clubber_lang Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 concentrating on his tennis career Bwahahaha! That Williams is more competitive, IMO... Quote Link to comment
pogi1119 Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Babalu fired from UFC: Renato “Babalu” Sobral has been released from his UFC contract after his behavior in the recent fight with David Heath as confirmed by UFC president Dana White during a media conference call earlier today. Much speculation has gone into the possible punishment for Sobral after his actions in which he held onto a fight ending choke even after referee Steve Mazzagatti tried to get the fighter to release the hold. Babalu may have sunk himself in an even deeper hole by making his post fight comments in which he stated he wanted to “teach him a lesson,” referring to Heath and their heated verbal exchange at the weigh-ins the day prior. MMAWeekly spoke to Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer on Monday and he confirmed that at that time they had held up Babalu’s fight purse of $25,000 pending the investigation into the incident. Kizer stated that he planned on re-watching the bout between Sobral and Heath and then would make a decision whether or not to file a complaint against Babalu at that point. MMAWeekly spoke to Kizer about Babalu's situation on Thursday afternoon and the Executive Director advised that Babalu and his management would be speaking in front of the commission during a meeting on Friday. During that meeting, Babalu will have the chance to tell his side of the story, so to speak, to the commission and then at that point they will make a final decision as to whether or not to hold a disciplinary meeting to discuss punishment for Sobral. Kizer also advised the possibility of the commission simply reprimanding Babalu for his actions and releasing his fight purse. The final decision on the next step of action will come on Friday when Babalu appears in front of the commission. This news comes on the heels of White’s original statement at the UFC 74 post fight press conference in which he stated, “I am not happy about it. If you have an arm or leg of somebody in a submission where somebody seriously injures somebody, you'll never be back in UFC again.” Word from Heath’s camp on Monday was that the fighter was okay physically and was more upset about his own performance than anything surrounding the controversy at the end of the fight. Babalu’s release sets a precedent in the UFC that actions that could potentially harm another fighter, especially when they are as blatant as what Sobral did and then said, can cause a fighter to be let go from a UFC contract. White did follow up by not ruling out the possibility of Babalu returning to the UFC in the future, but did say the Brazilian fighter made a huge mistake with his actions last Saturday night. No word has come out of Babalu’s camp since the dismissal from the UFC. Quote Link to comment
the_joker Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 TELECAST PA RIN BA NG LIVE ANG UFC SA RPN 9? Quote Link to comment
Serial Killer Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Matt Hughes and current UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra will meet in late December (UFC 79) when Serra defends his title against Hughes. Sana dito din yung debut ni Silva sa UFC. Quote Link to comment
pr0nmast3r Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 (edited) Wanderlei will debut on UFC 79 and yes Serial Killer, it will be on December TBA pa ang opponent Edited September 2, 2007 by pr0nmast3r Quote Link to comment
_eRon_ Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 minotauro vs the natural..another great fight to wait for .. Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 TELECAST PA RIN BA NG LIVE ANG UFC SA RPN 9? nope it's on solar sports now Quote Link to comment
JediMasterTebs Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Stamp of approval By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports LAS VEGAS – He’s been playing “What would’ve been?” for most of the month, and sometime Sunday night Kobe Bryant will have to return his Team USA toys on the Strip, including Jason Kidd, and rejoin the Bynum and Bailey Circus with the Lakers. No more Pilates in his hotel room with the Nets point guard. “I wore out his ass,” Kobe bragged. No more clowning with Carmelo Anthony on the bench. “He’s a fool,” Kobe kidded. No more playing with a cast of teammates straight out of his wildest dreams, out of Mitch Kupchak’s reach. “We’re all spoiled,” Kobe sighed. If Bryant wasn’t the most dominant player in the United States' devastating 135-91 semifinal victory over Puerto Rico on Saturday, he sure has been it in these FIBA Americas Championships. Behind Bryant, the United States didn’t just use this tournament to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, but reaffirm itself as the gold standard in Beijing next summer. As much as anyone, Bryant could live in this Vegas fantasy forever. Once the gold medal game against Argentina is over Sunday, Team USA’s players go home with NBA training camps starting within the month. Milwaukee’s Michael Redd, back to a lottery team of his own, confessed, “We’re going to have low tolerance for our teams when we get back to camp.” http://www.yahoo.com/s/666678 Quote Link to comment
JediMasterTebs Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Stamp of approval By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports LAS VEGAS – He’s been playing “What would’ve been?” for most of the month, and sometime Sunday night Kobe Bryant will have to return his Team USA toys on the Strip, including Jason Kidd, and rejoin the Bynum and Bailey Circus with the Lakers. No more Pilates in his hotel room with the Nets point guard. “I wore out his ass,” Kobe bragged. No more clowning with Carmelo Anthony on the bench. “He’s a fool,” Kobe kidded. No more playing with a cast of teammates straight out of his wildest dreams, out of Mitch Kupchak’s reach. “We’re all spoiled,” Kobe sighed. If Bryant wasn’t the most dominant player in the United States' devastating 135-91 semifinal victory over Puerto Rico on Saturday, he sure has been it in these FIBA Americas Championships. Behind Bryant, the United States didn’t just use this tournament to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, but reaffirm itself as the gold standard in Beijing next summer. As much as anyone, Bryant could live in this Vegas fantasy forever. Once the gold medal game against Argentina is over Sunday, Team USA’s players go home with NBA training camps starting within the month. Milwaukee’s Michael Redd, back to a lottery team of his own, confessed, “We’re going to have low tolerance for our teams when we get back to camp.” http://www.yahoo.com/s/666678 Quote Link to comment
JediMasterTebs Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 waaah pls erase my previous 2 post what I meant to say to this topic was: I miss posting here, I've been on a sabatical leave for my pc because now I'm back.. hehehe With all that has happened in the world of MMA, esp the one at the last UFC.. Randy Couture proved once again he is elite.. Now hopefully Dan Henderson gives the world one hell of a show in Sunday.. Quote Link to comment
ixnay Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 i'll bet he would!.... Quote Link to comment
ixnay Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 i'll bet he would!.... Quote Link to comment
pr0nmast3r Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 bat naging NBA thread to? Quote Link to comment
SevenZeroFive Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Wanderlei will debut on UFC 79 and yes Serial Killer, it will be on December TBA pa ang opponent^ if Chuck wins over Jardine & is healthy, he's gonna face the re-debuting Wanderlei Silva... hold the f*cking phone! UFC 75 is THIS SUNDAY ALREADY?! Quote Link to comment
Nekromantik Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 next week pa ang UFC 75... speaking of NBA... NBA's Cuban Pursuing Fedor Emelianenko Mark Cuban, the energetic and controversial owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, is negotiating for the services of Russian mixed martial arts star Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures), Sherdog.com confirmed Sunday. "I am in ongoing discussions with some of his people," Cuban revealed in an e-mail interview that will be published on Sherdog.com later this week. Cuban's interest in Emelianenko has everything to do with HDNet, currently available in 6 million homes, nearing a major uptick in the amount of MMA programming on the HD network. "I plan on making a significant investment in MMA with the goal of promoting it as a professional sport with professional athletes," said the 49-year-old Cuban, whose net worth was listed by Forbes in 2007 to be $2.3 billion. Cuban purchased the Mavericks in 2000 after selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for $5.7 billion in stock. "There is no reason that a fighter in an undercard match should be treated any differently than how I treat our players on the Mavs." In Emelianenko -- the longtime PRIDE heavyweight champion who became a free agent after Zuffa purchased the PRIDE Fighting Championships in March -- Cuban would have his fighting Dirk Nowitzki. "We would work with his promoters to place him in fights from affiliated promoters or in fights we promote ourselves," said Cuban, who plans on partnering with established MMA organizations to fill the weekly quota of bouts HDNet would need for its successful Friday Fight Night series. "It's the highest rated sports programming by far [on HDNet]," Cuban said. "Our MMA programming on HDNet beats networks that have five times or more the carriage that we do. So it's been a big winner for us and we expect it to get even better." Quote Link to comment
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