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New York assemblyman Bob Reilly is a guest on HDNet's Inside MMA on Friday evening, and he says that the violence in the cage is not good for society. He tries to address violence in other sports, like football and boxing, but is unsuccessful at explaining how the violence on the football field is different than the violence in the cage.
White is now the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and a multi-millionaire with over one million Twitter followers and adulation from the estimated 300 million fans who support the sport worldwide.
He has been invited to address the Oxford Union Society Debate Club on Oct 13, three days before the 11th UFC event takes place in the UK.
The setting for this one - UFC 120 - replete with a band of British mixed martial artists, including Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy, is the 02 Arena, London.
Other sports luminaries have also received invitations to speak. They include Diego Maradona, one which I attended, and like his appearances at the World Cup, the brilliance and charisma of the man was there in every pore, Graham Gooch and Geoffrey Boycott from cricket, five times Olympic gold medal rower Steve Redgrave and the eccentric boxer Chris Eubank.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will try a taste of heat one more time.
UFC 123 in November will include Karo "The Heat" Parisyan, the fighter told MMA Fighting and CagePotato.com today. Parisyan expects to take on fellow welterweight Dennis "Superman" Hallman at the show in Auburn Hills, Mich.
The promotion cut Parisyan from its roster last year after he pulled out of a bout with Dustin Hazelett scheduled for UFC 106 in November. At the time, UFC President Dana White vowed that Parisyan would never fight for the company again.
Recent conversations with White led to another chance for Parisyan, who has been battling anxiety issues that led to "occasional abuse of medication," he told CagePotato.
After watching UFC lightweight champ Frankie Edgar trounce former king BJ Penn for the second consecutive time, it didn’t take long for “The Answer” to be confronted with a multitude of anxious adversaries. Chiming in from the Far East is former Pride ruler Takanori Gomi, who is curious to find out just how strong little Frankie actually is.
“BJ, [Kenny] Florian have a jiu jitsu base so I had a hard time dealing with them, but the champion has a wrestling base so I can fight him calmly,” Gomi said during this week’s UFC Undisputed 2010 promotional event in Tokyo (Courtesy of NightmareOfBattle). “I’m aiming for the belt? Yes, I am. I think I can take the belt.
“Hmmm … I wonder if I’m stronger than the champ?”
“The Fireball Kid” was shooting blanks prior to his 64 second knockout of Tyson Griffin at “UFC on Versus: Jones vs. Matyushenko” last month. Before bumping his impressive record to 32-6 (1 NC), the Japanese sensation had dropped three of his last five contests. Although Florian whooped him in his Octagon debut at “UFC Fight Night 21,” Gomi claims the scrap against Griffin was his official stateside coming out party.
An average of 1.1 million people watched the live broadcast of UFC 118 preliminary fights, Spike TV said today.
UFC 118's prelims on Saturday generated a household rating of 0.83 overall, Spike said. That's the lowest rating to date for the network's prelim broadcasts, which started last year.
The live broadcast featured two lightweight bouts, Nik Lentz's uneventful decision over Andre Winner, followed by Joe Lauzon's quick, one-sided victory over Gabe Ruediger. Audience numbers fell steadily through the one-hour show, from 1.2 million in the first quarter-hour to 1.06 million by the last 15 minutes.
Spike drew a 1.0 for men ages 18-to-49, leading that category among basic cable networks.
