Steibling & Finney Highlight Bodog Tonight
Nicknames are not uncommon among mixed martial arts athletes. A look at the current roster of Bodog Fighters reveals colorful monikers such as "Red Nosed Pitt Bull", "Buffalohead", "The Eraser", and "The Juggernaut".
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Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 72?
The following statement appeared on the Chutebox US website this morning:
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has signed a contract with the UFC and may participate in UFC 72.
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UFC 71 Looks Like A `Rampage'
When it comes to UFC events this year, so far the safest prediction has been to go with the underdog. If we're to continue to follow that logic, then Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will become the light-heavyweight champion sometime around 10 p.m. Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Quinton’s Quotables
Cover this game long enough and you’ll get a few perks, one of which is interviewing some of the most interesting athletes in the world, guys with great stories and the willingness to tell them.
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Retro Minute-by-Minute: Liddell-Jackson I
Though nearly four years have passed since Chuck Liddell (Pictures) occupied the same blood-splattered real estate with Quinton Jackson (Pictures), they remain substantially the same fighters.
Liddell still looks to dislocate jaws by winging that looping left or mean overhand right; Jackson continues to perpetuate his specialized brand of wrestling, including takedowns marinated in enough menace to give Dan Gable nightmares.
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The Buzz Is All Rampage-Liddell
Is there anything else to talk about in the world of mixed martial arts but Saturday night’s light heavyweight title bout? The rematch between Chuck Liddell and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is the type of blockbuster fight the UFC can now produce, thanks to the purchase of rival organizations such as the World Fighting Alliance and Pride.
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The Great Fight North
We hope you’re all enjoying this long Labour Day weekend in Canada and making an easy transition back to work in other places. It’s Monday so here we are with another edition of The Great Fight North.
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Bisping Onboard For UFC 75
UK light heavyweight standout Michael “The Count” Bisping has confirmed that he will be fighting on September 8 at UFC 75 against an unnamed opponent. The wildly popular local fighter earned a second round TKO at April 21's UFC 70 against Elvis Sinosic in Manchester, just miles down the road from his Clithoroe township.
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Stealing The Show?
The main event for UFC 71 is Chuck Liddell taking on Quinton “Rampage” Jackson for the light heavyweight title, but the fight that may end up stealing the show features two of the best welterweight fighters in the world when Karo “The Heat” Parisyan takes on former Ultimate Fighter housemate, Josh “The People’s Warrior” Burkman.
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Trainer Says Chuck Is "On His Game"
Chuck Liddell’s longtime friend, training partner and trainer John Hackleman joined MMAWeekly’s SoundOff Radio show to talk about Chuck’s preparation and training camp for his upcoming fight with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson.
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Jackson Fighting For Respect
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson makes his way to the ring howling like a werewolf with a thick junkyard chain wrapped around his neck.
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Right on Time - The 'Old' Rampage is Back
“What makes this a big fight? It’s just two men going off to war, we fight for a large amount and we’ve danced this dance before. I’ve been in this predicament several times before, so what makes this a big fight? Millions of people are gonna be watching us, but it’s just gonna be me, him, and the referee inside that cage.”- Quinton Jackson
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Starnes Gives New Meaning to the Phrase "Well Rounded Fighter"
Had a bad day? Wife and kids on your nerves, bills late, feeling a little under the weather, that sort of thing? Don’t feel like you can physically or mentally get it together to go to work tomorrow? It’s okay, call in sick, regroup and try again another day.
Sound good? Well, professional fighters don’t have that luxury.
And for all the talk that pro athletes should shut up and suck it up because they’re getting paid money to perform, the fact remains that they are also human beings, and not immune to the everyday stresses and aches and pains that affect all of us. The only thing is, when we have a bad day, we don’t read about it on the Internet.
Enter Kalib Starnes.
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Myth-ed Martial Arts: Rage In the Cage
“The cage is safer than the ring.”
“Mixed martial arts is safer than boxing.”
Antagonized by critics, these are the kinds of things fans of MMA find themselves saying in trying to defend the sport.
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Aged Ruas Loses in Sad Performance
Saturday, May the 19th, in the main event of the International Fight League’s Chicago-area debut, after a near five and a half year layoff, mixed martial arts legend, Marco Ruas returned to the sport he helped usher into the United States, losing to Maurice Smith.
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PRIDE’s Wanderlei Silva Taking the Year off
Performify back with some big news from the world of PRIDE Fighting Championships.
PRIDE’s Wanderlei Silva declared that he will take off the rest of 2007 to focus on training. In an in-depth interview posted today in the Gazeta do Povo, a newspaper from Silva’s hometown of Curitiba, Brazil, the former PRIDE 205-pound champion expressed that he would not return to the PRIDE ring — or the UFC Octagon — until sometime in 2008.
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Ramapge Looks To End 'The Iceman's' Streak
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson cemented his reputation as one of the most exciting fighters in the world during his time in Japan's PRIDE organization, a wildly successful run that made him an international star and included a TKO victory over Chuck Liddell in November 2003, the last loss "the Iceman" has suffered to date.
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