The news of Chael Sonnen’s positive drug test at UFC 117 has once again put the issue of performance enhancing drug use in MMA at the forefront of the industry’s issues list. While MMA is such a new sport – and there are so many issues that need attention – I’m not sure how much longer […]
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No More Interim Belts
John Morgan of MMAJunkie writes that Lyoto Machida would like to fight Rashad Evans for an interim light heavyweight title in lieu of the knee injury that has sidelined champion Mauricio Rua until March. “Honestly, we’d like to fight ‘Shogun,’” Machida’s manager, Ed Soares, today told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “Now it’s 1-1. It’s even. Let’s do this […]
Strikeforce Fedor vs Werdum: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at Fedor’s Strikeforce debut on Showtime, titled “Fedor vs Werdum”, which took place in the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. The event featured 4 fights (1 title fight): Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum, Cung Le vs. Scott Smith, Cris Cyborg […]
Fedor Tapout Shirt Nixed
Pedro Carassco of BJPenn.com is reporting that Tapout has nixed a potential signature t-shirt deal with Fedor Emelianenko for his fight against Fabricio Werdum allegedly because the UFC threatened the popular MMA clothing line with a lifetime ban from its Octagon if it went through with the deal. Initially, Fedor Emelianenko, the number one heavyweight […]