Archive for the ‘Interview’ Category
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
For the last hour or so, I've tried to find the history of the ring card girl but to no avail. For most of us (except maybe my 90-year-old great uncle who checks out the site from time-to-time), ring card girls have been a part of the combat sports world ...
Posted in Arianny Celeste, Interview, MMA, UFC | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
A couple of weeks ago on HDNet's Inside MMA, Ken Shamrock and Kurt Otto had some not-so-flattering things to say about Jarry Parker (catchy, eh?) Kurt Angle's interest in mixed martial arts. Basically, Otto said that after Angle sat in the front row at an IFL event in September ...
Posted in IFL, Interview, Kurt Angle, MMA | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Michael Malice is the editor of overheardatcollege.com and worstemailever.com. He is the author of Overheard in New York and also the subject of Harvey Pekar's Ego & Hubris.
So, what the hell is he doing co-authoring "Made In America" - the Matt Hughes autobiography? Good question.
A year ago, if I ...
Posted in Interview, Matt Hughes, Michael Malice, MMA, UFC | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 7th, 2008
The last time we saw Mike Swick he was getting manhandled by Yushin Okami at UFC 69. That loss was certainly hard to swallow for the 28-year-old Swick as it came in his hometown of Houston, TX, but, more importantly, it derailed his meteoric rise up the Middleweight rankings.
Nine months ...
Posted in Interview, Mike Swick, MMA, UFC | 4 Comments »
Friday, January 4th, 2008
I'm a sucker for trash-talking. I don't care who the fighters involved are if they are able to throw around some good insults I will probably watch the fight. So you can imagine my excitement for tomorrow night's IBF Light Welterweight title bout between champion Paulie Malignaggi and Herman Ngoudjo ...
Posted in Boxing, Herman Ngoudjo, Interview | 1 Comment »
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
If the rumors of Kenny Florian battling Joe Lauzon on an April edition of Ultimate Fight Night are true all I can say is it's about time.
I had a heard a ton of great things about Joe Lauzon even before his shocking victory over Jens Pulver at UFC 66 in ...
Posted in Interview, Joe Lauzon, MMA, UFC | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Coming into the The Ultimate Fighter 6 it was crystal clear as to who the favorites and underdogs were. Phoenix, Arizona's Richie Hightower was no doubt viewed as a long shot to win the reality show. So, it was kind of surprising to see Hightower make it to the quarterfinals ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Richie Hightower, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
After being stuck in wrestling hell (known to some as mid-card status in TNA) Austin Aries is now thriving all over again wrestling for Ring of Honor.
This past Saturday, he and ROH champ Nigel McGuinness wrestled in a potential Match Of the Year candidate at the Manhattan Center in New ...
Posted in Austin Aries, Interview, Ring of Honor, Wrestling | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Interview, MMA, Rob McCullough, WEC | 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 IFL, Interview, MMA, UFC, Yarennoka! | 1 Comment »
