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Friday, June 20th, 2008Just a quick sneak-peak at the new UFC game-play with a dab of humor from Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and commentary from Cheick Kongo and Ben “Berserk” Saunders. Spike’s GTTV will air more footage of the game-play Friday at 1 AM EST. Tune in to catch a full featured story.
UFC 2009 is the first video game [...]
Kendall Grove’s Mind State
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Kendall Grove has been in Hawaii training with B.J. Penn and getting his mind right for his up-coming fight at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Live Finale against Evan Tanner. Grove respects Tanner, but claims he’s gotten into the right state of mind that will allow him to go out and fight his best. Grove explains [...]
Dana’s Big Announcement: Fertitta Shifts from Casinos to Cage
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Kevin Iole over at Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Dana White’s huge announcement is here, and that big moment is touting that “Lorenzo Fertitta, the president of one of the most successful casino chains in Las Vegas, resigned his position with Station Casinos on Wednesday to work full-time with the UFC.” Fertitta will work on [...]
EliteXC: Back on CBS by July?
Saturday, June 14th, 2008Companies are scrambling to follow up on the momentum set by their CBS premier, and EliteXC along with CBS are aiming for a July due-date to capitalize on that momentum. They are in discussions with Scott Smith to see if he’ll be ready for a late-July schedule to face-off against Robbie Lawler for a rematch.
Some [...]
UFC’s Huge Announcement Revealed
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008FiveOuncesOfPain.com has broken an exclusive report uncovering the UFC’s huge announcement.
FiveOuncesOfPain.com was informed by an anonymous source earlier this afternoon that the committee for Tourism, Arts, and Sports Development of New York recently held a vote on Wednesday to decide whether the state should regulate Mixed Martial Arts.
According to the source, the bill was voted [...]
Affliction Card Update: Vitor Belfort vs Terry Martin
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008MMAMania is reporting that former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort has been added to the Affliction: Banned promotion debut, and will be up against Terry Martin. The event will take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on July 19. Click here to read the full article at MMAMania.com
Bill O’Reilly on Mixed Martial Arts
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Bill O’Reilly on “The O’Reilly Factor” discusses CBS/EliteXC’s prime time world premier of mixed martial arts. Honestly, the headlining fighters weren’t exactly up to par when it comes to representing the quality and talent MMA fighters possess, but the co-headlining fight with Lawler and even Corano’s bout were not something to look down upon. What [...]
Dana White on CNBC’s “Power Lunch”
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008As many of you might already know, Dana White has been boasting some important “announcement” that has been the center of so many rumors it isn’t even funny. The announcement did not come today on CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” but is expected sometime soon. White explained, however, that he has lined up and closed a [...]
The IFL’s Looming Financial Strain
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Dr J over at MMAHQ.com caught an IFL press release today that doesn’t look so promising. Full press release and source link after the jump.
Organization Working On Financial Situation
NEW YORK, June 10, 2008: The International Fight League (OTC.BB: IFLI ) today announced that it has canceled its scheduled August 15 event at the Izod [...]
WVR: Sengoku 3 Results
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Fight results for Sengoku 3 are in…
Hidehiko Yoshida came up victorious over the former UFC heavyweight champion Maurice Smith. Travis Wiuff knocked out Kazuyuki Fujita, making it to an impressive nine straight wins for Mr. Wiuff. For a detailed break down, just hop over.
Hidehiko Yoshida def. Maurice Smith by Submission (Neck Crank) at 2:23, [...]
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