According to legal docs -- obtained by TMZ -- Vantris Patterson claims Davis body slammed her on a couch with such force ... when the couch slid into the wall paint came off. And Patterson says, Davis -- aka Mr. Wonderful -- would often choke her during intercourse, and when she'd plead with him to stop he'd respond, "Shut the f*** up, bitch." She says Davis has threatened to kill her numerous times if she ever slept with another man. Check the link for more...
Veteran MMA referee Josh Rosenthal awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute. One year ago, federal agents raided an Oakland, Calif., warehouse owned by Rosenthal and an associate that contained 1,356 marijuana plants (..) Rosenthal is due in U.S. District Court on May 17. The government is recommending 37 months in jail, fines and five years of probation, during which he would be subject to random searches, according to the agreement. Without a deal, he faced 10 years to life in prison, a $10 million fine and a minimum of five years' probation. via MMA Junkie
Joe Rogan gives his candid take on the latest controversy in the MMA world.
Well, Luke Thomas gives us his take on the story about Fallon Fox and Steph Daniels' interviews with two specialists for gender reassignment surgery and Dr. Benjamin.
Well, my first fanpost in quite a while. I found this completely ridiculous article on Middle Easy and link you to the original source at the end. Here are a few "highlights": The UFC thing...
It's not really something new, but I found this on Miletich's Twitter just a few minutes ago...
But it seems like he's lucky and won't be prosecuted...
Tito Ortiz goes after Forrest Griffin for his TRT use again... on TMZ. *Link*
TMZ spotted the former... "Heavyweight Champ" Rampage Jackson eating deep fried fries. Other hilarious lines include "He's a world class athlete ... he trains every single day .." Link
Chael Sonnen presenting the Nexersys Originally from MiddleEasy.com.
...with Matthew Fox of Lost fame as a psychotic ex-special forces/ MMA killer.
Video: Frank Shamrock with Luke Rockhold and Tim Kennedy, in what is supposed to be a funny Showtime commercial for their upcoming Strikeforce bout. This FanShot was Promoted to the Front Page By Anton Tabuena
And again, Anderson Silva-esque in his performance is Michael Page...
"I want out of the UFC" Rampage Jackson gives us more insights into his current feud with the UFC Source: Inside MMA
As a big fan of everything Vice, it makes me very happy to see that Fagan will write some stuff for them about MMA.
A trip down memory lane: Our beloved Luke Thomas commentating during Rizzo-Goodridge...
Let's hope the curse of the Blackzilians is broken for good....
EDIT: Shorter version that Nate Diaz re-tweeted: *click* Around the 11 min mark, Rogan scored rounds 1,2 and 5 for Diaz at home, when he watched the fight a 2nd time. Around 18 min, some thoughts about a rematch. What's more interesting in my opinion that Rogan gives some insights about the difficulties of his commentator angle, not seeing important action in the Werdum - Nelson fight (starts after the intro).
So Antonio "Mandingo" McKee defended his MFC LW Champion belt won his 3-round non-title fight yesterday by UD... and was released by the promotion. He was 7 pounds overweight at the weigh ins, while his opponent Brian Cobb was 0.5 pounds overweight... and was also released after losing.
But what I find even more baffling and what I wanted to share, that McKee seems to have had some sort of reality show going on. Never heard about it before.
MFC LW Champion Antonio "Mandingo" McKee has been stripped of the title and will be released after his upcoming fight, win or lose. The ex-UFC fighter came in 7 pounds overweight. He will fight Brian Cobb and the LW Championship fight is now a non-title bout. He lost his UFC debut by split decision to Jacob "Christmas" Volkmann 13 Month ago before being released immediately. Source: Sherdog.com
Tito Ortiz stops by the video games show "Invisible Walls" and discusses everything from UFC Undisputed 3 to his future. Seperate link: *click*
I think this Fight Opinion article, that sums up the situation and quotes other interesting facts, provides without a doubt the best insights so far. Especially about the incredible cluelessness of the NSAC and even very interesting facts about Lesnar's "legit" sample.
Seems like Fitch loves the new Elder Scrolls game so much that he created an alternative twitter account to chronicle his "journey" through the virtual world that is Skyrim. 'What is Skyrim?' Picture of Fitch
PTI UK: Toss Up - Is UFC bigger than Boxing? Source: MMA Fighting.com
The Culinary Workers Union did not only create a Blog with every Dana White incident by quoting everything from Loretta Hunt to interviews he gave, they also linked a petition "Tell Fox to drop UFC!" The Blog. Website maintained by Las Vegas Sun article about the whole mess Jordan Breen talking about the matter (about 19:45)