November 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Last time we saw Kim Couture in the ring, things didn’t go too well for her. In her fight on June 20, Kim Rose broke her jaw at the start of the fight. Couture hung in well for the remainder of the fight and lost by decision. After making silly excuses for the loss, she admitted in an interview posted on this blog that she wasn’t mentally prepared for the fight. She is now cleared to fight and will fight Lina Kvokov on this Friday’s Strikeforce show on HDNet. Kvokov is a Russian living in Los Angeles and... [Read the full story]
November 19, 2008 · 1 Comment
Thursday’s Palace Fighting Championship 11 card will be streamed live on Sherdog.com, the website confirmed. http://www.adcombat.com/Article.asp?Article_ID=16923 is a preview of that show. Crave Online through Sherdog.com have webcast Strikeforce’s second Playboy Mansion show, Ultimate Warrior Challenge, Pure Combat, and most recently War Gods. The webcasts are a relatively new marketing tool so little info on the effect is available at this time. Sherdog also plans on streaming two events on December 5th with Pure... [Read the full story]
November 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
We caught up with top rated female MMA fighter at her home in Philadelphia, PA. She is preparing for the FILA World Trials. Between training sessions at Philadelphia’s Fight Factory with Eddie Alvarez and many others, Larosa spoke about a wide range of subjects. In mid December she travels to California where the FILA Team Trials for Submission Grappling go down at Sierra College in Rocklin. Already assured of a spot for the World games in Luzern, Switzerland next year, Larosa is primarily looking to compete... [Read the full story]
November 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment
JEWELS held their debut show today at Shinjuku FACE. I haven’t seen the figure but it looks like they may have filled the joint. They’ll probably lie anyway. Before I get into the show itself, Roxanne Modafferi is a US fighter living in Japan. She went to the show and posted comments on Fightlinker. Her main complaint was the glitz and galamor of the show and the fact that the main event was booked because of the fighter’s looks as opposed to their skill. Show supervisor Shigeru Saeki made it very clear... [Read the full story]
November 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Kaitlin Young stormed onto the MMA scene less than one year ago doing things very few women OR EVEN MEN could ever do. She finished all three of her opponents in a single night by KO/TKO earning her the 2007 HOOKnSHOOT Grand Prix Crown. Within two months, Young went from being an unknown to fighting Gina Carano in the #3 most watched match in MMA TV history. Young has an impressive resume inside and outside of the ring and was looking to gain momentum in women’s MMA. In the midst of training for her fight,... [Read the full story]
November 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment
In an important nugget buried in the latest episode of MMA Live, Dana White confirmed to Jon Anik that he would be interested in promoting Gina Carano vs. Cyborg Santos. His answer represents a major change in UFC policy: “I wouldn’t be opposed to it…and if I did do it, it would probably be in the WEC.” The other night in an interview for Wrestling Observer Radio, Gina Carano made it very clear that it is her dream to compete in a big fight in Las Vegas for the UFC. Dana White has gone from completely... [Read the full story]
Yesterday UFC held a press conference yesterday in Toronto to promote the upcoming Georges St. Pierre/BJ Penn fight. The reason they had it in Toronto is they’re trying to... [Read more]
After her big win over Emi Fujino on Sunday’s VALKYRIE show, WINDY Tomomi (pictured) is wasting no time getting back in the ring. Pancrase announced today that WINDY has... [Read more]
