Enter Blue Guy Posted May 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 The following is from KosMMA.com, the official website of rising UFC Welterweight contender Josh Koscheck: News & Events UFC 74 May 10, 2007 Well as of now, it looking like Kos is set to be fighting in AUG at UFC 74 and it's looking like we will be taking on Georges St. Pierre. We have the contract and will be sending it back this week to the UFC! more updates to come in the next couple of days! Thanks, Kos Fan's Stick with MMANews.com for continued updates on the potential Josh Koscheck vs. Georges St. Pierre fight. We hope to talk with former UFC Welterweight champion GSP again next week to talk about the possibility of this match up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazedfan Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 I think GSP would destroy Koscheck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 For those interested, I recently did an interview with Sean Salmon for my Journalism class... http://www.accbiggz.com It's my latest post on there, article in full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 There has been some rumblings last week and as of now all signs are pointing to Filho coming to the UFC. Rumors last week were that Okami accepted the fight against Franklin while they also contacted Filho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Blue Guy Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Paulo Filho in the US! Smell the buyrates! Filho, phenomenal technician, world class grappler... Human slug of MMA. Never been a fan of Filho, I can appreciate his talent for the sport, but man, he can suck the life out of an event. No doubt his name adds a lot of credibility to the 185 pound division, but he is so fucking boring to watch, unless he finishes early with a sub. Besides, what would it say about Pride purchase if UFC signed the arguable #1 contender of the Pride welterweight title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 I do think elbows on the ground will help him become more exciting in the UFC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Blue Guy Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 The following is from ChuteBoxe-USA.com, the official U.S. website of the top Brazilian MMA team, the Chute Boxe academy. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has signed a contract with the UFC and may participate in UFC 72. Stick with MMANews.com for continued UFC 72 updates and coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 A creamed just a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tate Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Tommy Morrison wants UFC champ Liddell Mark Vester / BoxingScene.com Former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison is ready to make his debut in mixed martial arts, with a goal in mind of eventually landing a fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck "Iceman" Liddell, according to the Arizona Republic. Morrison (48-3, 42KOs), who recently resumed his boxing career after testing positive for HIV 11 years ago in Las Vegas, has a scheduled bout against 340-pound mixed martial artist John Stover. The bout is scheduled to take place on June 9 at the Cliff Castle Casino in Arizona and will be promoted by Worldwide Fighting Championship. Following his positive test for HIV, Morrison was medically banned from boxing. In the last few years, he told anyone that would listen that he was given a false-positive HIV result in 1996. On at least five occasions since December 2006, Morrison has tested negative for the HIV virus. After the head of the Arizona State Boxing Commission personally watched Morrison take a blood test at a lab in Phoenix, and the test came back negative for HIV, Morrison was licensed to return Feb. 20, where he knocked out John Castle (4-2, 2 KOs) in the second round of a scheduled four round contest. A second comeback bout was scrapped after medical documents were not received in time by the governing athletic board. Morrison did not look great in his bout with Castle and appeared to be tired by the second round. There has been no word on who Morrison is training with in order to properly prepare himself for his MMA debut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFF Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports, Hong-Man Choi – scheduled to face Brock Lesnar in the main event of the troubled Dynamite! USA event next week – has been denied a license by the California State Athletic Commission on medical grounds. Iole confirmed the information with FEG USA’s Mike Kogan. FEG is one of the co-promoters of the event. Kogan is attempting to seek a favorable opinion from a second doctor and seemed surprised that Choi was not able to gain clearance initially. Saying to Iole, “I think he can fight, because he fought (in a kickboxing show) in Hawaii on April 28 and he's all right. But if the second doctor comes to the same conclusion as the first, I have to deal with it." In addition to the troubles with Choi, at the time of publication, FEG has still not been able to secure a promoter’s license in California. They submitted financial documents to the commission yesterday, but those documents were deemed insufficient. A representative of the athletic commission was unavailable for comment at the time of publication of this article. Choi Hong-man update by Dave Meltzer While there has been no official announcement by the California State Athletic Commission regarding the status of Choi Hong-man for the June 2nd match with Brock Lesnar, it is highly unlikely the match will take place. An announcement is expected imminently but the medical condition discovered in his pre-fight physical requires immediate attention that would make it impossible for a commission to allow him to fight ten days. It is believed FEG is searching for a new opponent for Lesnar, which also won't be easy, because they are unlikely to approve of Lesnar facing anyone who has had too many fights since it is Lesnar's debut. I wonder if they will get anyone in time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Blue Guy Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 We have been able to confirm that preliminary talks have started with FEG regarding potential new opponents for Brock Lesnar. We know of four names that are definitely under consideration, which are Tank Abbott, Ruben Villareal, Butterbean and James Thompson. Of those names, Abbott or Butterbean would have the most marquee value as a freak show fight for the U.S. PPV audience. Thompson is a question mark because even his own management can't ascertain what his Pride deal would prevent him from doing so he may be impossible. He also isn't likely to be chosen. Abbott has verbally said he would do the fight if asked. MMA News.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number of the Breast Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Not seen it reported here, but UFC 75 is almost certain to take place at London's O2 Arena on September 8th. Michael Bisping will be fighting, with some of the rumours putting him up against Matt Hamill or Lyoto Machida; Jesse Liaudin will be on the card; and the main event looking likely to be Cro Cop vs Arlovski. If it is, I'm there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LL! Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Not seen it reported here, but UFC 75 is almost certain to take place at London's O2 Arena on September 8th. Michael Bisping will be fighting, with some of the rumours putting him up against Matt Hamill or Lyoto Machida; Jesse Liaudin will be on the card; and the main event looking likely to be Cro Cop vs Arlovski. If it is, I'm there. Just letting you know, ticket prices for UFC events are staggering at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 I don't like Bisping's chances in either bout. While he can beat Hammill, the wrestling ability is just far superior and Matt has shown that he'll simply hold you there. And during the show you saw how easily he did against Bisping, including stuffing a takedown without hands. So I'm not sure if they want that... and Machida would be ok, but again, don't know. If anything I'd say Lyoto would be my preference as a booker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Sources: PRIDE Acquisition Finalized by Josh Gross (joshg@sherdog.com) On March 27, Station Casinos Vice Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta and UFC President Dana White announced in a Tokyo press conference that the sale of the PRIDE Fighting Championships to Zuffa had been agreed upon, and that the deal would be consummated on May 1. Yet three weeks after the consummation date, the deal was slow to close, as Zuffa attorneys did their due diligence on PRIDE assets. In a conference call with the media on Thursday,White denied that the deal had been closed. However, two sources tell Sherdog.com that the deal has in fact been finalized, and that former PRIDE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara has said as much to former DSE employees in the last 48 hours. Citing Issues with several PRIDE fighter contracts, on Wednesday MMAWeekly.com reported that there is a class action lawsuit on behalf of PRIDE fighters looking to get out of their contracts. White, in a conversation with the media on Thursday afternoon, denied any knowledge of the dispute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazedfan Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) Not seen it reported here, but UFC 75 is almost certain to take place at London's O2 Arena on September 8th. Michael Bisping will be fighting, with some of the rumours putting him up against Matt Hamill or Lyoto Machida; Jesse Liaudin will be on the card; and the main event looking likely to be Cro Cop vs Arlovski. If it is, I'm there. Just letting you know, ticket prices for UFC events are staggering at best. Edited May 25, 2007 by crazedfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number of the Breast Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I remember seeing that it went from £25-£300 at Manchester, so you're talking $50-$600. Any reports I've heard were that even the nosebleed seats were awesome though, so I'm definitely interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrilla Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 The tickets I contemplated getting for Manchester were £100 each, they were the front of the raised section. Floor seating went from £150 upwards. London may be better as the O2 Arena is bigger than the MEN, I think, by a couple of thousand. Then again its in London and everything there is expensive and sucks. I'm still annoyed I know people that went to the Manchester show for free, highly annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazedfan Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Well at least they're consistent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 It's ridiculous, but they sell out everywhere they go.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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