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Vic Darchinyan Seriously Considers Move to Mixed Martial Arts
Bantamweight contender and former flyweight and super flyweight titlist Vic Darchinyan is seriously considering a move to mixed martial arts. At yesterday's final press conference for this Saturday's bantamweight double-header on Showtime, where Darchinyan will face WBA titlist Anselmo Moreno in an...
UFC on FOX Ratings: How Much Higher Can MMA Go, and What Impact Could Their Success Have on Boxing?
One of the things I did want to touch on last week but never quite got around to was the supposed "competition" from the biggest mixed martial arts promotion on the planet getting their first taste of network television on Saturday night. For those who may live under a rock or simply don't care...
Don King Wants to Compete With UFC
Don King, who is as crazy and energetic at age 80 as he's ever been in many ways, tells USA Today that he wants to enter MMA, start a promotion, and compete with UFC: Calling MMA "sophisticated barbarism," he predicts MMA will complement, but never overtake, the "sweet science" of boxing. "I'm ...
Ricardo Mayorga's MMA debut set for May 15
Looks like Ricardo Fighting Mayorga is actually going to go through with his attempt at MMA, as Shine Fights sent out a press release to hype Mayorga's May 15 fight with credible MMA veteran Din Thomas. In it, Mayorga had this to say: "I conquered the world in the boxing ring all the while I was...
James Toney wants to fight in UFC
41-year-old heavyweight fringe contender and formerly great fighter James "Lights Out" Toney seems to have run out of possibly interesting fights in boxing, though to hear Toney tell it, he's being ducked by everyone in boxing, including the -- as he puts it -- "Klitschko sisters," who are both...
Bernard Hopkins reminds you he's from hood, isn't gay, doesn't like MMA because it's "a porno"
Just in case you were ever wondering, Bernard Hopkins shared his highly intelligent feelings on mixed martial arts with BoxingScene.com: "Everybody is different. I don't want to watch two grown men wrestling with panties on. I'm from the hood, we don't play that. To me, I'm not buying a ticket to...
Kimbo Slice is not going to be a top fighter in any sport
I have nothing against Kimbo Slice. Honestly, I'm a Kimbo fan. I root for the guy to do well in MMA because he's a funny dude, a charismatic, TV-ready star, and he's really genuine. But after he got stopped in two rounds by Roy Nelson on The Ultimate Fighter last night, his chances of having a...
Guess the Buys for Mayweather-Marquez
Back in May, we did this for Hatton-Pacquiao. My own guess was 850K, right around the actual reported number of about 825-850K, which Bob Arum did his best to hide because it didn't cover all that insane gibberish about the fight breaking all the records in a depressed economy. Arum was seriously a...
Dana White needlessly insults Juan Manuel Marquez
UFC's Dana White believes nobody asked for Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Juan Manuel Marquez. Actually, scratch "Juan Manuel Marquez." Dana refers to him as "What's his name?" in this video: I'm not saying Dana White has no point. Mayweather-Marquez is not looking like the major event boxing would...
Ricardo Mayorga signs with Shine Fights MMA
As we reported on early Saturday morning with an assist from Bloody Elbow's Chris Nelson, Ricardo Mayorga is heading into the MMA world with the Shine Fights promotion. MMA Mania says it's good to go. As for how Mayorga might fare in the MMA world, let's get the obvious out of the way: He has no...
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