MMA Weekly just can’t help noticing that, judging from this year’s top 10 American Pay-Per-View Rates as published by Yahoo! Sports, the young mixed martial arts industry is fast catching up with its elder brother, professional boxing’s popularity.

We could not blame anyone for thinking that boxing is losing its appeal, what with allegations of corruption and with the diluting of the term "champ' with all these alphabet titles. Manny Pacquiao simply brought back the heart, the gritting discipline, and the nobility of the sport back into the front page.

 
We were a bit saddened by Kimbo Slice’s demise.  OK, the guy just got his 15 minutes of fame, and like a shooting star, Kevin Ferguson shone so bright everyone wanted a piece of his ass—for different reasons. (…)

Just a couple of days more and we will see what fate hangs for the second most popular Mix Martial Arts organization in the United States.  Elite XC fields Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano for its third and last live broadcast with CBS, and the network TV ratings games will determine the company’s perilous make-or-break situation as it broadcasts its fight over CBS from the BankAtlantic Center on October 4. (…)