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NSAC approves instant replay for MMA
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has approved the use of instant replay for fights that end because of a possible illegal foul. Here’s how the NSAC has worded it:
A referee at the conclusion of a contest or exhibition stopped immediately due to an injury to an unarmed combatant pursuant to NAC 467.718 and after making [...]
Tito Ortiz to return at UFC 106
According to various published reports, Tito Ortiz will be making his return to the Octagon at UFC 106 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As has been speculated, his opponent will be former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman. No official announcement has come from the UFC, but I would expect it to come out in the coming [...]
Saturday night ratings good for UFC and Strikeforce
The viewership numbers are in from this past Saturday, and both the UFC and Strikeforce should be quite pleased with the results. Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg averaged 576,000 viewers for the night on Showtime, and peaked with 856,000 viewers during the Carano/Cyborg main event. Meanwhile, the UFC counter-programmed Strikeforce by showing fights from the historic [...]
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg salaries
Here are the salaries paid out to participants in last weekend’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event. As I always note, these figures do not include sponsorship money or “under the table” bonuses often paid to fighters.
Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos: $25,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Gina Carano: $125,000
Gegard Mousasi: $2,000
def. Renato “Babalu” Sobral: $75,000
Gilbert Melendez: $50,000
def. Mitsuhiro [...]
Ishida camp accuses Melendez of greasing
The camp of Mitsuhiro Ishida has filed a verbal protest to the California State Athletic Commission saying that his opponent, Gilbert Melendez, used a greasing agent this past Saturday night. Melendez defeated Ishida by TKO in the 3rd round at this past weekend’s Strikeforce event.
The fight was a rematch from a 2007 matchup that saw [...]
Chuck Liddell to participate in “Dancing with the Stars”
Chuck Liddell has been chosen as one of the 16 participants for the next season of “Dancing with the Stars.” Also included in the cast of “celebrities” are former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin, Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin, and Donny Osmond.
Liddell is currently taking some time to decide on whether he wants to continue fighting. [...]
Nick Diaz vs. Jay Hieron fight will happen ‘before end of the year’
Even though Nick Diaz put Strikeforce in a tough spot by not taking his CSAC mandated drug test and thereby getting removed from his scheduled Strikeforce welterweight title fight with Jay Hieron, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker says Diaz will return to the cage sooner rather than later. During last night’s post-fight press conference, Coker said that [...]
