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 […]
Pride Fighting Championships, the world’s No.1 mixed martial arts promotion, announced yesterday Hidehiko Yoshida versus Royce Gracie for their New Years eve show at the Saitama Super Arena. New Years eve in Japan will be the biggest ever day for MMA as K-1 (world’s No.1 sports entertainment company) and Antonio Inoki will run shows all […]
Pride is expected to announce Ricardo Arona versus Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson for their New Years eve show. The talked about Kazushi Sakauraba versus Wanderlei Silva match won’t happen as Silva recently underwent surgery on his elbow as a result of the latest Grand Prix tournament.
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, […]
The Ultimate Fighting Champion and it’s parent company Zuffa, are in talks with Spike T.V and Fox Sports Net in view of signing a deal to air television. Vince McMahon is said to have given his blessing for Spike to sign a deal with the UFC. UFC president Dana White recently comfirmed that the company […]
‘Pedro Rizzo b Ricco Rodriguez via a unanimous decision in what was apparently the boring match the company both expected and was afraid of when they put it as a dark match. I doubt we’ll be seeing anything more than highlights on the PPV. Robbie Lawler vs. Chris Lytle is opening the show. Strong first […]
PRIDE ran their November 9th show at the Tokyo Dome, claiming 67,451 paid for a complete sell-out (at least $7 million dollars for the live gate). Results: Nobuhiko Takada made the announcement to the crowd that PRIDE would indeed have a 100%-PRIDE only fight show on New Year’s Eve on Fuji TV that would run […]