Yes!!!!
WEC and The Versus Channel have reached a new TV deal for 2009. The new deal will increase the number of live events from six, which they have slated for 2008, to eight in 2009.
Credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Yeah...what the where they thinking lol...
LMAO...does anyone remember this..and its just part 2, watch part 1 if you dare!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6md1I76DvSQ
Yes!!!!
WEC and The Versus Channel have reached a new TV deal for 2009. The new deal will increase the number of live events from six, which they have slated for 2008, to eight in 2009.
Credit: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter
I love and hate that news.
I wanted WEC to get put on network TV instead of the UFC but 8 events sound great so its all good no matter what.
EliteXC on its last leg
http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_yl...nkie&type=lgns
If they just hadn't over done it with Kimbo………..
I know this is really old but i just wanted to comment on this. It is still annoying that many in the mainstream media still bash MMA, and really don't even bother to take the time to try and understand it. The UFC should be getting mainstream coverage right now and it amazes me that has yet to happen. MMA is huge though and it is only getting bigger. The mainstream acceptance will finally come when all these old fossils, set in their ways and opinions on such matters, finally retire and go away and the younger breed take their jobs with a fresher outlook on MMA and really sports in general.Quite possibly the most ignorant anti-UFC article I've seen in years...
http://cbs.sportsline.com/columns/story/10162545/1
Comments
http://cbs.sportsline.com/mcc/messages/board/2383618
Boxing is dead after OdlH vs Mayweather...
and Tony Kornholer on PTI shows his ignorance...
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=3883
True and why would anyone be rushing to their TV sets after the rotten performance he turned in last time?? The guy is not fighting anybody credible and looks like .
UFC-WEC COMBINING!
After months of openly considering the move, Zuffa LLC is now committed to folding some of the WEC’s heavier weight classes into the UFC, and UFC President Dana White today said the process is already underway.
White confirmed the partial WEC-UFC merger while a guest on today’s edition of TAGG Radio (www.taggradio.com), the official radio partner of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
“We’re working on that now,” White said of the merger.
Ever since Zuffa LLC (the UFC’s parent company) purchased the organization in December 2006, White has maintained that the WEC would be run as a separate en y—not a feeder system for the UFC—with a focus on the sport’s lighter weight classes.
Although some fighters—including current WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner, former UFC le-holder Jens Pulver and featherweight prospect Leonard Garcia—went from the UFC to the WEC, they weren’t necessarily demotions. In fact, Pulver and Garcia made the moves so they could fight at 145 pounds (a weight class not offered in the UFC), and Varner joined the WEC with the promise of a le shot.
However, the organization has struggled to stock its middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, and rather than pull talent from the UFC, White said the WEC’s 205-pound and 185-pound divisions will be folded into the UFC.
“The answer is yes, and we’re working on that right now,” White said.
Although the light-heavyweight division offers some decent prospects in current WEC le-holder Steve Cantwell and former champ Brian Stann, neither is likely to make much of an immediate impact in the UFC’s stacked 205-pound division.
However, a couple of WEC 185-pounders could make some waves in the UFC. Current WEC middleweight champ Paulo Filho is generally considered one of the world’s top three 185-pounders, and his upcoming Sept. 10 opponent, Chael Sonnen, gave Filho all he could handle in their previous match-up. UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Filho are friends and, in the past, said they’re unlikely to fight each other. However, Rich Franklin, Nate Marquardt, Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson all provide intriguing match-ups for the undefeated Brazilian.
In any manner, White didn’t mention a timetable for the merger but confirmed the wheels are in motion.
To hear the full interview with White, check out the TAGG Radio archives.
This story was produced in conjunction with TAGG Radio (www.taggradio.com) specially for MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). The show—which is hosted by fighter/broadcaster Frank Trigg, Gorgeous George and ace producer Goze—books some of the biggest names in MMA. Download all the former episodes at www.taggradio.com, or tune into TAGG Radio’s live shows Monday-Friday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.
Check out more UFC News at MMAjunkie.com. This story originally appeared on MMAjunkie.com and is syndicated on Yahoo! Sports as part of a content-partnership deal between the two sites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MZNspoAUMA I dont remember this...
Anyway, I think Cain Velasquez would beat his ass, and yes I am already sold on Lesnar. I just think Velasquez is the most COMPLETE HW already.
"The big question, whether he can take a punch, remains unanswered. But if he can take people down at will, it may be some time before he has to answer it. It’s to his benefit to keep that question from being asked for as long as possible."
I dunno...he took a nasty knee from Heath.
Excellent read though
MMA Live to hit ESPN or ESPN 2 soon? Would be huge…
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/8/12...-espn-or-espn2
Dude, that is awesome!
added to my Dana quotes collection...
7/20/08 - upon learning that Emelianenko had submitted ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif., in less than a minute, White unflinchingly admitted he was impressed. “It does (change my opinion),” he conceded. “Tim Sylvia was a real opponent.”
WOW!! I was impressed...but...
8/9/08 - Reporter: "In your opinion, is there a fighter that could beat Fedor in the sport today?"
Dana: "You're trying to start some . I don't believe in the Fedor hype. I gotta see him fight somebody first. Obviously he destroyed Tim Sylvia..."
Reporter: "Thirty-seven seconds!"
Dana: "...and I couldn't have been in' happier! (Everyone laughs) Tim Sylvia has been boring me for years. Finally, it was good to see him get wrecked. The only good thing he did was break Fedor's hand with his face. Honestly, Fedor has to prove himself to me before I'll believe in Fedor."
Oh Dana...
And that right there is why i hate Dana White. Trash the out of someone who used to be in your organization and is a very good fighter. The guy is such a ing snake. Right now he is praising the out of Brock because he looks good and worth the investment. If he has 2 bad fights in a row and is out of the UFC, he'll say something like "He was just a publicity stunt and a waste of ing time"
And what is he babbling on about "Fedor has to prove himself", against who exactly?? He holds 2 wins over your current heavy champ and just wrecked your former champ in less than a min. Who exactly is he supposed to fight that would impress you, Dana you jackass.
Other than Randy there is nobody and Dana is partially the reason that hasn't happened.
Cain Velasquez!!!
Strikeforce world light heavyweight champion Bobby Southworth (9-5) will make his next le defense against Renato "Babalu" Sobral (30-7) at September's Playboy at the Mansion II event.
Strikeforce Vice President Mike Afromowitz today confirmed the le fight, and other event participants, with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
In addition to Southworth vs. Sobral, Afromowitz said Strikeforce world lightweight champion Josh Thomson (15-2) and undefeated prospect Billy Evangelista (7-0) have also be added to the card, though the search continues for their opponents.
I dislike Bobby Southworth. I hope Babalu embarrasses him.
^^^^ As speculated on a few other blogs, this is a sign o won't be on the affliction card.
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! It looks as if Roger Huerta lost much more than the fight against Florian, he also lost a relationship. Thats right Huerta and UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste are no longer on speaking terms. So he lost the fight and a very attractive Latina. Shes all mine now!
Please don't post anything like this ever again
I apologize, slow day.
I apologize, slow day.
Just kidding with ya
Some old school MMA videos…Arlovski’s MMA debut from 1999 and a 32 man ONE DAY tourny from 1995 (won by Ricardo Morais, who you might know as the statue that Aleks Emelianenko KO’d in about 10 seconds in Pride). Also noticed that Igor Vovchanchyn is a big player in the tourney, but falls a little short (submitting to a chin in the eye!). Alex Andrade (recently of Art or War and HDNet Fights fame) made his MMA debut against Morais also. Tra Telligman was in it too. Crazy stuff.
http://www.cagepotato.com/2008/08/13...an-tournament/
Sweet vids Leonard....That was an awesome takedown by Morais in the finals.
it better be on regular ESPN because ESPN 2 is a joke.
We were re-watching UFC 56 last night and heard an oldie but goodie from GSP:
"I heet heem and I knew dat he was urt because I heer heem say 'Aughhh!'"
Someday I'm going to write a book, and that's going to be one of the chapter les.
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