Dana White Bans Vuvuzelas from UFC 116: Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin
By Shawn M. Smith - June 30, 2010 | ©Insidefights.com It sounds funny, but UFC have finally lost it: vuvuzelas, the plastic horns found and heard through this year’s World Cup in South Africa, have officially been banned at UFC 116 according to a report at MMAJunkie.com. The UFC President goes on to say: “This decision [...]
Saturday Night MMA TV Ratings: Strikeforce vs. UFC
By Will Cooling – June 29, 2010 | ©Insidefights.com Wrestling Observer is reporting that Strikeforce/M-1 Global’s Fedor vs Werdum was another successful broadcast on Showtime with an average household rating of 1.5 while MMAJunkie is reporting that the broadcast reached a peak rating of 2.1 for the main event. They also report that the average [...]
Tyson Griffin Replaces Joe Stevenson in Fight with Takanori Gomi at UFC on Versus 2
By Shawn M. Smith – June 29, 2010 | ©Insidefights.comDue to a knee injury suffered by Joe Stevenson in preparation for his fight with Takanori Gomi at UFC on Versus 2, Tyson Griffin has now signed to step in to face Gomi next month. The news was confirmed earlier today in a report at MMAJunkie [...]
Strikeforce impresses with Fedor vs. Werdum
By Will Cooling - June 29, 2010 | ©Insidefights.com In a fight that has already passed into MMA legend, Fabricio Werdum ended the ten year undefeated streak of Fedor Emelianenko. In a fight that was strangely reminiscent of Brock Lesnar’s loss to Frank Mir, Fedor was completely dominant before getting trapped in a submission after over-committing while [...]
Professional fighter dies in South Carolina
By Will Cooling – June 29, 2010 | ©Insidefights.comAs picked up by several MMA websites, the local press in South Carolina are reporting that a local MMA fighter has died due to injuries suffered in his professional debut.
UFC pressure causes Tapout to cancel Fedor T-Shirt
Posted June, 28 By Will Cooling | ©Insidefights.com Sherdog is reporting that a previously announced line of Fedor branded clothing has been scrapped after the producers Tapout were threatened with being blacklisted from the UFC should they continue to do business with the legendary Russian heavyweight. M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelstein told Loretta Hunt that “It [...]
In a classy show of Love for the Sport Frank Shamrock Retire’s in one of the Biggest Night’s In Strikeforce history!!!
By George Boley June 26By now thanks to twitter, most of you know that Fedor lost to Werdum by triangle choke submission. The bigger man who knoaws how to use his long limbs, what did any of you aspect? To be honest I’m glad because I feel the MMA community held Fedor on a level he just [...]
