FanHouse: MMA fighter dies after making debut Michael Kirkham died early Monday following his professional MMA debut this past Saturday on a pro and amateur card in Aiken, S.C. Kirkham, a lightweight nicknamed “Tree” for towering at 6-feet-9, was 30. Read more on Sports Illustrated
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FanHouse: MMA fighter dies after making debut
Posted by on July 1st, 2010
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Posted by on July 1st, 2010
FanHouse: MMA fighter dies after making debut Michael Kirkham died early Monday following his professional MMA debut this past Saturday on a pro and amateur card in Aiken, S.C. Kirkham, a lightweight nicknamed “Tree” for towering at 6-feet-9, was 30. Read more on Sports Illustrated
Vancouver sports bars benefit from MMA popularity
Posted by on June 4th, 2010
Vancouver sports bars benefit from MMA popularity A mix of cheers and gasps echoes through the Sin Bin sports bar on West Second Avenue when Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Kendall Grove lands the first blow on his opponent, Mark Munoz, during UFC 112. Read more on Vancouver Sun
Posted in MMA News Tags: vancouver bars, echoes, popularity, second avenue, ultimate fighting championship, sin bin, first blow, sports bar, cheers, opponent No Comments »Sportsline: A brief look at the sports news of the day
Posted by on May 28th, 2010
Sportsline: A brief look at the sports news of the day A pep talk from the Swiss Davis Cup captain helped Roger Federer get back on track and advance in straight sets Wednesday at the French Open. Read more on USA Today
Posted in MMA News Tags: french open, roger federer, news of the day, news, sportsline, look, sports, pep talk, brief, straight sets No Comments »Inflict Sports Premium Leather MMA Gloves -Large
Posted by on May 14th, 2010
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Posted in MMA Gloves Tags: inflict mma, leather, high quality, premium, grappling gloves, leather gloves, large, genuine leather, product description, sports No Comments »Josh Gross: Penn, Silva fail to shine in UFC’s Middle Eastern debut
Posted by on April 12th, 2010
Josh Gross: Penn, Silva fail to shine in UFC’s Middle Eastern debut Well, we won’t have a hard time remembering the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first effort in Abu Dhabi. In the shadows of all things red, fast and Italian, Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta came to the Arabian Peninsula touting two high-performance machines [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: ufc, eastern, high performance, josh, silva, lorenzo fertitta, fail, penn, debut, hard time No Comments »Twitter consumes sports world
Posted by on March 21st, 2010
Twitter consumes sports world Wheels up. Read more on The Shreveport Times
Posted in MMA News Tags: shreveport times, wheels, sports world, world, sports, twitter, consumes, world sports No Comments »Ben Fowlkes: Heavyweight division largely crippled by co-promotional demands
Posted by on March 13th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: cronies, heavyweight, fowlkes, division, largely, demands, heavyweight division, free agent, copromotional, logos 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 [...]
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Posted by on March 6th, 2010
Josh Gross: Looking ahead to WEC 47; February’s MMA Rankings What do you get when half of of the 10 best bantamweights in mixed martial arts appear on the same card? A couple things. The obvious response this week is WEC 47, which takes place Saturday evening in Columbus, Ohio. The more pertinent answer, though, [...]
Posted in MMA News Tags: rankings, february's, mixed martial arts, looking, josh, saturday evening, sports, ahead, gross, mma No Comments »Josh Gross: Past continues to mold Cruz’s future
Posted by on March 6th, 2010
Josh Gross: Past continues to mold Cruz’s future Dominick Cruz doesn’t do negative. It would have been too easy. And he doesn’t do that either. Read more on Sports Illustrated
Josh Gross: How good a mixed martial artist can Toney become?
Posted by on March 4th, 2010
Josh Gross: How good a mixed martial artist can Toney become? In his autobiography penned with Sherdog.com news editor Loretta Hunt, Randy Couture revealed that he received an offer from the UFC in 2006 to fight two-division champion boxer James Toney. Four years later, Toney has finally signed with the UFC, reigniting the possibility of [...]
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Posted by on February 19th, 2010
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Posted by on February 19th, 2010
Josh Gross: Nogueira, Velasquez headline UFC 110 in Sydney Sunday afternoons aren’t often reserved for fighting. Not so this weekend in Sydney, Australia, where the Ultimate Fighting Championship charges onto its fifth continent boasting the second quickest sellout in its history. Read more on Sports Illustrated
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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 [...]