MMA
Anderson Silva Still Wants Roy Jones
While Dana White may not be willing to let Anderson Silva fight Roy Jones, Jr. in a boxing match, Silva still wants the fight to happen, and says it will happen before 2009 is over.
Silva said he wanted to fight Jones earlier in the year, to which Jones quickly accepted. Negotiations got underway for [...]
Dana White Says Kimbo vs. Liddell is Possible
News and Links for April 14, 2008…
Dana White says he’d be willing to consider putting Kimbo Slice and Chuck Liddell together — if Slice ever beats “anybody that mattered.” I could see needing some credentials to fight Chuck Liddell circa 2003, but Liddell in 2008 is just a name. This would be the [...]
Roy Jones – Anderson Silva is Off
Not that it was ever technically on, but the proposed boxing match between Roy Jones, Jr. and UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is off. The fight was in negotiations to take place under boxing rules at a catchweight between 180 and 188 pounds.
The fight was never signed because UFC president Dana White would not [...]
Jones – Silva Talks Begin
Perhaps the mega-fight between boxing and mixed martial arts will happen after all.
According to Boxing Scene, quoting both the Associated Press and NBCSports.com, talks have begun between the two camps to stage an actual boxing match — not an exhibition, between Roy Jones Jr. and Anderson Silva. Both Jones and Silva have apparently been [...]
Anderson Silva vs. Roy Jones?
For years, as the UFC grew, the debate between mixed martial arts and boxing just got uglier and uglier. Dana White will tell you that the UFC is the greatest sport ever created, and that because of him, boxing will soon go extinct. Lou DiBella says that MMA is just organized bar fights. [...]
ProElite and UFC Both Announce Deals
ProElite and UFC have both reached milestone deals for mixed martial arts — though not with each other. ProElite has reached a deal with CBS to air four cards on network television, and UFC has signed a deal with Budweiser, bringing much needed sponsorship money to the MMA league.
The deal with ProElite, who produces [...]
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