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NHL Playoffs 2012: The NHL Needs More Dana White and Less Gary Bettman

The NHL playoffs have been a wild ride this year for fans and teams alike. What can we learn from these NHL playoffs? I think there’s one thing above all else—this is Gary Bettman’s league.  Welcome to Gary’s world ladies a…

The NHL playoffs have been a wild ride this year for fans and teams alike. What can we learn from these NHL playoffs? I think there’s one thing above all else—this is Gary Bettman’s league.  Welcome to Gary’s world ladies and gentleman. You are now a fan of the league Mr. Bettman envisioned when he […]

Gary Goodridge Story Highlights Dangers of CTE in MMA Competition

Remember last week when I said that Ben Fowlkes was the best MMA writer in the game?  He proved it once again with yesterday’s excellent story on the mental and physical downfall of long-time MMA veteran Gary Goodridge. It’s a poignant…

Remember last week when I said that Ben Fowlkes was the best MMA writer in the game?  He proved it once again with yesterday’s excellent story on the mental and physical downfall of long-time MMA veteran Gary Goodridge. It’s a poignant story, a look at the day to day life of a fighter who stayed […]

Gary Goodridge: ’90 Percent of Early Pride Fights Were Fixed’

For years, Pride Fighting Championships has been accused of fixing fights in the past, and now, former MMA and K-1 star Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge is ready to tell his own story of what went on behind the scenes of MMA’s former Mecca….

For years, Pride Fighting Championships has been accused of fixing fights in the past, and now, former MMA and K-1 star Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge is ready to tell his own story of what went on behind the scenes of MMA’s former Mecca. “At the beginning, when Pride first started, it was more like 90 […]

UFC Pioneer Gary Goodridge Talks New Book, UFC 144, and More in BR Exclusive

To many, UFC veteran Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge is known only for being a journeyman with a dubious fourth-degree black belt in Kuk Sool Won whose only claim to fame is an eight-second dismantling of Paul Herrera at UFC 8. Nothing could be …

To many, UFC veteran Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge is known only for being a journeyman with a dubious fourth-degree black belt in Kuk Sool Won whose only claim to fame is an eight-second dismantling of Paul Herrera at UFC 8. Nothing could be further from the truth.  In his newly released autobiography titled Gatekeeper: The […]

Gary Shaw Backs Dana White on Fedor Emelianenko’s Horrible Management

UFC president Dana White and boxing promoter Gary Shaw rarely agree on things publicly, but in a video recently released by FightHubTV.com, Shaw backs up White’s claims about how difficult it was to deal with Fedor Emelianenko‘s management …

UFC president Dana White and boxing promoter Gary Shaw rarely agree on things publicly, but in a video recently released by FightHubTV.com, Shaw backs up White’s claims about how difficult it was to deal with Fedor Emelianenko‘s management group, M-1 Global. For years White had been criticized by fans and media for not dealing with […]

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Gary Shaw Backs Dana White on Fedor Emelianenko’s Horrible Management