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By Rich Juzwiak This opening screenshot is presented without commentary. Because really, what else is there to say? Before we get to the action, I just want to point out that Ashley is reading Isabel Allende. For some reason, I find this extremely interesting. Anyway.

By Phil Adams Kenny Rice is back this week. Tonight's guests are Josh Thomson, Tito Ortiz, and Guy Mezger (Tito's bitch, according to a tee-shirt I saw once). We start out with a look at Elite XC's recent troubles. They have cancelled a 9/20 show, lost $55 million since starting, their heavywe...

By Kid Nate This division remains a mess! Despite a wealth of talented fighters and seven major promotions (UFC, WEC, EliteXC, DREAM, WVR, Afflictiong and Strikeforce) booking top fighters, there's more confusion than clarity at 185. First off, Anderson Silva has cleaned out the UFC middleweigh...

By Kid Nate Rankings were compiled from the following sites: TAGG Radio, MMA News, Sherdog, Cage Potato, MMA On Tap, Five Ounces of Pain, Houston Chronicle's Brawl Sports, WAMMA, MMA Fighting, MMA-ELO, FCFighter, 411 Mania, MMA Madness, FightMatrix, MMA Playground, HDNet/Insi...

By Kid Nate This division remains a mess! Despite a wealth of talented fighters and seven major promotions (UFC, WEC, EliteXC, DREAM, WVR, Afflictiong and Strikeforce) booking top fighters, there's more confusion than clarity at 185. First off, Anderson Silva has cleaned out the UFC middleweigh...

By noreply@blogger.com (Phil Strum) • By the way, when Miz crotched Bourne on the top rope, Todd Grisham calling that "the capital of Thailand" cracked me up once I figured out what it was. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok for those wondering. At least he didn't say the capital of Honduras. As Jonathan Taylor Thomas taught us in h...

By noreply@blogger.com (Phil Strum) • Striker did a great job putting over Dreamer's worth as a wrestler and character, but his match with Chavo Guerrero was just OK. Was not that surprised to see Chavo get the duke in this one. • Finlay vs. Mike Knox was hard-hitting and had a good backstory. I think there is more potential in the Kno...

By funnytiger Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter left us with quite a few fantastic fighters who still mix it up with the best of them in the UFC including: Forrest Griffin (Season 1 Light Heavyweight Winner), Stephan Bonnar, Diego Sanchez (Season 1 Middleweight Winner), Chris Leben, Josh Koscheck, Ken...

By brocknroll Batista vs. John Cena is one of the better matches that John Cena has ever been in. This match was won cleanly by Batista without any interferences this time. This match was great. Last night's Summerslam was decent and good. Score for WWE Summerslam 2008 = *** (3 Stars as in Good)

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By brocknroll Batista vs. John Cena is one of the better matches that John Cena has ever been in. This match was won cleanly by Batista without any interferences this time. This match was great. Last night's Summerslam was decent and good. Score for WWE Summerslam 2008 = *** (3 Stars as in Good)

By brocknroll Batista vs. John Cena is one of the better matches that John Cena has ever been in. This match was won cleanly by Batista without any interferences this time. This match was great. MVP vs. Jeff Hardy a was pretty good match as well, I like MVP, good performer and good wrestler. Two great wrestlers in...

By brocknroll The main event of the night was The Undertaker vs. Edge in a Hell In a Cell match. It was a great match. Both men, Undertaker and Edge performed great. I never really like Edge and I always get bored watching the wrestler Edge, but I actually enjoyed him in this match. Edge pulled on some really great...

By Adam Wagner Personally, I thought Lesnar looked like a child, or at least an idiot. But then again, I enjoy the Thiago Silva throat slit or even the Tito Ortiz cemetery burial from time to time. It wasn’t so much Lesnar’s rodeo roping as it was the pointing and laughing.

By Adam Wagner Personally, I thought Lesnar looked like a child, or at least an idiot. But then again, I enjoy the Thiago Silva throat slit or even the Tito Ortiz cemetery burial from time to time. It wasn’t so much Lesnar’s rodeo roping as it was the pointing and laughing.

Finally we have come to the final match in this review, The Hell in the Cell match. In this match we will see “ The Deadman ” The Undertaker who will face “ The Rated R Superstar” Edge. This storyline has started a long time ago when Edge cashed in the Money in The Bank briefcase and defeated The Und...

By Cannon J Did you like EliteXC's first, or second CBS show better?  It may be more a question of what more people like - including casual fans.  However, I tend to believe that keeping the hardcore base of MMA fans satisfied is extremely important for the sport in the long-term.  If you are one who belie...

By Phil Strum(noreply@blogger.com) • Santino Marella is fantastic. I am pretty sure I heard Jerry "Stupid" Lawler (as Santino says) laugh out loud more than once at a few of the things Santino said while at the broadcast table. One was when he referred to Michael Cole as Michael Hole. The other was when he referenced Brangelina an...

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In addition, the characters themselves seem like spitting images of their real-life counterparts. Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Rampage–every character is instantly recognizable, and without a photograph, you would be hard-pressed to point out flaws in the models. This is even more notab...

Press releases and teasers for the newest MMA video game, UFC 2009 ‘Undisputed’ continue to build up hype in the gaming world as THQ and Zuffa look to cash in on the raging popularity of the sport by taking the Octagon and a stable of 80 fighters into the digital realm.

By CagE The fact that GSP couldn’t finish Fitch is a testament to Jon’s enormous heart. Fitch was rocked and dropped several times and consistently took a beating throughout the fight. But, he never quit and never stopped moving forward. Although Fitch displayed true spirit, GSP was never in any re...

By Kierkegaard Something I haven't yet seen much comment on is the knees.  I was impressed with Lesnar's use of the knees when he had Herring down.  More people should take advantage of those knees to the body and kidneys; devastating shots -- just ask Matt Serra how devastating they can be.

By Kierkegaard Something I haven't yet seen much comment on is the knees.  I was impressed with Lesnar's use of the knees when he had Herring down.  More people should take advantage of those knees to the body and kidneys; devastating shots -- just ask Matt Serra how devastating they can be.

Thumbs way up. There wasn't a bad match on the show, everyone I wanted to win, did, andthe outcomes were, in some cases, better than can be reasonably expected. Any one ofthese fights was more enjoyable than Jackson/Griffin, which I've watched a couple oftimes now and just don't get. Anyway. B...

By Jesse Holland Prediction: Gamburyan via unanimous decision Prediction: Huerta via unanimous decision That’s a wrap, folks. For the complete UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” fight card click here. Remember to come check us out this weekend for the latest results, recaps and thoughts on Saturday’s fights.

By bfowlkes Next big thing, or MMA’s Ryan Leaf?)

By bfowlkes Goldstein: For me, it’s still the light-heavyweights, mainly because it’s the only division where the champion looks extremely vulnerable. While it’s difficult to establish contenders who are on the level of BJ Penn, GSP, Anderson Silva, and Minotauro Nogueira — and it’s not easy to ge...

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I follow MMA pretty closely, and we sell close to as many MMA tickets as anyone but the big ticket houses like Stubhub..and have not had one inquiry on this Elite XC show, and we usually get a lot of action on Northern California shows. We get calls for most Strikeforce shows, definitely lots for...

By Rich Juzwiak Remember… Hulk is watching. ALWAYS. We open on Brooke and Glenn’s not-yet-completed search for a third roommate.

By Steve Cofield Any word that Affliction "Banned" and Ultimate Fight Night 14 going at it head-to-head was bad for the sport was squashed by the Fedor Emelianenko and Anderson Silva performances. The Affliction card was a huge success but there were some gaffs to chronicle.

By guest CB Dollaway def. Jesse Taylor via submission (choke), 3:58, round one. Rounds Two Frankie Edgar def. Hermes Franca via unanimous decision, 5:00, round three. Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy (light heavyweight) Brandon Vera def. Reese Andy via unanimous decision, 5:00, round three.

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By J Wright After the event took place ESPN decided to do a little interview with Kimbo Slice on what was said about him by rival Bret Rodgers in the press conference.  Here's the deal. With ESPN doing specials on wannabes like Kimbo, they are not showing the true fighters of MMA.  

By Scooter What’s your favorite WWE memory? I know everyone says this, but it has to be watching Hogan bodyslam Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III. My dad ordered the pay-per-view and let me watch it with him, which was a big deal. As a kid, that match was the one I always remembered.

By noreply@blogger.com (Phil Strum) The top secondary guys right now are Chris Jericho (face), Shawn Michaels (face) and Mr. Kennedy (face). That doesn't even cover ECW, where their title feud is Kane (face) vs. Big Show (face) or SmackDown!, where I can't even think of who other than Batista (who is taking time off soon) would c...

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By noreply@blogger.com (Phil Strum) The WWE champion is Triple H (face). His top challengers are John Cena (face) and Jeff Hardy (face). That doesn't even cover ECW, where their title feud is Kane (face) vs. Big Show (face) or SmackDown!, where I can't even think of who other than Batista (who is taking time off soon) would challe...

Kimbo, however, was struggling with Thompson, and, had he not been saved by the bell in the second, would’ve lost the fight. Perhaps knowing this, and perhaps realizing that the object here was for Kimbo to win, the ref stopped the fight prematurely after Slice made that thing on Thompson’...

By brocknroll The best match of the night was the main event WWE Championship match. You will see Triple H with the belt on tomorrow's RAW. It's great to finally see Triple H with the belt back. It's been a long time coming! After at least 2 long years of WWE superstar Triple H haven’t had the WWE Championship, h...

By Phil DiLiegro From Miami, FL WrestleMania Analysis: Here are my essentially obligatory remarks on the biggest show of the year, match-by-match. I conclude my remarks with a traditional star rating for the workrate of the match and a more important rating encompassing the overall eff...

Let's start with the least important and the least cared about match, the ECW title. There will be a twenty four man battle royal, which I think will take place before the actual PPV broadcast starts and then later in the night the winner will challenge ECW champion, Chavo Guerrero for the ti...

By Michael David Smith This is a statement that's about as well informed as Rush Limbaugh's statement that the NFL resembles the Bloods and the Crips. Have you ever seen a street fight where there's a doctor on hand who's trained in diagnosing and treating cuts and concussions and who has the authority to end the f...

The 60 day suspension, without pay, for a second violation of the WWE Wellness Program of Jeff Hardy is making headlines on several fronts. This is Jeff’s second strike and with one more he is out of the WWE, which would be a terrible waste of talent and opportunity. To say I am disappointed in t...

By Neal Taflinger Dr. Cindy Bir wasn’t a fan of mixed martial arts before she started working on the new installment of “Fight Science.“ “Fight Science: Mixed Martial Arts” sets out to measuring the power and accuracy of MMA fighters’ punches and kicks, exploring the mechanics of grappling, and examining t...

Anywho, Smackdown was not very good. Such an average show with some bad wrestling. The dark main event was Edge and The Edgeheads vs. Punk, Rey, and Batista. A very fun six man in which Rey won with a frog splash on one of the Edgeheads. The babyfaces celebrated in the ring forever.

Six Person tag: Noble, Palumbo, and McCool vs. Miz, Morrison, Layla. Match went on for a bit until Palumbo and Noble went face to face in the ring. Palumbo pushed Noble into the ropes causing McCool to fall down. She was put onto an EMT board. Palumbo then made a HEEL TURN~! by beating down Noble on t...

By Irie Rujah Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes via Submission (Round 2: 4:54) The main event featured Georges St. Pierre, or who we in the UFC world call GSP, and he is the man. Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision Who's next for Liddell? Definitely not Rampage.

By Irie Rujah Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Sokoudjou via submission - Round 2, 4:20 James Irvin def. Luis Cane via disqualification - Round 1, 1:51 Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev via unanimous decision Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans via unanimous decision

By Bob Parsons Dr. Livingston wrote that Go Daddy's first two Super Bowl commercials featured Go Daddy Girl Candice Michelle "almost baring her breasts." Had Dr. Livingston actually watched the ads, she would have known that we weren't even permitted to show cleavage much less Candice "almost baring an...

By King_Of_King$ Well anyway, why do all of you hate John Cena? I know. Remember when John Cena first appeared on Smackdown and disrespected Kurt Angle? Remember when John Cena used to come out and rap and rhymes about everyone? Remember when he used to disrespect everyone with his rhymes? THAT what made Joh...

By UFC Junkie Sherk, after all, will be sitting ringside for tonights De La Hoya vs. Mayweather fight, which takes place at the the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Based on the past few days’ of coverage, Iole looks like he will cover both boxing and MMA.