Archive for the ‘MMA’ Category
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
The last time MMA fans saw Strikeforce's Light Heavyweight champion, Bobby Southworth, compete was less than two weeks ago. Unfortunately, it came in a disappointing loss to Anthony Ruiz due to a cut he sustained in the second round. Fortunately for Southworth, though, the fight was a non-title bout so ...
Posted in Bobby Southworth, Interview, MMA, Strikeforce | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
I spoke to former UFC fighter Sam Hoger earlier today and instead of writing some fluffy intro on him I thought I would just give you a taste of some of his interesting quotes.
"I see Forrest (Griffin) every time I go to Vegas...He's still a turd. Now, that's a fight ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Sam Hoger | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
The UFC held a conference call today to officially announce that Georges St. Pierre (14-2-0) (right) will be replacing the injured Matt Serra at UFC 79 to challenge Matt Hughes (41-5-0) (left) for the interim Welterweight title.
Hot diggity, the UFC really worked their magic with this one. Sure, we all ...
Posted in Dana White, Georges St. Pierre, Matt Hughes, MMA, Press Conference, UFC | No Comments »
Monday, November 26th, 2007
This past week's episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra was one of the more controversial ones ever as Head Coach Matt Serra refused to corner against two of his fighters.
In case you missed it, problems arose when four of Serra's fighters (Matt Arroyo, George Sotiropoulos, Troy ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, The Ultimate Fighter, Troy Mandaloniz | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Coming off two tough losses on Strikeforce cards, Jason Von Flue is stepping back into an MMA cage this coming Saturday to face Brett Cooper (5-4-0) for the Pure Combat Welterweight title.
This fight will be Von Flue's first away from the national spotlight in over two years as he had ...
Posted in Interview, Jason Von Flue, MMA | 1 Comment »
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
When it comes to submissions maneuvers, the gogoplata is as rare as gets. It's safe to say that you are more likely to see a triple play executed in a baseball game than a gogoplata in an MMA match.
So, you can imagine the shockwaves Heavyweight Brad Imes sent when he ...
Posted in Brad Imes, Interview, MMA | 2 Comments »
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
When it comes to the sport of mixed martial arts, Pete Spratt has seen and done it all.
He has fought on the biggest stage, the UFC, for several years and picked up wins over the likes of current Elite XC Middleweight champ, Robbie Lawler, along the way. Spratt was even ...
Posted in HDNet Fights, Interview, MMA, Pete Spratt | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
What do Mark Kerr, Renato Sobral, Phil Baroni, David Loiseau, Jake O'Brien and Karo Parisyan have in common? They are all represented by MMA super agent, Ken Pavia (center).
Along with Monte Cox, Pavia is generally regarded as the top MMA agent around. His list of clients is pushing 50 and ...
Posted in Interview, Ken Pavia, MMA | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
In a JarryPark.com exclusive, HDNet Fights President/Commissioner, Guy Mezger, announced that the 12/29 IFL World Grand Prix Finals would air live on HDNet. Mezger is still unsure as to whether or not they will also air on MyNetwork TV but he believes his network will be the sole carrier of ...
Posted in Guy Mezger, HDNet Fights, IFL, Interview, MMA | 5 Comments »
Monday, November 19th, 2007
Despite the fact that I was left a little underwhelmed with UFC 78 there was still tons of news to discuss. Such as:
* Is Rashad Evans ready for a shot at Rampage Jackson?
* Should Michael Bisping listen to everyone and move down to 185 lbs?
* How fast can Houston Alexander ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, UFC | 1 Comment »
