October 2007
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Miletich Fighting System Featured on ESPN’s E:60
In case you didn’t get to see the segment on ESPN’s E:60 last night featuring MFS, here it is:
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UFC Press Conference
Apparently the audio and video seems to be having problems at UFC.com for today’s press conference.
If you are having issues (like I was) you you can watch it live now or after its over at Yahoo.com
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Tags: UFC, MMA, Dana White, Randy Couture
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Din Thomas = Tyler Durden?
UFC Veteran Din Thomas was arrested yesterday in Port St. Lucie, Florida for holding illegal MMA competitions at his gym.
According to the police arrest warrant, Thomas was holding MMA fights in a cage and charging $10 per person for the 150 or so in attendance. According to the police report, Thomas stated that they fighters were just students from his American Top Team academy and the...
MMA HQ: Official Top Ten Rankings
Another voting period has closed at MMAHQ.net. Here are the current overall MMA Top Ten Rankings.
You can vote again starting November 6.
HEAVYWEIGHT
1. Fedor Emelianenko - 263 pts
2. Randy Couture - 221 pts
3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - 214 pts
4. Josh Barnett - 173 pts
5. Tim Sylvia - 145 pts
6. Gabriel Gonzaga - 120 pts
7. Andrei Arlovski - 106 pts
8. Cheick Kongo - 67 pts
9....
Dana White & Lorenzo Fertitta Press Conference
UFC.com announced today that Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon to “clear up” statements Randy Couture made at his press conference last Friday afternoon. For those that want to see the press conference, it will be streamed live via UFC.com.
Dana White, UFC® President and Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC® co-owner will hold a press conference Tuesday, October...
Denis Kang vs Yoshihiro Akiyama
For those of you who weren’t able to see the K-1 HERO’s card from this past weekend, here is the main event. In a surprising upset win, Yoshihiro Akiyama defeated Denis Kang via TKO in the first round.
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Randy Couture Press Conference Video
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Randy or Dana? You Decide
For those who have not chosen to “take sides” in the Randy Couture vs the UFC issue, today could be a tough day for you.
Randy Couture announced earlier this week that he would hold a press conference today at 4:30pm EST to address the media and answer questions regarding his resignation from the UFC. EliteXC will carry the press conference live today for all to enjoy.
Not wanting to be...
Jason Miller vs Sean Salmon on HDNet Fights
Sean Salmon announced today on MMAJunkie.com that he will be fighting Jason “Mayhem” Miller on an HDNet Fights card this December 15 in Dallas, TX.
Last week, Miller confirmed that he was no longer under contract with Zuffa and the WEC where he last fought in May.
Next up, I have been given permission to announce that I will be fighting Jason “Mayhem” Miller on the Dec. 15 HDNet Fights card. I...
Paulo Filho vs Frank Trigg
Gabriel Gonzaga put Team Link and Ludlow, MA earlier this year with his quick rise in the heavyweight division. Team Link (in my home state of Massachusetts) has recently added current WEC Middleweight champion Paulo Filho and undefeated UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva to their team making Link one of the strongest BJJ camps in the country.
In Jason Remillard’s article in MassLive.com about...
UFC 77 Fighter Payouts
The Ohio Athletic Commission has released the fighter salary numbers from last Saturday nights UFC 77: Hostile Territory event.
Tim Syliva - $200,000
Anderson Silva - $120,000
Brandon Vera - $100,000
Rich Franklin - $45,000
Stephan Bonnar - $44,000
Yushin Okami - $24,000
Alan Belcher - $22,000
Josh Burkman - $20,000
Jason MacDonald - $17,000
Demian Maia - $10,000
Jason Black - $8,000
...
Wanderlei Silva Discusses Liddell Fight
[Source: FightBeat.com] HT: todd
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Tags: UFC, MMA, UFC 79, Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva
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UFC Judging Woes Continue
The UFC could not escape more scoring controversies at UFC 77, and may have made matters significanly worse.
For those who haven’t heard and/or seen the opening fight of the night between Matt Grice and Jason Black (I haven’t seen it myself), the fight ended in only the worst of possible scenarios.Grice apparently dominated the fight and when the judges scorecards were read the fight was...
M-1 Officially Names Monte Cox President and CEO
M-1 Mix Fight, the promotion that recently signed Fedor Emalianenko, officially announced today that they have named MMA “super-agent” Monte Cox as President and CEO.
Sibling Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SIBE) [”Sibling Holdings”] announced Sibling Theatricals, Inc. [”Sibling Theatricals”], a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sibling Entertainment Group, Inc., together with...
Dana White Talks About Randy Couture
ESPN recently interviewed Dana White in regards to Randy Couture’s recent departure from the UFC.
HT: bvrasp
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UFC 77 Post-fight Press Conference
Here is part of the post-fight press conference from UFC 77.
HT: FightHype.com
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MMA HQ Official Rankings
alt=’120×1203.jpg’ />Well, the MMA HQ Top Ten Rankings site finally launched this past week and I want to thank all of you who signed up during the first few days. I opened the site up to a few of you to help get the site going and iron out the kinks and everything went well.
The voting period for this first week was a little different than normal but we still had some solid...
UFC 77: Hostile Territory Recap
UFC 77 is in the books and overall the whole night felt pretty lackluster. There were some good fights but nothing too exciting.
Rich Franklin vs Anderson Silva looked pretty much like their first fight did; Anderson dominating the standup with his speed and precision striking with Franklin looking in effective while his looping overhand strikes. I don’t care what Joe Rogan and Mike...
UFC 77: Hostile Territory Weigh-ins
Just a quick reminder that you can watch the UFC 77 weigh-ins live today at Yahoo Sports, NBC Sports or on UFC.com.
The weigh-ins start at 4pm EST.
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Liddell vs Wanderlei at UFC 79 - CONFIRMED
FINALLY! After way too long, the fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva is going to happen at UFC 79 in December as originally planned.
Word surfaced today that Wanderlei Silva’s first opponent would be revealed at this Saturday nights UFC 77 event in Ohio. Well, DirectTV went ahead and spoiled the surprise today buy “announcing it in their own special way.
We can all finally give a...
UFC 77: Hostile Territory Preview
After the crazy month of September, it seems like it has been a long time since we’ve had a UFC event. This Saturday night we get back into the mix with UFC 77: Hostile Territory as the UFC returns to Ohio. The UFC Middleweight title will be on the line as current champion Anderson Silva will rematch with Rich Franklin, the man he took the belt from. Once again, don’t forget to join the MMA HQ...
Winner of Vera vs Sylvia to Get Title Shot
With the recent departure of heavyweight champion Randy Couture, the UFC Heavyweight title is once again up for grabs. Reports are now surfacing that the fight between Brandon Vera and Tim Syliva at this Saturday night’s UFC 77 event will be for the #1 contender spot.
The win of Vera-Sylvia will most likely face Antonio Nogueira for the now vacant heavyweight title sometime in early 2008. ...
MMA HQ Top Ten Rankings
Well, after much waiting and a lot of development on my part, the MMA HQ Top Ten Rankings site is finally ready for beta testing. Those of you who are regulars here at MMA HQ are going to get the first crack at the site. You can find the new MMA Rankings site at www.mmahq.net
I’m pretty excited about this site and I think you will be too. There are close to a dozen MMA websites out there...
MMA Quick Notes
Just a few quick news and notes items from the past weekend…
MMA-Europe.net is reporting that the “Vale Tudo News” notes former PrideFC star Ricardo Arona has signed a new four fight deal with M-1 and will make his M-1 debut in December. While no official opponent was named, it is assumed he will be fighting Fedor Emalianenko
According to George Garcia, co-host of TAGG Radio, Frank Trigg...
ESPN Interviews Randy Couture
ESPN did a quick phone interview with Randy Couture today about his resignation from the UFC.
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UFC 77: Hostile Territory Conference Call
The UFC held their UFC 77: Hostile Territory conference call today.
Steve Cofield has the audio from the conference call here.
Brad McCray from MMA Madness has the conference call notes here.
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Tags: UFC, MMA, UFC 77, Rich Franklin, Anderson Silva, Dana White, Tim Sylvia, Brandon Vera
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Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons for EliteXC Belt
When EliteXC announced they had signed Nick Diaz to a new contract earlier this week, it was revealed that Diaz’s next fight would be for the EliteXC 160lb title. At the time no official opponent was named as a challenger.
Today, EliteXC announced via ProElite.com that Diaz will face Karl-James “KJ” Noons, a upcoming kick-boxing and Muay Thai fighter.
Noons has fought twice in EliteXC losing...
Kevin Iole Is a Zuffa Robot
Oh, man oh man. I have never hated Kevin Iole more than I do now. I didn’t think my disdain for him could grow any deeper, and yet it has. I’m reading through the latest MMA news tonight and came across this headline from Iole in my RSS Reader.
White’s reaction could determine MMA’s future
The future of MMA depends on how Dana White handles the Randy Couture fallout.
I really could and...
Dana White Responds to Couture’s Resignation
Zuffa President, Dana White released a statement this afternoon via UFC.com regarding the sudden resignation of current UFC champion Randy Couture:
“I’m not surprised at all by Randy’s decision. I talked to Randy several weeks ago and he said that if he couldn’t fight Fedor, then he has nothing left to prove in the sport of mixed martial arts.
He has been doing a lot of acting, and I know he...
Randy Couture Leaves UFC
Brian Knapp at TheFightNetwork is reporting that that current UFC Heavyweight champion has resigned from the promotion with two fights left on his current contract. Couture is walking away from the UFC, his position has reigning UFC champion and on-air analyst.
Couture made the announcement official in a letter to UFC president Dana White. The UFC’s inability to land PRIDE heavyweight champion...
EliteXC Adds Kimbo Slice to Roster
Earlier today we reported that EliteXC will hold an event on November 10 in Texas that will feature a 160lb title fight with Nick Diaz. Looks like that same card will also feature the EliteXC debut of Kevin Ferguson (a.k.a Kimbo Slice).
Kimbo made his MMA debut in the Cage Fury Fighting Championships at CFFC 5 last June where he defeated Ray Mercer by guillotine choke in the first round. Slice...
Nick Diaz to Fight for EliteXC Title
Word surfaced yesterday that Nick Diaz had agreed to a long-term contract extension with EliteXC.
Reports are that Diaz has signed an exclusive contract with EliteXC that will extend his current contract through 2009. Diaz will fight between three and five times a year over the length of the contract with his next fight coming on November 10 in Texas.
Diaz’s next fight will be for the EliteXC...
Fedor Signs with M-1
Well, it appears that all our hopes and dreams of seeing Fedor Emalianenko in the UFC have been dashed. Actually, our hope of seeing Fedor fight any top level heavyweight competition has been dashed as it appears Fedor has reached an agreement with Russian promotion M-1.
Loretta Hunt at TheFightNetwork is reporting that Fedor has “committed exclusively” to the M-1 Mix-Fight Championship and...
Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva - Finally?!?
After Chuck Liddell lost to Keith Jardine at UFC 76 last month, it looked like MMA fans might never get to see the once dreamed about matchup between Liddell and Wanderlei Silva.
Had Liddell defeated Jardine, the UFC was set to promote their much-awaited bout between the two fighters on the UFC 79 fight card set for December 29th in Las Vegas. UFC 79 was already slated to be a star-studded...
CFFC 6 Officially Canceled
Over the past week, the status of the upcoming Cage Fury Fighting Championship event in New Jersey has been up in the air.
Earlier in the week reports surfaced that the event had been canceled only to find out later that the event was still on and just the In-Demand PPV contract had been canceled. Felix Martinez, president of CFFC, assured fans that the event was still scheduled to take place,...
Leland Chapman Makes Pro MMA Debut
If you have no idea who Leland Chapman is, that is perfectly normal and you can just skip this article. For those of you who share the same weird fascination with Dog the Bounty Hunter like I do, keep reading.
No Limit Fighting will hold their Brawl for it All even on October 20th in San Francisco, CA and the fight card will feature the professional MMA debut of Leland Chapman, Dwayne “Dog”...
Bisping vs Evans to Headline UFC 78
Well, the fight card with no identity finally got a face late last night when the UFC announced the main event for UFC 78: Validation.
Michael Bisping will face off against Rashad Evans at UFC 78 which is scheduled for November 17 in Newark, New Jersey. It was widely assumed that UFC 78 would feature the rematch between Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans who fought to a draw at UFC 73 in July.
In...
Strikeforce Fighter Payouts
Here are the fighter salary numbers from last Saturday night’s Strikeforce card held in Beverly Hills, CA. The total disclosed fighter payroll was just over $230,000.
Gilbert Melendez - $30,000
Tetsuji Kato - $6,000
Joe Riggs - $29,500
Josh Thomson - $24,500
Daniel Puder - $20,000
Bobby Southworth - $20,000
Falaniko Vitale - $20,000
Jorge Masvidal - $18,182.50
Eugene Jackson - $15,000
...
Evan Tanner’s Struggles Continue
I have been a long-time Evan Tanner fan and have documented some if his struggles here at MMA HQ over the past few years.
Most recently it appeared that Evan was getting back into the MMA scene and had moved down to California to train with the Chute Boxe team there. Rumors began to surface that Tanner would return at UFC 76, and then that he would return at UFC 79. Well, Last week Evan...
Inside the Cage Radio
Hosts Sam Caplan and Matt Cava were joined by special guests Dan Stupp of MMAjunkie.com and renowned MMA broadcaster “The Fight Professor” Stephen Quadros.
Dann joined the gang to help break down UFC 76 and the three discussed whether a case can be made for Tyson Griffin as fighter of the year; whether Jon Fitch is a boring fighter; if fighters should be tested for marijuana; is Forrest Griffin...