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Programming reminder: The 'Best of PRIDE' returns Jan. 3 on FUEL TV
They're back (again). The "Best of PRIDE" series makes its long-awaited return to cable television in just over a week (Jan. 3, 2012) at 7 p.m. ET on FUEL TV with another installment of the popular highlights show featuring some of the greatest moments from the now-defunct promotion. Zuffa - the...
Kenda Perez Maxim photos featuring the UFC on Fuel TV host
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Octagon girl Brittney Palmer may be whipping them out for an upcoming issue of Playboy, but that doesn't mean you have to wait until 2012 to see some of the promotion's hottest girls strutting their stuff (sans underwear). UFC on Fuel TV and "Best of PRIDE" host...
UFC 139: The PRIDE History of Dan Henderson vs. Shogun Rua
At UFC 139, Dan Henderson faces Mauricio Rua in the main event. It's a fight being built partly around the idea of the invading Strikeforce champion, with Henderson, the last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight champ, coming back to the UFC against Shogun Rua, the last UFC Light Heavyweight champion....
UFC Undisputed 3 'Pride mode' walkthrough video
UFC Undisputed 3, the latest entry into the popular mixed martial arts video game series from THQ, will hit store shelves in early 2012. The new edition features a bevy of interesting fresh features, including traveling back in time to fight in the now-defunct PRIDE organization, complete with...
UFC Targeting February 2012 for Return to Japan
We posted a day or two ago about UFC President Dana White's comments that the promotion is planning a return to Japan in the near future. The Japanese MMA scene has utterly collapsed in the last four years since the fall of Pride Fighting Championships -- which was actually purchased by the UFC....
The Greatest Fights in MMA History
Luke Thomas, Jonathan Snowden, Thomas Myers and myself were asked to contribute a piece to USA TODAY's Mixed Martial Arts Special Edition -- a 40 page magazine focusing solely on MMA -- about the 10 greatest MMA bouts of all time. You can read the whole feature on the USA TODAY site, but here's a...
Dream Planning May Bantamweight Tournament in Japan
Most observers of the Japanese scene had given up FEG -- the parent company of K-1 kickboxing and Dream MMA -- up for dead. The last reports out of Japan had written FEG off for dead because their knight-in-shining-armor investor Puji had pulled out, their production partner Real Entertainment (the...
Dana White: The UFC competes with the NFL, not other fight companies
What do men with a lot of power want? More power. Or in Dana White's case, global domination. PRIDE, WEC, Strikeforce; all former competitors to the UFC that were bought, paid for and either absorbed or likely heading in that direction. But to White, even those fight companies weren't his rivals,...
How much did the UFC pay for Strikeforce?
About $40 million, according to Loretta Hunt of the LA Times. That number includes debt repayment. It is important to note that this is simply a report and can not be taken as fact, as the UFC will likely never reveal the actual number. If true, even if it's within range, it would appear Zuffa...
After Antonio Silva, Looking Back at Fedor Emelianenko's Greatest Hits
Antonio Silva snuffed out the legend of Fedor Emelianenko in the first round of Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix but let's not forget he fought and won some of the most epic bouts in MMA History. His reign as Pride champion is one of the most storied in MMA history. Fedor took on all comers and...
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