By Loretta Hunt on Friday, May 16, 2008
It’s a time for firsts in women’s mixed martial arts, though not all of it is promising.
Brazilian Carina Damm has tested positive for Nandrolone
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By Loretta Hunt on Friday, May 16, 2008
It’s a time for firsts in women’s mixed martial arts, though not all of it is promising.
Brazilian Carina Damm has tested positive for Nandrolone
Over the course of several weeks, we have converted all of our fight reports into the dynamic Flash format except for one. Our most controversial fight report to date is still our first, the one between Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn. A polarizing fight in itself, the score that FightMetric arrives at (St. Pierre wins 29-28, but the overall score is a draw) has left many feeling unsatisfied.
The problem is damage. As it stands, the fight is too close to call only because of the level of damage inflicted credited to Penn. Currently, that level stands at “moderate” on a scale between none, light, moderate, and heavy damage.
Since scoring that fight months ago, we’ve seen more and more comparative evidence that the level of damage inflicted should, in fact, be marked as “light.” St. Pierre had a bloody nose (not a broken nose, as it says in the report) and a swollen eye. We have seen similar levels of damage in fights like Sanchez-Parisyan and Ortiz-Griffin and those cases were classified as “light.”
Changing the damage level would, of course, change the conclusion of the fight. Right now the overall score is 234 for Penn against 233 for St. Pierre, meaning a draw. Changing the damage level to “light” means St. Pierre would have the clear advantage 233-202.
Things change, the system improves, and we have no problem admitting when we’ve made a mistake. In this case, we’ll leave this up to you. What do you think? Try to think objectively (i.e., don’t consider the fact that this choice changes the outcome) about the correct damage level. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments or email us at [email protected]. We will be revisiting this decision in the next few days and will modify the report as needed.
Source:Revisiting St. Pierre-Penn
By Mike Fridley on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Heavyweight fighter George Bush (Pictures) has tested positive for marijuana following his decision loss to Ricco Rodriguez (Pictures) on April 11 in Atlantic City, N.J., at Yamma Pit Fighting’s debut effort, Sherdog.com learned Tuesday
Check out our article in Yahoo! Sports’ MMA section breaking down some Anderson Silva stats and discussing what they might mean for Dan Henderson. Highlights include:
Much of this draws from the data in our TPR Report on the career of Silva. Stay tuned tomorrow for a TPR Report containing Dan Henderson’s career TPR Report.
Source:FightMetric on Yahoo!
NEW YORK — Executives at M-1 Global announced today they have started a new promotion called Adrenaline MMA and will begin promoting major events in the U.S. beginning in June.
Adrenaline will replace M-1 Global in the U.S. immediately. The change also includes the release of Russian fighter Fedor Emilianenko, who is free to seek fights elsewhere.
Monte Cox is the President and CEO of Adrenaline MMA. Bob Clark is the COO and Brian Patton is VP responsible for sponsorships and endorsements.
Source:Adrenaline MMA replaces M-1 Global; Fedor becomes a free agent
Friday, May 16, 2008
Sherdog.com’s Greg Savage caught up with American Top Team middleweight Jorge Santiago (Pictures) to discuss his bout against Yuki Sasaki (Pictures) at Sengoku II
Source:Santiago Talks Sengoku Bout