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http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4094
Following his destruction of Chuck Liddell at UFC 71, Quinton Jackson was immediately introduced to his next opponent, Dan Henderson. The Ultimate Fighting Championship introduced Henderson, the current Pride 185-pound and 205-pound champion, as its latest marquee acquisition and the first challenger to Jackson’s light heavyweight le.
Yesterday on CBS 2 in Los Angeles, Jackson confirmed that his fight with Henderson would take place later this year when the UFC returns to England. Speaking to reporter Jim Hill, Jackson noted, “I have to fight September 8th in London with the champion of Japan [Henderson]. He has the belt that I was trying to go for that I never got.”
UFC 75, planned for September 8th, will be the promotion’s third event of the year in Europe. Although the UFC hasn’t yet officially confirmed the event, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has mentioned that he will be fighting on the card, and other rumored participants include Michael Bisping, Alessio Sakara, Jess Liaudin, and Dennis Siver.
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Tim Persey tested positive for meth...no other failures from K-1 (although Morton refused to take a post fight test), and none from UFC 71 or the WEC card.
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=4108
I was scrolling my rss feed...tommy morrison tested has been lying about being HIV negative! Its on USA today.
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Really? I read that his MMA fight wasn't sanctioned by a state because it's on a reservation so he didn't have to be tested... (the guy he's supposed to fight was on Beatdown Radio yesterday)
Was his last boxing match sanctioned??
found the article
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxin...03720775_x.htm
His former manager has an axe to grind.
Should this be true, this is the sorriest thing an athlete has ever done along the side of Ray Carruth(spelling?)
"Despite Report, Stover Might Fight Morrison"
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7837
June 9, 2007
by Josh Gross ([email protected])
Following a report Friday evening by the Arizona Republic in which Tommy Morrison's former agent said the boxer is HIV positive, John Stover told Sherdog.com that he remains undecided about fighting Morrison in a mixed martial arts bout Saturday at Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde, Ariz.
"Today [promoters] assured me on and on that [Morrison] tested negative and they said he's been tested 15 times over the past few years and he tested negative each time," said Stover, a six-foot-two, 340-pound fighter out of Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
"I don't know what to do other than believe them, because why would they lie to me, especially about something like that?" he continued. "Because if he and I were to fight and he was positive then that would be a felony. What do they call it? Attempted manslaughter."
According to the report published on the Republic Web site, Morrison's former agent Randy Lang said Morrison, 38, has tested positive for HIV antibodies.
"If they have proof of that test and then they're trying to push this thing through, then of course that needs to be exposed," Stover's manager, Mike Bridge, told Sherdog.com late Friday.
Since being driven out of boxing after a positive HIV test in 1996, Morrison has repeated claims that the test conducted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission was a false-positive, and he is free of the virus that causes AIDS.
Jay, Oklahoma's Morrison stayed out of the ring for 11 years before attempting to return to boxing this January. A hand injury ended that bid, and his license application to the Arizona State Athletic Commission was subsequently pulled back before blood work could be returned.
On Feb. 22, 2007, Morrison fought John Castle in a four-round bout after West Virginia licensed him based largely on do ents that Lang said were fraudulent, or tests in which blood samples were switched.
Lang said he stopped working for Morrison three days after the Feb. fight because the boxer and his promoter, Peter McKinn, who is running Saturday's fight in Ariz., misrepresented the results of tests conducted in front him and Arizona State Athletic Commission Executive Officer Joe Montano.
McKinn told the Republic that he was never in West Virginia during Morrison's licensing process and that all do ents supplied to the commission came from Lang.
Calls from Sherdog.com to McKinn were not immediately returned.
Stover, a self-diagnosed brawler with a penchant for bloody fights, told Sherdog Radio on Friday afternoon that he was under the impression the fight, intended to be Morrison's MMA debut, fell under the jurisdiction of the Arizona State Athletic Commission.
"I came into this with what my promoter told me," he said.
Informed that blood, heart and eye exams were not going to be administered because the bout was taking place on Yavapai-Apache Nation land, which falls outside the jurisdiction of the Arizona Commission, Stover said, "I'm not ready to commit suicide or something like that."
The heavyweights finally met Friday evening during weigh-ins for the controversial bout. They shook hands and took pictures before Morrison left.
"It's kind of flip-floppy right now," said Bridge. "We'll wait to see what tomorrow brings. [Stover's] kind of freaking out about it because we're getting mixed signals.
"As far as I know, the fight's still on."
Tomorrows free UFN is going to one of the better ones I think.
Everyone who is a sports fan has a few up and comers they follow and one of mine is headlining tomorrow, Sam Stout. I love Muay Thai based fighters.
http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/f...fighterID=9901
This would have been a perfect night to have Cheick and Heath face off but Cheick is facing Cro Cop at 75. Thank you google translator.
Last edited by Evan; 06-11-2007 at 09:36 AM.
What a joke...Morrison wins in his "MMA debut"...please die...
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7845
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7850
http://sprawlnbrawl.blogspot.com/200...son-fight.html
"Despite a set of last-minute rules revisions tailored to Morrison’s fighting style – no grounding, and Morrison allowed to wear boxing footwear – Morrison failed to offer a performance that captivated those in attendance, appearing initially sloppy and befuddled by MMA rules that did not lead to immediate breaks. In fact, Tommy Morrison handily lost the fight’s first minute.
For the entirety of the fight’s last 90 seconds, and for eight minutes after that, however, the victorious Morrison wheezed, coughed and gasped for air – appearing more sickly than triumphant.
It was an interesting night all round – with the Arizona Republic’s esteemed boxing writer Norm Frauenheim initially removed from ringside because of a report published Saturday morning about Morrison’s probable HIV-positive condition – and with Morrison’s initial entrance to the ring delayed longer than any MMA fans could recall an entrance ever being delayed."
There is going to be so many of these joke MMA events from here on out as everyone tries to cash in.
Not to be morbid but the first MMA paralyzation and death is right around the corner now. It will happen when two guys fight that have no business wearing 4oz gloves. Everyone is trying to fast to get into this and so many are not qualified.
We had two of these in one week, K-1 with Morton and that piece of garbage with Tommy. It will only get worse.
You're probably right...and then the media will over-react and the UFC will be getting heat again.
And when it happens, we will then see just how good Dana is with the media and we will see how much pull he has with the NSAC. He may very well succeed in forcing some nearly impossible "licenses" qualifications on having mma fights that smaller shows can't pull off thereby eliminating a lot of shows unless their at some Indian reservation.
Last edited by Evan; 06-11-2007 at 10:22 AM.
Chuck was in rehab prior to fighting Rampage?? Wouldn't surprise me if true...
http://www.bloodyknux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27224
Wanderlei Silva is training at Couture's gym right now...odd, since Gonzaga is a ChuteBoxe guy (he was in Thiago Silva's corner at UFC 71 at least).
http://sprawlnbrawl.blogspot.com/200...lei-silva.html
Jake O'Brien off the UFC 72 card due to injury
http://ufcmania.com/2007/06/11/repor...spinal-injury/
Crocop vs Kongo at UFC 75
http://ufcmania.com/2007/06/10/ufc-7...-cheick-kongo/
http://www.mmahaven.com/2007/06/10/c...-ufc-contract/
Also from mmahaven above, Fedor turned down the UFC's latest contract offer...
Diego Sanchez vs Mach Sakurai at UFC 74...I can't wait for this one...
http://ufcmania.com/2007/06/09/wec-j...-urijah-faber/
Couture discusses Fedor
http://ufcmania.com/2007/06/09/ufc-q...ould-be-great/
Jens Pulver to 145 to fight Faber in the WEC? Would be very interesting...
http://ufcmania.com/2007/06/09/wec-j...-urijah-faber/
Severly depressed about Fedor but nothing is in stone yet.
Not sure I believe the Chuck story but wouldn't be surprised either.
Baroni and Shamrock fight is looking real interesting. I can't wait...
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...4116&zoneid=13
hopefully no fire breathing dragons on this one
Here is the preview show...
http://www.strikeforceusa.net/news.asp?ID=36
Eventually I will have a real time chatroon (flash enabled) on the site for people to BS during fights.
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The Strikeforce / Elite XC card on the 22nd kicks is better than the UFC 72 card IMO...
STRIKEFORCE / ELITE XC: JUNE 22, 2007 ON PAY-PER-VIEW
location: San Jose, California
Main Card Bouts:
-Frank Shamrock vs. Phil Baroni
-Murilo "Ninja" Rua vs. Joey Villasenor
-Paul Buentello vs. Carter Williams
-Paul Daley vs. Duane "Bang" Ludwig
-Josh Thomson vs. Nick Gonzalez
-Cung Le vs. Tony Fryklund
-Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett vs. Victor "Joe Boxer" Valenzuela
Preliminary Bouts:
-Jason Von Flue vs. Luke Stewart
-Mike Pyle vs. Aaron Wetherspoon
-Eugene Jackson vs. Danny Higgins
-Rex Richards vs. Steve Jester
Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett...that guy is fun to hate. Surprised he is so low on the card.
Paul Buentello...most doughy athlete to ever.... Proof you don't need to use steroids to be successful.
And Von Flue still kicking around....living off that TUF juice.
Did Brock Lesnar already fight? If so what was the outcome?
He did ok for his first fight, used his wrestling skills and dominated a below average opponant but he did in fact win. Here is the video.
http://www.mmahaven.com/2007/06/03/k...lts-and-video/
And I think he will stay in K-1, if the guy would train with someone like Randy Couture, wow. He is only 30 and has plenty of time to mold a career if he wants it.
By the way, can we bet on UFN 10?
White was an idiot for making that claim when he didn't have comfirmation and said he heard it from a friend.
This guy wrote a great write up on safety of MMA Vs Boxing. You should include this Friday LEONARD.
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...4117&zoneid=13
If he stated this on rumor, than that is so sorry of him. Can't screw with someones career like that.
Definitely ty of White if that's all it was based on... ty of him to mention it regardless actually. But still, it wouldn't surprise me if true...
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