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VICE TV’s ‘Dark Side of the Cage’ preview: Dana White convinces Spike TV to air MMA

BAD MMA News — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:51:45 +0000

VICE TV’s MMA-themed documentary series continues this week. “Dark Side of the Cage” continues Wednesday (VICE TV, 10 p.m. ET) with an episode about UFC CEO Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta attempting to overcome pushback from Spike TV to broadcast MMA fights. The series aims to “cut through the glamour and glory of the MMA spectacle to reveal the never-before-told stories behind its most iconic competitors and delves into the controversial and infamous events along the path to the sport’s dominance.” The show already has featured episodes on Kimbo Slice , Evan Tanner and “The Ultimate Fighter 1” winner Diego Sanchez . In the exclusive preview clip above, Spike TV’s Kevin Kay recalls a conversation with White, in which he told him the UFC would be “bigger than the NFL.” New episodes of “Dark Side of the Cage,” featuring “never-before-told stories about MMA’s most iconic fighters,” air Wednesdays on VICE TV

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Preview: ‘Dark Side of the Cage’ series on VICE TV examines Evan Tanner’s death

BAD MMA News — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:04:46 +0000

VICE TV’s MMA-themed documentary series continues this week. “Dark Side of the Cage” continues Wednesday (VICE TV Art, 10 p.m. ET) with an episode about former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner , who died in September 2008 at 37 after a solo voyage into the desert. The new series says it will “cut through the glamour and glory of the MMA spectacle to reveal the never-before-told stories behind its most iconic competitors and delves into the controversial and infamous events along the path to the sport’s dominance.” The show already has featured episodes on Kimbo Slice and “The Ultimate Fighter 1” winner Diego Sanchez. In the exclusive preview clip above, Tanner’s friend, Malachy Friedman, reflects on the time Evan pulled a knife on him not long before he took his fatal trip into the desert

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The 10 most forgettable UFC title reigns

BAD MMA News — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:59:10 +0000

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 10 With an unfortunate injury ripping apart this weekend’s UFC 223 headliner, UFC President Dana White said Tony Ferguson’s interim lightweight title will be revoked. Was that the most forgettable title reign in UFC history? We’ve put together a list of others that rank up there, though none have the kind of quickness of George St-Pierre’s brief ride as middleweight champ at the end of 2017. Georges St-Pierre’s middleweight title reign (33 days) Georges St-Pierre is one of the greatest champions in UFC history. However, that’s largely due to his time a welterweight champ, and not because of his cup of coffee with the middleweight belt

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