Roundup: Sherk and Penn Pass Drug Tests, Kimbo on ESPN Cover, and More
Posted by Kris Karkoski on May 2, 2008 at 8:16 pm ET9 Comments
Sean Sherk and BJ Penn have both passed early random drug tests for their upcoming UFC 84 bout.- Rich Franklin’s manager, Monte Cox, has stated that Franklin would indeed make the move to light-heavyweight if the UFC requested.
- The lightweight match up between Roger Huerta and Kenny Florian has been confirmed to take place on August 9 at UFC 87.
- CBS Chairman Sumner Redstone publicly criticized the EliteXC-CBS broadcast partnership for not being “socially responsible.”
- The revised DREAM 3 card now features Nick Diaz and Jason Miller, as well as Hayato Sakurai and Katsuya Inoue.
- Kimbo Slice will appear on the cover of this months issue of ESPN The Magazine. Kimbo is only the second MMA fighter to ever be featured on the cover of the publication after Chuck Liddell.
- Kimbo Slice was also the subject of a recent ESPN column which criticized Slice as a poor representation of African Americans.
- “Anytown Beatdown”, the new reality T.V. series starring Tito Ortiz, is holding a casting call this Sunday to find contestants who will be trained by Ortiz to compete in MMA grudge matches.
- A welterweight bout between Chris Wilson and Steve Bruno has been booked for UFC 86.
- The UFC is currently auctioning off several items including George St. Pierre’s autographed UFC 83 shorts and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s autographed UFC 81 gloves/shorts.
- Former UFC middleweight Travis Lutter is asking Dana White for $36,000 in Xyience sponsorship money, which he claims was never delivered.
- Recently interviewed Jay Larkin, CEO of the IFL, questioned the overall demand for MMA and more specifically, the demand for his teetering promotion.
Tags: BJ Penn, Chris Wilson, Jason Miller, Kenny Florian, kimbo slice, Nick Diaz, Rich Franklin, Roger Huerta, Sean Sherk, Steve Bruno, Tito Ortiz, Travis Lutter
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glad to see nick diaz back in the mix. i think franklin can bulk up a bit to where he needs to drop weight to make 205 he is a good striker with good jujitsu he can do some damage. how good was he when he was 205 before anyone know? i have only seen him beat up shamrock at 205 and that happens pretty often. also didnt lyoto machida have a win over him aswell?
Machida owned him. Before Anderson Silva came into the picture… Machida was the only one to beat him and it was a hell of a beatdown. I couldnt believe…I was sad haha. Now lets just hope he does the same to Tito.
Kimbo on ESPN mag?? Jeez…. HEY ESPN…..HE HASNT DONE ANYTHING!! Put Franklin or Silva on there….they are a little more deserving!
former middleweight travis lutter? did they can his ass too?
Yeah Del, we reported it a couple days ago but it’s in the archives if you want to check out our report. Part of the recent cuts by the UFC.
Sherk’s results haven’t been finalized as of yet…The results will be realized next week according to the NSAC…He was tested april 22nd, along with Tito Ortiz…They further plan on testing Lyoto Machida as part of the out of competition testing policy..
ESPN is f-ing STUPID! This is not the second MMA fighter on the cover of ESPN magazine! This is the FIRST time a hood street fighter has been on the cover. I am tired of going off on how Kimbo is unproven and garbage so I’ll leave it at that. What really upsets me is that the general public/average fan doesn’t understand the sport the way we do.(Those of us here and on other mma sites daily) Therefore, the average person will read about Kimbo and think they know all about an MMA star. Kimbo may fight in MMA but is not an MMA fighter.
Not an MMA fighter?
Dude the guys straps on his gloves like anyone else, walks down to the ring like anyone else, and throws down like anyone else who calls themselves an MMA fighter, i hate the fact that everyone pretty much hates him, but it doesnt bother me, does my heart good to know that all ya’ll haters jus hyping him up making him an even bigger star, cut the dude some slack man, liddell aint throw down with the best in the world when he was 2-0 either. this hate u harbour for these fighters is gonna be the death of this sport aslong as the ufc doesnt pull the trigger first
ravine I agree with you 100%. Kimbo is doing the best he can and if he gets the publicity and big paydays, hey more power to him. He’s the one stepping into the ring. Everyone of you out there would be doing EXACTLY the same thing, making as much money out of this as you can. These guys only have a limited time which they can do this. I think Kimbo is a great role model, he was smart and he’s turning his youtube stuff into hopefully big paydays. I just don’t understand the animosity unless its fueled by jealousy.
i half agree with everyone. yes, espn is stupid for hyping this guy when there’s so many other better representatives they could use like st pierre, penn, silva etc. but it’s not slices fault and he’s doin what he needs to do for himself so that’s cool. callin him a role model is a bit of a strech though, he’s just a thug that got lucky. again, someone like st pierre, franklin, rampage… these are role models because they’re proven fighters that also have alot of respect outside the octagon.