For a fight that was not supposed to rest atop the marquee, the rematch between former light heavyweight champions Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin at UFC 106 this Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center ... Read More
On a night in which the Ultimate Fighting Championship went head-to-head with one of boxing’s biggest stars, one of the most feared punchers in mixed martial arts returned to form. ... Read More
--In mentioning the recent spate of fight stat houses, I indicated the UFC researches their own “in-house” facts for broadcast. It’s actually the work of FightMetric, pie charts not being Dana White’s strong suit.
--In mentioning Mac Danzig’s formal UFC record leading into his fight with Jim Miller, I placed Danzig as 0-2. He was actually 1-2 prior to the Miller bout, or 2-2 if you count his “Ultimate Fighter” finale win over Tommy Speer, which I wasn’t. Either way, it was in error. He is now 2-3 in the promotion.
--In a 6/28 editorial about the appeal of glamour-thug Lee Murray, I indicated criminal Mark Brandon Read was British. He actually Australian, which I should’ve known, considering I watched the film “Chopper” with Eric Bana in the title role. And it’s a pretty good movie. ... Read More
In the grand tradition of the great British thugs -- media-proclaimed “hard men” like Lenny McLean, Charlie Bronson and Mark Brandon Read ... Read More
On a night when the ninth set of “The Ultimate Fighter” champions were crowned, the reality show’s very first winner, Diego Sanchez, defeated Clay Guida ... Read More
Lee Murray, an MMA fighter whom British police say is a suspect in the biggest cash robbery in history, has been arrested after being released from a Moroccan prison ... Read More
In a strange story destined to get stranger, former MMA fighter and reputed master criminal Lee Murray has been released from a Moroccan prison, per ESPN’s Shaun Assael.
Murray, you may recall, enjoyed his first bit of infamy in 2002, when he and Tito Ortiz allegedly got into a street scrap during a UFC UK trip; Murray allegedly put Ortiz on his butt. Allegedly. He would later lose a one-sided decision to Anderson Silva, suffer multiple stab wounds and find himself chairing a bank heist near London that was worth $92 million. (Not bad for a few hours’ work.) Wisely, Murray fled to Morocco, where he claimed citizenship and was locked up until his status could be resolved. Now, apparently, it has.
Murray joins Kimbo Slice as a fighter whose Internet notoriety and personal charisma probably outweighs his in-ring talents. If Guy Ritchie doesn’t film this within the year, something is very wrong.
Update: There was apparently a clock ticking on that fresh air: Murray is now back in Moroccan custody after British officials asked he be arrested and charged with the heist there. Dates for his trial and inevitable escape attempt are both TBD. ... Read More
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