Strikeforce “Payback” took place tonight at the Broomfield Events Center in Denver, Colorado.
Duane ‘Bang’ Ludwig looked to avenge his loss to Sam Morgan from three years ago in the main event.
Frank Trigg faced off against Falaniko Vitale in his second fight in less than two months.
Pete Spratt and ‘The Karate Hottie’ Michelle Waterson were also in action.
Results after the jump.
Strikeforce “Payback” takes place tonight at the Broomfield Event Center in Denver, Colorado at 10PM ET. The event airs live on HDNet. Duane ‘Bang’ Ludwig, Sam Morgan, Frank Trigg, and ‘The Karate Hottie’ Michelle Waterson will all be in action. More on Michelle here.
Frank Trigg has some interesting comments on Affliction-EliteXC and Affliction-Golden Boy partnerships, so make sure you watch past Randy Couture.
They don’t talk about this in the video, but it is something I’ve been thinking about regarding the Affliction-Golden Boy partnership. From what we know so far, they have plans to put on one major boxing match and fill the rest of the card with MMA. Pretty much every MMA pundit that’s commented on the partnership feels that Golden Boy will have to put together a marquee fight for this to have any chance to work. Michael D. Cohen stated to NBCSports.com that would be the case.
Sengoku IV took place earlier this morning at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. All nine fights are featured in the playlist above.
CR: Bloody Elbow for video finds
Quick results after the jump.
I have never heard anyone fit so many words into one interview.
Big Nog after the jump.
Affliction announced earlier today that Jay Glazer, Frank Trigg and ‘Big’ John McCarthy will be calling the action at the organization’s debut MMA event.
“Affliction Banned,” the greatest MMA show of all-time, will feature an all-star broadcast team for its July 19th pay-per-view event, featuring the WAMMA heavyweight championship fight between the most lethal MMA heavyweight of all-time, Russian M1 superstar legend Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (27-1), and former UFC heavyweight champion Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia (24-4), live from Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
No Comments | Filed under: "Big" John McCarthy, Affliction: Banned, Frank Trigg, Jay Glazer, Mauro RanalloDays after the Japan-based promotion DREAM was dropped from prime-time by the Tokyo Broadcasting System, a new deal was reached with Mark Cuban’s HDNet to air DREAM events in North America. The new deal was announced last night on HDNet’s “Inside MMA.”
There were a ton of announcements, replacements, and rumors for upcoming events this past week.
Four more middleweight fights were announced in addition to the previous three. The new matchups are:
No Comments | Filed under: CBS/EliteXC: Primetime, DREAM.2, Dave Herman, EliteXC: Return of the King, Frank Trigg, Jeremy Stephens, Joey Villasenor, Manny Tapia, Miguel Torres, Muhsin Corbbrey, Murilo 'Ninja' Rua, Nick Diaz, Phil Baroni, Ron Waterman, Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza, Spencer Fisher, TUF 7 Finale, WEC: Faber vs. Pulver, Yoshiro Maeda
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