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Rampage Jackson Authors New Post: "I'll Be Damned If Anybody Disrespects Me"
The man is in serious need of help: "The reason why I'm talking about all this is that I feel like this whole situation could have been avoided if UFC would have respected me more & rescheduled t...
Spike TV to Debut PRIDE Weekly Series
A reader chastises me for not covering this sooner. Hardcore and casual fans (and those new to MMA looking to fill gaps in their knowledge as well as appreciate some of the sport's best and most meani...
M-1 Global Denies Rumors of UFC Deal With Fedor Emelianenko
Josh Gross reports: "I can give you a guarantee it's not accurate," said Apy Echteld of M-1 Global, a St. Petersburg, Russia-based promotion and management company of which Emelianenko is an equity ...
Two Years Ago Today: The Last PRIDE Show
Two years ago today Dream Stage Entertainment put on their last event PRIDE 34 at the Saitama Super Arena. Zach Arnold has five lessons we can take from the fall of PRIDE: 1. The majority of MMA's...
Remember When Zuffa Bought PRIDE?
And $70 million nearly disappeared into thin air two years ago today: “We have been talking to Pride for probably about 11 months,” said Lorenzo Fertitta, according to an Associated Pre...
Finishing Rates by Round and a Call for Volunteers
In my piece defending the five round title fight, I argued against Rami Genaur's posit that additional rounds would lead to more decisions. Rami realized his error in logic prior to reading my p...
Do Not Pay Attention to Jerry Millen
The M-1 statement that was released to another website ostensibly authored by Jerry Millen needs to be ignored by everyone with a mammalian brain. It's an utterly transparent attempt at a) riding th...
UFC Cementing Place as Industry Leader
A recent article in the Sports Business Journal emphasizes how the UFC continues to build on its success while many would-be competitors are struggling to survive. Notable excerpt: Zuffa LLC,...
Quote of the Day: PRIDE's vs. ProElite's Death
“Pride was a titan with the UFC, two titans going at it, each of us thinking that we did shows with different flavors, different ways to present the fights, different philosophies and styles...
JAKKS to Release WEC and PRIDE Action Figures
Back in June, the UFC inked a four-year licensing agreement with toy manufacturer JAKKS Pacific. While the first wave of action figures from that deal - which is said to include Chuck Liddell, Brock L...
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