July 24, 2008EliteXC’s debut show on CBS at the end of May was so successful that less than two months later, it returns to network television on Saturday night.
The card is highlighted by a rematch between champion Robbie Lawler and Scott Smith for the middleweight belt after the first fight ended in a no contest when Smith […]
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July 22, 2008Just got word that K-1 has finished putting together the fight card for its August 9 event at the Stan Sheriff Center beginning at 6 p.m.
Kailua’s Scott Junk will fight in one of three super fights that will include a fight involving K-1 heavyweight champion Badr Hari.
The eight-man tournament will include last year’s champion, Mighty […]
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July 20, 2008Saturday night was a big one for mixed martial arts fans. The UFC put together a last-minute Ultimate Fight Night card on SPIKE to go head-to-head with the debut of Affliction’s new fight organization on pay-per-view. The UFC marketed its card around middleweight champion Anderson Silva, hyped by the UFC as the best pound-for-pound fighter […]
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July 14, 2008Icon Sport is back with one of its biggest cards of the year. Two title bouts will headline the August 2nd card which will have 15 fights in all.
All of the following fights have been confirmed as of today:
Kala Kolohe vs. Rolando Dominique (non-title fight)
Mark Oshiro vs. Bao Quach for the 140-pound North American title
Phil […]
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July 6, 2008A lackluster UFC 86 card was bailed out by a thrilling main event featuring Forrest Griffin against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson for the UFC light heavyweight championship last night.
Jackson entered the cage coming off wins over Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson, but hadn’t faught in eight months and vowed after the fight to never let it […]
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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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