Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Welcome to week four of MMARated.com's Cultural & Media Rankings. Each week we'll weigh in on who's hot and who's not in the world of mixed martial arts. Take a look...
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1. Kimbo Slice
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He's calling out Chuck Liddell, gracing the cover of ESPN The Magazine and headlining the first Elite XC ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
When I first saw Matthew "Chipper" Riddle crush Dan Simmler's jaw on in the second episode of TUF 7, I quickly thought to myself: "That kid's going far in this tournament." I think it was a mix between the smug smile on his face and the excessive TV time he ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Travis Lutter. Say that name on any MMA forum and you're bound to strike a multitude of emotions from fans. Some hate him while others remain supportive. Some root for him to fail while others continue to pull for him. Some we're disappointed in his performance at UFC 83 while ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
The last time we caught up with Phil Baroni he only had Murilo "Ninja" Rua on his mind. Since we spoke, Rua was replaced by Joey Villasenor as Baroni's opponent for the May 31st Elite XC on CBS telecast. No official reason has yet to be given for the switch.Naturally, ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
by John Pollock, JarryPark.com Contributor
The topic of racism reared its ugly head this past week with the suspension of Michael Hayes for racial comments directed at Mark Henry over WrestleMania weekend.
Whether we agree or not, racism is a big part of the combat sports industry where the line between acceptable ...
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Lots of great nuggets here...Check 'er out.
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
This clip, courtesy of the great Awful Announcing, is from a TNT broadcast of the Lakers-Nuggets playoff game where sideline reporter, Craig Sager, tells the story of Nugs' coach, George Karl, showing his squad a video of Kimbo Slice to hype them up before the game. Only problem is he ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Are they dating? When is he fighting next? Is there beef with KenFlo?
Posted in Arianny Celeste, Roger Huerta, MMA | No Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
It's tough keeping up with Monte Cox these days. He's with M-1 Global. He's without M-1 Global. He's starting Adrenaline MMA. He's hooking up Affliction with Tim Sylvia to fight Fedor. He's friends with everyone. He's calling Ken Pavia, for all intents and purposes, a midget (more on that in ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
The UFC descended upon Canada this past weekend and president Dana White was sure to make all of the media rounds in preparation for the event.
In a number of interviews, Dana stated that Kimbo Slice was just a “thug” and a “street fighter” and that the UFC would never promote ...
Posted in The Fight Network, Kimbo Slice, MMA | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
by Alan Counihan, JarryPark.com contributor
On December 2nd, 2007, at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, one of the most memorable and extraordinary comebacks in wrestling history was completed. Kenta Kobashi had overcome serious kidney cancer and follwoing a year and a half away from the ring, he was back to face some of ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
by Bob Boyer, JarryPark.com contributor
Monday night, WWE brought back the King of the Ring tournament and built a three-hour edition of Monday Night Raw around it. The tournament itself was full of great stories and action. I particularly enjoyed the champion vs. champion clash between MVP and Chris Jericho, ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
The JarryPark.com/MMARated.com familia is back in familiar territory this weekend - good ol' Montreal - and the following clip is just a TASTE of the amazing, all-access, behind-the-scenes footage we are capturing. Expect the rest to drop later this week (following UFC 83) but trust me when I say it ...
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