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David McKinney


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Here are some of the most popular orgs other than the UFC, and some highlights on upcoming events.

EliteXC: Renegade (This Saturday)
-Exciting young WW Jake Shields will face Mike Pyle
-UFC vet Nick Diaz takes on KJ Noons
-Kimbo Slice makes his much anticipated MMA debut against MMA vet Bo Cantrell

StrikeForce: Four Man MW Tourney (Fri Nov 16)
-"The Headhunter" Paul Buentello challenges Pride vet Alastair Overeem for the HW title
-Falaniko Vitale, Yuki Sasaki, Trevor Prangley, and Jorge Santiago battle in a 4-man tourney for the right to face MW champ Frank Shamrock
-Kickboxer Cung Le is on the card
-Champion Kickboxer Brian Schwartz makes his MMA debut

Cage Rage 24: Feel the Pain (Sat Dec 1)
-Ninja Rua faces big underdog Xavier Foupa-Pokam
-UFC vet Drew "The Master" Ficket on the card
-Brit and TUF vet Ross Pointon fights Marios Zaromski
-UFC vet and Aussie Elvis Sinosic fights

WEC 31 (Wed Dec 12)
-All WEC belts rumored to be on the line
-Featherweight Title-Urijah Faber defends against Jeff Curran
-MW Title-Paulo Filho defends against MMA vet Frank Trigg
-Jens Pulver makes his debut at 145

IFL Grand Prix Finals (Sat Dec 29)
-LW final-Chris Horodecki vs. Wagnney Fabiano
-WW final-Jay Hieron vs. Delson Heleno
-MW final-Benji Radach vs. Matt Horwich
-HW final-Roy Nelson vs. Antoine Jaoude

If you have anything to add, let me know...

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Jeff Monson announced he will be fighting Fedor sometime in 2008.He even went as far to claim Fedor backed out of the fight previously.Should be interesting if this turns out to be true.


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Cool...mrsmiley. Good to have you on board and contributing. Thank you very much and welcome!

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Fedor's always backing out of fights. How he's considered the best pound for pound is beyond me. especially as he hasn't fought in nearly a 6months...

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MMA Governing Body?


MMA could be getting its first sanctioning body by next week!
This could be big news that would have tremendous ramifications throughout the world of mixed martial arts.We would finaly get to see "official rankings" and cross fights happening between organizations.I can't wait to see how this unfolds.

-- Edited by Darth Mattitude at 11:33, 2007-11-08

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Wrestling Star Bill Goldberg to Join FBI Veteran David Szady, MMA Legends Pat Miletich and Don Frye, Boxing Manager Godwin Asifo in Announcing WAMMA


Bill Goldberg? Not exactly waht you'd call an experienced MMA person. Sure he's commentated on a couple of events and is a fan, but part of this??

Pat Milietech and Don Frye are hardly Dana White's best buddies either... I can't see the UFC recognizing this.

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I don't know if Zuffa will be able to deny the power of an official sanctioning body.It will be interesting to see what happens though.

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For it to be official though doesn't it have to have Goverment backing or something. Plus all the orgs based in the US would have to agree terms. The UFC probably carry the most power, so if they were to say no it would weaken the power base.

Unless the goverment turned around and said if your not part of it then you don't get licences or something...

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I'm sure about all the requirements for this to be official.I might do some research on it though.

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M-1 is planning a late December card. There are rumors going around that Fedor Emelianenko will fight Pedro Rizzo. Other M-1 signings Josh Barnett and Jeff Monson could also fight...

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Early card for HDNet: Reckless Abandon

-Mark Cuban's MMA org will have their second event on Sat, Dec. 15
-MW Jason "Mayhem" Miller will face UFC castoff Sean Salmon
-UFC and TUF vet Pete Spratt will face unknown Tristan Yunker
-LW and former UFC fighter Yves Edwars will face Alonzo Martinez
-Hot prospect CB Dolloway will fight Freddie Espiricueta
-Young guns Chris Bowles and Cory Mahon will face off in a LW bout.

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Here are the upcoming cards for the smaller orgs. My picks are in bold. I only did my picks for the CR 24 event. I'll put my picks for the rest of the events as they come up.

Cage Rage 24: Feel the Pain (Dec. 1 in the UK)
-Ronnie Mann vs. Jordan Miller (Featherweight)
-Paul Cahoon vs. Elvis Sinosic (Light heavyweight)
-Robert Paczkow vs. James McSweeney (Heavyweight)
-Abdul Mohamed vs. Robbie Oliver (British LW Championship)
-Ivan Serati vs. Lee Hasdell (LHW)
-Neil Grove vs. Robert Berry (HW)
-Dave Legeno vs. George Castro (HW)
-Tom Watson vs. Mark Epstein (MW)
-Marios Zaromskis vs. Ross Pointon (WW)
-Drew Fickett vs. Mark Weir (WW)
-Murilo Rua vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam (MW)

WEC 31 (Dec. 12 in Vegas)
-Bryan Baker vs. Eric Schambari
-Charlie Valencia vs. Dominick Cruz
-Louis Sapo vs. Todd Moore
-Brian Bowles vs. Marcos Galvo
-Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar
-Alex Karalexis vs. Rob McCullough

-Jens Pulver vs. Cub Swanson (FW)
-Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla (LHW Title)
-Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran (FW Title)
-Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen (MW Title)

HDNet: Reckless Abandon (Dec 15 in Dallas, TX)
-Lee King vs. Marcus Lanier (WW)
-Jason House vs. Liam McCarty (MW)
-Patrick Castillo vs. Jay White (HW)
-Chris Bowles vs. Cory Mahon (LW)
-Krzysztof Soszynkski vs. Robert Villegas (LHW)
-Freddie Espiricueta vs. CB Dolloway (MW)
-Pete Spratt vs. Tristan Yunker (WW)
-Yves Edwards vs. Alonzo Martinez (LW)
-Frank Trigg vs. Edwin Dewees (MW)
-Jason Miller vs. Tim Kennedy (MW)

Other News
-Fedor Emelianenko will fight Hong Man Choi in his M-1 debut on New Year's Eve in Japan (mmajunkie.com).

-Two fighters in California recently received drug suspensions: Jason Winther and Bryson Kamaka (sherdog.com).

-UFC legend Oleg "The Russian Bear" Taktarov will make his return to MMA after a 10-year layoff from the sport. He will fight in the Bodog org on Nov. 30.

-Jay Larkin takes over for Gareb Shamus as the CEO of the International Fight League (sherdog.com).

-Strikeforce will have its first show outside of California on Feb. 23 in Tacoma, Washington (mmajunkie.com).


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This from an interview on cbs.sportsline.com:

"Q: Do you think there's any chance we would get to see a rematch between Diaz and Gomi inside of an EliteXC cage?


TA: Yeah, I think anything is possible, for sure. We've talked about it on the EliteXC side. I think it's something that Gomi would want. I don't think he'd want to continue his career without having the opportunity to do it (avenge the loss to Diaz). We're very open to doing it and I think I should leave it at that."


*TA refers to Turi Altavilla, former Pride exec and current VP of EliteXC

I would love to see Diaz-Gomi 2, especially since the last fight was so great but was ruled a no contest after Diaz tested positive for marijuana after the match. It would be interesting to see this fight in a cage rather than in a ring as well. For some reason, Pride guys just don't do great in a cage.

Also, Altavilla mentioned in that interview that Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson will most likely fight again sometime in February. He didn't mention any possible opponenets.


-- Edited by David McKinney at 16:17, 2007-11-29

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IFL Grand Prix Finals (Dec. 29)

Waggeny Fabiano vs. L.C. Davis (Featherweight)
John Gunderson vs. Chris Horodecki (Lightweight Title)
Delson Heleno vs. Jay Hieron (Welterweight Title)
Benji Radach vs. Matt Horwich (Middleweight Title)
Antonie Jaoude vs. Roy Nelson (Heavyweight Title)

Tom Gallichio vs. Rory Markham (Catchweight; 175)
Marcello Salazar vs. Alex Cook (MW)
Elias Rivera vs. Tim Kennedy (MW)

Yarrenoka/M-1 in Saitama (Dec. 29)
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Hong Man Choi (HW)
Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias "JZ" Calvancanti (LW)
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa (LW)
Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (LW)
Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama (MW)
Luiz Azeredo vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (LW)
Murilo Bustamante vs. Makoto Takimoto (MW)

WCO: Babalu vs. Tiger (Jan. 12)
Vernon White vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral (LHW)
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Mike Kyle (HW)
Gustavo Machado vs. Joe Riggs (MW)
Mark Kerr vs. Rick Roufos (HW)
Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Armando Sanchez (LW)
Wesley "Cabbage" Correira vs. Jimmy Ambriz (Super Heavyweight)
Dave Gardner vs. Tiki Ghosn (WW)
Virgil Zwicker vs. David Mejia (SHW)


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WCO is almost the TNA of the MMA world there... How many ex UFC main eventers do they have?

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Well, I wouldn't call some of those guys main eventers, but they do have a lot of ex-UFC talent on that card.

Vernon White
Babalu Sobral
Ricco Rodriguez
Mike Kyle
Joe Riggs
Mark Kerr
Cabbage Correira
Tiki

That's half the guys on that card!

Honestly, though, none of the matchups on that card really interest me much. I may look for the Kerr/Roufos fight on the Net after the fact, but I'm definitely not watching a bunch of old guys that couldn't make it in the UFC.

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