A Few Quick MMA News Notes

It seems as though talks between Brazilian Top Team and former Pride FC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira have inexplicably broken down. Antonio seems to have been with BTT forever but it was Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva that helped broker the deal that brought Nogueira to the UFC. Since, things have been "rough" between Big Nog and BTT. Antonio us reportedly giving thought to joining Black House, the new power team with members such as the aforementioned Anderson Silva, Vitor Belfort, Ryota Machida and more. Interesting to see how this develops as Big Nog was always the cornerstone of BTT and his brother remains with them.

In MMA freak show news, HIV positive former professional boxer Tommy Morrison made his MMA debut (sort of). Though blood tests showing Morrison free of HIV have only come via mail through his managers, Tommy was cleared to fight John Stover in a fight. Then, the rules were changed to a kickboxing affair, and then at the last minute to a boxing match with MMA gloves. Morrison won via decisive TKO in the 1st round though his blood wasn't spilled though much of John's was. How Morrison is getting past these fraudulent blood tests is beyond me, but his quest to fight Chuck Liddell (who in his famous NyQuil fueled interview mentioned wanting to fight Tommy) just plain won't happen. Speaking of three ring circus bogus MMA affairs......

"Merciles" Ray Mercer is still scheduled to fight street fighter Kimbo Slice on June 23rd on the CFFC 5 card. Kimbo a body guard for a porn site group who got some fame from Internet underground fighting, is to take on the 46 year old pro boxer who was bested with but one kick in his 1st MMA fight with Remy Bonjasky. This is yet another sad MMA joke that only sets the sport back from legitimacy.

The Oxygen network is debuting their new women's kickboxing show this week but the only reason to watch is host Gina Carano. Other than that who cares?

It is finally time to watch Bodog Fight as they are now showing footage from their 2nd PPV that had Fedor vs Matt Lindland as well as Amar Suloev, Nick Thompson, and Eddie Alvarez. Also, they may have such MMA stars as Gilbert Melendez, Yves Edwards, Jake Shields, Josh Barnett, Aleksander Emelianko, and many more surprise guests. Bodog Fight Season 4 is shaping up to be a real event!

Don't sleep on the WEC shown on VS network. They are really pushing the show along with the Tapout crew's reality show giving MMA even more exposure. Though minor league, you can find some great fights at lighter weights and quite frankly it is better than anything the IFL has offered in a while.

In just shake your head and cry news, it looks like the IFL is setting up a rematch between Ken Shamrock and Don Frye to continue their geriatric main events. Jesus, guys just don't know when to step away. The IFL continues to suck though they have some decent fighters in Jay Hieron, Chris Horodecki, Alex Shoenauer, Eric Owings, Matt Horwitch, and Rory Markham.