Archive for February 2009

Chuck Mindenhall, UFC – It’s a fickle thing, mixed martial arts. In a short space of time—a year, a month, a round, a punch—a fighter can tumble from the mountaintops to the pedestrian ranks with all the empty denial of a pickpocket victim. It’s a cruel sport that way. For those who’re able to re-ascend, [...]

Frank Curreri, WEC – Bart Palaszewski has fought in Texas before, he just doesn’t recall which city. “It was the southern part,” Palaszewski said after scanning his brain for a few seconds in vain. “I know because after the fight we had too many beers and me and (Jeff) Curran almost went to Mexico.” News [...]

Elliot Worsell, UFC – Last Saturday night at The O2 in London, welterweight Paul Kelly wanted a war. He wanted to get dirty. He wanted to be knocked around so much he forgot the troubles occupying his mind. Paul Kelly wanted to be punished. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .

There’s more than meets the eye with standout Juan Diaz. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Chuck Mindenhall, UFC – It’s said that during the Hyborean Age, Conan the Barbarian trained just outside the northern town of Aguilona, mostly working his pecs with barbell curls. Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch, in very stark contrast, trains in his garage. Boetsch, it should be noted, is also nonfiction—but everybody has icons. News Source: UFC.com. [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, WEC – When Rob McCullough woke up, it wasn’t the roll out of the bed, stretch your legs and prepare for the rest of the day type of wake-up. No, this was quite different. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .

Elliot Worsell, UFC – One recurring theme has run through the last two UFC shows to hit England – Terry Etim is getting better and better with each and every fight. Whisper it quietly, though. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – The Ultimate Fighting Championship today announced that it has signed top-ten middleweight contender Yoshihiro Akiyama to an exclusive promotional contract that will see him step into the UFC Octagon for the first time this summer. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .

Manny Pacquiao, widely considered boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter, voluntarily relinquished his WBC lightweight world title Tuesday. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Former Olympic boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux defected to the United States, 18 months after he was kicked off the Cuba team as punishment for a previous defection attempt. Farah Colina said Tuesday her husband had no choice but to flee Cuba if he wanted to box again. “I’m surprised on one level because he left [...]

Did Oscar De La Hoya disrespect Manny Pacquiao in a recent interview? News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Mike Russell, UFC – For the past few years, the repetitive monotony of the daily routine of Jason Day’s life had begun to eerily parallel that of Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors from the movie “Groundhog Day”. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .

Frank Curreri, WEC – No, you’re not imagining things. Jose “Junior” Aldo is back again. The 22-year-old phenom is Texas-bound for his fourth WEC fight in the past eight months. The Brazilian is set to lock horns with an extremely powerful and aggressive Iraqi war veteran named Chris Mickle (31-11-2), who doesn’t seem to care [...]

Seven months after suffering a near-fatal brain injury in the ring, welterweight Oscar Diaz was released from University Hospital on Monday. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Michael DiSanto, UFC – Diego Sanchez entered the Octagon last Saturday night with one major question hanging over his head: would the cut to 155 lbs adversely affect his performance?Sanchez answered that question in resounding fashion with a solid unanimous decision win over Joe Stevenson. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .