Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
2008 is upon us but we're still stuck in 2007. For our complete list of the Top 15 Combat Sports Moments of 2007 click here.
#3: The Death Of WCW, er, Pride
What: The UFC purchases Pride and then quietly puts it to sleep
Where: Las Vegas & Japan
When: Spring 2007
The similarities between ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
Seems to be standard procedure nowadays for title holders under the Zuffa banner to experience long layoffs between title fights. WEC Lightweight champion "Razor" Rob McCullough is no different. The last time he defending his title belt was in September but thankfully for him his next bout is officially scheduled ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Earlier this month, Joachim Alcine retained his WBA Light Middleweight title. Tonight, Georges St. Pierre became the interim UFC Welterweight champ when he defeated Matt Hughes at UFC 79. And next Saturday, Herman Ngoudjo looks to dethrone the IBF Light Welterweight champion, Paulie Malignaggi. Forget about Edmonton, Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh ...
Posted in Georges St. Pierre, UFC, MMA | No Comments »
Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Everyone loves a countdown list so here's ours: The top 15 combat sports moments of 2007. For the entire list click here.
#5 & #4 : Superman Returns...Then Departs
What: Randy Couture returns to the UFC and captures their Heavyweight title. Seven months later, he resigns from the company vowing to never ...
Posted in 2007 Moments, Randy Couture, UFC, MMA | 3 Comments »
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
As if you already didn't know, we're counting down the top 15 combat sports moments of 2007. The entire list can be found here.
#6: The Game Changes
What: HBO Sports introduces 24/7 - a new (and very much improved) way of promoting fights
Where: Home Box Office
When: April 2007
Prior to this ...
Posted in HBO Sports, 2007 Moments, Boxing | No Comments »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
Despite the growing popularity of the sport, I am always pleasantly surprised to see a national newspaper cover MMA. So you can imagine how I felt when I took my seat cageside at HDNet Fights: Reckless Abandon and realized I was sitting next Damon L. Sayles of the Dallas Morning ...
Posted in Yarennoka!, Interview, IFL, UFC, MMA | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 28th, 2007
For the next couple of weeks, JarryPark.com will countdown the 15 most memorable combat sports moments of 2007. Some will be positive while others will be negative. Some will have happened in a ring or cage while others on the outside. Every day, we’ll feature a single moment as we ...
Posted in Matt Serra, 2007 Moments, Georges St. Pierre, UFC, MMA | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Several weeks ago we presented our Jarry Park MMA Awards. Those proved to be such a success we then decided to roll out our Jarry Park Boxing Awards. So, it only made sense to end the year off with our Jarry Park Wrestling Award show. To help hand out the ...
Posted in John Pollock, Interview, Awards, Wrestling | No Comments »
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
For the next couple of weeks, JarryPark.com will countdown the 15 most memorable combat sports moments of 2007. Some will be positive while others will be negative. Some will have happened in a ring or cage while others on the outside. Every day, we’ll feature a single moment as we ...
Posted in Quinton Jackson, 2007 Moments, Chuck Liddell, UFC, MMA | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Let us review how rough last weekend was for one Tristan Yunker:
* He does an interview with JarryPark.com and finds out that his opponent at HDNet Fights Reckless Abandon, Pete Spratt, thinks he's talking smack about him when he claims he never was.
* He fails to make weight for his ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
For the next couple of weeks, JarryPark.com will countdown the 15 most memorable combat sports moments of 2007. Some will be positive while others will be negative. Some will have happened in a ring or cage while others on the outside. Every day, we’ll feature a single moment as we ...
Posted in 2007 Moments, Boxing | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
In our last installment of Park Prognostication, I defeated Andrei Arlovski's model girlfriend Patrycja Mikula with a score of 8-1 to 3-6 when predicting the winners of The Ultimate Fighter Finale. So, I've decided to take things up a notch and challenge Between Rounds girl and UFC lover, Kayla Cypher, ...
Posted in Predictions, UFC, MMA | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
For the next couple of weeks, JarryPark.com will countdown the 15 most memorable combat sports moments of 2007. Some will be positive while others will be negative. Some will have happened in a ring or cage while others on the outside. Every day, we’ll feature a single moment as we ...
Posted in 2007 Moments, Boxing, UFC, MMA | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Most wrestling fans will look at the title of this post and think this will be about TNA. Sorry to disappoint but as much as we love some of the personalities in TNA wrestling we would never think of bestowing them with such a compliment. 'WWE light' seems more a ...
Posted in Interview, Ring of Honor, Wrestling | 3 Comments »
Monday, December 24th, 2007
Almost one year ago, UFC Heavyweight fighter, Jake O'Brien, was on top of the MMA world. He had just defeated veteran Heath Herring in Herring's UFC debut at Ultimate Fight Night 8 on Spike TV. Most, if not all, believed Herring would make quick work of the Indianapolis native but ...
Posted in Jake O'Brien, Interview, UFC, MMA | 4 Comments »
Monday, December 24th, 2007
For the next couple of weeks, JarryPark.com will countdown the 15 most memorable combat sports moments of 2007. Some will be positive while others will be negative. Some will have happened in a ring or cage while others on the outside. Every day, we’ll feature a single moment as we ...
Posted in Mirko Cro Cop, Gabriel Gonzaga, 2007 Moments, UFC, MMA | No Comments »
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
For the next couple of weeks, JarryPark.com will countdown the 15 most memorable combat sports moments of 2007. Some will be positive while others will be negative. Some will have happened in a ring or cage while others on the outside. Every day, we’ll feature a single moment as we ...
Posted in 2007 Moments, Brock Lesnar, MMA | 1 Comment »
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
(The following post was written by yours truly for the great No Mas Online. It's good to be back with my old friends over there and I thank Large for the opportunity to share my thoughts with his readership. For Large's views on this story click here.)
"UFC's champions can't handle ...
Posted in Mark Cuban, HDNet Fights, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Boxing, MMA | 6 Comments »
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
For the next couple of weeks, JarryPark.com will countdown the 15 most memorable combat sports moments of 2007. Some will be positive while others will be negative. Some will have happened in a ring or cage while others on the outside. Every day, we'll feature a single moment as we ...
Posted in 2007 Moments, Mark Cuban, HDNet Fights, MMA | No Comments »
Friday, December 21st, 2007
It's official! Jamie Varner (right) will challenge "Razor" Rob McCullough for the WEC Lightweight title at the promotion's next event February 13, 2008. The 23-year-old fighter told The Park he signed his contract for the bout yesterday.
We certainly found it a little weird that the WEC organization didn't mention who ...
Posted in Jamie Varner, WEC, Interview, MMA | 1 Comment »
