MMA News and Notes

Phil Baroni has been arrested in Miami.

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Former Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes talks about last Saturday's UFC 69 event focusing on the 2 Welterweight bouts.

Want to train with Mirko Cro Cop? Well, you can Click here pay enough, and maybe your dream will come true.

The Fight Network has some news and notes from around the MMA World including the next fight for Spencer Fisher, Jeff Joslyn and a move to the WEC for Mark Hominic to challenge Urijah Faber for the Featherweight title.

The NSAC handed down Suspensions to Joe Pearson, Kit Cope and Nick Diaz the commission also ruled the Diaz fight with Takanori Gomi a no contest.

MMAWeekly.com looks at the prospects of Julie Kedzie at Saturday's Bodog Fight Pay Per View.

UFC.com has the latest column from Michael Bisping.

Chuck Liddell is featured in Sports Illustrated.

Another article on Liddell from HofMag.com can be found here

UFC 70 undercard fighter Paul 'please don't call me Euan, it offends me and is not funny' Taylor Profiled~!

Joe Fernandez of Newsday has a look at UFC 69 chiefly Matt Sera's stunning upset.

UFCJunkie.com has a look at the Medical Suspensions coming out of Fight Night 9.

For those of you interested, check out the MMAWeekly.com rankings in the 5 major weight classes.

That should hold you for now.

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The latest to fail a drug test is...

Nick Diaz he tested positive for Marijuana. I don't know what kind of suspension he's going to get from the NSAC.

In related news, Iron Sheik is trying to get Nick Diaz' phone number.

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Ticket Sales up, Gate receits down for Pride 33 'The Second Coming'

You can read all of the details released by the Nevada State Athletic Commission by clicking Here

Short form, they sold 255 more tickets than they did for the debut in October, but took in about 23,000 less at the gate.

This show ranks 9th out of the top 10 gates for MMA in Nevada just ahead of the Pride debut show. UFC holds the top 8 slots with UFC 66 - Liddell, Ortiz II being #1 with $5.4 million at the gate.

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Pride 33 'The Second Coming' Fallout: Medical Suspensions and Fighter Earnings

First for the Suspensions, credit goes to MMAWeekly.com

Medical Suspensions Stemming from Pride 33:

-Nick Diaz has been medically suspended for six months (until August 24th) due to an injured and possibly broken orbital bone (the orbital bone is the bone
that surrounds the eye socket). If Diaz is medically cleared before then, his minimum suspension would still last through April 26th.

-Dan Henderson has been medically suspended for six months (until August 24th) due to a broken second metacarpal in his right hand. If Henderson is medically
cleared before then, his minimum suspension would still last through April 11th.

-Mac Danzig has been medically suspended for six months (until August 24th) due to an injured and possibly broken left thumb. If Danzig is medically cleared
before then, his minimum suspension would still last through April 11th.

-Takanori Gomi has been medically suspended for six weeks (until April 11th) due to damage sustained in his submission loss.

-Wanderlei Silva has been medically suspended for six weeks (until April 11th) due to damage sustained in his KO loss.

-Alistair Overeem has been medically suspended for six weeks (until April 11th) due to damage sustained in his KO loss.

-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has been medically suspended for six weeks (until April 11th) due to damage sustained in his KO loss.

-Jason Ireland has been medically suspended for six weeks (until April 11th) due to damage sustained in his submission loss.

-Travis Wiuff has been medically suspended for four weeks (until March 27th) due to damage sustained in his submission loss.

All but Travis Wiuff are suspended for an amount of time that makes them unavailable to fight on the April 8 Pride show from Japan. Also, Nick Diaz was rumored to fight for EliteXC on their May 5 show on Showtime but it is unlikely he will be cleared by then.

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As for the earnings per fighter, this also comes from MMAWeekly.

Main Event Fighters

-Wanderlei Silva: $150,000 (28th fight in Pride; lost to Dan Henderson in main event)

-Dan Henderson: $50,000 (18th fight in Pride; defeated Wanderlei Silva in main event)

Main Card Fighters

-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: $50,000 (13th fight in Pride; defeated Alistair Overeem)

-Takanori Gomi: $20,000 (15th fight in Pride; lost to Nick Diaz)

-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $20,000 (10th fight in Pride; lost to Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou)

-Nick Diaz: $15,000 (1st fight in Pride; defeated Takanori Gomi)

-Joachim Hansen: $15,000 (6th fight in Pride; defeated Jason Ireland)

-Hayato Sakurai: $10,000 (11th fight in Pride; defeated Mac Danzig)

-Frank Trigg: $10,000 (2nd fight in Pride; defeated Kazuo Misaki)

-Kazuo Misaki: $10,000 (8th fight in Pride; lost to Frank Trigg)

-Sergei Kharitonov: $10,000 (11th fight in Pride; defeated Mike Russow)

-Alistair Overeem: $10,000 (14th fight in Pride; lost to Mauricio "Shogun" Rua)

-Travis Wiuff: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to James Lee)

-Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira)

-Mac Danzig: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to Hayato Sakurai)

-Jason Ireland: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to Joachim Hansen)

-Mike Russow: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; lost to Sergei Kharitonov)

-James Lee: $10,000 (1st fight in Pride; defeated Travis Wiuff)

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $430,000

You can see more details Here

Nothing surprised me here, the guys I expected to be at the top end of the scale were and the guys at the bottom end were who I expected to be there.

No $3,000 payoffs on this show.

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Pride 33 'The Second Coming' brief thoughts

This show was sofa king awesome.

Gomi-Diaz was an amazing fight and I can't pick a worst match. It was a night of upsets that's for sure. James Lee defeated Travis Wiuff which was the upset of the night for all of one fight until Sokoudjou smoked Rogerio Nogueira in 23 seconds in the next fight.

I was going to do live round-by-round but didn't due to the fact I had a little trouble ordering the show.

I wish I could grow more thumbs to point them up. UFC 68 is screwed for having to follow this show.

I'll have a predictions recap tomorrow or when I'm not so tired out, but here's the important stuff.

Ric: 5-4
Casey: 4-5
Euan: 3-6
Scott: 2-7
Wade: 2-7
Art-Marcus: DNP

Tit borrent this show, or hell spend the $40 on the replay it will be worth it.

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Pride 33 Weigh-in report

Can be read by Clicking here

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Site update

Posting has been light of late and here are the reasons for it.



1. The past couple of days, I've devoted a lot of my time to the OC Times message board, which I encourage you to sign up for.
2. I've been having some computer trouble lately and I'm still trying to resolve that.
3. I've been taking it easy, recharging my battery hoping that march sees a new beginning to the times.

Those are pretty much the reasons. Having said that, I will be here for iMPACT tonight, and I will be doing live coverage of this weekend's Pride 33 show from Las Vegas, so if you're not watching it you can join me here for coverage.

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02/19/07 MMA News, Notes, Rumors and Quotes

Lets take a look around the news and rumor mill shall we?

Note: All of the links should work now.

We've got quotes from Matt Hughes, Jake O'Brien, Michael Bisping and others. We also have a match for UFC 69, and an update on Joe Riggs and Nate Quarry, all that and more just by clicking on continue reading.



First we have a Houston Chronicle article by Steve Sievert looking at Rich Franklin and his quest to get back to the middleweight title
Franklin says he’d want another fight before facing Anderson Silva again. I think that’s smart, may as well delay your beating for as long as you can.

We also get a Follow-up from the Chronicle’s Brawl Sports Blog
Talking a little bit more about Franklin’s fight with Jason MacDonald at UFC 68.

Recently, Mike Chiapetta of NBCSports.com interviewed Jake O’Brien who had this to say about his fight with Heath Herring at Fight Night 8.

Q: Herring bad-mouthed you a little bit in the post-fight interview, basically saying that you didn't really come to fight. What do you think about his
comments?

A: He was a sore loser. It was supposed to be his big coming-out party and I ruined it, so he wasn't happy. If he wants to fight, he had plenty of time
to knock me out. In the first three minutes of the fight, we were standing up. And even after that, the referees stood us up how many times? Every time
we exchanged, he'd back up and I wouldn't chase him. He wanted me to chase him so he could hit me with a big shot, and I wouldn't, so he was frustrated.

It is hard for me not to agree with him that Herring was a sore loser that night. You can read the rest of the interview Here

Speaking of Heath Herring his next opponent will be Brad Imes at UFC 69

Next is an article on the man~!
Anderson Silva – Here Comes the Spider-Man
Serene Thio of MSN sports.

Michael Bisping had some interesting things to say in a recent interview, and here is what he said about Quinton Jackson.

But even though I enjoyed myself and the fights, I switched out of "fan mode" when Quinton Jackson made his Octagon debut.

Because he's in the same division as me, I took a very close interest in Jackson's win over Marvin Eastman. Because of his big win over Chuck Liddell in
Japan a couple of years back, Jackson's come to the UFC with this massive reputation but, to be honest, I've got to say I wasn't that impressed.

I'd probably give Jackson five out of 10 on his performance, if you forgive the pun.

Even allowing for the fact that Eastman is a very underrated fighter, I didn't think Rampage looked like this killer who has put the entire division on
red alert.

Jackson said he was nervous and I am sure he was – and maybe he'll show more of himself next time. I hope he does because I want my division to be the most
exciting one in the UFC.

You can read the rest of Bisping’s interview here

Matt Hughes was profiled in the St. Louis Post Dispatch and had this to say.

"I want to get my (welterweight) belt back from Georges, then I want to fight for the middleweight title," Hughes said. "I'd like to hold both belts at
the same time. I'd be the first person in the UFC to do that."

My suggestion for Hughes would be to not put the cart before the horse as it were, he still has to deal with GSP.
Small town guy is big time fighter

UFCJunkie.com says that Karo Parysian will fight again in May

Speaking of UFCJunkie.com, sponsored fighter and columnist and man of the brutal KO at the foot of Rashad Evans, Sean Salmon Talks about his next bout against Eric Schafer in May

One more from UFCJunkie.com where they have an update on Nate “The Rock” Quarry

MMAWeekly says that Frank Trigg will pull double duty planning to fight and then announce Pride 33 this weekend.

Joe Riggs to fight on next WEC show so says the rumors page for the show at MMAWeekly.com

I may have more later but that should be enough to tide you over for now.

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The Nevada State Athletic Commission hands down some rulings

*Kevin Randleman was suspended for one year and fined $5,000 for a fraudulent drug test
*Thiago Alves was suspended for eight months and fined $5,500 for failing a drug test for a diuretic in his last UFC fight
*The Gilbert Yvel vs. Sergey Kharitonov proposed match by Pride was nixed as Yvel was denied a license for a 2004 incident where he punched and kicked a
referee after a match
*Kit Cope (Gina Carano's boyfriend) and Joe Pearson were both temporarily suspended for failing drug tests after the WEC show

Credit: Wrestling Observer.com

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Public training, weigh-in and Press Conference will be held at Caesars Palace prior to PRIDE.33

Public training, weigh-in and Press Conference will be held at Caesars Palace prior to PRIDE.33

February 14, 2007

Public training, weigh-in and press conference will be held at the Roman Plaza at Caesars Palace from Feb 21st to Feb 23rd.
Fighters from PRIDE.33 "THE SECOND COMING" are scheduled to appear.

PRIDE's top fighters, including Middleweight champion Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva and Challenger Dan "America's Best" Henderson, as well as Takanori Gomi and Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, will appear at the public trainings.

In addition, all fighters are scheduled to attend the public weigh-in and Press Conference, which will be held on the 23rd.

It will be a great opportunity to see PRIDE fighters close by. Anyone can be a part of this big event! Don't miss this big chance!

February 21st, 2007
3:00PM - 3:30PM Public Training (Hayato Sakurai & Kazuhiro Nakamura)

February 21st, 2007
3:30PM - 4:00PM Public Training (Takanori Gomi & Kazuo Misaki)

February 22nd, 2007
3:00PM - 3:30PM Public Training (Dan Henderson & SOKOUDJOU)

February 22nd, 2007
3:45PM - 4:15PM Public Training (Wanderlei Silva & Mauricio Rua)

February 23rd, 2007
3:00PM - 5:00PM Public Weigh-In & Press Conference (All fighters)

*Please note that fighters may be subject to change.

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New Matches announced for Pride 33

Here they are

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MMA Notes

New Fighter added to Pride 33 "The Second Coming"
I can't imagine how happy Euan will be to hear this.

New bout added to UFC 68
Sounds like an interesting bout.

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Various News and Notes

I'm back after what is in my opinion a well-earned day of rest.

Lets run down the news with my comments.



TNA iMPACT Spoilers for next 2 weeks
Yes, TNA was stupid enough to book Angle Vs. Styles for the first time with no promotion in the week leading up to the show.

Raw is in the books
It sounded like a pretty good show, plus Ric quoted Homer Simpson. Only thing that would've made it better is if he had quoted me.

Amy Dumas to work UWF events
Well, at least she's doing something.

Last week's iMPACT rating
That show was bad.

Against All Odds Main Event announced
You would've known this already had you read my recap last night.

Kurt Angle injured at Final Resolution
I was injured by watching Final Resolution.

Rosters announced for IFL's Atlanta Event of Feb 23
I'm beginning to think that the IFL might be MMA's version of TNA though I can't necessarily explain why.

Updated lineup for Pride 33
Feel the excitement.

Live Notes from Final Resolution
From someone that had the misfortune of being there.

UFC inks video game deal with THQ
Its interesting because THQ also has the WWE license. However, the most important thing to say about this is Thank God!

New MMA Fantasy site targets UFC and PrideFC fans
Cool.

And there you have it the news of the day. Thanks as always to the man, the myth the Ric

Last but not least another reminder that WWE Fantasy Manager Season 9 will be starting soon.

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PRO WRESTLING/MMA Newsbits

Some quick news bites.


Change in WWE Creative
Fighter out of 10/10 UFC show
2 fights added to Pride show
Programming alert: UFC's Octigon (what's a diva?) search

Ok, that's enough links to Canvas Chronicle

Mike Johnson at PWInsider.com by way of a press release from the band Papa Roach says that Raw will be getting a new theme song soon.

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