Press Release: Tsunami Fighting Championships Benefit
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Hereby we send you the complete and official info about the upcoming "TSUNAMI Fighting Championships" on June 30th and July 1st 2007 in Stuttgart/Germany.
Please note: this event will aid the victims of the horrible Tsunami desaster of December 2004, when app. 300.000 people died. All ticket sales of the "TSUNAMI Fighting Championships" will be collected by the Red Cross!
Amateur MMA On 4/14 In San Antonio, Texas
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Texas Amateur MMA Association sent along the following:
Saturday Night @ Nutty Brown Cafe
Fights Start at 7PM
The Texas Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Assocation presents a night of Cage Fights. 10 fights are scheduled at the Nutty Brown Cafe located on Hwy. 290 West. This is the first time Amateur MMA has returned to Austin. The card will feature fighters from across Texas including representatives from Austin Area Schools. Tickets are on sale at Randy Palmer's South Austin Gym for just $20.
For more information call 512-445-2348
brock lesnar interview part two
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Late last-week, MMANews.com's own Luis Cruz discussed this and more in an exclusive twenty-plus minute interview with Brock Lesnar. Below is part two of a two-part transcript
Rich Franklin: Nothing Has Been Confirmed
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"Absolutely nothing has been confirmed regarding Rich's next fight," J.T. Stewart, Rich Franklin's media contact, told me Saturday in response to rumors of a Franklin versus Martin Kampmann main event at UFC 72 in Ireland June 16
Sports Illustrated article on Lidell
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With less than two months until his title defense against Quinton (Rampage) Jackson, Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight titleholder Chuck Liddell, 37, has headed to the hills of Arroyo Grande, Calif., to train at an outdoor compound known as The Pit.
Striking in Boxing and MMA
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As Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) skyrockets in popularity, the resistance of mainstream media outlets (Sports Illustrated and ESPN) has historically probably been due to a fear of pro-wrestling combined with old-school boxing writers lack of understanding. Boxing writers love boxing; and they often feel, correctly, that MMA fighters usually aren’t the best boxers.
New MMA magazine to launch in June
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Bluff Media has issued a press release today to announce the forthcoming launch of FIGHT!, a brand new mixed martial arts publication that will hit newsstands on June 26.
Tank Abbott to fight Butterbean?
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According to the rumors section of MMAWeekly.com, Eric "Butterbean" Esch could end up fighting David "Tank" Abbott on the undercard of the joint K-1/EliteXC card scheduled to take place in LA on June 2.
Phil Baroni Arrested
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Information provided by the Miami-Dade County official web site states that Baroni was arrested on April 9, 2007 for one felony count of Threatening a Public Servant and misdemeanor counts for Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Officers Without Violence.
UFC 70 Official Website is up
Not sure if this qualifies is news, but here you go:
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Hint: At the top center, you have to turn the music off or the backround music will make it hard to hear the video promos
Trading Places- Possible Pride/UFC fighter Swaps
Athletic "trades" of talent from one squad to another are nothing new in the world of professional sports. Baseball general managers, for example, can palm off three mediocre players in exchange for one fleet-footed prospect. And so on
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The Great Fight North
Welcome to our latest installment of The Great Fight North, The Fight Network’s Weekly Canadian MMA News column. This past weekend saw Montreal’s George “Rush” St. Pierre (13-2) defeated by Matt “The Terror” Serra (9-4-0) in what is being called one of the biggest upsets in the history of mixed martial arts.
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This Saturday, APRIL 14th - Grapplers Quest U.S. Nationals
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EVENT: 6th Annual U.S. Nationals of Grappling featuring $4,000 U.S. PRO TRIALS
Presented by Grapplers Quest and Supporting Sponsors
When: Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Box Office, At-The-Door Registrations, and Weigh-Ins Open at 8:30 AM
they have joe stevenson on the poster, dont know if he is supposed to be there.
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