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More DREAM New Year's Goodness: If You Want Barnett, You Got It!
This DREAM New Year's Eve event is turning out to be like Wrestlemania, a UFC Super Bowl weekend, and a Smackgirl card all rolled into one delicious little burrito of goodness. You want some cool MMA? Here's Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii! But where is my women's MMA? Megumi Fujii vs. Karla...
Josh Barnett, Bobby Lashley Return To Pro Wrestling At Japanese Event
It wasn't in the Strikeforce cage, but former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett returned to action Friday in Tokyo, Japan, competing in a pro wrestling match against former K-1 star Jerome Le Banner. In the main event at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2011 in front of almost 8700, Le Banner won the match by...
Book Review: Say Uncle! Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling
Jake Shannon's Say Uncle!: Catch-As-Catch Can Wrestling and the Roots of Ultimate Fighting, Pro Wrestling & Modern Grappling is a valuable addition to the fighting sports library. Shannon runs the Scientific Wrestling web site -- a great resource for anyone curious about catch wrestling -- and has...
"I DON'T NEED ANYBODY TO TELL ME TO DO IT OR GIVE ME PERMISSION, I JUST WANT TO FIGHT"
The above quote is from disgraced Heavyweight Josh Barnett from tonight's episode of Inside MMA on HDNet. The story of Josh Barnett and State Athletic commissions not being on the same page is pretty extensive with his latest failure causing the death of Affliction. Through all of this, Barnett has...
Fedor's Manager Requests Drug Testing for Heavyweight Semi-Finals
Vadim Finkelstein talks to Sports.ru: (roughly translated by Google) "The only thing I said and will say, Fedor - is clean. He trains in the mountains, to improve endurance, and from the eight fighters, they have already caught two for doping - Josh Barnett and Antonio Silva. And surely someone...
Strikeforce Heavyweight Tournament Preview: Josh Barnett
"We need to see who sits at the head of this table and that’s what this tournament is going to figure out. As far as I’m concerned that’s going to be me." Josh "The Babyfaced Assassin" Barnett (29-5) -300 Win Geronimo dos Santos - TKO (Punches) Impact FC 1 Win Siala-Mou Siliga - Submission...
Quote of the Day: Josh Barnett Talks Dana White
"Anything to be a detriment and it's not even just with me, it's got to do with anyone that isn't UFC, (Dana White) wants to cut it down. He wants to ruin it." ..."His end of it is entertainment. (But when) The actual root aspect of fighting is concerned, he's is a hindrance. He's unnecessary....
Josh Barnett Talks Steroids, Strikeforce Tournament
Josh Barnett, former UFC champion and Pride Fighting star, hasn't fought in the U.S. since failing a drug test in 2009. That was his third time to be popped for steroids by an athletic commission testing regime. He remains unrepentant and denies having cheated, but he does think other fighters are...
Fabricio Werdum Isn't Happy About "Giving" Alistair Overeem a Rematch
Two-time BJJ world champion, two-time ADCC champion, and UFC and Pride veteran Fabricio Werdum shocked the world when he choked out Fedor Emelianenko in 2010. Now he'll challenge Alistair Overeem for the Strikeforce title in the first round of their heavyweight tournament. He talked to Tatame...
Scott Coker thinks athletic commissions need to 'let Josh Barnett make a living'
Props: MMAWeekly.com Quoteworthy: "The thing with Josh is, this guy has an issue with California. I totally understand, he's gotta go through it. But the guy hasn't fought in North America for (two years), and he's not even on suspension. Is he gonna get licensed in California? I think that's...
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