Entries from November 2007
Journeyman fighter Dennis Hallman tested positive for two types of steroids following his heelhook submission victory over Jeremiah Metcalf on Nov. 16, according to the California State Athletic Commission, making him the most surprising and disappointing positive-testee since Royce Gracie. Hallman — an excellent grappler and hard-working fighter with over fifty bouts to his credit […]
There’s this internet thing people are doing. No, not porn. They’re doing that too, but I feel we don’t need to mention it the same way we don’t need to mention that people are checking their email. What I’m referring to are memes. It’s some kind of hip new blog thing […]
Last night’s episode of TUF made me realize that as much as I complain about the show, I really enjoy it. I also really hate it, but I enjoy hating it. It’s kind of like the way I love making fun of soccer. Sure, when all the Greeks in my neighborhood are […]
In this age of interim titles and overhyped fights, it’s easy to forget about the very real title fight down the road. I speak now, of course, of Anderson Silva and Dan Henderson. It may also be known as the fight Henderson should have taken immediately upon coming to the UFC, but better […]
Brazilian middleweight Paulo Filho apparently won’t be accepting an invitation to train with Chuck Liddell in advance of “The Iceman’s” match with Wanderlei Silva, according to Brazilian website Tatame. Though he’ll be in the U.S. to defend his WEC title, and though he has previously made it known just how much he hates Chute Boxe […]
