Test results, contact talks and future fights carry us through this edition of The Daily Crunch. Hear what GSP has to say and relive the drama of a fight that shouldn’t have ended. Hope all your tests were better than this Emelianenko’s as we get crunching.
There’s good reason why Aleksander Emelianenko was pulled from Affliction’s last fight card. Mmanews.com reports that Emelianenko has tested positive for Hepatitis B.
ProElite.com presents the previous Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith match-up in its entirety.
Ready to re-sign with the UFC, Georges St. Pierre comments on his contract status to mmapayout.com.
Affliction is entertaining thoughts of a Babalu vs. Tito Ortiz clash sometime in the future. Fiveouncesofpain.com brings you the scoop on this one.
UFC will air an event opposite of this week’s EliteXC: Unfinished Business fight card. UFC 84 “Penn vs. Sherk” will be televised Saturday night on SpikeTV at 9pm EST.
Casey Mancini of The Bleacher Report goes on to claim that Anderson Silva is the best pound for pound fighter in the world and compares him to the best of the rest.
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Fights, fights and more fights. Women are fighting, a man with a woman’s name is ready to fight and some fighters aren’t event allowed to fight. The Daily Crunch explains all of this in further detail as Thursday is filled with its fair share of fight facts.
Dan Meltzer of Yahoo Sports offers his take on Dana White’s bold statements about the UFC taking on all comers. Apparently, White and the UFC aren’t backing down from a fight with any mma organization.
Everything costs money nowadays and mma fighters are taking full advantage of every opportunity to cash in on their fame. Sherdog’s Jason Probst looks into the idea of putting a price on fame.
EliteXC will feature another women’s bout on July 26th when Shayna Baszler takes on Christiane Cyborg. FightTicker.com caught up with Baszler to talk about the fight.
411media.com took some time out to rank the top ten welterweights in the world. The list also includes some of those fighters on the bubble.
Ten out of the eighteen fighters who participated in UFC 86 were issued medical suspensions this week. Even though he won the light heavyweight title, Forrest Griffin is one of the fighters wwho will be on the shelf for a while as reported by mma-live.com.
Matt Linland hasn’t fough in a year and a half but will step back into the cage this upcoming July 19th as part of the Affliction: Banned undercard. Instead of focusing on the fight, Linland shoots off to mmajunkie.com about his varying political views.
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