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This Week's MMA notes PLUS Miguel Torres Interview
 Posted 8/7/2009 12:24:00 PM
The sport of MMA just saw another crazy week, thanks to Fedor Emelianenko and his management team at M-1 Global. Shortly after Affliction’s Trilogy show was cancelled, Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta flew out to Orange County, CA, to negotiate with Fedor’s camp, hoping to FINALLY bring “The Last Emperor” into the UFC. As always, the issue of co-promotion was the major sticking point that neither side could agree on. Dana and the UFC made several concessions. They would allow Fedor to fight in Sambo tournaments in his native Russia while under UFC contract, and they would allow him to advertise M-1 Global on his fight shorts and in his corner. They would not, however, allow M-1 Global to co-promote every UFC show that Fedor fought on. Dana White argues that it makes no sense to essentially make M-1, a fledgling promotion, become a full partner with the UFC and ...
Review of the CRAZIEST week in MMA History with Kevin Iole of Yahoo!
Posted 7/27/2009 10:36:00 AM
After two weeks of laziness, my MMA blog is back. Last week had to be the CRAZIEST week in MMA history. On Tuesday morning, rumors ran wild of the death of Kimo Leopoldo, UFC veteran and early MMA pioneer. Kimo was reported dead due to complications from a heart attack, but it turns out he was alive and well in Orange County, California. Fast forward to late Tuesday Night, when it’s revealed that one half of Affliction: Trilogy’s main event, Josh Barnett, tested positive for a banned substance and will not be licensed to fight Fedor Emelianenko on August, 1st. The Affliction brass spent Wednesday and Thursday scrambling to find an opponent for Fedor. We hear names like Vitor Belfort, Brett Rogers, Bobby Lashley, and even Jeff Monson thrown around. Finally on Friday, Affliction gives up their search, and decides instead to just CANCEL THE SHOW ALLTOGETHER. Affliction has decided to ...
UFC 100 Review!
Posted 7/13/2009 11:06:00 AM
UFC 100 is all over now. Was it everything we hoped it would be? I’d say it was an exciting card overall, even though most of us expected Frank Mir to be a bit more competitive in the main event. All in all, it was a night full of big hits, big wins, and a bit of poor sportsmanship. Let’s review….
Yoshihiro “Sexiyama” Akiyama defeats Alan “The Talent” Belcher by split decision. I agreed with Akiyama getting the win here, even though both Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg felt Belcher got robbed. Akiyama controlled the action for the majority, and scored more takedowns. The only round I scored in favor of Belcher was round 2, due to some nice strikes. I scored it 29-28 for Akiyama. There’s a chance that Akiyama might be Dan Henderson’s next opponent, since Dana white DID NOT guarantee that Hendo gets the next crack at ...
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