Ben Fowlkes: Heavyweight division largely crippled by co-promotional demands It’s one of those things that must have seemed like a great idea at the time. Fedor Emelianenko, the world’s best heavyweight fighter, had suddenly become a free agent. All Strikeforce needed to do to snare him was agree to a shadowy co-promotional deal with his [...]
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Ben Fowlkes: Heavyweight division largely crippled by co-promotional demands
Posted by on March 13th, 2010
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No Comments »Ben Fowlkes: Toney’s UFC trial may be freak show, but fans will still watch
Posted by on March 10th, 2010
Ben Fowlkes: Toney’s UFC trial may be freak show, but fans will still watch After a public campaign that featured press conference outbursts, incoherent Internet videos and even a cable TV cameo, former three-division champion boxer James Toney finally got what he wanted this week — a contract with the UFC. Read more on Sports [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: featured press, watch, ufc, fowlkes, still, sports, trial, public campaign, freak, james toney No Comments »Ben Fowlkes: Masato bow’s out with big win
Posted by on January 4th, 2010
Ben Fowlkes: Masato bow’s out with big win To American fight fans, the New Year’s Eve Fields Dynamite!! Event was likely another chance to see the stars of Japanese MMA thrown together on one packed card. Inside the colossal Saitama Super Arena, however, that was all pre-amble to Masato’s big night. Read more on Sports [...]
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Ben Fowlkes: Mir confused over backlash to Lesnar comments
Ben Fowlkes: Mir confused over backlash to Lesnar comments Just because Frank Mir apologized, that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s sorry. It doesn’t even mean that he knows precisely what he’s supposed to be sorry for. Sure, he may have told a California radio station that he hates UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar and would like [...]