Tommy Hackett referred to the B-Show Assault blog in his last post here, and from now a brief look back at a show in the history of MMA will be a regular component of Total-MMA. Today’s edition looks back at the career of Evan Tanner through many of his most memorable UFC fights, starting back all the way back at UFC 18. Read the rest of this entry »

Late last night, it was made official that the body of Evan Tanner had been found in the desert of Southern California. Tanner was champion for the United States Shoot Wrestling Federation, a UFC Middleweight champion, and a one time challenger to the light heavyweight crown in the UFC. He has been on a myriad of adventures over the last few years and has blogged extensively about them. Recently, Evan notified the MMA community at large of his plans to enter the desert, informing all that “any failure of equipment” could prove deadly. Sadly, it is apparent that such has occured.

Our various writers now remember Evan Tanner:

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This Saturday, ZUFFA presents their best-ever lineup of semi-main events and undercard bouts.  UFC 88 is stacked top to bottom with compelling matchups in four weight divisions, many with title fight implications.  Though it lacks a title bout or the kind of transcendent matchup which would cap off a truly classic card, it’s a night of fights which, on paper, should not disappoint.  Our panel -

• CH: Chris Henderson
• AC: Alan Conceicao
• TH: Thomas Hackett
• DW: Dave Walsh
• LC: Lee Casebolt

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If you’re an American without a very select internet provider, your choices are slim for combat sports.  Women’s saber showed up over the weekend, thanks to a dominating performance by the American team, and of course CNBC has all the boxing a reasonable person could ask for.  If you are a fan of judo, though, you can only thank your lucky stars for fine individuals like Kendall Shields, the folks at youtube, and whatever torrent service with access to foreign tv you can find.  If you stay up til the wee hours, or have a DVR (or, like the rest of us in the Dark Ages, a VCR), you can get small snippets of the King of Sports.  I refer, of course, to wrestling, which started on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Its time for another weekly roundtable with the wonderful crew of Total-MMA.com. We try to focus on the upcoming EliteXC event as well as some of the fallout from this past week.

IL: Iain Liddle
JS: Jonathan Snowden
LC: Lee Casebolt
DW: Dave Walsh
CH: Chris Henderson
AC: Alan Conceicao

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Well, doing roundtables daily got tough when there wasn’t news. Now we have too much of it to go with to escape an entire week. To help you make sense of it, our panel discusses many of the burning issues within the sport.

LC: Lee Casebolt

DW: Dave Walsh

JS: Jonathan Snowden

CH: Chris Henderson

KS: Kendall Shields

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Sherdog’s live stream began at 7pm, my time.  Fifty five minutes of cringe-worthy techno later, it’s time to get started.  That’s what they mean by “Brazilian Time”.

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Your Roundtable:
Lee Casebolt (LC)
Dave Walsh (DW)
Alan Conceicao (AC)
Chris Henderson (CH)
Kendall Shields (KS)

Can Griffin buck the odds and legitimately become THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER? Our staff opines.

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Editor’s Note: This is the second of three parts of our epic preview of this weekend’s UFC. We covered the undercard yesterday, the televised card today, and the main event on Friday.

Your round-tablers today:
Lee Casebolt (LC)
Dave Walsh (DW)
Alan Conceicao (AC)
Chris Henderson (CH)

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