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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...
Josh Barnett Cuts a "Hard Times" Promo at Strikeforce Open Workouts
Josh Barnett is one of the most talked about names in MMA's heavyweight division, and it's not always good. In fact, it's hardly good. He's failed drug tests for steroids multiple times, and his most recent failure was the final nail in the coffin for Affliction's MMA promoting run, and we missed...
The Heavyweight War of 2011: Strikeforce Takes the Fight to Japan?
The battle between the UFC and Strikeforce for dominance in the heavyweight division is on the horizon and the first shot will soon be fired, with the first round of quarterfinal fights in the Strikeforce world heavyweight grand prix taking place February 12th. The UFC is countering...
"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...
Cageside Quote: M-1 Global Pushing for "Strict Drug Testing" During Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix
Tuesday, M-1 Global held a press conference for an upcoming M-1 event, Vadim Finkelstein and Fedor Emelianenko were both in attendance, and were asked question regarding the Strikeforce HW GP. Here is what Finkelstein had to say when asked about drug testing in the tournament. Thanks to LowKick...
Kimbo Slice to Wrestle in IGF 8-man Tournament
Kevin Ferguson, better known as the internet sensation Kimbo Slice, will try his hand at professional wrestling. According to Zach Arnold at FightOpinion, Kimbo will be making a pit stop on his path into the world of boxing, having agreed to face Shinichi "Wakakirin" Suzukawa in the Inoki Genome...
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...
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