Josh Gross over at Sports Illustrated interviewed Shark Fights CEO Brent Medley after making their PPV debut this past Saturday night with MMA veteran fighters such as Keith Jardine, Trevor Prangley, Houston Alexander, Rameau Sokoudjou, Paul Daley, and Joey Villasenor. It’s no secret how successful the regional promotion has been in it’s home-base of Amarillo, […]
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Bellator Strikes Back
Earlier this week, Bellator Fighting Championship filed a lawsuit against the Ultimate Fighting Championship for alleged use of one of its contracted fighters. Bellator claims that Jonathan Brookins was under contract with Bellator when Brookins accepted a slot on Spike TV’s reality series The Ultimate Fighter. Brookins is a cast member of this fall’s Team […]
Lindland on Unions in MMA
Zach Arnold of Fightopinion has transcribed a recent interview done with Matt Lindland where he talks about why he thinks the probability of a fighter union forming is pretty low. “At least in basketball or baseball or football if you don’t like [the politics], you go to another team. If you have a players union […]
Commission Cancels Shine Fights Due to Safety, Financial Concerns
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly is reporting that last weekend’s Shine Fights 3: World’s Collide was canceled not because the main event was nixed by a court injunction, but because Shine Fights failed to both ensure a doctor was present at the event and that all purse money was paid to the commission in advance of […]
King Files Injunction Against Mayorga, Shine Fights
Loretta Hunt of Sherdog.com is reporting that Don King Promotions has filed a legal injunction against Ricardo Mayorga and Shine Fights that seeks to prohibit Mayorga from participating at MMA’s Shine Fights 3: Worlds Collide card on Saturday, May 15th. In its filings, DKP cites excerpts taken from Mayorga’s promotional agreement with the organization dated […]