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Following in the footsteps of former WWE superstars turned MMA heavyweight fighters, Dave “Batista” is looking for his first fight early in 2011. Both Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley have had success in MMA with Lesnar obviously being the best example as he’s currently the UFC heavyweight champion. Batista is another WWE fighter […]
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Following in the footsteps of former WWE superstars turned MMA heavyweight fighters, Dave “Batista” is looking for his first fight early in 2011. Both Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley have had success in MMA with Lesnar obviously being the best example as he’s currently the UFC heavyweight champion. Batista is another WWE fighter with an incredible physical presence and an explosive, athletic nature. Time will tell if he can translate it into MMA stardom.
Seems like Bellator Fighting Championships is not taking the suit filed by the UFC lightly, nor are they lying down for the biggest MMA promotion in the world. The counter suit alleges tortuous interference of contract” of Jonathan Brookins as reported by MMAJunkie.com. Here’s the blurb:
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned that Bellator Sport Worldwide, […]
Seems like Bellator Fighting Championships is not taking the suit filed by the UFC lightly, nor are they lying down for the biggest MMA promotion in the world. The counter suit alleges tortuous interference of contract” of Jonathan Brookins as reported by MMAJunkie.com. Here’s the blurb:
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned that Bellator Sport Worldwide, LLC today filed suit against Zuffa in a New Jersey court and alleges that “The Ultimate Fighter 12″ cast member Jonathan Brookins (11-3 MMA, 1-0 BFC) joined the Spike TV reality series while still under an exclusive contract for Bellator.
Sounds like an interesting situation, and many would contend that UFC is just doing what it normally does when trying to take out the competition. We’ll keep you updated as word comes out.
High quality, but short on temper, welterweight fighter Paul Daley has been given a 30 day suspension by the Governing Body of Alcohol, Races and Games of Quebec. Semtex got off pretty easy for his attempt to continue the bout with Josh Koscheck even though the fight was over, and he fought recently at […]
High quality, but short on temper, welterweight fighter Paul Daley has been given a 30 day suspension by the Governing Body of Alcohol, Races and Games of Quebec. Semtex got off pretty easy for his attempt to continue the bout with Josh Koscheck even though the fight was over, and he fought recently at Impact FC2, taking a win over Daniel Acacio.
The MMA News will update this story as more details come out.
A couple of months ago a few thousand eyebrows were likely raised, when Strikeforce Light-Heavyweight Champion “King Mo” Lawal confirmed reports, which said soon to be mixed-martial-artist James Toney caught him with a submission during training. At the time it was reported that Toney had utilized a standing guillotine to tap Lawal, however, in a […]
A couple of months ago a few thousand eyebrows were likely raised, when Strikeforce Light-Heavyweight Champion “King Mo” Lawal confirmed reports, which said soon to be mixed-martial-artist James Toney caught him with a submission during training. At the time it was reported that Toney had utilized a standing guillotine to tap Lawal, however, in a more recent interview with Ariel Helwani, the boxing champ said it was a rear-naked-choke. Interesting how there’s a little bit of discrepancy there no?
Well, just a couple of weeks away from the highly anticipated bout between Randy Couture and Toney, it sounds like “The Natural” is calling BS on the boxer’s supposed new found submissions skills. Speaking to MMA Fighting recently, the legendary fighter said this, when asked for his thoughts on the widely (cleverly) circulated story that Toney subbed Lawal.
“Nah, I don’t believe that,” Couture chuckled. “He’s probably doing some wrestling with Mo Lawal. That wouldn’t surprise me. I know he’s not training with Dean Lister. Dean called me himself when that one broke and said, ‘I’m not training with that guy. Don’t believe that stuff.’ But it doesn’t matter. All the talk is just talk. No matter who he can get to say he’s tapped them out in training, on the day he’s still going to walk down to the cage and get in there with me and that’s when all that stuff stops.”
Who’s going to argue with Randy? To bet on that fight or any other scheduled for UFC 118 head here.
NEW YORK, NY (August 9, 2010) — One of the most successful television executives in the world of boxing and entertainment, Jay Larkin, passed away this morning at Nyack Hospital in Nyack, NY at the age of 59. Larkin had been battling cancer.
Services will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Beth David Cemetery […]
NEW YORK, NY (August 9, 2010) — One of the most successful television executives in the world of boxing and entertainment, Jay Larkin, passed away this morning at Nyack Hospital in Nyack, NY at the age of 59. Larkin had been battling cancer.
Services will be held Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Beth David Cemetery (300 Elmont Road) in Elmont, NY.
Larkin put together a franchise that stood atop the world of boxing and television while at SHOWTIME from 1984 to 2006 with the creation of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION and a pay-per-view business that was second to none with the promotion of Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Felix Trinidad and many other Hall of Fame greats in the boxing world. Larkin was considered one of the most powerful professionals in the world of boxing.
Larkin was responsible for the programming, acquisition and production of the company’s boxing franchise as well as comedy and music specials for the premium television network. He worked his way up at the network to become Senior Vice President, Senior Executive Producer Sports & Event Programming at SHOWTIME.
It all began in 1986, when Larkin produced SHOWTIME’s first fight with Marvin Hagler and continued with him producing more of Mike Tyson’s fights than anyone else including a record $100,000,000 revenue night featuring Tyson-Holyfield II. He was very instrumental in the career of Evander Holyfield.
Larkin was involved in the marketing, distribution and production of many record setting and award-winning pay per view concerts featuring Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Sting, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr., Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, JAY-Z, The Spice Girls and the BackStreet Boys to name a few.
He also was in charge of many comedy specials and documentaries and worked with Tim Allen, Ellen DeGeneres, Jon Stewart, Drew Carey, Dennis Leary and Dave Chappelle to name a few. He was also the SHOWTIME executive in charge of the Broadway hit at the Cort Theater, “Laugh Whore” starring Mario Cantone, which received a Tony Award nomination.
Larkin was very involved in the world of professional theater and performing arts. He held bachelor’s degrees in theater and directing from C.W. Post College of Long Island University and also studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music and UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.
Following his career at SHOWTIME, he joined the International Fight League as their COO in 2007-2008.
Larkin is survived by his wife, Lisa, and their two sons, Ryan and Gabriel.
In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made in Jay Larkin’s name to the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University, c/o Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3624, Durham, North Carolina 27710 or online by visiting http://www.cancer.duke.edu/btc/.
Fedor Emelianenko recently held a seminar at Zealous Nation MMA in New Jersey, and put the fighters through a rather interesting six minute warmup. Still no word on Fedor’s next fight but word is that Fabricio Werdum is out until January so there’s a chance that Fedor will have to fight someone before he […]
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Fedor Emelianenko recently held a seminar at Zealous Nation MMA in New Jersey, and put the fighters through a rather interesting six minute warmup. Still no word on Fedor’s next fight but word is that Fabricio Werdum is out until January so there’s a chance that Fedor will have to fight someone before he gets a chance at a rematch. Alistair Overeem seems to be the best bet, but a lot hinges on what M-1 Global wants. We’ll keep you up to date on all things Fedor.