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Herschel Walker Lends His Considerable Credibility to an MMA Fighter's Union
Most major sports in the U.S. have players union. Football, baseball, basketball, and hockey players all leverage the power of collective bargaining to fight the power and money of the team owners. Boxers don't have a union, but they do have the Muhammad Ali Act. Wikipedia describes the act: In...
USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Middleweight
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Anderson Silva 100 UFC 1 2 Chael Sonnen 95 UFC 2 3 Jake Shields 91 UFC 3 3 Nate Marquardt 85 UFC 4 5 Vitor Belfort 80 UFC 5 6 Demian Maia 78 UFC 6 7 Dan...
Bloody Elbow Exclusive: Team Quest Leader Matt Lindland Responds to Ed Herman's MMA Junkie Diatribe
Middleweight Ed Herman is starting fresh in Colorado, making plans to get his career back on track after a devestating knee injury cost him a year in the middle of his fighting prime. Fighters move around the country all the time, swapping teams and making a fresh start. But few leave with quite as...
EA Sports MMA - Light Heavyweight Fighters Announced
Murilo Rua, Matt Lindland, Kevin Randleman, Dan Henderson, Alistair Overeem Vladimir Matyushenko, Muhammed Lawal, Scott Smith, Roger Gracie, Melvin Manhoef Ken Shamrock, Jason Miller, Bas Rutten, Randy Couture, Renato Sobral, Gegard Mousasi, Frank Shamrock Each week there will...
Ring Psychology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on Chael Sonnen, Strikeforce and MMA with Matt Lindland
Total MMA author Jonathan Snowden and myself come back for a second round of our podcast, Ring Psychology. This time we are joined by one of Team Quest's head trainers and now a legend in the sport of MMA, Matt "The Law" Lindland. The big news from this week is his protege Chael Sonnen's...
Exclusive Ring Psychology Interview: Matt Lindland on Chael Sonnen, Strikeforce, and the Ugly Side of MMA
In the second edition of Ring Psychology, Dave Walsh of Headkick Legend and I spoke with Olympic Silver medalist and MMA legend Matt Lindland about his protege Chael Sonnen and Sonnen's amazing UFC 117 experience, his future with Strikeforce, and his class with Sports Management Worldwide that...
Ed Soares and Dave Meltzer on Chael Sonnen's "Quick Tap" Against Anderson Silva at UFC 117
Some of my beloved readers have deigned to question His Nateness and my remarks about Chael Sonnen allegedly "quick tapping" against Anderson Silva at UFC 117. Just for the record, I'm not the only one. Here's Dave Meltzer, the dean of MMA writers: Silva got a triangle with 2:00 left. Sonnen...
Opinion: Did Chael Sonnen Quit, Cheat, or Choke Against Anderson Silva? It Don't Matter, He's Still the Hero of UFC 117
Note this is my personal opinion and does not reflect that of the Bloody Elbow staff or SBNation.com. In fact I didn't even write it.Normally I would be wringing my hands and decrying the fact that Chael Sonnen apparently quick tapped and attempted to break the hold and deny that he tapped against...
USAT/SBN July MMA Consensus Rankings: Middleweight
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank 1 Anderson Silva 350 UFC 1 2 Chael Sonnen 329 UFC 2 3 Jake Shields 299 UFC 3 3 Nate Marquardt 299 UFC 4 5 Vitor Belfort 280 UFC 5 6 Demian Maia 272 UFC 6 7 Dan...
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