Shark Fights announced in a press release that a portion of the sales it receives from its PPV this Saturday will go toward a charity assisting children of service veterans. According to the Shark Fights’ press release: In honor of the men and women who serve the United States in the armed forces, Shark Fight […]
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Carwin remains silent on steroid link
Last week, Shane Carwin’s name was identified in a steroid distribution case in Alabama. As of this date, Carwin has not made a statement regarding this issue with the exception of a cryptic message put out on his twitter account. In response to whether or not he would put out a statement about his purchase […]
UFC’s Shane Carwin linked to purchasing steroids
UFC Heavyweight Shane Carwin has been implicated in purchasing steroids from an Alabama pharmacy. Carwin’s name appears on orders for the illegal substances. Notably, former WWE professional wrestler, Kurt Angle is also on the list. According to court documents, the purchase of the steroids occurred sometime between April 4, 2004 and August 30, 2006. Via […]
Predicting the Business of UFC 117
Damon Martin of MMAWeekly reports on yesterday’s UFC 117 media conference call in which Chael Sonnen tore into Anderson Silva yet again. In one of the most memorable conference calls since Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson took over the UFC 114 call a few months ago, Sonnen let everyone know how he felt about […]
Social Media Following: UFC and Other Pro Sports
Sergio Non and Haley Blum of USA Today take a quick look at how the UFC stacks up to other professional sports leagues based on Facebook and Twitter. Fighting Stances took a look at the number of fans for the official Facebook pages of several sports entities: Sports entity Facebook followers NBA 3,180,826 UFC 2,269,450 […]