Monthly Archives: February 2008

At Maximum Fighting Championships’ Rags To Riches event on Friday in Alberta, the main event featured welterweights Pete Spratt and Ryan Ford. In this video, the bell for the end of the round apparently is so faint that ref Herb … Continue reading →

On Wanderlei Silva’s blog, he talks about singing a contract to fight Keith Jardine and traning at Randy Couture’s Las Vegas gym, Xtreme Couture. Here’s a translation from a sherdog.com message board member: FIRST TRAINING SESSION – This week I … Continue reading →

UFC 82 preview video: From fightline.com: PRIDE middleweight champion Dan Henderson is set to battle Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight championship on March 1 in Columbus, Ohio. He recently held an open training session and addressed a variety of … Continue reading →

From sherdog.com: Last week Mark Cuban’s HDNet Fights made headlines when it sued Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, in district court in Dallas. As first reported by Sherdog.com, the suit seeks declaratory relief concerning Randy Couture’s contractual status under … Continue reading →

UFC Newcomer Tim Boetsch took a fight against David Heath at UFC 81 card on short notice. Here’s the last 20 seconds of the fight, with Boetsch doing what I think is a Greco-Roman throw on Heath. I also like … Continue reading →

From MMA Junkie: The UFC has made no official announcement, and Spike TV could not confirm the news, but a source close to the event exclusively told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that April 2’s UFC Fight Night 13 event will, in fact, … Continue reading →

January 24, 2008 Loyal Supporters & Prospective Mixed Martial Artists: After several months of creative differences and an inability to come to terms on the direction of this organization, Octane Mixed Martial Arts, Inc. is announcing that effective Friday, January … Continue reading →

From Punchdrunkgamer.com: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Cheick Kongo fought three lackluster rounds at UFC 75 in Sept. ’07, with Cro Cop losing via unanimous decision. Cro Cop recently signed with upstart Japanese MMA org. DREAM, but has said he … Continue reading →

The latest episode of HDNet’s Inside MMA, hosted by a guy named Kenny Rice and MMA legend Bas “El Guapo” Rutten can be seen at sherdog.com. The show features MMA fighter Gina Carano (“Crush” on American Gladiators), Randy Couture and … Continue reading →

Matt “The Law” Lindland gets respect in my book – he’s a natural middleweight who I thought beat (the WFA judges disagreed) light heavyweight Quinton Jackson and also took on heavyweight icon Fedor Emelianenko. But, apparently, the UFC doesn’t like … Continue reading →