Morning Quick Hits: Versus on DirecTV, Jason MacDonald Replaces Denis Kang
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 5, 2010 10:14 AM EST
in MMA News
Email
Print
- Yesterday Jonathan Snowden broke news on Cage Potato that Versus would be returning to DirecTV quietly next week as a part of a sports package. Unfortunately for us MMA fans several other sources have said that a deal is not close to being done and that Versus will not accept being part of a sports package.
- Denis Kang suffered a neck injury and according to Top MMA News will be replaced in his W-1 fight with Vernon "Tiger" White by Jason MacDonald. So the event will go on as scheduled with Vernon White vs. [UFC Washout].
- I've been asking around and hitting many more dead ends than usual on the status of the Strikeforce event and potentially moving it to April 24. I'm going to go ahead and say that no one (even those at CBS or Strikeforce) has any idea what date that show will end up on. But it does seem that they're aware that it's not hurting them to go heads up with the Super Six card on Showtime if need be.
- I was out at the bar with Scott Christ of Bad Left Hook last night and, while our wives were talking about how they need to go clothes shopping, we were talking about James Toney in the UFC. It really reinforced many concerns about Toney in the UFC. Stylistically he depends so much on shoulder rolls and defense while up against the ropes right now in boxing. He will have to change his entire game to find any success in the Octagon. While a Ray Mercer or a Ricardo Mayorga can do what they always do and try to flip a guy's switch with one punch, Toney can't try and be a cute, defensive boxer when he can get taken down while going into his shell.
- Finally, for those of you who enjoy interviews with fighters who aren't at the major leagues yet, go check out MMA For Real's interview with North Carolina prospect Joseph Carroll.
15 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
hrrr
I was all excited yesterday thinkingt versus was coming back to directv
"Toney can't try and be a cute, defensive boxer ..."
Toney is a defensive genius and a master of the lost art of inside fighting. Freddie Roach calls him the most naturally gifted boxer he has ever seen.
No one thinks his going to the UFC is dumber than I do, but there’s nothing “cute” about what he does.
Although detractors decry (MMA) as a brutal, bloody form of human cockfighting, aficionados know it is a brutal, bloody, totally fucking awesome form of human cockfighting. -The Onion
by The Kittitas Kid on Mar 5, 2010 9:59 AM EST reply actions
Doesn’t have a lot of power, tries to frustrate through defense, unorthodox style. These are kind of characteristics of a modern “cutie” in boxing are they not?
I’m not shitting on his style…he is very good at what he does in the boxing right (less so now than in his heyday).
Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
MMA Editor - SBNation.com
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 5, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks for the mention Brent…Joe is a class act…you can tell that guys passion just listening to him(that’s the best thing about these up and comers)…and he will absolutely take your arm home with him…not to mention his brother is a beast as well…and is in negotiations to be on that Shine Fights card here in NC in May.
http://www.mmaforreal.com
Follow Me On Twitter@MMA4Real
God Im praying they get the versus vs. Direct tv done by the jones card.
by rampage.yo on Mar 5, 2010 10:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I SUCK...
Since no one else called me out on it. Denis Kang, not Dennis Kang
Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
MMA Editor - SBNation.com
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 5, 2010 11:24 AM EST reply actions
actually it is a breath of fresh air nobody called you out on a typo
‘mistakes’ like that usually cost the boards a 50 comment discussion between phildo and orcus on the merits of recession therapy.
UFC Washout huh….
Maybe, but as my main man Shatner says….“It’s better to be a has been, then a never was”
by Din71 on Mar 5, 2010 12:23 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Oh, no doubt. I didn’t mean to suggest that they suck because they couldn’t stick around at the absolute pinnacle of the sport. I just meant they’re swapping one guy out for another who has the same “UFC Veteran” tag that is so popular on regional show posters.
Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
MMA Editor - SBNation.com
by Brent Brookhouse on Mar 5, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
Jason “the mathlete” MacDonald. I miss watching him get beat down in th octogon.
Be a man, not a child-Phil Anselmo
by ANance on Mar 5, 2010 1:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Recommended FanPosts
Recent FanPosts
MMA Rankings
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
