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Following a few releases from last week, WWE.com reports that the company has gotten rid some more “talent”: Stevie Richards Colin Delaney Cherry Robbie & Rory McAllister [The Highlanders] WWE referee Wes Adams - [Read more]

Here is a medal chart listing the Judo Medalists by weight class. Men’s Judo Medal Count by Weight Class Weight Class Gold Country Silver Country Bronze Country Bronze Country -60 KG Min Ho Choi South Korea Ludwig Paicher Austria Rishod Sobirov Uzbekistan Ruben Houkes Netherlands -66 KG Masato Uchishiba Japan Benjamin Darbelet France Chol Min Pak North Korea Yordanis Arencibia Cuba -73 KG Ki Chun Wang South Korea Elnur Mammadli Azerbaijan Leandro Guilhero Brazil Rasul Boquiev Tajikistan -81 KG Ole Bischof Germany Jae-Bum Kim South Korea Roman Gontiuk Ukraine Tiago Camilo Brazil -90 KG Irakli Tsirekidze Georgia Amar Benikhlef Algeria Hesham Mesbah Egypt Sergei Aschwanden Switzerland -100 KG Tuvshinbayar Naidangiin Mongolia Askhat Zhitkeyev Kazakhstan Movlud Miralyev Azerbaijan Henk [...] - [Read more]

Here are the pairings in the Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 55 KG/121 Lbs competition to be held later tonight at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Date/Time (ET) Round Name Country Name Country 08/15 – 10:00 PM 1/8 Finals Otgonjargal Naidan Mongolia Tonya Verbeek Canada 08/15 – 10:00 PM 1/8 Finals Yelena Komarova Azerbaijan Natalia Golts Russia 08/15 – 10:00 PM 1/8 Finals Nataliya Synyshyn Ukraine Marcie Van Dusen United States 08/15 – 10:10 PM 1/8 Finals Jackeline Renteria Columbia Marwa Amri Tunisia 08/15 – 10:10 PM 1/8 [...] - [Read more]

Here are the Matches for Women’s Freestyle Wrestling in the 48 KG category which will be contested later this evening at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Date/Time (ET) Round Name Country Name Country 08/15 – 9:30 PM Qualifications Vanessa Boubryemm France Mayelis Caripa Venezuela 08/15 – 9:30 PM 1/8 Finals Carol Huynh Canada Mariya Stadnik Azerbaijan 08/15 – 9:30 PM 1/8 Finals Irini Merleni Ukraine Enkhjargal Tsogtbazar Mongolia 08/15 – 9:40 PM 1/8 Finals Sofia Mattsson Sweden Clarissa Chun United States 08/15 – 9:40 PM 1/8 [...] - [Read more]

Here are the results from the second round of the Bantamweight Boxing tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Worapoj Petchkoom (Thailand)-12 Def. Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello (Italy)-1 Yankiel Leon Alarcon (Cuba)-10 Def. Kanat Abutalipov (Kazakhstan)-3 Hector Manzanilla Rangel (Venezuela)-17 Def. Soonchul Han (South Korea)-6 Bruno Julie (Mauritius)-16 Def. Hoorshid Tojibaev (Uzbekistan)-4 Veaceslav Gojan (Moldova)-13 Def. Gu Yu (China)-6 Akhil Kumar [...] - [Read more]

Before these final rounds begin these are the immediate results that lead up to these matches: **** Quarterfinal (Pool A): Satoshi Ishii (Japan) def. Tamerlan Tmnenov (Russia) via Ippon 4:46 Quarterfinal (Pool B): Lasha Gujejiani (Georgia) def. Mohammad Reza Roodaki Rodaki (Iran) via Yuko 11-0 Quarterfinal (Pool C): Abdullo Tangriev (Uzbekhistan) def. Ted Riner (France) Quarterfinal (Pool D): Vidal [...] - [Read more]

It’s day 6 of this madness. And I am still here. I do not know how much longer though. **** Quarterfinal (Pool A): Idalys Ortiz (Cuba) def. Janelle Shepherd (Australia) via Ippon 1:34 Quarterfinal (Pool B):Wen Tong (China) def. Na-Young Kim (South Korea) via Ippon 1:56 Quarterfinal (Pool C): Maki Tsukada (Japan) def. Vanessa Zambotti (Mexico) via [...] - [Read more]

Here is a chart listing the Medalists in each of the Greco-Roman weight classes as well as the countries they represent. Medalists by Class Weight Category Gold Medalist Country Silver Medalist Country Bronze Medalist Country Bronze Medalist Country 55 KG/121 Lbs Nazyr Mankiev Russia Rovshan Bayramov Azerbaijan Roman Amoyan Armenia Eun-Chul Park South Korea 60 KG/132 Lbs Islam-Beka Albiev Russia Vitaliy Rahimov Azerbaijan Ruslan Tiumenbaev Kyrgyzstan Nurbakyt Tengizbayev Kazakhstan 66 KG/145.5 Lbs Steeve Guenot France Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan Mikhail Siamionau Belarus Armen Vardanyan Ukraine 74 KG/163 Lbs Manuchar Kvirkelia Georgia Yongxiang Chang China Christophe Guenot France Yavor Yankiev Bulgaria 84 KG/185 Lbs Andrea [...] - [Read more]

Here are the results from the second round of the Lightweight Boxing tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Jongsub Baik (South Korea)-10 Def. Pichai Sayota (Thailand)-4 Hrachik Javakhyan (Armenia)-12 Def. Rasheed Olawale Lawal (Nigeria)-0 Darleys Perez (Columbia)-15 Def. Asylbek Talasbaev (Kyrgyzstan)-4 Alexey Tishchenko (Russia)-11 Def. Anthony Little (Australia)-3 Yordenis Ugas (Cuba)-10 Def. Domenico Valentino (Italy)-2 Georgian Popescu (Romania)-14 Def. [...] - [Read more]

Here are the results of the Featherweight class tournament second round at the summer Olympics in Beijing. Session One Yakup Kilic (Turkey)-12 Def. Satoshi Shimizu (Japan)-9 Abdelkader Chadi (Algeria)-7 Def. Sailom Adi (Thailand)-6 Li Yang (China)-6 Def. Luis Porozo (Ecuador)-5 Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine)-13 Def. Bahodirjon Sultonov (Uzbekistan)-1 Session Two Khedafi Djelkhir (France)-9 Def. Raynell Williams (United States)-7 Arturo Santos Reyes (Mexico)-14 Def. Alaa [...] - [Read more]

SHOXC FINAL QUOTES AND THOUGHTS Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, The World Sports Café, Fresno, California In a rematch of a fight that demanded one, promising, once-beaten light heavyweights Po’ai Suganuma (9-1) of Hilo, Hawaii, and Jared Hamman (10-1) of San Bernardino, Calif., will clash in the main event on ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series Friday, Aug. 15, live on [...] - [Read more]

Photos: Tom Casino/EliteXC Promising once-beaten light heavyweights Po’ai Suganuma (left) and Jared Hamman meet in a rematch in the main event of ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series from the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, Calif., Friday on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Sam Morgan (left) and Fabricio Camoes pose after Thursday’s weigh-in at The [...] - [Read more]

Welcome to Combat-Hooligans.com’s live round-by-round of Olympic Boxing from Beijing. Tonight, we’re getting a heavy dose of Featherweights and Lightweights in their second round matches. As always, remember to Refresh your browser for the latest information. We’re going to start with brief results because of Softball. We open in the Featherweight division. 1. Yakup Kilic (Turkey) Vs. Satoshi [...] - [Read more]

Sent in by Devin Cutting: August 15th, 2008: WWE @ Metro Centre in Rockford, Illinois, USA TNA @ The House Of Blues in Dallas, Texas, USA 2CW @ Inner Harbor in Syracuse, New York, USA 3XW @ In-Play Center in Des Moines, Iowa, USA APW @ APW Arena in Chester, South Carolina, USA APW @ Royston Gym in Royston, Georgia, USA CHRW @ [...] - [Read more]

** SHIMMER DVD Reviews by Brad Dykens ** April 26, 2008 - - SHIMMER Women Athlete’s Volume #17 http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/information/dvds/shimmer/volume17/ TAG TEAM MATCH The International Home-Wrecking Crew (Rain & Jetta w/Lacey) vs. Jennifer Blake & Danyah: With the addition of Britain’s Jetta to the established tandem of Rain & Lacey, the team known as the Minnesota Home-wrestling Crew has officially [...] - [Read more]

Cage Rage 28 ‘V I P’ Saturday: September 20, 2008 Troxy – Commercial Road – London Heavyweights: Piotr Kusmierz Vs. James Thompson British Welterweight Championship: Che Mills Vs. Ross Pointon Featherweights: Antanas Jazbutis Vs. Brad Pickett British Featherweight Championship: Robbie Olivier Vs. Leigh Remedios Welterweights: Ross Mason Vs. Scott Jansen Welterweights: Steve Elliott Vs. Kym Farid Middleweights: [...] - [Read more]

WEC 36 ‘Faber Vs. Brown’ Wednesday: September 10, 2008 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida Start Time: 9:00 PM ET (Versus) Featherweight Championship: Urijah Faber Vs. Mike Brown Middleweight Championship: Paulo Filho Vs. Chael Sonnen Welterweights: Johny Hendricks Vs. Alex Serdyukov Lightweights: Rob McCullough Vs. Donald Cerrone Light Heavyweights: Doug Marshall Vs. Tim McKenzie Light [...] - [Read more]

Tuesday’s episode did a 1.2 rating. - [Read more]

I would devote more time to both of these if they were coming out at any other time but during the Olympics. However, I did want to make mention of 2 things. The promotion has signed former IFL lightweight Bart Palaszewski Jeff Curran has chosen to drop to Bantamweight, he had been fighting at Featherweight I’m sure the idea [...] - [Read more]

EliteXC: Oct. 4 Saturday: October 4, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Heavyweights: Kimbo Slice Vs. Brett Rogers Women’s Bout: Gina Carano Vs. Kelly Kobald Women’s Bout: Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos Vs. Yoko Takahashi Credit: MMAWeekly.com - [Read more]