SB Nation User Blog: R.T.

"He said he knew that Leben hadn't trained at all."

R.T. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:57:27 -0000

"He said he knew that Leben hadn't trained at all."

Is Leben on his way out?

Mike Tyson's daughter taken off life support.

R.T. — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:30:30 -0000

Mike Tyson's daughter taken off life support.

Tragic news.

Hieron vs. Daley Booked for Affliction 3

R.T. — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:24:29 -0000

Hieron vs. Daley Booked for Affliction 3

Hieron vs. Daley Booked for Affliction 3
Just signed a welterweight scrap between Jay Hieron and Paul "SEMTEX" Daley has been signed for Affliction's upcoming show on August 1.

Arlovski vs Rogers Strikeforce June 6th

R.T. — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:20:18 -0000

Arlovski vs Rogers Strikeforce June 6th

Arlovski vs Rogers Strikeforce June 6th according to the fightnetwork and AOLfanhouse.

Zuffa dropped the ball this weekend.

R.T. — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:32:17 -0000

Its to bad the WEC ended up being booked on the date it did, Its sort of got lost in the shuffle following such a Momentous PPV Ie: affliction D.O.R.. Even on their best day the WEC cant match the lineup and inrtigue surrounding a show with a 4.6 million dollar pay roll and a clash between the 2 best HW’s in the game. But Zuffa in their desperation to counter program Affliction has kind of thrown the Dub under the Bus and killed any potential Buzz the COWBOY vs WORM fight and FABER vs PULVER 2 would of had. The WEC only has so many Marquee fights at their disposal and the Pulver vs Faber rematch is one of them. I realize that San Deigo is a very strong TV market for MMA and there gonna pull a solid gate, but other then that nothing good comes from booking this fight when and how they did. Pulver had asked to fight in the spring on account of having just had his best friend shot to death and a very serious illness with his good friends child. Pulver being the pro that he is took the fight when they insisted. Typical abuse of a solid company mans good will, Pulver has been here since the beginning and has done more for this sport then most other fighters combined and to see them throw him into the lions den like this for little or no reason just pisses me off. I’m about as big of MMA as your gonna find and if Dave Meltzer hadn’t mentioned the WEC card during his weekend preview I wouldn’t have even known it was happening. Had they booked this card in late Feb it would have recieved the proper media push. Pulver could have takin' some time to settle things mentally and more eyes would get to see Jose Aldo and their other up and commers. So to zuffa I say, "way to blow your wad well before the end o f the first round".

There is no quit in the Cowboy.

R.T. — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:10:32 -0000

Donald "the Cowboy" Cerrone has done a hell of a lot of things during his lifetime, the majority of which would scare the hell out of the rest of us. Weather its riding bulls professionally, fighting MMA professionally or taking a 4 wheel ATV off a 60 foot cliff. From a great article at yahoo.com

He's broken his back twice, the second time almost killed him according to Greg Beachem from the AP:

While riding four-wheelers in another remote expanse of his native Colorado, he made a split-second decision to follow a friend on a 60-foot jump. The four-wheeler impaled Cerrone, breaking several ribs, turning his lungs into Swiss cheese and exposing his internal organs to the sun.

Cerrone says he thinks that he was dead for a time at the hospital:

"I was knocking over the gurney, throwing up blood on the floor, and then I had the most peaceful feeling I've ever had in my life. I woke up from the coma 2 1/2 weeks later, though.''

When you've been through what the cowboys been through, peeling your self off the ground to beat former WEC 155lbs Champ Razor Rob Mccullough, aint no big thing its just how Cerrone rolls. If you get a chance check out the full article where they discuss Drew Fickett's Alcoholism, Jamie Varner and Greg Jackson.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/After-staring-death-in-the-face-Cerrone-isn-t-ab?urn=mma,136470#remaining-content