New York — Fans unable to attend the first Adrenaline MMA event on June 14 at the Sears Center Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., will be able to watch the event live on HDNet.
Adrenaline CEO Monte Cox has announced a deal for the Mark Cuban-owned HDNet to carry the event’s first three shows live. “We [...]
“The only organization that wasn’t willing to make me an offer was the UFC. They don’t want the best fighters; they want the best fighters that they can control.”
— Matt Lindland on his new deal with Affliction. Lindland also revealed that EliteXC approached him with an offer, but was outbid by the t-shirt company turned MMA-promoter.
“We’re going to make the WEC the smaller weights and the UFC will be the heavier weights. We’ll probably take some of the guys in the higher weights, the champions over there and bring them into UFC. We’re still trying to figure that out.”
— Dana White on further distinguishing Zuffa’s MMA properties. He told the Canadian Press that the UFC has no plans to install a 145-pound division or a women’s division.
“While I know I can win against any lightweight in the world on a given day, I fell twice in a row [to Kenny Florian and Josh Neer]. Therefore, I’m going to bow out. Good luck to those guys. I’m going to drop down to 145 lbs and see if those guys down there will embrace me.”
— Din Thomas on his future plans, which will hopefully include the WEC’s featherweight division.
“You’ve likely heard the rumblings and rumors… and for once…. it’s true… I’m packing it in! Well, who am I kidding? I was really more of a brand ambassador for Bodog the past while anyway – but it was fun while it lasted.”
— Calvin Ayre announcing his retirement from Bodog, which will be restructuring and returning its focus to gaming, and not so much on money-losing fight promotions.
“I was asked by the UFC to help with security when the 2 fighters entered the ring area. They where more worried about Matt than GSP. Next thing I know some wack job is jumping over the barriers and charging the ring. I didn’t want to hurt the guy so I was just going to put him to sleep and then help get him out of there before he hurt someone or himself.”
— UFC ref Dan Miragliotta (who comes in at 6′4”, 296 pounds) on his rear-naked-choke of Joe Asshole at UFC 83.
BodogFight’s latest Bodog Girls photoset features two lovely models sort-of-but-not-really demonstrating a toe hold. Carlos Gracie is rolling in his grave right now — with an uncomfortable boner. Check out the rest of the set after the jump, and more photos and videos of the Bodog hotties here. Have at ‘em, gents.
Eddie Alvarez is a talented and fun to watch fighter that has racked up an impressive 10-1 record. What is more impressive is that all 10 of his wins have ended in KO or submission. You know how Kenny Florian said at the last UFC that he was a finisher in the 155 weight class? Well, Eddie is the KenFlo at 170.
Currently Alvarez fights for the Bodog organization and is headlining their fight card this weekend. Keep an eye on this kid, he’s easily top ten welterweight material.
Here is a clip of him fighting Aaron Reily, an experienced MMA fighter who is known for having a chin of granite.
You don’t need pay-per-view to get your fix of MMA this week, there is plenty of action on cable TV. Check below for this week’s schedule of mixed martial arts programming.
Monday
- IFL: The Silverbacks look to stay alive in the playoff hunt as they battle the revitalized Chicago Red Bears. Undefeated heavyweight Ben Rothwell and once-beaten lightweight Bart Palazcewski return to the ring for Quad Cities, while Igor Zinoviev’s Red Bears bring Chicago native Mike Miller in to meet UFC veteran Josh Neer. Broadcast on MyNetworkTV. Check HERE to find your local station. Show starts at 8/7c.
-UFC73 Countdown: Sherk vs. Franka. 10:30 on Spike TV
-UFC All Access: Sean Sherk. 11:30 on Spike TV
Tuesday
-BodogFight: 2nd episode of the season. Lightweights: Jackson vs. Watson and Heavyweights: Puder vs Alden. 11/10c on ION TV. To see if you receive the ION channel click HERE
Thursday
- UFC Unleased. 10pm on Spike TV
Friday
- IFL: The Anacondas vs The Tigersharks. Fox Sports Net. Times vary based on location. Click HERE for times by region.
MMA is everywhere you look these days. Currently Playboy.com is showcasing the sport through the use of beautiful women, go figure. The site features three short “training” videos with female models executing techniques such as chest to chest sweep, sleeper hold, and north south triangle choke. You won’t learn enough here to submit Nogueira, but probably worth a watch. Check out the video HERE.
