November 6, 2009StrikeForce makes its debut on CBS tonight with a stacked card featuring the world’s No. 1 fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, against undefeated Brett Rogers. Other televised fights include Jason “Mayhem” Miller against Jake Shields, Antonio Silva versus Fabricio Werdum and Gegard Mousasi against Sokoudjou.
At today’s weigh-ins, StrikeForce announced its newest signee, DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki, [...]
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October 27, 2009First off, bad news about Brock Lesnar pulling out of his Nov. 21 heavyweight title fight against Shane Carwin because of an illness. That happens to be the only Saturday between November 7 and December 5 that the UH football team doesn’t play a home game, so I was pumped to get to see the [...]
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October 24, 2009I’m at Aloha Stadium, but was able to watch the Machida/Shogun fight from the press box. All I can say is, highway robbery 101. All three judges had Machida ahead 48-47. I had Shogun winning 49-46.
I’ll update more later.
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October 23, 2009A quick look at UFC 104, live on pay-per-view tomorrow night beginning at 4 p.m. Hawaii time.
MAIN EVENT
UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Lyoto Machida (15-0) vs. Mauricio Rua (18-3)
Machida finally reached championship status with a brutal KO of Rashad Evans. His first title defense comes against a man that I thought was the best 205-pound fighter in the [...]
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October 14, 2009The UFC has officially announced the BJ Penn/Diego Sanchez main event for UFC 107 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday night, Dec. 12.
“In this sport it sometimes takes years for fighters to find the weight class where they’re at their best,” UFC President Dana White said in the press release. “I don’t [...]
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October 13, 2009StrikeForce finally annouced all the fights that will be televised live on CBS November 7 as the organization presents its debut show on network television. They are:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers
Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Jake Shields
Gegard Mousasi vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Fabricio Werdum vs. Antonio Silva
Four pretty good fights with at least two (Silva/Werdum and Miller/Shields) [...]
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October 7, 2009Sounds like IBF light flyweight champion Brian Viloria will complete a trilogy with nemesis Omar Nino Romero.
Although manager Gary Gittelsohn said yesterday that a deal has not been finalized, all signs point toward Viloria facing Romero Dec. 5 in the Philippines.
Romero’s name should ring a bell with Viloria fans. “Nino” (28-3-1, 11 KOs) handed Viloria [...]
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October 5, 2009HDNet is showing DREAM11 tonight from 1-5 a.m.
DREAM, one of two major Japanese mixed martial arts organizations, is easily the best non-American MMA organization out there. DREAM 11 presents a mix of whacky matchups (like the Super Hulk tournament) with some incredibly big fights.
The fight I’m looking forward to the most is one between Joachim [...]
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September 29, 2009Love him or hate him, Kimbo Slice is one of the most captivating fighters in the history of mixed martial arts. So much so that an entire company (EliteXC) put all of its chips on his shoulders, hoping he could keep an entire organization afloat (OOPS).
Maybe that move didn’t work out, but the UFC has been [...]
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September 21, 2009Boy, I sure picked a good time to hit the mainland for a quick vacation.
Tons of stuff going on in the MMA world. Kailua’s Scott Junk is part of the new season of the Ultimate Fighter reality show on SPIKE, which can be seen every Wednesday night. Junk is looking to get back into the [...]
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