Category: MMA / Boxing

UFC Headed to Network TV?

UFC Headed to Network TV?

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UFC President Dana White would like to secure a network TV deal to promote his best fighters and grow his sport. The sale of NBC to Comcast wouldn’t guarantee a network deal but it could be a huge step in that direction.
Saying that the UFC could end up on [...]

Mayweather Never Wanted to Fight Pacquiao

Mayweather Never Wanted to Fight Pacquiao

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The proposed Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight is off because Mayweather’s camp refused to relent on drug tests via blood rather than urine sampling, promoter Bob Arum said Tuesday night in an exclusive interview with The Press.
Arum said Pacquiao agreed to blood testing before the pre-fight press conference — typically conducted months before a [...]

Is Matt Hughes a Hall of Famer?

Is Matt Hughes a Hall of Famer?

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship has five members in its Hall of Fame. Each of them – Dan Severn, Mark Coleman, Ken Shamrock, Randy Couture and Royce Gracie – still are active fighters.
And that’s why it’s puzzling that Matt Hughes, who has contributed as much to the UFC and to mixed martial arts [...]