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Abu Dhabi-owned Flash Entertainment Buys 10% Of UFC’s Parent Company Zuffa

For clarification; Zuffa owns the UFC — it is the UFC parent company. Over the past few months there were rumbling that Zuffa was looking for minority investors.
Today the UFC officially released a statement regarding that Flash Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s government, has acquired a 10 percent stake in Zuffa.
Since it [...]

BJ Penn Has Cleaned Out The UFC Lightweight Division

There hasn’t been a single fighter at lightweight that has truly given Penn a legitimate fight. This past Saturday Penn continued his winning ways at 155. He absolutely dismantled number one contender Diego Sanchez.
The big knock on Penn has been cardio. We all know that. It was warranted a few years back. Ever since the [...]

Jon Jones Disqualified Against Matt Hamill

I have no idea how Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan thought that the fight was going to be awarded to Jon Jones. Take a look to the left at the strikes that ended the fight between Jones and Matt Hamill.
The broadcast went to commercial immediately after the referee stepped in. The announce team saying that [...]

UFC Coming To Boston; Fenway Park Possible?

It took more than a month after the Massachusetts state legislature approved a bill regulating mixed martial arts, but Gov. Deval Patrick signed it into law this week on Monday. This bill will rework the state boxing commishion and clear the path for a UFC event.
At the end of this past summer Dana White expressed [...]

There Are 8 Rules At Collierville High School

Police say they will charge 31 people after discovering a ‘‘fight club’’ involving Collierville High School students. Police were able to identify participants through videos posted on YouTube.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal says Tennessee state law makes it a Class C misdemeanor “for any person or persons to engage in what is known as prize fighting [...]