Jason Probst, UFC - This wasn’t how it was supposed to be.And nobody knew it better than Sean Sherk, who’d seemingly lost his way three years ago, after a career that had seemingly been derailed.Three years ago, the UFC lightweight champion was a world removed from where he’ll be July 7, when he defends his belt against Hermes Franca at UFC 73. He could only dream about nights like the Saturday after next, when the door to the Octagon closes and he’ll be introduced as a champion, with mil... Read Full Story
Rumors that Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira has left Brazilian Top Team have been confirmed. Nogueira now heads his own team and does his training at other gyms. A split between Murillo Bustamante and Mario Sperry has resulted in Sperry's ouster. Paulo Filho and others that made the core of the team have also left. BTT now is being controlled primarly by Murillo Bustamante and Bebeo Duarte.Shogun has injured his knee and could be out of his upcoming UFC appearance. We should k... Read Full Story
From: Aaron Steele Date: 06/28/07 12:37 PM Member Since: 04/29/2004 8568 Total Posts Ignore User Paul Smith and the IFC really pulled some crap on me back on 11-10-06 at a show in Kearney NE. Took a fight for almost nothing against a very tough Anthony Morrison and was KOed early. After the fight I received about 15 stitches in the locker room and had a very serious concussion. I didn't have insurance so I didn't want to go to the Hospital and I w... Read Full Story
By Evilmaster WAGA TV (My FOX 5 in Atlanta) is reporting that Federal authorities (Drug Enforcement Agency) have raided the office of Dr. Phil Astin, Chris Benoit’s personal doctor. Astin publicly told the Associated Press that he saw Benoit last Friday and had prescribed testosterone. Read Full Story
June 27, 2007By Josh GrossFormer K-1 USA Grand Prix champion Carter Williams (Pictures) tested positive for cocaine following his stoppage loss on the co-promoted Strikeforce-EliteXC card June 22 in San Jose, Calif., the California State Athletic Commission revealed Wednesday afternoon ... Read More Read Full Story
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - by Ken Pishna - MMAWeekly.com MMAWeekly has obtained the fighter salary information for the Strikeforce/EliteXC co-promoted Shamrock vs. Baroni event, which took place on Friday, June 22nd in San Jose, Calif.The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that Strikeforce and EliteXC are required by law to submit to the state athletic commissions. All figures provided by the California State Athletic Commission.A... Read Full Story
It keeps getting more bizarre with every detail ...Chris Benoit sent a series of text messages to WWE co-workers, some from his dead wife's cell phone. According to WWE.com, all five text messages were sent between 3:53 AM and 3:58 AM on June 24. He then committed suicide.The messages revealed that Benoit distributed information on where to find his remains, and the enclosed location of his attack dogs.Below are the times and content of text messages Benoit sent to co-workers, as first re... Read Full Story
Travis Lutter (9-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC), who failed to make weight for a title shot with Anderson Silva in February, has been invited back to the UFC and will fight Victory Fighting Championships veteran Ryan Jensen (11-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) at UFC 74, according to MMAWeekly.com. Lutter, who earned the title shot by winning the middleweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 4‘s “Comeback” season, stunned fans — and UFC officials — when he was unable to get under the 185-pound threshold for the UFC 67 main ... Read Full Story
TMZ has learned more about the deaths of WWE wrestling superstar Chris Benoit, his wife and son -- and the information is extremely disturbing.Several Atlanta-based law enforcement sources have told TMZ Benoit may have strangled his wife on Saturday, then smothered his son in his bed a day later. Investigators refuse to officially comment, pending final confirmation by the coroner on the cause and time of the deaths.One source told TMZ that Benoit was texting friends during Sunday's WWE &... Read Full Story
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Growing up in the 70’s in New York, local kids may have been aware of the exploits of boxing greats Muhammad Ali or George Foreman, but when it came down to it, everybody wanted to be Bruce Lee.Just ask current UFC welterweight champion and Long Island, New York native Matt Serra about his first martial arts influence.“I used to watch those movies with my father,” Serra told me before his UFC debut against Shonie Carter in 2001. “Game of Death and Enter the Dragon ar... Read Full Story
