Mike Fagan Archives: 12/2010

Contrary to popular belief, there is no Year Zero. Decades run from XXX1 to XX10. So while other MMA sites erroneously ran decade retrospectives last…

Chuck Liddell retired at today’s UFC 125 press conference. Or, rather, Dana White finally succeeded in his efforts to force the former UFC posterchild out…

Contrary to popular belief, there is no Year Zero. Decades run from XXX1 to XX10. So while other MMA sites erroneously ran decade retrospectives last…

CURIOUS LIKE A CATSMASHER, PART ONE “I was a little bit surprised. Akiyama gets to go fight Bisping, and I get Brian Stann.” – Chris Leben,…

I found this DirecTV interview with UFC President Dana White and Pride CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara leading up to Final Conflict 2003 while doing research for some decade-in-review…

SLOW WEEK IN QUOTES “I’ve said in an interview before the fight, he’s gonna be done and we’re never going to fight each other again.”…

It’s not unusual for MMA shows to become infamous for the wrong reasons. YAMMA’s promise of a revolutionary fighting surface ended in fighters comically falling…

FightMetric released reports for both Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen and Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis from WEC 53. Both fights utilized the entirety of…

Earlier this week, we learned that fighters on the “Nemesis: Global Invasion” show received bad checks. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Eliot Marshall and Paul…

Earlier this month, a facial laceration forced Herschel Walker to pull out of his second pro MMA fight against Scott Carson at “Strikeforce: Henderson vs.…

“It is unavoidable. It is your destiny.” — Emperor Palpatine, Return of the Jedi (1983) The superfight between middleweight champion Anderson Silva and welterweight champion…

After a tropical storm delayed the show, Nemesis Fighting put on their “Global Invasion” show over the weekend. Unfortunately, it appears the storm isn’t over…

I HOPE JOE ROGAN ISN’T IN LINE TO COACH THE NEXT ULTIMATE FIGHTER “If Joe Rogan wants to get on the air and call people…

Zuffa decided to try out a new interactive gimmick at UFC 124: let the fans choose which fighters are awarded the “Fight of the Night”…

Georges St. Pierre mangled the right side of Josh Koscheck’s face into such disrepair that Koscheck couldn’t see Joe Rogan offering the customary handshake following…

Three months ago, Sean McCorkle jerked the curtain in his UFC debut in his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana. On Saturday night, he’ll fight in the…

ESPN follows up their Georges St-Pierre SportsCenter commercial with this funny bit featuring St-Pierre instructing mascots in various MMA techniques. From the video description: ESPN…

The UFC will be hosting a conference call live at 2 p.m. ET today to promote “UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck.” Scheduled to appear on the…

Strikeforce looks like they are going to avoid making the same mistakes with Dan Henderson that they’ve made with Fedor Emelianenko. While Emelianenko made his…

It was a busy night for mixed martial arts fans with the Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale running head-to-head from Strikeforce’s show headlined by Dan Henderson…