Top Boxer to Take On UFC?
While the eternally asinine and mythical MMA vs. boxing argument rages on in dorm rooms around the nation, another top boxer is willing to try his hand in the Octagon, only to likely be turned down by the UFC powers.
Enzo Maccarinelli, one of the world’s top cruiserweights, has said he is interested in fighting British [...]
UFC 90 Preview Roundup: Silva vs. Cote
It seems like I previewed UFC 89 just a week ago. Oh, wait, it was just a week ago. Well, now the UFC returns to the Colonies with their marquee fighter, Anderson Silva, headlining the card.
Silva may be the best mixed-martial arts fighter in the world. He’s certainly the best in the [...]
Thanks Kimbo!: EliteXC Out of Business
ProElite, Inc., the MMA league that intended on competing with Dana White and the UFC, has gone out of business, less than two years after getting into business. You may know ProElite by it’s stage name, EliteXC, home of super-fraud, Kimbo Slice.
ProElite was a media and entertainment company that featured EliteXC, an MMA league, [...]
UFC 89 Preview Roundup: Bisping vs. Leben
As you may know, I’m a boxing guy, not an MMA guy. I appreciate MMA and I am a fan, I just don’t have the knowledge of each fighter the way I do with boxing. But that doesn’t mean that a UFC event isn’t worth a preview, I just won’t be all that [...]
Kimbo Slice Fails Against Real Fighter
For the last year, I’ve been waiting patiently for Kimbo Slice to fight a real fighter, so I can cash my ticket betting against him. It’s been well known for some time to anyone who follows MMA to the slightest degree that Kimbo is not a very good mixed-martial artist. He’s an overrated [...]
CBS Blows Opportunity with MMA Card
After quite a bit of media build up this week, CBS was set to begin their prime-time mixed-martial arts showcase with Kimbo Slice Saturday night. For the record, I think it was a great idea to put this on network television, and I can only hope that other MMA outlets and boxing soon follow [...]
MMA Fighter Gets Crap Beat Out of Him — Literally
A mixed martial arts match in Louisiana turned ugly last week when one fighter literally had the crap beat out of him, leading to a disqualification and a 10-minute intermission to scrub down the ring.
Fred Mitchell was declared the winner after Corey Wether lost control of his bowels due to a knee to the midsection. [...]
UFC’s Kalib Starnes Gets Fired
Kalib Starnes, who fought on the most recent UFC card, was given his walking papers for refusing to engage, creating one of the most boring and sadly comical spectacles ever witnessed in the octagon.
Dana White, president of the UFC, said, “”He just doesn’t belong in the UFC and after his performance the other night, he [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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