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Brits believe Brazilian is UFC’s champ of champs


With the UFC headed to London soon for a Chuck Liddell-less pay-per-view, British tabloid The Sun decided to compile a list of their Top 10 UFC fighters. It was a good effort, but, in our opinion, they should stick to ranking the best cricket players because they apparently know as much about the UFC as they do dental hygiene.

10. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
9. Forrest Griffin
8. Wanderlei Silva
7. Matt Hughes
6. Rich Franklin
5. Quinton Jackson
4. Chuck Liddell
3. BJ Penn
2. Georges St. Pierre
1. Anderson Silva

These rankings are completely arbitrary, but one thing for certain about the world of MMA is that Frank Shamrock is one tough S.O.B.!

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[The Sun]: Top 10 UFC fighters
[YardBarker.com]: Frank Shamrock’s Right Hand of Death

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New York Giants

Odds and Ends: Giants tap Sierra Leon dry for their SB ring


Championship rings just keep getting bigger and bigger and blingier and blingier. Apparently, the New York Giants have no plans of discontinuing the trend because their Super Bowl ring will probably have to be delivered in wheelbarrow. The ring has a whopping 1.5 carats of diamonds and, as Michael Strahan put it, is a “10-table ring,” meaning it can be seen from 10 tables away in a restaurant.

There was some discussion about maybe one of the rings was too big,” said center Shaun O’Hara, who was among group of players and team executives who designed the ring with officials from Tiffany and Co.

“I threw out the fact that it was a big win, it was a huge win, so the ring should be designed accordingly,” O’Hara said. “Michael said it best when he said he wanted a 10-table ring. I think everybody is going to be very pleased with the design. It is very clean, very classy, but at the same time it is very strong.

O’Hara forgot to mention gaudy, blinding and heavy as hell.

In other news…

[MySanAntonio.com]: NBA vs. NCAA hoops. The debate rages on.

[The Sports Point]: Even Moises Alou thinks Bartman deserves a break.

[NewsOK.com]: Reactions on Sean Sutton and the end of his Oklahoma State coaching career.

[MMAJunkie.com]: Don Frye and his moustache work a new MMA promotion.

[TheStar.com]: No Nazi sex scandal is going to keep Max Mosley from doing his job.

[The House of Smack]: “The 10 Lamest Sports…Ever.” How did Finger Jousting not make the list?

[Steroid Nation]: Florida man photoshops his head onto Bill Romanowski’s body.

[KansasCity.com]: Wilt Chamberlain could soon be coming to a post office near you.

[CBS3.com]: Sorry ladies; Andy Roddick is off the man meat market.

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Prepare to dust off your old "Now that’s using your head" joke

There’s a horrible misconception out there that mixed martial arts is a “bloodsport.” Yeah, yeah, yeah; we know it can be difficult to watch at times for some, but the sport has evolved in recent years. It’s grace, skill, agility and…aw, who are we kidding? We watch it for stuff like this:

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College Basketball

Odds and Ends: Forget 2008, 2009 March Madness is upon us


We don’t even have one game of this year’s tournament under our belts yet and already the NCAA is about to start accepting application for the 2009 Final Four in Detroit. Of course, when tickets are as hot as Final Four tickets are you need to get on the ball early. You know what they say; the early bird catches all the early bird specials.

The cheapest tickets will cost $150, which is a bargain: Tickets to next month’s games in San Antonio are selling online for $2,500 or more.

In other news…

[MMAScraps.com]: It’s an ass whooping no matter what language it’s in.

[The 700 Level]: Phillies have “Bring Your Marmoset Monkeys To Work Day.”

[Balls Deep Sports]: Don’t worry, Terry Bradshaw remains zany after the football season is over.

[Philly.com]: Charles Barkley can relate to Allen Iverson’s return to Philadelphia.

[The Big Lead]: Mark Cuban, Now Directing Hatred at MMA Writers.

[Golf Spelled Backwards*]: So funny we forgot to laugh.

[SportingNews.com]: Terrelle Pryor is not for hire anymore. Sorry Big Blue.

[TodaysTMJ4.com]: Shocking Brett Favre news out of Green Bay. He’s planning to return to Lambeau…sorta.

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Kimbo Slice has a HUGE coming out party in his hometown

If you don’t know who Kimbo Slice is then head to YouTube and search the name. He’s easily one of the most intimidating and scary individuals to ever emerge in the world of MMA. On Saturday, he stepped into the cage for just his third professional fight and crushed the bar room brawler Tank Abbott in an EliteXC main event from Miami. Slice likes his fights short and sweet and Saturday was no different. All it took was 43 seconds for Kimbo to prove “he’s got more game than a wildlife preserve.”

Next stop UFC!

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Watch your back boxing, you’ve got some more competition

Boxing continues to deliver what is supposed to the sports final big fight before the UFC and MMA take over for good. This weekend’s bout is no different as the brash and arrogant Floyd Mayweather takes on the hard-hitting Brit Ricky Hatton. So, is this going to finally be the last hoorah for the sweet science? In a word – no friggin’ way. But the UFC and other fringe fighting alliances are defiantly going to be giving boxing a run for its money in the years to come. One league that we think everybody should pay extra close attention to is the HHHBCF or the Hand to Hand Heavy Bag Combat Federation.

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Bas Rutten opens up a can of comedic whoop ass

Have you ever been sitting in a bar and just thought about all the different ways you could kick somebody’s ass if the crap really hit the fan in a drunken brawl? We hadn’t either until we came across this awesome video of MMA legend Bas Rutten and his sweet self defense techniques.

Rutten really is one of the greatest MMA teachers of all-time so, if Bas says “Dangety, dangety, dang and a heel to da balls” then that’s exactly what we’ll do.

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This dude is lucky he’s not a horse or he’d be glue by now

Every now and again we feel compelled to bring you a moment of stomach turning disgust. Don’t believe us? Just check out our Top 10 Most Gruesome sports injuries. So, today’s painful moment comes to us from the world of MMA where some guy snaps his leg in two during a fight.

We have no idea about the who, when or where of this horrifying accident, but does it really matter? After all, we are talking about a guy who shattered his leg bone for the entire world to see and be grossed out by. How often does something like that happen in life? Oh, wait; now that we’ve recovered from our lightheadedness we know why this is starting to feel like déjà vu all over again. We tried to mentally block it out but our BONUS injury lives on.

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Boxing

Hey, Iceman; we’ve got the perfect rebound opponent for you!

UFC vs. boxing, boxing vs. UFC; can’t we all just get along. Oh, we already know the answer to that one, we’re in America so nobody gets along but does it really have to all go down like this. In an attempt to put an end to the debate of MMA vs. boxing, Tommy “H.I.V.” Morrison says that he is going prove that the sweet science of boxing is far superior to the MMA tactics of fighters in UFC, PRIDE, K-1, etc. The fight is going down on Saturday night at an Arizona casino and Morrison’s opponent will be 325-pound John Stover. And according to Tommy, he doesn’t stand a chance.

I’m just going to walk out and hit him on the chin,” Morrison said at a news conference Thursday night. “I’m concerned about killing someone. I’m not kidding.”

“We’re trained to hit a moving target. These guys run in with their chin hanging out.

Looks like somebody watched the Chuck Liddell/Quinton Jackson fight. But Morrison’s mouth didn’t quit there. When asked about wearing four-ounce gloves he took another “I’m gonna kill you” shot.

I’m a little nervous about that _ not for myself but for the other guy,” Morrison said. “To me, it just seems like someone signing up for assassination class. He must be out of his mind.

What the hell is wrong with this guy? That’s a whole lotta talk for a guy who got his ass beat down the last time he was involved in an all-out brawl.

We’re know absolutely nothing about this Stover guy but we’re still gonna bet that Morrison’s fate is somewhat reminiscent of Johnnie Morton.

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[KVOA.com]: Tommy Morrison prepares for MMA debut

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First Liddell, now Johnnie Morton. Are there any MMA heroes left?

Last week, we brought you the story of football player turned MMA wannabe Johnnie Morton and his upcoming first fight at K-1’s Dynamite!! USA.  Well, it looks like Morton’s first bout as a “professional” fighter could very well be his last after Bernard Ackah knocked him the heck out in just 38 seconds with a huge punch to the kisser.

Morton ended up being all right after he was taken to the hospital but K-1 wasn’t done delivering blows to the fallen NFLer.  Johnnie received a suspension from the fight club because he refused to take a drug test.  Man, drugs sure aren’t what they used to be if he was using `cause that was a pathetic display; even for a possibly doped up rookie.  Hopefully, this will be a wakeup call to anyone who thinks they are big enough, strong enough, fast enough or tough enough to just step into the ring with an MMA fighter; these guys are serious athletes and they have no remorse about putting guys on stretchers.  

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[SI.com]: Morton KO’d, suspended
[Steroid Nation]: Former NFL’er Johnny Morton knocked cold in ring. Now the bad news: Morton stiffed too