Wrestling 101The strongly rumoured fight between Genki Sudo and Butterbean is finally official. According to K-1 officials, 155 pounder Genki Sudo will fight 300 lbs plus Butterbean. The bout will be MMA rules and will be 5 three minute rounds. Butterbean was destroyed in his last appearance in Japan against Mike Bernardo under K-1 rules, while Sudo […]
Din Thomas and Ricardo Liborio of American Top Team will most likely not be fighting at the New Year’s Eve K-1 show, as both of their opponents have pulled out of their original fights. Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira will not be fighting at any of the New Year’s Eve shows, as he is still healing […]
Here is the latest card for the upcoming UFC 46: Supernatural show on the 31st of January 2004. Note that all fights without rumour written beside them are currently official. Lee Murray vs Jorge Rivera (Rumour) Josh Thomson vs Hermes Franca BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes Randy Couture vs Vitor Belfort Matt Serra vs Javier […]
According to MMA Weekly: It appears that unless attempts by Phil Baroni to appeal are upheld, the Nevada State Athletic Commission will honor the one-year suspension levied by the Department of Athletic Regulations for the Mohegan Sun for punching referee Larry Landless. In a conversation with NSAC Executive Director Marc Ratner, Ratner stated “I have […]
That’s right, it’s official. Frank Mir will fight Wes Sims in a highly anticipated rematch at UFC 46 on the 31st of January 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a real grudge match, as the two fighters originally fought back at UFC 43 in June of this year. Mir won that match by disqualification, […]
Hello again readers and welcome to the roundup of UFC 45: Revolution. So, did the first UFC event broadcasted on PPV in Europe in over a year live up to expectation or did it flop completely? In the following recap all will be revealed, as I will cover each part of the show with an honest review complete with results and the highs and lows of the event. Do read on for the complete rundown of the show, but I do warn you, as this recap contains spoilers.
Hi again. I’m Joe Reilly and welcome to the second edition of ‘Off The Hook’ where I report and examine the latest happenings of the MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) world. In this issue I will take a closer look at the upcoming show: UFC 45. However the main focus of this edition is an analysis of the ground game in MMA. Are you new to the sport of MMA and even if your not, have you grasped the mystery of the ground game of MMA yet? Read on and all will be revealed about the biggest mystery of MMA to most new fans to the sport.
MMA fans across Europe through the SFUK forum (UK MMA forum) are working together by designing, printing out and distributing flyers and posters to help promote the upcoming UFC 45: Revolution event on Setanta Sport. Setanta Sport are a relatively small PPV provider compared to SKY Box Office, so the fans on SFUK took it […]
Setanta Sport have now confirmed that UFC 45: Revolution will also be available to NTL and Telewest customers through their ‘TV on Demand’ option. This is great news for the European fans that haven’t got Sky Digital.
The future of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) in Europe on PPV is believed by many to be at stake on the number of PPV buys Setanta Sports gets for the upcoming UFC 45: Revolution show, which is live on Sky Digital at 2.30am November 21st (technically the 22nd). The latest news on this whole situation […]