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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Apparently, Mike Whitehead can't get enough of competing for team-based MMA promotions. First, the International Fight League and now the new Ring of Fire (not to be confused with the promotion in Denver).
Before we get to Ring of Fire, in my interview with Whitehead (found below) he officially cleared up ...
Posted in Interview, Mike Whitehead, MMA, Ring Of Fire | 1 Comment »
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 »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
I touched on this last week but the reason I love the current edition of HBO's 24/7 so much is because the differences between Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather are so vast its almost comical. Sure, Oscar De La Hoya is no Pretty Boy Floyd but there's no denying that ...
Posted in Boxing, Press Conference, Ricky Hatton | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
The worst kept secret in professional wrestling - six-time Heavyweight champion, Booker T, signing with TNA - proved to be correct last month. Since signing with TNA, Booker has repeatedly said that he was unhappy with the current direction of his former employer World Wrestling Entertainment. In fact, after his ...
Posted in Booker T, Press Conference, TNA, Wrestling | 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
It's been a while since I called the great city of Montreal my home but that doesn't mean I still don't hold a soft spot in my heart for all things Quebec (just look at the name of this blog for further proof).
So, needless to say, when I was offered ...
Posted in Boxing, Interview, Joachim Alcine | 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 »
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
A look at who will be stopping by Jarry Park later this week...
* Former TUF 2 alum and current Strikeforce fighter, Jason Von Flue, will discuss his MMA career.
* Current WBA Light Middleweight champion, Joachim Alcine (left), will break down his upcoming title defense against Alfonso Mosquera.
* Current cast member ...
Posted in This Week | 3 Comments »
