Friday, October 30 1:20 pm PT: Rumors continue to insist Kimbo Slice has a 12/5 date with mixed-result martial artist Houston Alexander locked in; Slice’s Twitter is warning an unnamed foe that, "His first mistake was saying, 'I accept.'” This could refer to Alexander, or it could refer to Slice’s account being chaired by a 14-year-old wiping Accutane off his keyboard…Urijah Faber will fight Raphael Assuncao January 10 in Sacramento, according to Sherdog.com and MMA Weekly. The WEC has been without their prize poster child since his injured his hand against Mike Thomas Brown’s impenetrable skull in June. A few weeks earlier, Donald Cerrone and Ed Ratcliffwill headline WEC 45...Roxanne Modafferi and Marloes Coenenwill take part in Strikeforce’s 11/7 CBS broadcast: Gina Carano, still the biggest draw in the women’s division, isn’t expected back until mid-2010. The same might be said of her fans.
Friday, October 30 5:44 am PT: Most street predators would feel confident in rolling Placido Domingo over: in addition to being wealthy, he’s not very ambulatory. But some UK thieves picked the wrong opera singer to accost October 12. That’s when, according to the Kilburn Times, singer Jake Furey defended himself as only a fighter-slash-singer could: by punching and screaming at them.
"One of [them] hit me in the face but it was nothing so I jumped back into the road to give myself more room and got my fists up ready,” Furey says. "A couple of them then started going for their pockets as if they were grabbing a knife and I had to think 'do I want a fight or should I play safe?’…I decided to play it safe so called out for help and at that point they ran off. I'm classically trained as an opera singer and I think that helped scare these guys off as they did not expect me to be so loud.”
Furey -- who sports a name that would be right at home in a pulp novel -- added that police were unable to locate the gang. The Times indentifies him as a “cage fighter,” which might be a bit of a misnomer, but, still -- good for him.
Friday, October 30 3:15 am PT: Check out CraveOnline's Heyman Hustle for a full gallery of Chuck Liddell and Dana White at the Hollywood premiere of "Boondock Saints II."
