Monday, July 13 1:21 pm PT: Seth Petruzelli, forever known as the man who took down Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, will meet International Fight League veteran Chris Baten at Art of Fighting “Damage” on Aug. 22 at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.
Petruzelli (10-4) has not competed since he bounced Slice on a first-round technical knockout at EliteXC “Heat” in October. The 29-year-old will carry a two-fight winning streak into his match with Baten.
A: St. Pierre’s fight shape is typically 185 pounds: Silva’s is probably closer to 200. GSP needs a muscle masonry expert to help him add a solid 10 pounds of mass: He would be well-advised to consult with Mackie Shilstone, who added enough quality beef to both Roy Jones and Michael Spinks that they won boxing titles in heavier weight classes.
LONDON -- Assembled from the ashes of Cage Rage and positioned beneath the bluster of the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate Challenge UK continues to garner strong support through a tested combination of solid cards and experienced promotion.
British MMA pioneer and former Cage Rage architect Dave O’Donnell took his latest venture to the Troxy on Saturday, with Ultimate Challenge UK “Heat.”
Monday, July 13 10:33 am PT: Awkward Sponsorship Collapse of the Night Award: Brock Lesnar, for dunking UFC execs in boiling water over his jab at event sponsor Bud Light for not paying him directly. (Lesnar, looming over a giant Bud Light logo in the cage, said he’d enjoy a Coors Light instead.) Dana White enjoys his anti-corporate renegade image, but you’d better believe he’d wear a tie to that make-up meeting.
Questionable Sportsmanship of the Night Award: Lesnar, for yelling into what was left of Frank Mir’s face after caving it in.
Monday, July 13 12:00 am PT: A prizefight ring offers up a lot of truths, not all of them pretty. UFC 1, airing to a mostly-nauseated pay-per-view audience of 80,000 homes in November 1993, used a lot of cringe-worthy brutality to prove that fighting wasn’t what Bruce Lee had led us to believe; UFC 100, which played to unprecedented media coverage and perhaps over a million households on Saturday, used a lot of cringe-worthy brutality to prove that fighting wasn’t even what Royce Gracie had led us to believe.
