Courtesy of cagepotato.com We’re not sure if this meets the legal burden for proving premeditation, but boxing champion James Toney says he’s liable to kill (yes, literally kill) Randy Couture next month at UFC 118 if he hits him while wearing MMA gloves. Oh, and as for Couture’s takedown prowess? Lights Out’s not even sweating it. [...]
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Courtesy of mmaweekly.com Publicly, he may be most famous for his 1990 hit song “U Can’t Touch This” and for his Hammer Pants. But 48-year-old MC Hammer has launched a new offering, catapulting him onto the mixed martial arts scene. Hammer’s Alchemist Management, based in Los Angeles, is a management, promotion, marketing, and brand-building firm [...]
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Courtesy of cagepotato.com Seriously you guys, how many patently bad ideas can the mixed martial arts industry possibly support before it collapses inward on itself like a dying star? Answer: At least one more. Props to the boys at MiddleEasy.com for pulling our coat to this thing, which frankly sounds like the worst proposal since Nick [...]
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) – For the first-time ever, millions of action sports thrill-seekers will see the UFC® and its matching event numbers racing around the ESPN X Games this weekend live on ESPN, all as part of a cross-promotional partnership with PMR Motorsports. ESPN viewers and X Games fans packed inside the LA Coliseum [...]
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WHAT: On tonight’s “Inside MMA,” Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champ Mo Lawal makes a play on his opponent’s nickname “Feijao” by saying he’ll, “make refried beans” of Cavalcante in their upcoming match at Strikeforce Houston on August 21, 2010. Also on the program, MMA pioneer “Judo” Gene LeBell tells the panel why he turned down a [...]
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CHICAGO, Ill. (July 30, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships World Featherweight Championship belt will be on the line Sept. 2nd when reigning champ Joe “The Hammer” Soto defends his title against Season 2 Featherweight Tournament Champion Joe Warren at Bellator 27 in San Antonio. The five-round Main Event Championship fight — which will be televised LIVE nationwide [...]
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Article By Phil Lanides They say that the squeakiest wheel gets the oil. In the case of two fighters like Gladiator Challenge Heavyweight Champion Angel “of Death” De Anda and the next challenger to his crown, Dave “Bad Man” Huckaba, most of the attention usually goes to Huckaba. Always good for [...]
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LAS VEGAS – Zuffa LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting, has filed suit against Ken Pavia, one of the sport’s most prominent fighter agents, alleging Pavia passed along trade secrets and confidential Zuffa documents to rival mixed martial arts promotion Bellator. The suit alleges that Bellator used the [...]
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(LONDON, ENGLAND — July 30, 2010) – Ever since the first UFC® Fan ExpoTM took place last July, UFC President Dana White has been inundated with questions from European fans when they get their own action-packed weekend of UFC events. The fans’ persistence paid off. The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization, in partnership with Reed Exhibitions, [...]
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