Archive for January, 2008
Saturday, January 12th, 2008
Another week, another visit by our Sweet Scientist, Large of No Mas Online AND now The Sporting News Blog (congrats on the new gig my man). Some of the topics we discuss include:
* The controversy (at least in my eyes) that was Ngoudjo-Malignaggi
* The untimely death of South Korean boxer ...
Posted in Boxing, Herman Ngoudjo, Interview, No Mas | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 11th, 2008
On my last Fight Network Radio appearance, I mentioned that I was anxiously looking forward to Travis Lutter's return to the Octagon. Sure, he messed up by failing to make weight before his title bout against Anderson Silva at UFC 67 but that just makes me want to see him ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Travis Lutter, UFC | No Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Prior to World War II, Jewish boxers were the norm. Believe it or not, some of the sport's brightest stars were Jews. Fighters like Abe Attell, Reuven Goldstein and Maxie Rosenbloom were as good as any and while they did share the same religion, back then, they were known as ...
Posted in Boxing, Dmitriy Salita, Interview | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
For the last hour or so, I've tried to find the history of the ring card girl but to no avail. For most of us (except maybe my 90-year-old great uncle who checks out the site from time-to-time), ring card girls have been a part of the combat sports world ...
Posted in Arianny Celeste, Interview, MMA, UFC | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
A couple of weeks ago on HDNet's Inside MMA, Ken Shamrock and Kurt Otto had some not-so-flattering things to say about Jarry Parker (catchy, eh?) Kurt Angle's interest in mixed martial arts. Basically, Otto said that after Angle sat in the front row at an IFL event in September ...
Posted in IFL, Interview, Kurt Angle, MMA | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Michael Malice is the editor of overheardatcollege.com and worstemailever.com. He is the author of Overheard in New York and also the subject of Harvey Pekar's Ego & Hubris.
So, what the hell is he doing co-authoring "Made In America" - the Matt Hughes autobiography? Good question.
A year ago, if I ...
Posted in Interview, Matt Hughes, Michael Malice, MMA, UFC | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 7th, 2008
The last time we saw Mike Swick he was getting manhandled by Yushin Okami at UFC 69. That loss was certainly hard to swallow for the 28-year-old Swick as it came in his hometown of Houston, TX, but, more importantly, it derailed his meteoric rise up the Middleweight rankings.
Nine months ...
Posted in Interview, Mike Swick, MMA, UFC | 4 Comments »
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
I don't know about you guys but I just spent the last few hours of my life getting introduced to this new form of fighting. To say I am mesmerized would be a huge understatement. If anyone can translate at least some of the commentary for me you will have ...
Posted in Bug Fights | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 4th, 2008
I'm a sucker for trash-talking. I don't care who the fighters involved are if they are able to throw around some good insults I will probably watch the fight. So you can imagine my excitement for tomorrow night's IBF Light Welterweight title bout between champion Paulie Malignaggi and Herman Ngoudjo ...
Posted in Boxing, Herman Ngoudjo, Interview | 1 Comment »
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
If the rumors of Kenny Florian battling Joe Lauzon on an April edition of Ultimate Fight Night are true all I can say is it's about time.
I had a heard a ton of great things about Joe Lauzon even before his shocking victory over Jens Pulver at UFC 66 in ...
Posted in Interview, Joe Lauzon, MMA, UFC | 2 Comments »
