Sarah Spain Learns Some MMA from UFC Champ Chris Weidman
ESPN Chicago’s Sarah Spain learns the Thai Plum and a guillotine choke from UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman in this video for ESPN W. You can hear Sarah doing SportsCenter updates during the Carmen & Jurko show, weekdays on ESPN 1000....
Mike Russow: UFC Fighter, Chicago Cop
It will be a battle of two former PRIDE fighters when Chicago’s Mike Russow takes on Norway’s Jon Olav Einemo Saturday night at the United Center for the UFC on FOX event. Russow is 14-1 as a pro fighter, suffering his only loss back in 2007 from a Sergei Kharitonov armbar at PRIDE 33. He …...
MMA Fighters and the ESPY Awards
by Tim Stroud The 2011 ESPYS, hosted by Seth Meyers, will air live on ESPN this Wednesday, July 13th at 8pm CT. The ESPYS are always fun to watch and this year should be no different. It’s always great to see which player, team, coach or moment will win each award, but it’s even better …...
BROCK LESNAR PRANKS ESPN’S COLIN COWHERD
Brock Lesnar may be 0-1 in the new season of “The Ultimate Fighter”, but he totally wins here in this prank of ESPN’s Colin Cowherd. Cowherd gets no help from his co-host, who is in on the gag. Wardrobe — Mr. Cowherd is going to need a change of pants! Great job by the former …...
MIKE RUSSOW ESPN FEATURE
ESPN did this feature on UFC fighter and Chicago Police officer Mike Russow before his UFC 114 fight against Todd Duffee. Russow will be fighting Ultimate Fighter contestant Jon Madsen at Ultimate Fight Night 24....
2010 US OPEN & ISKA WORLD MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
A special one hour broadcast of the 2010 US OPEN ISKA World Martial Arts Championships will be aired on ESPN2 this Friday night, July 23rd at 8pm central time. The event, held on July 9th-10th at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida drew more than 2,500 competitors from 37 countries. Participants competed in nearly...
SHAQ’S MMA TRAINER ON ESPN
Do you think Shaq could take Chuck Liddell?...
BELLATOR INVADES THE WINDY CITY
Bellator Fighting Championships is making its way to Chicago. They are putting on an event at the Aragon Ballroom on May 15th. Chicagoans know that the nickname for the Aragon is “The Brawlroom”, so perhaps it’s the perfect place to stage an MMA event. We will have interviews with fighters Eddie Alvarez and Jorge...
DO YOU LIKE MMA LIVE?
I just read 2 columns about ESPN’s MMA Live. The first, over at MMA Junkie, seems to think the show is clicking. The other, over at Bloody Elbow, says it’s overrated. And me? I’m in the middle. Part of me is thankful that I can watch an MMA news show and watch it whenever I …...
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