Amsterdam, Holland — While the name of the team may have changed from Russia Red Devil to Russia Imperial Team, the roster from the defending 2008 M-1 Challenge World Champions remain the same. All five members of last year’s five-man championship squad are scheduled for action this Saturday at the Emerald Queen Casino (tickets currently […]
Archives for February 2009
Station Casinos Inc. 7.75% Senior Notes Lowered To ‘D’
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2009–Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today lowered its issue-level rating on Las Vegas, Nev.-based Station Casinos Inc.’s 7.75% senior notes to ‘D’ from ‘CC’. The rating action reflects the missed Feb. 15, 2009 interest payment on the notes. A payment default has not occurred relative to the legal provisions of the […]
Art Davie on the Origins of XARM
Ask the average MMA fan who invented the Ultimate Fighting Championship and they’ll probably say, “Dana White.” Hard core fans might say, “Rorion Gracie.” Wrong on both counts. The man who invented the sport, wrote the business plan and coined the phrase “Ultimate Fighting Championship” back in 1992 was a Brooklyn-born ad man named Art […]
Roy Jones Jr. Presents Boxing/MMA Event “March Badness”
Pensacola, FL (February 11, 2009) – Roy Jones Jr., Eight-Time World Champion, returns to Pensacola to fight for the first time since January, 1999 when he battles Omar Sheika at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday, March 21, 2009. The fight card will also feature a bevy of Mixed Martial Arts stars headlined by Seth […]
Punitive Decision Making in MMA: How To Handle The Grease
This is a subject I’ve wanted to write about for sometime now and as it happens, UFC 94 provided the proper timing and context for me to do so. The following is an article I wrote for maximumfighting.com earlier this week: The fight between Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn this past weekend was many things […]