Archive for July, 2009
Instant replay coming soon to MMA?
The Nevada State Athletic Commission is going to hold a vote on a few proposed rule changes at a hearing on August 19th. Included in the proposed changes is an allowance to use limited instant replay to help referees rule on whether or not a fight-ending injury occurred from an legal blow or a foul. Here’s how the [...]
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Brock Lesnar video interview
Brock Lesnar was signing autographs in Minnesota this weekend and sat down for this interview with a local TV station. He talks about his learning curve, the UFC heavyweight division, and fighting “the Big Russian.”
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Recapping the crazy day in MMA
Today started with the expectation that Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent for the August 1st Affliction: Trilogy main event would be named. Well, we didn’t get that, but we got a whole bunch of other news.
First, Affliction announced that the event planned for August 1st had been cancelled. It appears that Showtime was the main reason for [...]
Affliction cancels August 1st event
In a stunning turn of events, Affliction has cancelled their Affliction: Trilogy event planned for August 1st. Josh Barnett, scheduled to fight Fedor Emelianenko in the main event, tested positive for steroids and was unable to get a license to fight in the event. Affliction had been trying to find a replacement for Barnett, and [...]
Updates on Fedor/Barnett situation
The Josh Barnett positive drug test has really muddled an otherwise intriguing Affliction: Trilogy card for next Saturday. Barnett has been denied his license by the California State Athletic Commission, although there is a chance he can get the license if his “B” sample they are testing comes back clean. The steroid that Barnett tested [...]
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett Affliction fight off?
According to Sherdog.com, the much anticipated fight between top heavyweights Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett, scheduled for Affliction: Trilogy on August 1st, is in danger of being cancelled. The California State Athletic Commission is not going to license Barnett to fight due to a positive drug test result.
According to the article, Affliction and M-1 Global are searching [...]
