Archive for 'WEC'

Washington Post profile on Brian Stann

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

The Washington Post has an excellent profile on Briann Stann, the WEC light heavyweight champion up on their website (the story ran in the 7/31 print edition of the newspaper). Stann is a former Marine, an Iraq veteran and as legit of a badass as you’ll find in the sport. We’ll get back …

WEC World Extreme Cagefighting preview

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Here’s a preview of the WEC card that’ll take place on Sunday in Las Vegas. We’ll be doing live round by round as always…

Urijah Faber’s next opponent..

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Urijah Faber will face Mike Brown on a WEC show to be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL on September 1oth. Brown is no easy out for Faber–he’ll enter the bout with a 19-4 record with his only losses to top tier fighters (DEEP’s Masakazu Imanari, Genki Sudo, Joe Lauzon …

Stay out of Delaware: they want to ban MMA

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Unlike most states, who are waking up to the 21st century and regulating MMA, the state of Delaware is looking to ban it claiming its no different from ‘Toughman Competitions”:

On Tuesday, state Rep. Robert J. Valihura Jr., R-Beau Tree, introduced legislation that would ban “combative fighting” in Delaware.
House Bill 501, which is being called the …

Jens Pulver profile in USA TODAY

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Fortunately the disdain for MMA expressed by the USA TODAY entertainment columnist doesn’t extend to the sports section. There we find an excellent profile of one of the more unique fighters in the sport, Jens Pulver:

Then, of course, the reader turns the page to learn more about Pulver’s life, to find out how Pulver …

Jens Pulver interview in Seattle newspaper

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

The highest praise an interview can receive is when it changes your perspective on its subject. That’s the case with an excellent interview with Jens Pulver in the Seattle newspaper MMA blog where “Lil’ Evil” talks about the Pacific Northwest, his rough childhood, his devotion to Christianity and his love of video games along …

Frank Shamrock in, Bill Goldberg out for EliteXC’s CBS debut

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Frank Shamrock will replace Bill Goldberg in the EliteXC broadcast booth, at least for the promotion’s 5/31 debut on CBS. No indication of this being due to an issue with Goldberg, as the promotion is also replacing Steven Quadros with veteran CBS sportscaster Gus Johnson. Mauro Ranallo, who’s well known to MMA fans …

More details on UFC talent cuts

Friday, April 25th, 2008

We’ve mention the forthcoming UFC roster cuts in passing, but Michael Rome at Bloody Elbow has more details:
The UFC will be cutting a lot of fighters in the upcoming months. They have reached a point where they have so many fighters that even upper-mid level guys like Karo Parisyan fought only twice in …

Urijah Faber/WEC article in Sacramento Bee

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Good article in the Sacto newspaper about the WEC event scheduled for Sacramento on 6/1, focusing on local fighter turned future superstar Urijah Faber:

The personable Faber, 28, grew up in Sacramento and Lincoln, graduated from the University of California, Davis, and owns the Ultimate Fitness Gym in midtown. He said he campaigned to have the …