Archive for 'UFC'
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
We here at THE SAVAGE SCIENCE have the best job in the world. Still, there are times when we are forced to report on unpleasant topics and this is one of them. Actually, its not so much the topic that’s unpleasant as the picture accompanying this report.
Via SukiMMA: The always …
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
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 …
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
So sayeth Kevin Iole. The Dana also confirmed what we reported awhile back that UFC 91 would be here in The Rose City:
Though UFC president Dana White had held open the possibility of another fight in Montreal before the end of the year, he dashed Canadian fans’ dreams on Thursday when he said UFC …
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Which would mean that he’ll be fighting at UFC 91 here in Portland….no opponent named yet, but Cheick Kongo’s name has been tossed around.
Brock to return in November @ MMA Junkie
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
MMA Junkie is reporting that the UFC has contacted the Oregon State Athletic Commission about holding UFC 91 at the Rose Garden Arena here in Portland.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in talks with the Oregon State Athletic Commission to organize an event that could take place Nov. 15 at the Rose Garden Arena …
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Since we’ve got all of the “pound for pound” best MMA writers sewn up here at SAVSCI, Yardbarker went and got (arguably) the best “pound for pound” fighter in the world–Georges St. Pierre. He’s the latest athlete to do a blog at Yardbarker.com:
During the fight at one point they were chanting GSP, and it …
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Word on the streets is that the UFC will be announcing that UFC 91 will take place on 12/5/08 at the Bell Centre in Montreal…
UPDATE: Dave Meltzer at the Wrestling Observer says “not so fast, Pepe LePeux”:
RDS, a French language sports network based in Montreal reported this morning a Dec. 5 date at the …
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Nice profile by Yahoo’s Kevin Iole on Tim Boetsch–for some reason its more interesting to read about guys like Boetsch who are trying to make a name in the sport than it is the superstars that have “made it”.
He’d won his first six fights against no-name competition when he got what could have been the …
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Boy, those are words you never thought you’d see. Anyway, the former WWE champ turned UFC contender was interviewed in the NY Times always entertaining “Freakonomics” blog. Those of us with triple digit IQs enjoy this blog almost as much as the knuckle draggers of the world enjoy the “Hometown Honeys” section in …
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
DREAM lightweight GP winner Joachim Hansen needs to quit equivocating and tell us how he *really* feels about the UFC. We’ve emphasized the best line…
I would fight any one of the UFC lightweights, but the problem is that I will never put my foot in the octagon after they (UFC) tried to be funny. …
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