Canseco to headline a MMA card in Japan
Posted by Thomas Conroy (05/03/2009 @ 1:50 pm)
Let’s take a look at Jose Canseco’s checklist of things to do in your life:
1) Become a MVP winner in Major League Baseball. Check, as he won the 1988 American League MVP Award with the Oakland A’s.
2) Become a star on a television reality show. Check, as he became a cast member in Season five of the Surreal Life on VH-1.
3) Write a tell-all book on the steroid era in baseball. Check, as he wrote the book entitled Juiced.
And now you can add headlining a mixed martial art event to his list, as Canseco will fight 7-foot-2 and 330 pound Hong-Man Choi on May 26 in Japan.
Canseco vs. Choi is one of four matches in DREAM’s “Super Hulk Tournament” organized to boost television ratings. Here is the entire card:
Super Hulk Tournament (Open-Weight)
– Jose Canseco vs. Hong-Man Choi
– Gegard Mousasi vs. Mark Hunt
– Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa vs. Bob Sapp
– Jan “The Giant” Nortje vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Despite a 1-2 record, Choi is a dangerous MMA fighter due to his size and sheer strength. This is a definite step up from Canseco’s last opponent inside the ring, actor Danny Bonaduce. They boxed to a draw in an exhibition bout last January, and Canseco was also knocked out in a boxing match against former NFL player Vai Sikahema last summer.
Posted in: Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, MLB
Tags: American League, Bob Sapp, Danny Bonaduce, Dream, Gegard Mousasi, Hong Man Choi, Ikuhisa Minowa, Jan Nortje, Japan, Jose Canseco, Juiced, Major League Baseball, Mark Hunt, MMA, MVP, NFL, Oakland A's, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Super Hulk Tournament, Surreal Life, Vai Sikahema, VH-1
Friday MMA Review 5/1
Posted by Anthony Stalter (05/01/2009 @ 12:45 pm)

Here’s a weekly rundown of MMA content from Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com:
– Congenital amputee Kyle Maynard’s MMA debut went about as well as we thought it would.
– Clearly bored with the garbage-ass challengers he’s been getting in the UFC’s middleweight division, 185-pound king Anderson Silva will go up to light-heavyweight again to face Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 in August. Meanwhile, Nate Marquardt and Demian Maia will be facing off to determine who really deserves the next middleweight title shot.
– Gina Carano looked hot at Kevin Randleman’s wedding.
– Despite some intense infighting, Team U.S. was able to put its first victory on the board on the last episode of The Ultimate Fighter, while coach Michael Bisping vanished into thin air.
– Japanese promotion DREAM is putting together the greatest MMA freak show in history with their “World Superman Championship,” which will feature steroid-snitch Jose Canseco, pituitary case Hong Man Choi, Bob Sapp, and five more warriors, hopefully fighting to the death.
– Speaking of freak shows, Fedor Emelianenko used his 70-pound weight advantage to toss around Shinya Aoki in a grappling exhibition at the last M-1 Challenge event.
– Less than two months after Nick Diaz and Scott Smith scored victories at “Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz,” the two will be fighting each other at “Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields.”
– Sign of the apocalypse #783: Kung Fu Football.
– Kim Couture’s wife pulled out of her upcoming fight against Miesha Tate, and Tate responded by telling everyone that Kim and The Natural are getting a divorce. Real classy.
– By forcibly retiring Chuck Liddell, is Dana White looking out for his friend’s health or his company’s wallet? Little from column A, little from column B?
Posted in: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: Anderson Silva, Bob Sapp, Chuck Liddell, Chuck Liddell retiring, Dana White, Demian Maia, Fedor Emelianenko, Forrest Griffin, Gina Carano, Hong Man Choi, Jose Canseco, Kevin Randleman, Kim Couture, Klye Maynard, Kung Fu Football, Kyle Mynard MMA debut, Lawler vs. Shields, Michael Bisping, Miesha Tate, MMA freak show, MMA News, MMA rumors, Nate Marquardt, Nick Diaz, Scott Smith, Shinya Aoki, Silva vs. Griffin, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC rumors, World Superman Championship