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  • T.W.I.S.T. for August 15-21

    After debuting our new Saturday Shenanigans logo for you yesterday, today we’ve also got a brand spanking new logo for T.W.I.S.T.! Yippee! If you like it, let us know in the comments, if you don’t, screw you! I kid, I kid. Feel free to tell me how much you dislike it in the comments too if that’s more your persuasion, either way, today is the last day to get yourself entered into our contest to win a $25 iTunes gift card, so I want you to leave some sort of comment… do it for the kids!

    Now that the shameless plug is over, let’s get on with the sports stories for the week, after the jump. (more…)

  • The MMA Minute – Strikeforce 27 Aftermath

    Wow, what a week for MMA fights in my household. A bunch of stuff comes up Wednesday night and I’m unable to watch the WEC fight, and then my internet proceeds to go out right as the Strikeforce fight is starting on Saturday night. So again, I’m unable to provide my own takes on the fights, and I really apologize about that. So I’ll again point you over to Sherdog’s outstanding coverage for the play by play, but you can check the results and see how I fared right here.

    Main Card

    • Lightweight bout: United States KJ Noons vs. Brazil Jorge Gurgel – Noons defeated Gurgel by TKO (punches) at 0:19 of round 2.

    Another average night as I went 2-2 on the main card, picking Noons over Gurgel and Souza to step into the vacant the championship. Both of the (previously) undefeated fighters fell however to drop me to a .500 record. I promise I won’t miss the UFC fight next weekend!

  • The MMA Minute – Strikeforce Houston: King Mo vs. Feijao

    Strikeforce 27 is coming up tomorrow, also known as Strikeforce Houston: King Mo vs. Feijao, and it brings us 2 championship fights. See, fledgling organizations need to put on really big shows to be a draw because the mainstream fans just don’t recognize many of their fighters like they do with the UFC. However, Strikeforce is the only real competition to the UFC, so they have to do their best to grab whatever talent happens to be available.

    Regardless, anytime you get to see 2 championship fights, it’s a good card. Here’s what we’ve got:

    Main Card

    For the picks, I’m going to go with the undefeated Lawal to retain his belt in the Light Heavyweight Championship. The Middleweight Championship is actually a fight for the vacant Middleweight belt, which was vacated by Jake Shields when he left Strikeforce to join the UFC, I’ll take Souza in that fight. As for the last two, they aren’t flashy, but they could be interesting; I’ll take Noons over Gurgel and the former WWE wrestler Lashley over Griggs.