Archive for April, 2008
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
by Matthew Blankenship, JarryPark.com Contributor
Random thoughts on busy weekend in combat sports...
* Friday night’s ShoBox card featured two come-from-behind victories. In the first fight, Carlos De Leon Jr. defeated James McGirt Jr. in the seventh after being saved by the bell at the end of sixth. Meanwhile, the ...
Posted in Muesli | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
By Alan Counihan, JarryPark.com Contributor
An interpromotional feud, when done right, can be a thing of beauty. New Japan vs. UWFI, New Japan Juniors vs. NOAH Juniors and ROH vs. CZW are all examples of this. These feuds sparked the interest of the fans, created heated atmospheres, elevated younger stars and ...
Posted in New Japan, Wrestling, Zero1-Max | 2 Comments »
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
by Matthew Blankenship, JarryPark.com Contributor
This weekend has left a lot of fight fans with a real tough decision: double welterweight title clashes on HBO or double light heavyweight title clashes on Showtime? Well, let’s see what each card has to offer and then make an educated decision.
The HBO event features, ...
Posted in Boxing | 2 Comments »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
I was going to write some nice little intro on how Phil Baroni is gearing up for his fight against Murilo "Ninja" Rua on CBS but I think it would be wise to just get into our interview. Let me just quickly say that I have never conducted an interview ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Phil Baroni | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
by Matthew Blankenship, JarryPark.com contributor
Current WBA, WBC, and WBO World Cruiserweight title holder, David "Hayemaker" Haye, recently told the Southwark News (UK) that he wants to try his hand at mixed martial arts after the age of 30. The 27-year-old Haye, who recently beat Enzo Maccarinelli in a title unification ...
Posted in Boxing, David Haye, MMA | No Comments »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
(FULL DISCLOSURE: I HAVE RECENTLY ACCEPTED A POSITION AS ONE OF THE POLLSTERS ON WAMMA’S RANKING COMMITTEE.)
The World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts was founded in November 2007. But, really now, what are they all about? What are they trying to accomplish?
Many MMA fans have asked these questions in the ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, WAMMA | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
As I mentioned earlier, I was a guest on Fight Network Radio yesterday afternoon. Host Mauro Ranallo and I spoke about some interesting MMA and wrestling topics including:
* The rumored Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia bout
* The post-Wrestlemania WWE landscape
* The HBK-Batista storyline
* The story involving steroids being found in ...
Posted in MMA, The Fight Network, Wrestling, WWE | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
It's a great time to be a heavyweight in the UFC as that particular division is as wide open as ever. Randy Couture? Gone. Tim Sylvia? Gone. Mirko Cro Cop? Gone. Andrei Arlovski? Maybe gone. Fedor Emelianenko? No Chance. Josh Barnett? You must be kidding.So, that pretty much leaves champion ...
Posted in Heath Herring, Interview, MMA, UFC | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Fiveouncesofpain.com is partnering up with MMARated.com to launch the ultimate user-generated mixed martial arts contest entitled "MMA Uncensored." For the first time ever, MMA fans will get a chance to share their personal MMA-related media with the world and actually win money for it!
Snapped a funny photo of a UFC ...
Posted in Contest, MMARated.com | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Welcome to week one of the MMARated.com’s cultural and 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...
MMARATED CULTURAL RANKINGS - 04/08/08
MOMENTUM
THOUGHTS
1. Fedor Emelianenko
DOWN
One fight in the last twelve months and he’s still the most coveted ...
Posted in MMA, MMARated.com, Rankings | 1 Comment »
