Archive for the ‘MMA’ Category
Friday, April 4th, 2008
Ten quick storylines to look out for while watching tonight's telecast on HDNet:
10. Is Jamal Patterson good enough to hang ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
The mark of a true fighter (and champion for that matter) is how they respond to adversity. All's well when the wins are piling up but once that fighter suffers his first devastating loss just how will he respond? That's the question that looms over the Chris Horodecki-Nate Lamotte fight ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Jim Miller last fought on March 7th. Since then, he was rumored to be fighting on last night's Ultimate Fight Night show against Marcus Aurelio while also rumored to be making his International Fight League debut. Obviously, the IFL won out as Miller will be fighting on tomorrow night's card ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
You'll have to forgive Cung Le if he sounds a little tired during our interview. It's tough being the new king of San Jose especially after earning that moniker following a grueling three round war against the likes of Frank Shamrock. Le impressed the entire MMA world this past Saturday ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The last time the UFC held an event in Colorado was on December 16, 1995, and while it took over twelve years to return they definitely made up for lost time with an explosive Ultimate Fight Night card. Stunning KOs, surprising finishes and a hot crowd made for another exciting ...
Posted in MMA, MMARated.com, UFC | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Never heard of Mike Budnik? Well, obviously you aren't a fan of inline skating and don't have an eye for up-and-coming MMA talent. The former pro skater and X games veteran recently made the jump to MMA and, boy, was that a good decision as he is currently 6-0 and ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
One more note on Shamrock-Le: I am not trying to take anything away from both men by stating it wasn't a fight of the year candidate. That third round was a tremendous display of guts and courage made even better by Mauro Ranallo, Stephen Quadros and Bill Goldberg's call of ...
Posted in Cung Le, Frank Shamrock, MMA | No Comments »
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I didn't have the guts to go all out and predict a Cung Le victory prior to his bout against Frank Shamrock but I wish I did because as far as performances by a fighter with six career MMA fights against someone with 34, this was one of the best ...
Posted in Cung Le, Frank Shamrock, MMA, Strikeforce | 3 Comments »
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le finally goes down this Saturday night and it's about time since it seems as though we've been waiting for it a long time. That said, this one certainly seems to be lacking the kind of hype and excitement that surrounded Baroni-Shamrock in June. It might ...
Posted in Elite XC, Frank Shamrock, Ken Shamrock, MMA | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is probably being pulled in 800 different directions nowadays. He is arguably the most marketable MMA fighter around and he is also about to star on the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV (season premiere is on 4/2 @ 10 pm).
Nevertheless, he was kind ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Quinton Jackson, UFC | 9 Comments »