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UFC 121 - Looking Back at the Fall of Tito Ortiz
Let's go back to the thirtieth day of December in 2006. The site is Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC 66. It was the last time Tito Ortiz truly had a shot at glory. He was at the top of his game professionally. Having won 5 fights in a row, against Patrick Cote, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin and Ken...
My Top Five MMA Events Of 2009
Firstly, this list consists of events that I've seen and granted I wasn't able to watch ever major MMA event that happened this year. Especially the Japanese events since Time Warner Cable pulled the plug on my HDNet. Plus a brother wasn't able to purchase every MMA PPV this year either, but...
How Many Affliction: Day of Reckoning Tickets Were Actually Purchased?
A decent number, but not nearly enough especially if De La Hoya was paid $5 million to show: "A celebrity who is here in bronze only, Oscar De La Hoya, [while] the live version is in nearby Anaheim, where his company got a $5 million fee from a T-shirt maker so that he would be personally...
HBO World Championship Boxing: New graphics, same Larry
Usually I wouldn't devote an entire post to talking about the actual broadcast from HBO or any other network, but there was some important stuff last night on the revamped World Championship Boxing presentation that we didn't see on the Boxing After Dark show from the week before. And there is...
Snapshot of the Day: Fedor Emelianenko Puts Andrei Arlovski to Sleep
For more, go to NBC Sports.
Was Andrei Arlovski "Supposed" to Win?
Technically speaking, I was prepared to award the round to Arlovski had he continued to frustrate Fedor on the inside with angles and on the outside with push and leg kicks. Those elements of his gameplan were working sufficiently at the time. But does that mean Arlovski "would've won had it not...
Affliction Payroll
Credit to MMA Weekly for getting this. Fedor's undisclosed bonus is widely reported to be at least 1.3 million, putting their total payroll at 4.6 million or higher: MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS– Fedor Emelianenko $300,000 (no win bonus) def. Andre Arlovski $1,500,000 (win bonus would have been...
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