DANA’S “BIG ANNOUNCEMENT” & NEW YORK’S MMA LEGALIZATION PUT ON HOLD
by: Jack Bratcher Everyone was anxiously awaiting was has now become known as “the big announcement.” Disappointment has often been the case when major announcements are promised but hopefully this time it will be different. There’s been somewhat conflicing reports coming out today about what actually happened in New York as the legalization of MMA […]
DANA WHITE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL “ROCK THE MMA WORLD!”
by: Jack Bratcher [mpinpage] Ryan Hockensmith over at ESPN The Mag, has a great new interview with the president of the UFC, Dana White. In the interview Dana says they are planning to make an announcement next week that will “rock the MMA world.” What in the world could it be? Any ideas? Usually, […]
TITO FLIES INTO AN ANTI-DANA WHITE RAGE
Gary Shaw Dreams About a Tito vs. Kimbo Fight
by: Jack Bratcher
UFC STARTING TO RESEMBLE SURVIVOR: MORE FIGHTERS VOTED OFF THE ISLAND
By: Rich Bergeron Although the UFC maintains it is slimming down their roster to “assure fighters can be scheduled more frequently and to avoid long layoffs between fights” the recent torch snuffing of Din Thomas, Tommy Speer, and Kuniyoshi Hironaka seems to be yet another sign of the organization neglecting to put their fighters first. […]
NABC FILES SUIT AGAINST HDNET FIGHTS
By: Rich Bergeron Did the North American Boxing Council beat HDNet Fights to the punch on the idea of a “unifying brand for fighters and events” in the MMA industry? That’s the question at the heart of a dispute going on in Marion Superior Court in Indiana between the NABC and HDNet. The NABC complaint […]
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER – Episode 5 RECAP
Dante Rivera Takes on Brandon Sene in 3-round Week 5 finale By: Jack Bratcher [mpinpage] In pre-fight shenanigans there’s a fighter named Jeremy May who is on team Rampage who puts some lemon juice in Matt Brown’s dip. Brown finds out, gets pissed and promises him they will fight in the Octagon when the […]
IFL CEO JAY LARKIN POINTS TO TROUBLE FOR MMA INDUSTRY
MMA411.COM’s Lotfi Sariahmed recently interviewed IFL CEO Jay Larkin and touched on multiple facets of the fight game in general, although much of the conversation naturally centered around mixed martial arts. Larkin, like Gary Shaw of EliteXC, has some boxing background and still moves in those circles in addition to his MMA responsibilities. For instance, […]
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