Couture gets restraining order on Affliction President
It seems that the higher up’s over at clothing manufacturer & mma promotion Affliction have not been getting along with the Coutures since Randy re-signed with the UFC back in September. Affliction president Todd Eugene Beard has allegedley been threating and intimidating Randy’s wife Kim Couture. A restraining order was issued last Wednesday that restricts Beard from attending UFC 91 this saturday as well as making an appearence in the hotel where the official weigh-ins are to take place.
UFC 87: Official Weigh-in Results
* Heath Herring looks as cut and ripped as I’ve ever seen him
* Brock Lesnar looks like he had to cut DOWN to make 265lbs, and he’s shorter than Herring. He is massive
* Fitch does not look like has a significant size advantage over Georges St. Pierre
BJ Penn Video: Training has begun
It looks like lightweight champion BJ Penn is making good use of time management and even though his next fight is about 5 months away he has started training for it. Speculated to either be against Georges St. Pierre for a super fight at the beginning of next year, or against the winner of Saturday nights fight between Kenny Florian and Roger Heurta for another lighweight title defense.
BJ Penn vs Hughes III: “I have to kill him”
Right now I’d rather fight George St. Pierre (over Hughes), because I know its a big fight and I feel that it’ll move the sport of mixed martial arts forward to have a super fight like that take place. I think Matt hughes will be a great fight after the George St. Pierre fight. Who cares if he’s a wounded animal? I have to kill him.
Cung Le in talks for 3 fight deal with UFC
In a recent seminar Strikeforce middleweight champ Cung Le talks about possibly entering the UFC for 3 fights, his training regimen, and his strategy to possibly beating Anderson Silva.
Baby dies after Rampage’s hit and run :(
The latest news coming from the infamous Rampage Jackson hit and run case has taken a tragic turn. It turns out one of the women injured during the incident was pregnant, and has since miscarried the baby.
Belfort vs. Lindland for Affliction’s belt
Tatame.com recently spoke with Vitor Belfort and it looks like he will face Matt Lindland for the Affliction middleweight belt on the promotions second event on October 11th. Belfort broke his hand over his KO victory against Terry Martin during Afflictions premier event.
“The doctor will analyze it, but I may stay four weeks out. I’ll [...]