicks was cut before [...]

Mir vs. Carwin possible for interim heavyweight title

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Lots of talk of a possible Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin interim heavyweight title match at UFC 111. Here’s the scoop from Cage Pages:
Frank Mir is coming off of a quick and impressive submission victory against Cheick Kongo at UFC 107. Mir has had his eyes set on a rubber match with Brock Lesnar [...]

Gilbert Yvel talks UFC debut

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Gilbert Yvel talks about his UFC debut over at MMA Weekly:
Gilbert Yvel has finalized a seven-fight deal with the UFC that kicks off with a main card showdown with Junior Dos Santos at UFC 108.
Santos was originally scheduled to face former contender Gabriel Gonzaga on the Jan. 2 card, but was forced to withdraw [...]

Sherdog on the UFC’s Hoelzer Reich ban

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Though they’re kind of late to the party, Sherdog has a good article on the Hoelzer Reich situation that elucidates several of the points that we made in our coverage:
In September, a producer from HBO’s “Real Sports” contacted me about the show doing a piece on MMA and skinheads.
Specifically, it was to be a [...]