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Randy Couture Interview 2007-06-09 19:54:33 Reported by Gary Herman of CBS SportsLine.com - UFC heavyweight champion Randy
"The Natural" Couture
is easily one of the most recognizable fighters leading the charge in MMA’s explosion onto the national sports scene.
We recently caught up with Couture to talk about his upcoming fight with young contender Gabriel Gonzaga. Couture also provided his insight [...] Read more:Randy Couture
Quinton Jackson vs. Dan Henderson UFC 75 2007-06-09 12:28:55 UFC light heavyweight champ Quinton (Rampage) Jackson
told CBS in Los Angeles this week his first title defence against Dan Henderson
will take place at UFC 75 in London, England. Also expected to be on the Sept. 8 card are Mirko (Cro Cop) Filipovic, Michael Bisping and Italy’s Alessio Sakara.
Read more:Dan Henderson
Forrest Griffin gets set to rumble with Hector (Sick Dog) Ramirez 2007-06-09 12:20:01 Reported by By Jose Rodriguez of the Calgary Sun - Getting a straight answer from Ultimate Fighting Championship funnyman Forrest Griffin
can be as draining as three rounds in the cage with Randy Couture.
But going into his fight against Hector
(Sick Dog) Ramirez
at UFC 72, the 205-pounder admits since his knockout at the [...] Read more:rumble
The Ultimate Fighter Season Five—Episode 10 Recap 2007-06-08 12:45:07 Last week we saw Gray Maynard ground and pound his way through Rob Emerson, who stood pretty tough in his own right, to advance to the semi-finals of The Ultimate
Fighter tournament. This week we get two fights: Nate Diaz v. Corey Hill, and Manny Gamburyan v. Matt Wiman. Now before you read any further, [...] Read more:Season
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UFC HAWAII !? 2007-06-07 09:19:07 Reported by Sam Caplan of cbssportsline.com This past weekend, Fighting Entertainment Group made the first attempt by a fight promotion at holding a major mixed-martial arts show at an outdoor stadium in the United States. From both a financial and quality perspective, the show was a total failure.
But if UFC president Dana White’s comments several [...]
Dana White Says Marlon Sims and Noah Thomas “Will Never Fight in the UFC” 2007-06-07 09:12:06 According to Brawl Sports of the Houston Chronicle, Marlon Sims and Noah Thomas
won’t be fighting on The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale after all. In fact, Dana White
said they “will never fight in the UFC - ever.”
Spike TV issued a press release on May 29, that was posted here on MMATorch and other [...] Read more:ldquo
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Josh Koscheck is Cranky at the Dana White and the UFC!? 2007-06-06 19:06:49 Check his myspace bulletin!
“UFC Prez Dana White
is always quick to pull out the ‘boxing promoters are crooked’ line during his frequent discussions about boxing. I would argue that the UFC Czar is just as crooked.
Why did Chuck Liddell and Rampage Jackson only make about $500,000 for their recent UFC 72 showdown. UFC 72 did [...]
BUMS give their A-OK to the UFC 2007-06-05 23:11:02 Reported by the Grand Island Independent.I’m back from a covert job assignment.I was allowed to watch the inner workings of the Bureau of Universally Mainstreamed Sports (BUMS).
This top-secret organization determines which sports are worthy of mainstream media coverage and which are relegated to page 8 or 15 seconds on "SportsCenter" every other year.
This assignment required [...]
Rampage’s Trainer Juanito Ibarra Interview 2007-06-05 20:48:13 thaFormula.com - Let’s get into your background Juanito for those that don’t know…
Juanito Ibarra - Well I’m a Mexican American and proud to be. I’m from San Pedro California. I grew up there and got into fighting when I was young. I used to like to fight. I got into martial arts because I wanted [...] Read more:Rampage
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Tennessee and the UFC 2007-06-05 15:38:55 The Daily Times reports. Critics, fans, it doesn’t matter. Dana White dares them all to find a promise he has not kept.
And it’s the truthfulness of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s president that has proponents of the emerging mixed martial arts industry excited about the future of their sport in the state of Tennessee
.
“We’re going everywhere,” [...]
Ultimate Fight Night Results 2007-06-13 11:11:09 Hollywood, Florida by mmaringreport.com – The Seminole Hard Rock Café in the political hotbed of Florida played host for UFC’s Fight Night
10. The main event featured a rematch between highly regarded lightweight hurricane Spencer Fisher, out to avenge his earlier loss to Canadian Sam Stout in UFC 58 in March of 2006. Amazingly it was [...] Read more:Ultimate
Ultimate Fight Night - Tonight on Spike TV 2007-06-12 16:42:37 155 lbs.: Spencer Fisher (154) vs. Sam Stout (155.5)170 lbs.: Jon Fitch (170.5) vs. Roan Carneiro (170.5)185 lbs.: Jordan Radev (184.5) vs. Drew McFedries (185)155 lbs.: Jason Black (155.5) vs. Thiago Tavares (156)170 lbs.: Forrest Petz (169.5) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (170.5)170 lbs.: Tamdan McCrory (169.5) vs. Pete Spratt (170.5)155 lbs.: Jeff Cox (155) vs. Gleison [...] Read more:Ultimate
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Chuck Liddell Interview 2007-06-12 16:36:51 y Pramit Mohapatra Special to Baltimoresun.com - Chuck
Liddell has emerged as arguably the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) most popular and recognizable fighter. Heading into his UFC 71 light heavyweight title fight against Quinton Jackson May 26, Liddell, 37, had held the championship belt for over two years, a period coinciding with UFC’s major splash [...]
Chuck Liddell In Rehab Prior To UFC 71 Rampage Fight? 2007-06-11 01:39:11 From MMAnews. The following is a message from former UFC fighter and current IFL fighter Vernon "Tiger" White, where he claims Chuck
Liddell was in rehab prior to his UFC 71 loss to Quinton "Rampage
" Jackson.
A lot of people don’t understand is that I have a CAT scan that goes through my eye that [...] Read more:Rehab
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Kongo vs. Cro Cop @ UFC 75? 2007-06-10 13:51:08 Reported by 411mania - A German news site, groundandpound.de, has reported that Cheick Kongo will be facing Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 75. The word on the fight has come from none other than Kongo himself. Not much else was stated in the article beyond Kongo’s confirmation of the bout.
UFC 75 will be taking place [...]
UFC 72 Preview and Weigh in Results 2007-06-15 13:56:16 Weigh in Results
Rich Franklin (185) vs. Yushin Okami (185) Forrest Griffin (204) vs. Hector Ramirez (204) Jason MacDonald (185) vs. Rory Singer (186) Tyson Griffin (155) vs. Clay Guida (155) Marcus Davis (169) vs. Jason Tan (169) Colin Robinson (238) vs. Eddie Sanchez (234) Ed Herman (186) vs. Scott Smith (185) Dustin Hazelett (169) vs. [...] Read more:Preview
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BJ Penn vs. Jens Pulver 2007-06-15 12:14:29 Two of the world’s top up-and-coming lightweight mixed martial arts fighters, Manuel Gambruyan and Nate Diaz, have both endured a long and arduous six-week test on The Ultimate Fighter 5 to advance to the live finale on Saturday, June 23 at 9:00pm on Spike TV from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las [...]
Letters to Sports Illustrated… BAD!! 2007-06-13 23:08:18 Saw this on mma.tv forums. These are the letters to SportsIllustrated
in this weeks edition. There were 2 more other than the ones I post. One positive, one neutral. The first one was in Bold text with a pic of the MMA cover.
"How can you take an organization seriously when its president cant complete [...] Read more:Letters
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UFC 72 Does 7,850 Paid For $1.2 Million Gate 2007-06-19 11:59:12 prowrestling.com reports - The following is an excerpt from an article by Kevin Iole on Yahoo! Sports:
BELFAST, Northern Ireland" They sang soccer chants and schoolyard songs. They roared until their lungs were hoarse. They surrounded every arena exit and hotel entrance, hoping to get a glimpse of their heroes.
Rich Franklin and Forrest Griffin [...]
Bodog Fight owner Calvin Ayre and UFC’s Dana White 2007-06-18 15:14:24 Will the Mixed Marital Arts (MMA) mogul Calvin
Ayre shave his head to look more like Dana White
of UFC?
Not really. A joke made by the Bodog-Fight owner Calvin Ayre got the MMA fans buzzing all over the Internet. But only an awful sunburn will result out of a stunt like this. So to all [...]
Ken Shamrock vs. Michael Bisping at UFC 75 2007-06-18 13:42:07 The Fight Network is reporting that Michael
Bisping will be facing Ken Shamrock
at UFC 75, not Matt Hamill as Ticketmaster has claimed. UFC 75 is scheduled to take place in London, England on September 8.
While nothing has been confirmed via the UFC yet, the Shamrock story would seem to hold more weight and is [...]
UFC 72 Results 2007-06-17 22:18:22 Cbssportsline.com reports - Former UFC middleweight champion Rich "Ace" Franklin survived a late scare against Yushin Okami in the main event of UFC 72 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday. Franklin emerged with his second consecutive win since dropping the title, and the promise of another shot at the gold now held by Anderson Silva. [...]
MMAPlayground.com Fantasy MMA Game. JOIN TODAY! 2007-06-22 16:26:15 MMAPlayground.com Fantasy MMA Game. JOIN TODAY! Go check out MMAplayground.com now! MMAPlayground.com is a FREE fantasy MMA website for fans of major mixed martial arts events with two games to be played.
Consisting of two games to be played, MMAPlayground.com utilizes a unique points system to reward correct predictions on upcoming MMA matches, and also [...]
The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale Odds 2007-06-22 15:47:02 Another round of great MMA fights is coming our way on Saturday with the UFC: The Ultimate
Fighter 5 from Las Vegas.
Total of nine fights will be part of the "UFC: The Ultimate Fighter 5" card. But the most anticipated MMA fight is Jens Pulver against BJ Penn.
The 32-year-old Jens Pulver "Little Evil" is [...] Read more:Finale
Entrepreneur Magazine Dana White Interview 2007-06-22 02:46:29 Dana White
shares his business insight on how he raised a pay-per-view spectacle from the dead and made it the hottest combat sport in the world. In 2006, it grossed more annual pay-per-view revenue than any promotion–ever. If you think we’re talking about boxing, guess again. It was the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which pits mixed [...] Read more:Entrepreneur
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NBC Ken Shamrock Interview - Is He Coming Back? 2007-06-20 20:02:03 NBC Sports reports in LAS VEGAS — "The World’s Most Dangerous Man’" stretches out on the poolside lounge of a Las Vegas resort, sitting in his lap is 3-month-old granddaughter Malen. His sculpted biceps flex and gleam in the 107-degree heat as he delicately rubs another coat of sun block lotion on the baby.
This is [...] Read more:Shamrock
Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga 2007-06-26 23:06:16 Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Fight fans around the world watched Randy
“The Natural” Couture
as he dominated Tim Sylvia for five straight rounds to become the only man ever to win the UFC® World Heavyweight title three times. Seven weeks later, millions watched in awe as Gabriel
“Napão” Gonzaga
landed a devastating knockout over [...] Read more:Randy Couture
Why Tito Ortiz is good for the UFC!? 2007-06-25 12:39:30 The Chron Reports, Tito Ortiz
is good for business. He is one of the most polarizing mixed martial artists on the planet, but the bottom line is he is good for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s bottom line.
No fighter this side of Chuck Liddell draws a crowd like "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy," and the UFC [...]
BJ Penn vs. Jens Pulver Results 2007-06-24 01:56:02 His nickname is "The Prodigy" but after delivering a thorough decimation of Jens Pulver, the man who handed him his first pro loss, BJ Penn needs to find a new nickname, something that indicates that he has matured fully as an athlete.
The game but outclassed and undersized Pulver tapped at 3:12 of the second [...]
Dana White calls Tito Ortiz a Gorilla! 2007-06-30 13:55:02 In response to Tito Ortiz
claiming the UFC does not promote him enough Dana White
had some funny words to say about big ole Tito in response!
“There’s a billboard of his big ugly gorilla face at the busiest point in Las Vegas,” White said, “where it can scare kids who are riding by in their [...] Read more:calls
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