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COED’s Week in Review: July 12 – 18, 2008

COED’s Week in Review: July 12 – 18, 2008


Saturday, July 12th
10 Reasons MMA Can’t Be Beat
My favorite sport can kick your favorite sport’s ass…literally. MMA has been exploding over the past couple of years—merchandise, reality shows, pay-per-views—and in my opinion it’s the best sport on Earth.
Here are some reasons why…

Monday, July 14th
The Ass-entials of Beach Volleyball
With the 200… Click to read more

‘Rampage’ Jackson posts bail, hospitalized.

‘Rampage’ Jackson posts bail, hospitalized.


It didn’t take Jackson very long to post the $25,000 bail he needed after going all ‘sunday sunday sunday’ in his ‘Rampage-mobile.’ Unfortunately, Jackson didn’t have much time to enjoy his freedom. According to Sherdog.com, friends of Jackson signaled to police that he may be a danger to himself and those around a… Click to read more

10 Reasons MMA Can’t Be Beat

10 Reasons MMA Can’t Be Beat


My favorite sport can kick your favorite sport’s ass…literally. MMA has been exploding over the past couple of years—merchandise, reality shows, pay-per-views—and in my opinion it’s the best sport on Earth. Here are some reasons why:
10) Post-fight interviews with Joe Rogan
Interviewing an athlete after a major win or loss can be difficult at the best of t… Click to read more

COED’s Affliction MMA Primer and Preview

COED’s Affliction MMA Primer and Preview

Perhaps you’ve heard of Affliction clothing? Even if you haven’t, you’ve seen it. It’s everywhere on television. The shirts with all the flaming skulls and crazy designs on them with the word ‘affliction,’ somewhere. These shirts first started popping up on MMA fighters at UFC events, but have suddenly disappear… Click to read more

EliteXC, Please, Make It Stop.

EliteXC, Please, Make It Stop.

So, EliteXC wants to be a player. They want to be the UFC. They want to be a premiere MMA organization. That’s fine. I’m all for more MMA org’s popping up. It’s good for the sport, as they say. And more importantly, good for the fighters. In comparison to boxing, MMA fighters are getting paid like they’re playing professional t… Click to read more

Tyson Training Again–Kimbo Match In His Future?

Tyson Training Again–Kimbo Match In His Future?

I think Kimbo is scary, but I don’t have nightmares about his fights. I do have those about Mike Tyson. His 80′s run through boxing, during which he systematically savaged everyone he faced while slowly slipping into madness, was frightening. This fear subsided when pictures of Tyson were released showing that, since retiring from fighting,… Click to read more

CBS + MMA = A Travesty to Martial Arts

CBS + MMA = A Travesty to Martial Arts

So CBS wanted to bring MMA to primetime tonight, and it was a mess.If you would like the short summary, take 4 of your favorite MMA fights and end them 3 minutes too early. Every star that the network and the Elite XC executives wanted to win – had the fights handed to them on a silver platter.
We learned that Kimbo Slice is not a professional fighter. He fough… Click to read more

Win By Pants-Crapping

Win By Pants-Crapping

This past Saturday, MMA fighter Corey Wethey lost to Fred Mitchell after getting kneed in the guts so hard he actually crapped his pants. After literally getting the sh*t knocked out of him, the match was suspended for 10 minutes while crew members cleaned the ring.
From TheTownTalk.com:
The fight–the seventh of the night–began like any other… Click to read more

COED Presents: Krav Maga

COED Presents: Krav Maga

Having grown up in a fairly ghetto part of Chicago and being a 6’3, 245 lb black guy, I always feel like I have the “intimidation factor” in a fight. I honestly and truly believed that, until I got my ass kicked today by a 5’6, 150 lb little white Israeli guy.
Yael, an officer in the Isaeli Army, beat me mercilessly using the technique of KClick to read more

MMA Coming to CBS Primetime this Spring

MMA Coming to CBS Primetime this Spring

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has made a big move toward the mainstream as CBS is bringing the bone-crunching combat sport popularly known as “cage fighting,” to prime-time television this spring, the U.S. network said on Thursday.
Beginning in April or May, CBS plans to broadcast four MMA events each year as two-hour live specials airing on Satur… Click to read more

Kimbo Slice Tramples Tank Abbott

Kimbo Slice Tramples Tank Abbott

After hearing all about the power of Tank Abbott before his MMA bout versus Kimbo Slice, I had high hopes going into the match. My hopes were dashed in 43 seconds.
I have to accept the truth: Kimbo Slice will never lose a fight. Ever. (Besides that one time…)… Click to read more

EliteXC – Kimbo vs. Tank – February 16

EliteXC – Kimbo vs. Tank – February 16

If you are a dude with a vagina, then you have not been taking notice of the showdown scheduled for Saturday.In one corner, we have the old school bad-ass David “Tank” Abbott. Back in the day, Tank was the monster that no one wanted to fight. He was the drunken brawler who would kick everyone’s ass and then have a beer in the middle of the ring. S… Click to read more

UFC 77 Recap: Franklin Goes Down

UFC 77 Recap: Franklin Goes Down

The night began with me running around to find my corporate AMEX, because f#$k knows I don’t have $50 to watch this – but I prevailed, and wound up using my girlfriend’s father’s credit card. Thank you Mr. Dreyfus…you…you’re a keeper!
So Joe Rogan and the other dude love to hear themselves talk, we are just a capt… Click to read more

Countdown to UFC 77

Countdown to UFC 77

The time has come for Rich Franklin and Anderson Silva to throw down.
Not saying I have a man crush, but if I did – I would be Rich Franklin’s bitch. But let’s be serious for a moment, Anderson can Muy Thai his ass all over Ohio – but at the end of the day, Rich Franklin is going to dominate. Rich has striking power that will shut down Anderso… Click to read more