- Kurt Angle made a pitch to the TNA office for a program with X Division wrestler The Amazing Red following a match the two had on an episode of iMPACT a few weeks ago. The Figure Four Weekly Newsletter reports that TNA turned it down. Source: F4Wonline.com
- Last Thursday’s episode of TNA iMPACT on Spike TV scored a 1.07 cable rating with 1,443,000 viewers. TNA Reaction at 11pm scored an 0.68 rating with 915,000 viewers. - You may remember Jeff Jarrett teasing something big on Twitter last month. What he was talking about is an appearance by his daughter Jaclyn in [...]
- As seen on last week’s iMPACT, TNA aired a teaser for the “Shore” that will be “coming soon.” This was a teaser for the new Jersey Shore inspired characters, Robbie G and Cookie, played by Rob Eckos and Becky Bayless. - Long-time wrestling fan and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan took part in angle [...]
– TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter announced this afternoon on Twitter the signing of a new performer to a talent contract. “Just signed a new talent contract on someone you guys have been asking about. Stay tuned!” Carter wrote. – It would appear that Jeff Jarrett and Kurt Angle’s ex-wife Karen have tied the knot [...]
- The reunion of “The Beautiful People” on Thursday’s iMPACT scored the program’s highest rated segment with a 1.15. The next highest quarter-hour was the main event featuring Kurt Angle, Mr. Anderson, D’Angelo Dinero and Jeff Hardy against members of Fortune. It drew a 1.11. - TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter announced this afternoon on [...]
Filed under: UFC, VideosUFC President Dana White and select fighters will meet the press late Saturday night for the UFC 118 post-fight press conference, and we'll have the video right here at MMAFighting.com.The post-fight press conference will be an opportunity to find out who the winners of the Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night Bonuses are, as well as to see how the fighters are looking after their battles inside the Octagon.The post-fight press conference will begin about half an hour after the main event concludes, and the video is below.More: UFC 118 Results | UFC 118 Pictures
Filed under: UFC, NewsJoe Lauzon, Nate Diaz and Marcus Davis each pocketed a $60,000 performance-based bonus at Saturday's UFC 118 in Boston, Mass.Lauzon, a Boston native, spoiled Gabe Ruediger's return by dominating Ruediger before tapping him out with an armbar. Lauzon won the Submission of the Night. Lauzon has now won a post-fight award in each of his last three fights and the armbar was Lauzon's third career Submission of the Night.Diaz and Davis threw down for nearly three rounds until Diaz rendered Davis unconscious with a choke. No stranger to post-fight awards, the two shared the honor for Fight of the Night. It was Diaz's fourth and Davis' third Fight of the Night award.UFC 118 saw five submissions and five decisions -- and no knockouts.
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosBOSTON -- NBA star Shaquille O'Neal made his first public appearance in Boston this weekend since signing with the Celtics this summer.MMA Fighting caught up with O'Neal during Saturday's UFC 118 event to talk about his love of all things MMA and his plans to fight "The Techno Goliath."Check out the video below.
Filed under: UFC, NewsBOSTON -- On the night that multi-time boxing champion James Toney made his mixed martial arts debut with the intention of showing that boxing is the most effective combat style, it was ironic that there was not a single knockout recorded. Instead, it seemed that subconciously, the athletes of the UFC were intent on showing Toney how varied and effective other forms of fighting could be.Toney was on the receiving end of the fifth and final submission of UFC 118, losing to Randy Couture in a one-sided fight that will be his first and last foray in the UFC, according to company president Dana White. When asked if he would stick to his pre-fight promise of only a single fight for Toney if he lost, White said yes."He's the IBA and NABO heavyweight champion. He's a boxer and that's what he does," White said. "He wanted to fight, he picked a fight with our guys and he fought tonight. He's a tough guy, he's been around. I have a lot of respect for him, but you can't expect a guy to come in with one discipline and do well. He stepped up, he came in and did it. He picked a fight and he got one."
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, VideosBOSTON -- Randy Couture met with the press following his dominant win over James Toney Saturday night at UFC 118.Couture talked about why the fight played out exactly like he thought, why he has no interest in boxing Toney and whether he believes the MMA vs. boxing debate is over.Check out the highlight video of the press conference below.
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosBOSTON -- Joe Lauzon may have produced the most impressive performance at UFC 118 when he dominated Gabe Ruediger en route to a first round submission win.The hometown favorite spoke to MMA Fighting following the win about his performance, feeding off the crowd and why this win puts him back on track in his career.Check out the video interview below.
