Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
The Grand Daddy of 'em all is a little over four weeks away and in the spirit of it all we continue our countdown of the greatest moments in WM history.
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#20: Challenge Accepted
Wrestlemania IX
Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, NV
April 4, 1993
The Match: Hulk Hogan vs. Yokozuna (c)
The Moment: Yokozuna defeats Bret ...
Posted in Wrestling, WWE | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Really loved this interview* particularly because Josh Haynes was very candid with his thoughts. Haynes makes his IFL debut tonight against Leopoldo Serao at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas (HDNet, 11 pm EST).
Haynes gained his initial fame on The Ultimate Fighter 3 when he made it to the finals ...
Posted in Josh Haynes, Interview, IFL, MMA | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Quite the day for the sport of mixed martial arts.
First, we hear about Elite XC striking a multi-year deal with CBS to air events starting in April and then the UFC lands its first mainstream sponsor in Bud Light. So, who had the better day? Well, right now I would ...
Posted in Elite XC, UFC, MMA | 3 Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
If you ask me (and I know you didn't but whatev), no one has more to prove at the IFL's season opener than Ryan Schultz. The promotion's first-ever Lightweight champion is coming off a shocking victory over arguably their most popular star in Chris Horodecki. Given the fact that he ...
Posted in Ryan Schultz, Interview, IFL, MMA | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
***UPDATE: Looks like I need to update my top 5 MMA draws. Couture and Liddell can draw their 500,000+ buys but Kimbo, man, he draws CBS.
I would like to take this moment to retract any and all negative comments I have made over the last few weeks with regards to ...
Posted in Felix Trinidad, Kelly Pavlik, Boxing | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
There's another loaded weekend of combat sports on the horizon so we're going to get a head start and hit you with a preview of the big one first: The 82nd Ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view.
I've been looking forward to this card since the Dan Henderson vs. Anderson Silva main event ...
Posted in Interview, Sam Caplan, UFC, MMA | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
* Not a bad episode of Monday Night Raw but certainly not a great one. I was disappointed we didn't get an appearance from Mayweather or Big Show but at least we got that Press Conference video package which was effective.
* The one interesting thing I saw from the PC ...
Posted in Muesli | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Boy does time fly. The last time boxing fans saw Dmitriy Salita (27-0, 15 KO) compete in the ring was almost one full year ago. March 22, 2007, to be exact.
So, where has he been hiding? Well, we covered that drama when we chatted with him last month but now ...
Posted in Dmitriy Salita, Interview, Boxing | No Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Welcome to another new feature at Jarry Park. Every Monday, the producer of Live Audio Wrestling and Fight Network Radio, John Pollock, will stop by to deliver his weekly rant on the world of combat sports. It's a little something we like to call "Pollock's POV."
This week, the Prodigy tackles ...
Posted in John Pollock, The Fight Network, Wrestling, TNA | 6 Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Imagine being an MMA fighter whose ultimate goal is to someday compete for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. You've compiled six straight victories in your career and things are starting to look good. You decide to try out for The Ultimate Fighter 7 show but only make it as an alternate. ...
Posted in Rob Yundt, Interview, UFC, MMA | 3 Comments »
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Yesterday I touched on Joe Louis' infamous pro wrestling career. So infamous I never even heard about it. So, I did some research and found a spectacular video which appears to be one of Louis' first after deciding to try his hand at the world of wrasslin'.
After watching last night's ...
Posted in Joe Louis, Muesli, Wrestling, Boxing | 2 Comments »
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
* No surprises in the Klitschko-Ibragimov fight other than how cautious Wladi was in the ring. Geez, it would have been nice if he broke out something other than the jab, no?
* While he did win, I thought this was a step back for the younger Klitschko. He looked very ...
Posted in Muesli | 5 Comments »
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
* I very much enjoyed last night's Maximum Fighting Championship telecast on HDNet. Partially because the fights were all very explosive (especially the last two) and mainly because it featured a lot of up-and-coming Canadian talent. The best purchase I have made this past year has to have been buying ...
Posted in Muesli | 6 Comments »
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
You might have heard that a certain Bob Sapp was making his American MMA debut this evening at the StrikeForce At The Dome show in Tacoma, WA (HDNet 10:30 pm ET). This fight also marks Sapp's debut in a cage...Wait, what? You've never heard of Bob Sapp? Well, if so, ...
Posted in Bob Sapp, Strikeforce, MMA | 7 Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
As some of you might know, I used to write on a more consistent basis for another great website entitled No Mas. Some guy from there always bangs on the Jarry Park headquarters' door whenever a big boxing match is coming up.
Anyhow, last year around this time, I ran the ...
Posted in Wrestlemania, Wrestling, WWE | 9 Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
* I love this quote from Dan Rafael's ESPN boxing blog: "If Mayweather is cool with fighting a mountain of a man like Show, why does he keep running from a man his own size, Miguel Cotto." Um, I dunno, maybe because he doesn't actually have to fight Show?
* ...
Posted in Muesli | 5 Comments »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
No disrespect to Las Vegas but there really isn't anything like a big fight at Madison Square Garden. Throw two heavyweight title holders in the mix and things get really interesting. So, while I have no doubt that Wladimir Klitschko will defeat Sultan Ibragimov tomorrow night at the Mecca, I'm ...
Posted in Sultan Ibragimov, Wladimir Klitschko, Interview, No Mas, Boxing | 1 Comment »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
We finish off yesterday's list...
5. WCW Bash at the Beach 1998 - Dennis Rodman & Karl Malone: One of the few things WCW actually did right was their execution of the Rodman/Hogan vs. Malone/DDP angle. Both men had just met in the NBA Finals and when Bob Costas mentioned ...
Posted in Wrestling | 11 Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Random thoughts from the world of combat sports...
* Nice to see Yves Edwards get back in the title picture. I always compared his fall from grace in MMA to that of David Loiseau's but, unlike "The Crow," he has done a great job of reinventing himself with his new camp, ...
Posted in Muesli | 10 Comments »
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Four days later and I'm still jacked up over the Mayweather-Show Wrestlemania angle. It partially has something to do with the thought of my combat sports worlds colliding but I think more about the lost art of surprises in wrestling. That said, I will never forget the night Money May ...
Posted in John Pollock, Wrestlemania, Interview, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Wrestling, WWE | 9 Comments »
