UFC is coming from San Jose, CA, my home town, and while I’m not there to give the live play by play, Cactus Jim is there and will be sending in his live thoughts to pepper in with my play by play. He has live thoughts on the full undercard here: https://fightgamemedia.com/2011/11/ufc-139-undercard-results-with-live-thoughts/. The main event…
Read MoreUFC 139 is a bit of a throwaway show and that’s too bad. I was never sold on Dan Henderson vs. Shogun Rua as the main event, but ever since Dana White took Cain Velasquez from San Jose for the first Fox show, I guess it’s as good of a follow up as they’re going…
Read MoreMMA on cable is good for the soul. I think this card snuck up on people because of it being on a Thursday. It’s pretty close to what you’d expect to a Fight Night card on Spike based on the caliber of fighters. It’s also the first card on Versus since WEC ended. Smartly, they…
Read MoreAfter attending WEC 46 in person, I was quite interested in WEC 48, even though 49 is the big upcoming PPV. But with Brian Bowles and Dominick Cruz on the show, as well as Miguel Torres, it should be very good. 1. Bart Palaszewski vs. Karen Darabedyan This was a good first fight. Darabedyan had…
Read MoreThis is the MMA installment of our 2009 year end awards. We gave out the pro wrestling awards on Tuesday. We’ll hand out the boxing awards next. Friend of FGB, JP joined us with his awards. MMA Fighter Of The Year Big D – Jose Aldo The man is a machine. Had Lyoto not lost…
Read MoreWell, Mike Brown and Brian Bowles are your WEC champions at 145 and 135. Nope, not the charismatic Urijah Faber or the very likable, wacky, and exciting Miguel Torres. I apologize for not being about to live blog the show as I was out all day, but I did come back to watch the show…
Read MoreWEC is back tonight with its last show of 2008. The main event of the evening will see the Bantamweight title on the line as Champion Miguel Torres (34-0) defends against Manny Tapia (10-0-1). There are four fights scheduled to air on the live broadcast, so lets get right to it. Todd Harris and Frank…
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