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The Dig: 76 Days Till UTEP Football Kicks Off Edition
Seventy-Six Days. Realignment is still relevant for now, Tim Floyd's good news has several national writers in bad spirits, and the NBA Draft is coming up on Thursday. Where will UTEP's Derrick Caracter land? Also, UCF and SMU are racking up recruits right now. UTEP? Patience is a virtue. In...
UWC 8: Judgement Day - Live Results and Commentary
There's no hockey tonight (San Jose Sharks fans must be relieved), basketball sucks, and the most exciting interleague baseball game takes place in New York (yawn). Plus, you're an MMA fan, and you shouldn't be caught dead watching those damn stick-and-ball sports anyway. Join BloodyElbow.com...
Illness to Ryan Diaz scraps UWC 8 main event with Mike Easton; 9-fight card continues for May 22 in Fairfax, VA
Ryan "Lion" Diaz, challenger to Mike "The Hulk" Easton, has been diagnosed with parotitis, an infection that blocks the salivary glands causing swelling and pain, that will prevent him from competing at UWC 8: Judgment Day on May 22, UWC CEO Marcello Foran announced today. "Ryan became ill shortly...
MMA Nation on 106.7 The Fan Recap: Jon Anik Talks ESPN's MMA Live, UWC's Mike Easton Improves Wrestling and Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery Results
The above video is me talking to the Washington Post about Washington Combat's "Battle of the Legends". One small note: Gustavo Machado began his training with Jean Jacques Machado, but is a member of Gracie Barra. It sounds like I'm suggesting Gustavo is related to Jean-Jacques, but he is not....
Today on MMA Nation on 106.7 The Fan: Strikeforce Results, ESPN's Jon Anik, UWC's Mike Easton
Live streaming video by Ustream Remember, our new time slot from now on: Sundays 9 to 11pm EST. Today on "MMA Nation" we'll be joined by ESPN's Jon Anik. As the host of MMA Live, we'll talk to Anik about the show's development, whether it's too close to the UFC and what the network views as...
2009's Robbery of the Year and Other Awards
2009's Robbery of the Year shouldn't be that hard to figure out for hardcore fans or readers of this site. Your's truly writes over at Sherdog.com: There’s incompetency, and then there’s incompetency so appalling it wins awards. Mixed martial arts pundits, fans and even UFC President...
Virginia's Athletic Commission Declines to Overturn Result in Controversial Easton vs. Beebe Bout
I can't say this is particularly surprising: Virginia’s department of professional and occupational regulation, which oversees mixed martial arts in the state, investigated the circumstances surrounding the fight and determined they do not warrant further review. The investigation concluded...
USAT/SBN October MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Brian Bowles 100 WEC 1 2 Miguel Torres 96 WEC 2 3 Masakatsu Ueda 89 Shooto 3 4 Takeya Mizugaki 87 WEC 4 5 Dominick Cruz 84 WEC 5 6 Akitoshi Tamura 75 WEC 6 7 Joseph Benavidez 72 WEC 7 8 Rani...
UFC Potentially Headed to Virginia for UFC Fight Night 20
Oh boy: The promotion has contacted athletic commission officials in the state about holding a card on Jan. 11 in Northern Virginia, said Mary Broz-Vaughan, spokeswoman for Virginia’s Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, which includes the state’s boxing and...
The Robbery of Jose Villarisco and the Missing 47 Seconds
I believe the points about the inadequacy of Virginia’s athletic commission are now well known, but a situation has been brought to my attention (most vocally by David Wolf of MMAPayout.com) that merits recognition in this space. I am embarrassed to admit I missed this issue when it happened...
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