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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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MixFight.ru posted a photo gallery of the Red Devil team members from 2008 Russian Combat Sambo Championship. There are pictures of Kirill Sidelnikov, who fought in PrideFC and who Fedor speaks very highly of as someone to watch for out of Russia, Dmitrii Samoilenko and Fedor Emelianenko doing a quick seminar between the fights.
The photo gallery is here.
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
I've been wondering for a while now why and how Alessio Sakara has been getting fights in UFC. You just have to question Joe Silva and Dana White's thinking here. With numerous fighters getting cut from UFC due to 1 or 2 bad performances, this guy rides the coat tales of his highly questionable boxing career in Europe and a decision...
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) -- In what many are calling the best lightweight matchup of 2008, Kenny "KenFlo" Florian will square off against Roger "El Matador" Huerta in a battle that will move the winner one step closer to a 155-pound title shot. Huerta will take on Florian this summer when the Ultimate Fighting Championship presents UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY live from Target Center in Minneapolis Saturday, August 9, 2008.
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
Look, it's obvious Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson has an audience and he's generated an incredible amount of press, but the street fighter turned marketing bonanza is not Mike Tyson, he's not a champion, he's not much of anything but a green heavyweight with amateur ground skills.
He's also the fighter -- and he is that if nothing else.........
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
If you’re new to mixed martial arts or the fight game in general, WEC 34 could be the perfect tutorial for those fans getting hardcore into the sport. It not only had some great knockouts and stand up striking wars, but also some of the better grappling and technical battles that we’ve seen stacked on one MMA card. For being the .......
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
A night after numerous fights on CBS were stopped in a hurry, there wasn't much stopping at all at WEC 34 from Sacramento's ARCO arena. To simply say the night was long is an understatement, but...the night was long.
30 Donald Cerrone was by far the fastest man of the night, when at only (0:30) of round one he submitted Danny Castillo with an armbar. The victory by Cerrone was umm-uh, not surprising.....
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
Markham, ON, Canada – Round 5, manufacturer of North America’s first official MMA collectable figures, announced the line up for Series 2 of their Champions Line at a UFC celebrity studded launch event in Toronto, Canada. The event took place in the home town of Round 5’s head office and was sponsored by Yahoo! Canada , featuring guest appearances by UFC Heavyweight Champion, Randy “The Natural” Couture, and Former Lightweight Champion Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk, and hosted by marketing firm Pressure Creative + Design. Full Article
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
Michael Rome over at BloodyElbow.com has a piece rounding up all the quotes that have been blurbed by various people involved on EliteXC and the commission's end of the Young vs. Carano fight as well as some quotes from Young herself. Head over to BloodyElbow for the complete lowdown on the quotes, but I'll summarize.
Kaitlin stated that she never had an open wound, and that Dr. Sherry Wulkan cleared her to fight......
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MMA News Written by MMARR
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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LA Times
EliteXC’s inaugural event on CBS paid off big time. According to the numbers posted at MMAPayout.com, Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson garnered a viewership of 6.51 million people while Smith vs. Lawler hit 5.53 million and Carano vs. Young moved into 5th all-time at 4.68 million. Only Jackson vs. Henderson (5.93m) and Ortiz vs. Shamrock III (5.89m) were behind Kimbo and above both Smith and Young on the list:....
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
EliteXC's success in the ratings in their inaugural event may have sent a shockwave through the offices of many of the major networks. Sam Caplan posted some interesting hints at the possibility of NBC showing some live Strikeforce events in the future as well as becoming an pay-per-view partner with the MMA promotion. Interestingly enough, this was all structured into the contract before this weekend: According to sources, NBC has explored the idea of moving Strikeforce to a weekend afternoon timeslot and is considering a quarterly live special. It’s also included in their contract with Strikeforce that they can become a pay-per-view partner with the promotion. All of this was before EliteXC pulled a 3.0. You do the math.
Of course, we shouldn't read into this too much. Every MMA promotion that will likely get a network deal will have these clauses built into their contracts. A network wouldn't want to let a good thing go and working those types of clauses into the contract allows a promotion like Strikeforce to have those connections down the road if they are successful.
With a late night timeslot, Strikeforce has put up some surprising ratings. It's 5/25 ratings hit a 0.5 (534,000 viewers). It may not seem impressive to some fans, but the time slot in my region is around 2:30-3:30 at night. That's a significant amount of fans watching the event so late.
If NBC can take those figures along with what CBS did this past weekend, it's possible we may see the beginnings of an explosion for MMA on network television. It'll bring in more fans, more sponsors, and more money for the fighters. It's a win-win for the network and Strikeforce, but is it a win-win for the fans?
Hardcores may find it horrible that we'll have to deal with the constant barrage of casual fans claiming Kimbo is the greatest or Frank Shamrock would kill any UFC fighter. The fact of the matter is that the surge of MMA content on television will hopefully bring an era of a massive fanbase that is becoming more and more educated as it moves on.
Everyone and their brother is an expert on the Chicago Cubs here in Illinois, but that's because baseball fans happen to immerse themselves in the sport that they love. Hopefully we'll see that happen with MMA as we move on. With Affliction now throwing more money around and a great card, Adrenaline possibly making waves, and the possibility of the UFC and Strikeforce hitting network debuts, let's welcome to the new fans and educate them. Full Article
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