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| Evan Tanner is going to pressure Kendall Grove at Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale fight (Video) Posted: 05 Jun 2008 08:06 AM CDT The beard is back … watch out “Spyda:” x x x |
| This is gonna hurt: UFC serves Tito Ortiz with cease and desist for new book Posted: 04 Jun 2008 10:53 PM CDT
Tito Ortiz — who just satisfied the final fight on his contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) — has been served with a cease and desist because his recently released autobiography, “This is Gonna Hurt,” violates the intellectual property rights of the mixed martial arts promotion, according to MMAPayout.com. “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy,” according to the report, needed to get the stamp of approval from the UFC to sport the belt on the cover of the book. And he apparently did not get the green light or overlooked the clause in his contract. Regardless, the move is just the latest salvo in an ongoing feud between the fighter an organization. Ortiz and UFC President Dana White have an epic, long-running distaste for one another. This is certainly not going to help the situation. Ortiz will soon be a free agent and has expressed his intentions of seeking greener pastures (literally) with an organization that can promote him properly, as well as be respectful and professional. Even if he does it appears that Ortiz can’t break free from the UFC’s Kung Fu grip … for now. He defeated Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision to earn the vacant light heavyweight title at UFC 25: “Ultimate Japan 3″ back in 2000. Ortiz defended the 205-pound belt five times during a three-year span until he lost it to Randy Couture via unanimous decision at UFC 44: “Undisputed” in 2003. |
| The Ultimate Fighter 7: Episode 10 recap and discussion Posted: 04 Jun 2008 08:42 PM CDT
After a recap of last week’s war between Matt Brown and Amir Sadollah, Jeremy May starts whining that Matt Brown’s loss makes him look even weaker than he already is (because he was eliminated by Brown) and decides that it’s enough reason to demand a rematch. Jesse Taylor gets wind of the story and goes into a Dice Clay like rant on what a tool May is. Jeremy is so mad about being punked he runs to Gerald Harris and tells him of his master plan to bait Jesse into hitting him so that he gets himself kicked off the show. It’s right around this point that I hope for giant swords to shoot up from the floor and rid us of Jeremy May like Lei Lei from Darkstalkers. May gets liquored up and squares off against Taylor and they have a bitch-off which basically consists of arguing over who is the bigger bitch until somebody throws a punch. May isn’t getting thorugh to Taylor so he pulls out the tried-and-true Jewish card and since we all know how much Jewish people enjoy being labeled, Taylor starts hulking up like he just got hit with a chair by Zeus. The rest of the guys swarm in and calm him down and once May realizes how despised he is by everyone he tries to blame the booze and looks for the respect fist. Taylor gives it to him probably just to shut him up and get back to his card game. Thankfully the focus shifts to the quarterfinal fights and once again Tim Credeur refers to Dan Cramer as “hot”. I’ve never considered myself homophobic but this season’s contestants are really testing my limits. Quarterfinal fight #3: Tim Credeur (10-2) vs Dan Cramer (3-0) Round 1: Credeur throws a low kick and they trade sloppy punches. Credeur shoots and they go to the cage wall. Cramer backs him up and drops him. Cramer is able to posture up and land a few. Credeur escapes to his feet and Cramer goes on the attack landing strikes. They clinch and Cramer takes him down. Credeur reverses and gets into mount. Cramer escapes and they go to the cage. Cramer forces him down again. Cramer tries to stand up and Credeur grabs a leg and secures a heel hook. Cramer is forced to tap. Tim Credeur defeats Dan Cramer via submission (heel hook:R1) With the attention now on the second fight, CB Dolloway makes it clear how much he despises Cale Yarbrough and his funny looking face. That’s nothing. Try looking at the guy who runs MMAmania. A Team Brown training session finds Cale Yarbrough less than impressed with the Dolloway myth. Coach Griffin calls Dolloway an “arrogant prick”. Dana feels like the guys are getting burned out so he takes them for a night out at the races. The guys pile into go-karts and turn the episode into a testosterone filled game of Mario Kart. Back at the house the cast gets a little reckless and starts trashing the house - I mean really trashing it. Walls, banisters, windows, doors - you name it. How you can get kicked off the show for punching another contestant but not even get a stern lecture for destroying UFC property is something that still baffles me. Unless of course the destruction is scripted as a way to spice up the show. Then again after this past weekend it’s hard not to think everything is a conspiracy. Anyway, it’s fight time and since there are twenty minutes left in the show, I reckon Yarbrough actually has a chance in this one. Quarterfinal fight #4: CB Dolloway (6-0) vs Cale Yarbrough (0-0) Round 1: Dolloway throws a jab. E-surance counters with an annoying commercial. Now That’s Classic Rock is able to drop E-surance and after samples of some of the same tired songs we hear on every rock station, transitions to Dolloway on the floor landing punches from the mount. Yarbrough is on the defensive and gives up his back. Dolloway looks like he can’t decide which direction to go and returns to punching. Yarbrough seems content to just curl up into a ball and eat punches. Herb Dean issues multiple warnings, gets no response and is forced to stop it. CB Dolloway defeats Cale Yarbrough via TKO (R1). So much for Yarbrough having a chance. After the fight Forrest continues to get irked by Dolloway’s cockiness. He puts out an open invitation to quiet the cockiness and Jesse Taylor steps up to the plate. When they go to the gym to set the semifinal matches they realize that Rampage is a no call/no show. Undeterred, Dana trudges onward after a 45 minute delay. Griffin thinks an MIA Rampage guarantees he will get his pick but Dana knows he can’t sell a TUF final with Dolloway vs Credeur so sorry Forrest, but it ain’t happening. Rampage finally rolls up in his Wraith (bad breath and all) and has to find out what picks were made without him. As it stands, CB Dolloway will fight Amir Sadollah and Tim Credeur will fight Jesse Taylor. Stay tuned next week as we get the long-awaited coaches challenge - which turns out to be the classic game of HORSE. Rampage admits to never having played basketball as a kid and gets the same kind of stares that C. Thomas Howell got when he went to the boards in blackface in Soul Man. Oh yeah, and there are a couple of semi-important fights. See you then! |
| Andrei Arlovski to Affliction MMA announcement expected tomorrow from Donald Trump Posted: 04 Jun 2008 04:34 PM CDT
Donald Trump — who has forged a partnership with Affliction MMA — will tomorrow announce the acquisition of former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at a noon press conference at Trump Tower in New York, N.Y., according to MMARated.com. In addition, “The Pitbull” will take on Ben Rothwell (as expected) during the debut pay-per-view (PPV) event for the promotion at the at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on July 19. Trump is also expected to reveal more details on his partnership with Affliction MMA, which according to the report, he owns a “significant amount” of the upstart promotion. This is about to get real interesting … as if it isn’t already. Stay tuned. In the meantime, to get some more background on Trump’s involvement with mixed martial arts click here. |
| WEC ring girl Christie Cartwright interviews WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres Posted: 04 Jun 2008 03:46 PM CDT “Christie’s Corner” with WEC ring girl Christie Cartwright and WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres prior to his sensational win over Yoshiro Maeda at WEC 34: “Faber vs. Pulver:” Some good stuff in here once this gets going, including some insight on the infamous mullet — Torres and his kids wear it proud. |
| Record-setting WEC ratings for ‘Faber vs. Pulver’ on Versus Posted: 04 Jun 2008 03:42 PM CDT
The featherweight title fight between 145-pound champion Urijah Faber and challenger Jens Pulver was the highest-rated, most-watched WEC event in the network's history, and the most-watched show on any network in that timeslot among key male demographics [Men 18 – 34 (534,385) and Men 18 – 49 (885,743)]. It was also the third most-watched telecast in network history among Men 25 – 54 (773,267). The exclusive home of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), the Versus network averaged 1,535,705 viewers for its June 1 telecast, which boasted "the most-anticipated featherweight fight in history" between Faber and Pulver. The fight, which took place in Faber's hometown of Sacramento, CA at the Arco Arena, did not disappoint. And in case you missed it, it re-airs tonight at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. ET. WEC 34 marks the seventh live fight on Versus for the promotion. Compared to the average of the previous six telecasts, Faber/Pulver is up 180 percent in HH rating (1.4 vs. .5) and 216 percent in viewership (1,535,705 vs. 485,288). Viewership for key male demos increased from between 222 and 336 percent. For more info on this historic night click here. |
| UFC action figures: Round 5 MMA series 2 line up announced for fall 2008 release Posted: 04 Jun 2008 01:01 PM CDT
Props: Round5MMA.com Sean Sherk, Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin and as Sean McManus revealed, possibly BJ Penn, will be the next wave of fighters to be forever immortalized in plastic. |
| Kimbo Slice vs Brett Rogers: ‘Step up or step aside’ Posted: 04 Jun 2008 12:46 PM CDT
Props: DaGrim.com Quoteworthy:
Elite XC heavyweight fighter Brett Rogers and his camp, Team Bison, issue a formal challenge to Kimbo Slice through a letter posted on his official Web site. In the lengthy letter, Rogers also talks about his future with Elite XC as well as a possible fight against Antonio “Big Foot” Silva. Check it out if you have some time. |
| Matt Hughes trains for Thiago Alves UFC 85 fight at H.I.T. Squad (Video) Posted: 04 Jun 2008 09:28 AM CDT |
| Xtreme weekend: Randy Couture opens Xtreme Couture gym in Toronto Posted: 04 Jun 2008 08:50 AM CDT
Former UFC champion Randy Couture ventured north of the border to Toronto this past weekend to promote the opening of the seventh installment of his namesake gym, Xtreme Couture, and the first of its kind in Canada. Xtreme Couture in Toronto is massive — 33,000 sq. ft. and boasts a full health club, yoga and spinning rooms, sauna, steam rooms, as well as an enormous mat area, ring and cage. Owner's Doug and Robert Urch — along with Len MacDearmid — have designed a twist on the typical mixed martial arts training facility, bringing in a full health club to appeal to a much broader clientele. Hardcore MMA practitioners, however, can still get top-notch instruction from the likes of Mark Bocek, Chris Horodecki and Mark Hominick. Couture was on double duty during his trip to Canada. He was also up for Yahoo! Canada's Round 5 launch party. He was joined by former lightweight champion Sean Sherk, who was fresh off his loss to BJ Penn at UFC 84: “Ill Will.” Round 5 has produced Series 1 of its action figures with the release of Quinton Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes and Randy Couture all being molded into composite collectibles. “The Muscle Shark” was on hand as he will have his own toy to open soon with the proposed fall release of Series 2 along with the likes of Rich Franklin and Anderson Silva. Round 5 was at a loss as to who would fill the final spot on the Series 2 roster and had Randy and Sean square off in an arm wrestling match with the winner getting their pick as the fourth personality to be released in the fall. Sherk had in mind either Forrest Griffin or Wanderlei Silva and Randy was dead set on seeing “The Prodigy” in toy boxes across North America. Sean put up a fight, but BJ will be able to re-enact crisp jabs into Sherk's face until his heart is content come the fall. Randy and Sean were both generous with their time and I had a chance to catch up with both of them. Randy talked about the fight with Fedor, his dedication to seeing fighter's rights and working environment improved. Sean, on the other hand, discussed his fight with BJ and his thoughts on the Kenny Florian and Roger Huerta showdown scheduled for UFC 87. To check out the entire interview click here. Sean McManus is the Director of Media Relations for MMACanada.net. For more information on the MMA scene up in Canada check out MMACanada.net. |
The long arm of Zuffa law apparently extends to estranged former champions who write books and wear their belts on the covers.
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