Rampage Expected at UFC 91?
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is expected to make his return at UFC 91. After going through some medical problems in recent months and being arrested for hit-and-run Rampage should step back into the ring against long time rival Wanderlei Silva this November, headlining UFC 91.
During the days of PRIDE Rampage and Silva had taken to the ring twice. In both fights the “Axe Murderer” defeated Jackson. In the UFC Wanderlei Silva recently defeated Keith Jardine to put an end to his 3 fight losing streak.
The fight between the two would be a great one for viewers to watch. They have their history and Rampage will be wanting to climb back up the LHW ladder to reclaim his title after recently losing his UFC light-heavyweight championship to The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Forrest Griffin.
The only thing which could prevent this fight from happening is Rampage’s current court cases. After losing his title reports were flooding the Internet that he had been arrested for hit-and-run. After being bailed from jail by UFC President Dana White Rampage found himself heading to a hospital for observation less than 24 hours later. Jackson is currently awaiting his trial for felony evading, hit-and-run and reckless driving. Thats not all though one woman has since suffered a miscarriage after her vehicle was hit by Rampage’s.
Jackson has returned to the gym to begin training with a new trainer after he and Juanito Ibarra split. Juanito Ibarra did say before Jackson’s fight with Rampage that he would retire if Rampage lost.
Ultimate Fighter 8 Cast Revealed!
Sports Illustrated (SI.com) have released the list of cast members for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Ultimate Fighter 8 will feature 32 cast members 16 from the light-heavyweight division and 16 from the lightweights. The coaches this season will be UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and fellow heavyweight Frank Mir. The next season is set to start this September 17th and to end December 13th with another live finale.
LIGHTWEIGHT
- Jose Aguilar
- Fernando Bernstein
- Junie Allen Browning
- Rolando Delgado
- Joseph Duarte
- Charles Diaz
- Efrain Escudero
- Brandon Garner
- David Kaplan
- Brian McLaughlin
- Wesley Murch
- Shane Nelson
- Phillipe Nover
- Ido Pariente
- John Polakowski
- George Roop
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
- Ryan Bader
- Antwain Britt
- Jules Bruchez
- Lance Evans
- Karen Grigoryan
- Jason Guida
- Ryan Jimmo
- Kyle Kingsbury
- Tom Lawlor
- Ryan Lopez
- Vinicius Magalhaes
- Eric Magee
- Eliot Marshall
- Sean O’Connell
- Shane Primm
- Krzysztof Soszynski
Kimbo Slice Gives LaDainian Tomlinson Some Training
Thats right MMA fighter Kimbo Slice has been training Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson all along… or not. In a recent promo video from Nike Kimbo is shown giving LT an old school training lesson. Just check it out.
ShoXC Quick Results and Photos
Here are the results from last nights ShoXC event. There are a few photos provided by ProElite to go along with it so check them all out too by clicking the “More” tag at the bottom of this post.
MAIN CARD
Jared Hamman def. Po’ai Suganuma via TKO (strikes) at 2:34 of round 1
Fabricio Camoes def. Sammy Morgan via submission (rear naked choke) at 0:47 of round 1
Cyrille Dibate def. Jaime Fletcher via unanimous decision
Rosi Sexton def. Debi Purcell via split decision
Ray Lizama def. Keith Berry via TKO (strikes) at 2:15 of round 2
PRELIMINARY CARD
Katrina Alendale def. Melanie La’Croix via unanimous decision
Roberto Vargas def. Ralph Lopez via split decision
Jesse Brock def. Josh Rave via unanimous decision
Lucas Gumaza def. Kenny Johnson via split decision
David “Tarzan” Douglas def. William Jacobson via TKO (corner stoppage) at 1:12 of round 1
Rachelle Leah to Pose Nude in Playboy
The article over at MMARated.com will surely make every male MMA fan happy. Former UFC ring girl and current host of “UFC All Access” will be posing nude for Playboy. This will not be Rachelle’s first time in the magazine, she was once voted “Babe of the Month” in the October 2006 magazine. She was fully-clothed in her one page feature. Leah is currently considered the 76th sexiest woman in the world by FHM.
It is expected that the magazine where Rachelle Leah bares all will be released in around three months time.
UFC 88 Website Now Live
The official UFC 88 “Breakthrough” website is now live. Check out the site over at 88.ufc.com
MMA Live Episode 14 Released
The 14th episode of the popular mixed martial arts show MMA Live has been released. Kenny Florian is back this week and is joined by Jon Anik, Frank Mir, and Franklin McNeil.
MMA Live Could be Heading for ESPN TV
As MMA fans you have probably all heard of one of the most popular mixed martial arts shows on the net, MMA Live. Well in case you have missed out on all the fun for the last 13 weeks MMA Live is a weekly show released every Thursday online via ESPN’s website. The show is hosted by Jon Anik and Franklin McNeil with guest panelist Kenny Florian.
Kenny Florian was the one who hinted at the fact that the show could soon be on TV in a recent interview on TAGG Radio
“The next couple of months, we’re hoping to get [MMA Live] on ESPN or ESPN 2, and the sponsors are getting on board as we speak, so we should have a deal very, very soon. We’re all very pumped.”
-Kenny Florian
Check out the MMA Live show over at ESPN’s site here.
UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” Medical Suspensions
As with almost every event the UFC has some medical suspensions from UFC 87. This time around though it didn’t seem to be as many. Maybe the Minnesota Combative Sports Commission is a bit more lenient on the suspensions. All-in-all four fighters ended up being suspended for 30-day periods. Suspended fighters include Georges St. Pierre, Jon Fitch, Ryan Thomas who are all out due to cuts and Dan Evensen was also suspended for 30 days due to the KO he recieved.
UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” Live Gate
UFC 87 was a success. It had a great card and all those fights on it turned out to be great to watch, some of them were absolute shockers though. This was the first time that a UFC event had been held in Minnesota and according to Dana White it probably will not be the last. The event brought 15,082 fans to the Target Center bringing $2,252,000 in gate money, setting the Target Center record.