July 1, 2008While July will be a quiet month for mixed martial arts locally, there are plenty of big shows nationally to get your fill.
The big one for me is the debut of the new Affliction organization. Yes, the UFC is bringing us Forrest Griffin vs. Rampage Jackson this Saturday on PPV and a free fight […]
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June 24, 2008As part of this weekend’s big mixed martial arts expo Friday-Sunday at Blaisdell Arena, OTM Fight Shop presents its first annual Pac Sub Grappling championships. The competition takes places in the exhibition hall and includes some big super fights featuring:
Jeff “The Snowman” Monson vs. Abraham “Kumu” Cambra
Rafael Lovato Jr. vs. Niko Vitale
Jeff Glover vs. Ryan […]
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June 24, 2008Kendall Grove kept his UFC career alive with a split decision victory over Evan Tanner Saturday night on the Ultimate Fighter finale show.
For those that saw the fight, it looked to be an easy win for the Wailuku, Maui native until ring announcer Bruce Buffer read aloud the first score.
29-28….TANNER?!?!
I didn’t DVR the fight so […]
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June 19, 2008Photo credit - Josh Hedges, UFC
With all the recent talk surrounding BJ Penn’s dominant win over Sean Sherk in May, not much attention has been paid to Hawaii’s other representative in the UFC.
Kendall Grove, just two years removed from his victory over Ed Herman to win the Ultimate Fighter series and a UFC contract, now […]
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June 17, 2008The big story coming out of Saturday’s EliteXC event was the post-fight scuffle between the camps of Nick Diaz and lightweight champion KJ Noons. Moments after Noons needed just 48 seconds to earn a TKO win over Yves Edwards, Diaz was brought to the ring to hype a potential rematch for the belt. After […]
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June 14, 2008Welcome to the Star Bulletin’s coverage of EliteXC: Return of the King. Big thanks to Johnny and Patrick Freitas for taking care of the media for the event. They’ve got us at a table with power about 10 feet from the cage. Couldn’t ask for more.
We’re about 40 minutes away from the start of the […]
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June 14, 2008Yves Edwards (left) vs. KJ Noons (Champion)
Nick Diaz vs. Muhsin Corbbrey
Tony Bonello vs. Murilo “Ninja” Rua
All 24 fighters weighed in yesterday for today’s EliteXC event at the Blaisdell Arena. Tickets ranging from $25 in the balcony to $400 ringside are still available.
Interesting to point out that there was some sort of mix-up regarding weights for […]
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June 10, 2008Fresh off of a successful debut on CBS two weeks ago, EliteXC puts on its next card on Showtime here in Hawaii Saturday night at the Blaisdell Arena.
Here’s a schedule of this week’s activities:
Press conference, Thursday, 2 p.m., King St. Cafe
Showtime “Sunset Video” shoot, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.,Magic Island
Weigh in, Friday, 2 p.m., Fashion 45 in […]
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June 3, 2008I spent the weekend in Las Vegas, but managed to catch the last three fights of the first EliteXC show on CBS Saturday night. A night of what seemed to be pretty good fights ended in controversy twice as Kimbo Slice earned a third-round TKO victory over James Thompson after the referee made a questionable […]
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May 27, 2008Prior to BJ Penn’s fight with Joe Stevenson in January, I was able to talk to UFC President Dana White and asked him about the possibility of the UFC holding an event in Hawaii. The story, which can be found here, details how Aloha Stadium is where White wants to do his first outdoor UFC […]
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