January 2010 News

James Funaro, Amateur MMA Fighter, Looks Ahead

Published: January 30, 2010

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“I don’t care if it’s $50 or a million dollars. It’s just new motivation for me.”
The 23-year-old amateur mixed martial arts fighter has viewed his potential professional career with a ‘devil-may-care’ attitude well beyond his years. But who could blame him? James Funaro has been into single contact sports for a decade now and is [...]


Former WWE Champ Bobby Lashley To Make Strikeforce Debut Jan. 30

Published: January 30, 2010

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Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) heavyweight champion and undefeated mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter has signed a multi-year agreement with STRIKEFORCE and will  make his debut for the world championship MMA promotion at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on Saturday, January 30.
The 6 foot 3 inch, 250 pound Lashley, also a former collegiate wrestling star [...]


AIFA TV Network to Reach 40-Million Television Homes

Published: January 30, 2010

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The American Indoor Football Association is announcing television affiliates for its 2010 national TV package. Collectively, affiliates carrying AIFA football this coming season will reach over 40-million television households.
Among those agreeing to air the AIFA are the Comcast Network, Cox Sports New England, Image Sports and Entertainment, MAV TV, AMG TV, KC Metro Sports, @Sports [...]


EA Sports Online To Stream Strikeforce MMA Bout Live This Saturday

Published: January 28, 2010

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For the first time in history, Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) will offer live mixed martial arts (MMA) fight action online with a free of charge stream of the highly anticipated STRIKEFORCE welterweight (170 pounds) matchup between wrestling powerhouses Joe “Diesel” Riggs (32-10) and Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron (18-4) from BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida [...]


Joe Weider Receives Resolution From City of L.A. Council

Published: January 28, 2010

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(Source – Joe Wheatly Productions, www.musclebeachvenice.com) - It is with great pleasure that Joe Wheatley Productions in conjunction with Councilmen Bill Rosendahl, 11th District, City of Los Angeles were able to present a Resolution from the City of LA honoring Joe Weider, Father of Fitness and Nutrition, for his dedication and lifetime commitment to physical fitness, [...]


Strikeforce Fighter Weigh Ins Open To The Public This Friday At BankAtlantic Center

Published: January 26, 2010

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FOOTBALL LEGEND HERSCHEL WALKER, MMA SUPERSTARS BOBBY LASHLEY, NICK DIAZ, WOMEN’S CHAMPION CRIS CYBORG & ALL THE FIGHTERS TO WEIGH IN
Friday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m. ET at the Chairman’s Club at BankAtlantic Center
Preceded by Special Autograph Signing Session with MMA legend
Dan Henderson and other STRIKEFORCE superstars

WHO:              Football Legend Herschel Walker
Unbeaten [...]


Lawler vs. Manhoef, Riggs vs. Hieron Set For Strikeforce: Miami 1/30

Published: January 25, 2010

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Knockout artists “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (16-5) and Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef (24-6-1) will square off with each other in a middleweight (185 pounds) contest at the STRIKEFORCE:  Miami mixed martial arts (MMA) event at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on Saturday, January 30.  Wrestling powerhouses Joe “Diesel” Riggs (32-10) and Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron (18-4) [...]


Controversial Christian Darrow on MuscleSport Radio 1/26

Published: January 25, 2010

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Controversial figure Christian Darrow will be our special guest on MuscleSport Radio on Tuesday, January 26 at 1:00 PM Eastern time. The underground mixed martial arts forums have been exploding with talk about the scheduled upcoming vale tudo style MMA fight between Darrow and James Funaro on the UCL card in February and all of [...]


Manning Does His Usual, As Does Favre – With a Bad INT

Published: January 24, 2010

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The field is down to two from 32. In two weeks, we will know who is going to be king of the football world – at least for this year. In two games that were hyped for a week, similar circumstances prevailed in the end., and both involved the superstar quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Brett [...]


Hell Freezes Over! ESPN Covers Brock Lesnar UFC Comeback

Published: January 21, 2010

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While it may not have been on of the top stories or given on ‘The Lead’ on the crawl, but the ‘Worldwide Leader in Sports’ actually had a MMA segment during Wednesday’s ‘SportsCenter’ telecast. With the conference championship games coming up on Sunday, the NFL obviously trumped everything else. Even the pussy sport of tennis [...]


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