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About the Tito Ortiz signing. Highlight is a busty picture of Jenna Jameson and me calling Aleksander Emelianenko “The Clint Howard of MMA”

Jenna Jameson’s Boyfriend signs with Affliction MMA @ Epic Carnival

Mayweather at Wrestlemania play by play

If you missed the Floyd Mayweather Jr. v. Big Show matchup at Wrestlemania you can relive the “excitement” via my play-by play from the Epic Carnival:

Floyd Mayweather/Big Show Wrestlemania play by play @ Epic Carnival

I also did the play by play on the Ric Flair/Shawn Michaels match:

Ric Flair v. Shawn Michaels Wrestlemania Play by Play

[tags]Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Big Show, WWE, pro wrestling, Wrestlemania, Epic Carnival[/tags]

Tuesday Tapout: Special Friday Edition up now at the Epic Carnival

A special Tuesday Tapout Friday edition has been posted at The Epic Carnival.
Big news in the fight sports journalism world, I reassure the EC readership, plus I “cut a promo” on Bob Costas:

I want to apologize for not getting the Tuesday Tapout up until late Thursday/early Friday but I’ve been busier than Paul Lynde at a Boy Scout Jamboree. As most of you know I’ve recently relocated to the Rose City aka Portland, OR. Portland is a great city but what I didn’t expect is that they have an entirely different method of keeping time here. For example, its now 1 AM Friday morning on the East Coast but here in Portland its only 10 PM Thursday night! Crazy,huh? In addition to having to buy all new clocks since mine all ran three hours too late its really done a number on my biological clock. Anyway, we’ve got two big announcements in this week’s edition so lets get right to it. Since the Tapout this week has something of a Japanese theme, here’s a picture of the PRIDE girls….

Click the link below to read the whole thing:

TUESDAY TAPOUT: SPECIAL FRIDAY EDITION @ EPIC CARNIVAL

[tags]MMA, fight sport journalism excellence, pro wrestling, Epic Carnival, Tuesday Tapout, The Prophet[/tags]

Tuesday Tapout up at Epic Carnival…

The latest edition of my Tuesday Tapout is up now at the Epic Carnival:

Welcome back to another edition of The Prophet’s Tuesday Tapout. I hope all of you out there in Carny-land were able to check out my masterful round by round coverage of the excellent Manny Pacquiao/Juan Manuel Marquez fight over the weekend. Just a great fight and assuming that whomever you’re stealing cable from gets the premium channels one you definitely need to catch when they replay it on HBO this weekend. Even more amazing is the fact that I did the entire round by round with the flu…I woke up about an hour before the fight card started, down some cold medication and went to work. My performance was so inspirational that the owner of this fine website called it “Jordan-esque”. No argument here. Since I can’t find a good Jordan themed picture to post I’ll just put up one of my favorite Christina Ricci pictures….

to see the picture of the future Mrs. Prophet…err….Christina Ricci and to read the rest you’ll have to head over there…

THE PROPHET’S TUESDAY TAPOUT: WEARIN’ THE 45 EDITION @ EPIC CARNIVAL

[tags]MMA, mixed martial arts, The Prophet, Tuesday Tapout, Christina Ricci, Epic Carnival [/tags]

Cro Cop wins as DREAM debuts…

The debut card of DREAM is underway in Japan and since its nearly 4 AM here on the west coast and the only people up are either a) intoxicated b) deranged or c) MMA geeks like me I’m going to forego the play by play and go to bed. I will be doing play by play on the Pacquiao/Marquez fight tonight over at on205th.com so check that out…

Since I *am* a professional and spare no expense or hardship to fulfill my duties as a fightsport journalist I will give you the play by play of Cro Cop’s DREAM debut before I head off to go to bed. Just remember that while the other slack ass so called professional MMA journalists were sleeping I had you covered….

MIRKO CRO COP VS. TATSUYNA MIZUNO

Actually, here’s all you need to know. Mirko pounded a mudhole into Mizuno, winning by TKO in the first minute of the first round. He came out to his traditional entrance music–Duran Duran’s classic “Wild Boys”. Mirko’s comings and goings are obviously huge news in Croatia. Since we have a Croatian speaking correspondant–Edo, who holds court at BetWWX.com–I can do even better than a play by play:

It’s coming from Croatia so it takes awhile to travel through the tube that runs between Eastern Europe and the US.

If the embedded video player doesn’t work for you here’s the direct link:

Cro CopBorba Mirka Filipovića i Tatsuya Mizuna

[tags]MMA, mixed martial arts, Mirko Cro Cop, DREAM, Tatsuyna Mizuno, Series of Tubes, Japan [/tags]

Tuesday Tapout: Nothing Funny Edition up at Epic Carnival

My latest “Tuesday Tapout” column is up at the Epic Carnival. Here’s a clip but you’ll have to go there to read the whole thing:

Welcome to this edition of the Tuesday Tapout. I’m ass deep in trying to get my new MMA DeathStar known as “The Savage Science” ready to launch and I honestly have nothing funny to say. I’ve been negligent in keeping up my end of these Tapouts lately however and as a result I wanted to man up and do a column. Don’t worry–it’s only a temporary thing and I’ll be my usual self next week. I realize that you can get the boxing and MMA news anywhere but that you come here for me and to bask in my intelligence and wit. Again, I apologize and will make it up to you in the coming weeks.

TUESDAY TAPOUT: NOTHING FUNNY TO SAY EDITION @ EPIC CARNIVAL

UFC 82 live round by round at on205th.com

I’ll be doing the round by round live coverage of UFC 82 on Saturday, this time at on205th.com. We’ll get started at 10 PM Eastern, 7 PM Pacific and you don’t want to miss it.

The Prophet’s live round by round at on205th.com Saturday 10 PM EST/7 PM PST

New Tuesday Tapout up at Epic Carnival

New Tuesday Tapout up over at the Epic Carnival….this week we talk a little bit about MMA and a lot about my struggle to find a welcome mat that creates the proper aura of fear in my neighbors:

Since I am the “future of fightsport journalism” (TM) and all of that I really don’t have time to search around on the Internet all day looking for a bad ass welcome mat. On the other hand, most of you Carnies do. Since all you’ll be doing on a day-to-day basis is waiting for the unemployment check to come and watching cartoons take some time to help me out. I haven’t decided what the prize will be yet but the reader who finds me the best welcome mat and either posts it in the comments or emails it to me at savagescience@gmail.com will get a prize of some sort. You don’t have to *buy* the welcome mat for me, but if you insist I won’t discourage it.

Here’s a few rules–I make the final determination of bad ass-edness. No sports team logos, NASCAR mats, etc. They’re just not bad ass enough. The only one I’ve seen that is sort of cool is a mat with the message “Come back when you have a warrant”. That’s in the right ballpark, but my concern here is that it would encourage the local busybodies to snoop around all up in my business. I don’t want any of that–I simply want to create a sufficient aura of fear and mystery that they leave me alone.

You got to go there to read the whole thing, but you’ll be so glad you did….

The Prophet’s Tuesday Tapout: Bad Ass Welcome Mat Edition @ Epic Carnival

[tags]MMA, mixed martial arts, Tuesday Tapout, Epic Carnival, The Prophet, housewares, welcome mats, Kimbo Slice, Mirko Cro Cop, UFC, PRIDE, Dana White, Japan[/tags]

Back…and up at the Epic Carnival…

I’m back…and you can read my latest “Tuesday Tapout” up at the Epic Carnival:

“I came through and I shall return”
–General Douglas MacArthur

After being relieved from his command of the Allied armies in the Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur uttered this memorable quote. And damned if he didn’t do it against all odds, earning the Medal of Honor in the process.

In the proud tradition of General MacArthur, The Prophet has returned. And while MacArthur may have seen firsthand the horrors of war and the Bataan Death March, the Prophet has endured hardships that he could only dream of. It is difficult to accurately convey my journey of the past month or so in this limited space, so look for me to share my tales of valor and courage under the most unspeakable adversity over the next few weeks.

You know you gotta go over to EC to read the full thing…

We have everything back to normal ASAP. Also, despite the fact that the Comcast installation guys no-showed their installation appointment I’m working out the logistics so I can live blog the UFC PPV this weekend. Stay tuned…
[tags]Prophet, ProphetFighting, MMA, UFC, Epic Carnival, Tuesday Tapout[/tags]

Prophet’s Tuesday Tapout: Toot Toot Toot Edition up now

The Prophet’s latest Tuesday Tapout is up now at Epic Carnival:

Thanks to everyone who watched/read/had someone read to them my live round by round of Saturday’s Floyd Mayweather Jr./Ricky Hatton fight and the miserable undercard that preceded it. You can say a lot of things about me, but you can’t say that I’m not accommodating. I *know* that most of you are a) stealing cable from your neighbors b) incarcerated c) institutionalized or d)living in your parents’ basement. In other words, I understand that its tough if not impossible for you to get these big PPV events. In fact, I’m going to see if I can write off my round by round services as a charitable contribution of some sort. Those people who risk infection and assault to ladle out soup to hobos get all the credit, but that’s nothing compared to the intellectual challenge of providing an interesting boxing round by round. So don’t think you’ve done something great just because you volunteer in a food bank or soup kitchen or whatever they’re called–I spent my Saturday night sitting in my den with my two Jack Russell Terriers smoking a couple of Arturo Fuente Anejo Sharks (they retail for $12 a stick when you can get them, which you typically can’t) and doing my round by round coverage. I even managed to make that pitiful undercard somewhat tolerable and if that’s not a great humanitarian gesture I don’t know what is.

The Prophet’s Tuesday Tapout: Toot Toot Toot Edition @ Epic Carnival

[tags]Tuesday Tapout, Epic Carnival, boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Ricky Hatton, Arturo Fuente, cigars, Jim Lampley, UFC, MMA[/tags]