Ken Pishna of MMAWeekly brings us the latest news regarding Strikeforce’s next CBS event scheduled for April, which is likely to feature a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Fabricio Werdum. “It’s not confirmed… (but) on that fight card, you’ll most likely see Fedor fighting Fabricio (Werdum),” Coker revealed. “It’s not guaranteed, but you will […]
Archives for December 2009
Mayweather Threatening to Pull Out
Geno McGahee of Ringside Report writes that Floyd Mayweather has threatened to pull out of the bout against Manny Pacquiao, tentatively scheduled for March 13th, because of differences in weight allowance. According to a source very close to the situation, Floyd Mayweather, JR., has threatened to pull out of the March showdown with Manny Pacquiao […]
UFC Confirms Boston, TD Garden for Aug 28th
More on UFC Television Distribution
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer goes into further detail regarding the UFC’s television distribution, including the signed deal with Versus and how talks have ostensibly broken down with ESPN. The UFC insisted on the non-exclusivity aspect in its new Spike contract, largely to be able to negotiate with ESPN. Talks with ESPN heated up after […]
WEC to be Televised on The Score
The Score, a sports television network in Canada, has reached an agreement to televise seven World Extreme Cagefighting events next year: TORONTO, Dec. 17 /CNW/ – Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announced that it has inked an exclusive Canadian multi-platform partnership agreement with World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC(R)), one of the world’s leading mixed martial […]