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Saturday, June 16, 2007

UFC confirms Henderson and Jackson for UFC 75

They promoed the bout during UFC 72. It will take place 09/08 in London.

They also stated that Mirko Cro Cop and Michael Bisping would be on the card but did not mention opponents. Rumored to be Cheick Kongo and Matt Hammill respectively.

Labels: Cheick Kongo, Dan Henderson, Matt Hammill, Michael Bisping, Mirko Cro Cop, Mixed Martial Arts, Quinton Jackson, UFC, UFC 75

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Cheick Kongo to fight Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 75?

Kongo claims it is so. You can get details here or if you're a purist and want to read it in Dutch then click here

This fight, I don't think, would be that good. I was real impressed with Kongo in his first couple of appearances in the UFC then we found out he's pretty clueless on the ground. It is lucky for us, though probably not for Kongo, that Cro Cop won't be looking to take the fight down...if that happened then this would be bad.

Labels: Cheick Kongo, Mirko Cro Cop, Mixed Martial Arts, UFC, UFC 75

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Casey Trowbridge - OC Times Editor and Ace reporter/Columnist/Predictions Coordinator

As Editor and Ace reporter, Casey is responsible for posting a majority of news you see on the Times, as well as writing opinion pieces for Older Shows, such as his iMPACT Analysis Columns of past TNA Pay Per View Events. He also provides live round-by-round coverage for Major MMA Events, and running opinion pieces on TNA and WWE Pay Per Views. Casey is the coordinator for all of the Roundtable predictions columns that are a popular Times feature and contributes his own predictions to those columns. E-mail the Editor

Euan Taylor - OC Chief of Wackiness and All Things Nomadic/columnist
In edition to news posts, Euan is in charge of the wackiness division featuring his columns "Wandering Euan's Eutube Extravaganza", and "This Week in Wrestling Pergatory". Also Euan reviews a wide variety of Wrestling/MMA Events in his "Nomadic Review" Column. If that's not enough, Euan also oversees production of Roundtable Previews in edition to making his own predictions. E-mail the head of the Department of Wackiness
Wade Wallenstein - OC Show Reports and Play-by-play editor/columnist
Wade does wrestling play-by-play for shows Including WWE Raw, TNA iMPACT and TNA/WWE Pay Per View Events. Wade also prepares the columns that simulate upcoming Mixed Martial Arts Pay Per View Events and posts news items. Wade also contributes Predictions for all major Wrestling and MMA Pay Per View events and major Television shows. E-mail the head of the Show Reports Division
Art Shimko - OC art department head/Reporter/Columnist
Whereas, most of what Casey posts in the way of news deals with the more nationally known wrestling companies, Art has a greater knowledge of the Independant Wrestling Scene, especially in the North Eastern United States. Art also contributes predictions for all major Wrestling and MMA Pay Per View Events and select Major TV shows. It is also not unreasonable to consider Art the head of the OC Times art department, as he's our graphics man. E-mail
Ric Gillespie - OC Chief of general laziness
Ric Primarily works for his own website, CanvasChronicle.com but he does oversee the production of some of the Predictions Roundtables and is also a pretty frequently sited source of OC Times News. All of this and he still finds time to complain and be lazy a large part of the day. E-Mail Ric CanvasChronicle.com
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