Full Tilt Poker Fiasco Makes UFC Brass Guilty By Association
By: Rich Bergeron The raids and government shutdowns and seizures of FullTiltPoker.com, PokerStars.com, and AbsolutePoker.com on April 15 of this year changed more than just the poker landscape in the United States. The FBI named the sites and their principal owners and operators in indictments for bank fraud, illegal gambling, and money laundering. And they […]
‘Maluco’ going hunting at MFC 31; Dhiego Lima aiming for title shot with convincing win over Martin
By MFC Staff How does a fighter get a nickname? Sometimes it’s a play on his first or last name, maybe a takeoff on where the fighter is from or his ethnic heritage, other times it’s simply an innocent comment taken to the extreme. After three fights and a dramatic rise to becoming the organization’s […]
JAMES “WHITEY” BULGER, AKA THE GUY WHO SCARED DANA WHITE OUT OF SOUTH BOSTON, CAPTURED IN CALIFORNIA
By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] JAMES “Whitey” BULGER, at left, saw his 16-year-stint on the run from the law end Wednesday in Santa Monica California. The nickname “Whitey” was one that Bulger was said to detest, but it stuck to the Irish Mobster-turned-FBI-Informant and was just one aspect that helped make the career criminal into […]