Entries from January 2008
The new edition of Head-to-Head is currently live on CBS Sports. You’ll notice that new editions now feature the respective records of the analysts. I’m not going to point out that I’m currently tied for first. I’m just going to assume that you’ll take note of it all on your own.
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We’ve all wondered in the past what it would take to officially make MMA a mainstream sport. Nevermind the TV deals and big name endorsements (Mickey’s replay, anyone?), I think we’ve finally got our answer. According to Adam Swift, Ice Cube’s internet television network, UVNTV.com, has agreed to create an MMA channel as part of […]
As was first reported by The Oregonian, former IFL and Bodog fighter Chris Wilson will be joining the UFC to take on Jon Fitch at UFC 82. Wilson took the fight when Akihiro Gono was forced to pull out with an injured hand, but what’s perhaps most surprising is that “The Professor” will be […]
We all know Brock Lesnar is a physical specimen. One look at his action-figure physique and cartoonishly square head tells us that he’s probably gifted when it comes to hurting other people. But what’s going on upstairs for “The Next Big Thing”? According to Kurt Angle, who worked alongside Lesnar in the WWE, not much. […]
If there’s one thing I learned from last night’s UFC Fight Night on Spike TV (aside from the fact that “Rambo” comes out this Friday — did you guys know Stallone is Rambo?), it’s that there’s a reason some guys are main event fighters and some guys aren’t. Josh Burkman and Mike Swick? Sorry, they […]
