Former Major League Baseball great Jose Canseco has often found himself as the center of a controversy.
And from steroid-use tell-all novels to “Celebrity Boxing” appearances, the 45-year-old Canseco has never been one to shy away from the spotlight.
Such was the case in 2009 when Canseco traded in his outfielder’s glove for a pair of the [...]
Krzysztof Soszynski escaped a tough one with a shaky blow that ripped open a huge gash on Stephan Bonnar’s head. The Canadian was awarded a TKO victory at 1:04 of the third round in the final undercard fight at UFC 110. Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole reported that it did not appear to be the result [...]
“I’m happy to fight again with (Machida), not because I think I won the first match but to have a new opportunity to fight for the belt. My big dream is to win the belt, so I want that fight again because it is a fight for the belt … I can’t change a lot [...]
Karo Parisyan got out of a cab at the Las Vegas airport, and his father’s voice on the other end of his cell phone was finally too much to bear.
It hadn’t been long since Parisyan told his manager to inform the UFC brass that he was pulling out of his scheduled UFC 106 bout with [...]
Strikeforce will return home to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2009, for its next major event titled, “Evolution,” according to promotion officials.
While a headlining bout for the card is still up in the air, Strikeforce Director of Communications, Mike Afromowitz, confirmed an intriguing middleweight battle between 2008 DREAM middleweight grand [...]
… and is not dodging random tests for steroids. And now he’s even releasing personal medical test results to prove his innocence:
From Sherdog.com:
“I’m not dodging a drug test. I just took a drug test three months ago. I know I’m going to get drug tested. I’ve been drug tested probably more than any other fighter [...]
While the executives of M-1 Global are no strangers to controversy and criticism, the organization’s upcoming “M-1 Global presents
Breakthrough” took a hit when original headliner Don Frye backed out of his fight with Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal.
While M-1 Global CEO Joost Raimond immediately went on the offensive, issuing a press release that questioned Frye’s motives [...]
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Quoteworthy:
“I’m pleased with my return to UFC, the only global MMA organization. Unfortunately, every other organization is far beyond UFC. DREAM cannot compete with Americans in sports or financial terms. The UFC has succeeded to become in this sport what PRIDE used to be, maybe even more than that. I will always be grateful to [...]
The controversy surrounding Dan Henderson’s heavily debated final knockout shot of Michael Bisping at this past weekend’s UFC 100 event was just a simple case of a joke gone wrong.
That’s according to Henderson, who discussed the fight on Tuesday’s edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio.
Henderson said that not only were his post-fight comments about knowingly hitting an [...]