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Herschel Walker's MMA Debut Set for January 30th
( Photo courtesy of ajc.com . Tie courtesy of Elton John . ) Heisman Trophy winner, two-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, Olympic bobsledder, Dissociative Identity Disorder sufferer, Celebrity Apprentice contestant , Tae Kwon Do black belt, and American Kickboxing Academy student Herschel ...
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Black-Eyed Tito Ortiz Predicts Griffin Will Leave the Octagon on a Stretcher
( Props: Heavy.com ) We're just one day away from the return of UFC legend/unbearable heel Tito Ortiz at UFC 106 , and the former light-heavyweight champ promises to go out guns blazin' against Forrest Griffin : "I gotta put on a show, I gotta win, I gotta stop him, I gotta do what ...
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Brockwatch: Lesnar Back in Six Months, Says Jiu-Jitsu Coach Who's Not a Doctor
According to Brock Lesnar 's jiu-jitsu coach, Rodrigo "Comprido" Medeiros, the big man is healing up after his surgery and will "be fighting again within six months."   That means Lesnar-Carwin could take place this spring, and there will be no need for an interim ...
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Oh Yeah, This Is Happening
(Photo by Esther Lin , for Strikeforce.) Kerry Vera and Kim Couture are set to go at it tonight in the Strikeforce Challengers event in Kansas City.  Since they both share the names of famous UFC fighters who just faced one another, it probably seemed like a genius idea to ...
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Painkiller Dependency Spurred Karo Parisyan's Latest Fight Withdrawal
( Melanson and Parisyan, before it all fell apart. Props: elitefts.com ) In a new interview with Five Ounces of Pain , Karo Parisyan's longtime friend and training partner Neil Melanson confirmed that Parisyan's latest last-minute fight-cancellation was directly related to the painkiller ...
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WEC 44 Payouts: Something's Gotta Give
( "God damn you, Jose, don't you ever leave me again!" Photo courtesy of Sherdog . ) The WEC doled out a meager $276,500 in official salaries and bonuses for their "Brown vs. Aldo" event on Wednesday night, proving once again that short people are paid far less than their ...
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Get Ready For Your Close-Ups, Jacob Volkmann and Paulo Thiago
(Paulo Thiago commits a major Brazilian faux pas by wearing red after Carnival.) It's like that old saying, God never closes a door without opening a window so someone else can sneak inside and steal all your jewelry.  In the case of the UFC 106 main card, Karo Parisyan seems to have ...
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Keith Kizer Talks Karo Parisyan's UFC 106 Withdrawal & The Trouble With Collecting NSAC Fines
In this video with Cagewriter's Steve Cofield , Keith Kizer goes into slightly more detail about the Karo Parisyan situation , making it sound more and more like Parisyan was doing the old Matt Mitrione , trying to get out of this fight any way he could.  Granted this is only one side ...
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Breaking: Karo Parisyan Slapped With Lifetime UFC Ban After Pulling Out of Hazelett Fight
Breaking: Karo Parisyan Slapped With Lifetime UFC Ban After Pulling Out of Hazelett Fight
cagepotato.com — ( Props: twitter.com/danawhite ) Look, everybody knows that Karo Parisyan is a very troubled young man . But we're still shocked by the now-emerging news that Parisyan has pulled out of a fight at the last minute for the second time in his UFC ... (more) Breaking: Karo Parisyan Slapped With Lifetime UFC Ban ...
UFC 106: The New Guys
( Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson, 4/23/05 ) Of the 22 fighters testing their fates on Saturday night , three of them will be stepping into the Octagon for the first time — but don't expect these guys to crack under the pressure. Read on to meet the MMA veterans and ...
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Gambling Addiction Enabler: UFC 106
(Some glib video analysis of your UFC 106 betting options alongside Cagewriter 's Steve Cofield and RawVegas.tv 's Dave Farra.) My father has a saying about betting on MMA fights: ‘I’m not loaning you any money, and if you so much as touch that spare change jar ...
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Nerd Alert!!!
(Enjoy your victory now, Shane Roller, for it appears that you're about to be brought back to Tatooine to answer for your unpaid intergalactic debts. Props: WKR ) Those of you watching last night's Shane Roller - Danny Castillo fight at WEC 44 may have found yourselves wondering, Who is the ...
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'TUF 10' Episode 10 Recap: Bump, Set, Spike, KTFO
( Schaub vs. Madsen stoppage, via bothmiddlefingers ) Matt Mitrione is still bitching about his alleged brain damage. He says a doctor's visit revealed that he has some minor swelling in the brain, which turned into a migraine. As a result, he's a little slow and it's taking a little ...
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Featherweight Title Changes Hands Again as Jose Aldo Takes Out Mike Brown at WEC 44
( Aldo vs. Brown. Props: MMA Linker . If the video doesn't load for you, click here . ) Last night at WEC 44 in Las Vegas, Jose "Junior" Aldo went from exciting prospect to King of the Featherweight Mountain. The 23-year-old Nova Uniao standout picked up his sixth-straight TKO ...
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Spike TV Has Some UFC 105 Ratings That They’d Like To Put All Up In Strikeforce’s Face, If You Don’t Mind
(I think we all know what the young male audience was tuning in to see: Randy Couture's brilliant and intoxicating smile. Props: MMA TKO ) Spike TV is a lot like those jerks who you play in a fantasy football league with.   There’s always one sure way to know when they did better ...
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Mark Your Calendars: Rua-Machida Rematch Planned For May 1 in Montreal
(Enjoy your long winter breaks, boys.  Try to lay off the Christmas chocolates.) According to Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports , the UFC is spreading the word that May 1 will bring the much-anticipated and very necessary rematch between UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida and Mauricio ...
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The Potato Index: UFC 105 Aftermath
('Seriously Brandon, quit it. I'm not going to tell you again.' Photo courtesy of UFC.com ) The data is in for UFC 105 , and now the Potato Index’s arbitrary numerical rankings system is here to tell you who’s up and who’s down after this weekend’s UK action.  ...
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International Audiences to Bear Witness to the Fitness of the Modern Warrior
( Props: Smoogy on this epic UG thread . ) Just as Pop Idol spawned American Idol , and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? launched Oh, lucky man! , the UFC wants to turn its Ultimate Fighter property into a global franchise. As Dana White told MMA Junkie following UFC 105 , international ...
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In Case You Missed It — Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto (Video)
( Props: MMA Hits . Fight starts at the 9:06 mark. ) By now, you probably know that Manny Pacquiao dominated Miguel Cotto on Saturday night en route to a 12th-round TKO victory, becoming the first boxer to win world titles in seven different weight classes, and solidifying his position as ...
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Lesnar Very Sick, Nog Out With Staph, Humanity Approaching Its Final Hours
(This is why you always wash your hands after handling Maxim photo shoot props. For all you know, Fergie might have touched them before you.) If the strongest among us aren't safe from disease, there can be little hope for the rest of us mere mortals.  According to Dana White, Brock ...
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