Issue 077

July 2011

Things we hear, things we see, things we know.

Fedor makes big screen debut

Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko has filmed a role in action flick The Salamander Key, his first feature film. Premiered in March, the movie centers on a group of scientists who mysteriously disappear after discovering “the elixir of life” in South Eastern Asia. The former Pride champion played the imaginatively named role of ‘Fedor’, a member in a small squad of mercenaries, and stars opposite Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen.

Get a cage name coined by your iPhone

Keyboard warriors can now get their very own fight nickname with a new iPhone application. The new Cage Name app assigns users a ring-ready moniker which fans can share with friends via Twitter or Facebook. The program has been put together by Me Thinks Studios, creators of the popular Jersey Shore name generator. The app is available now on the iTunes Store for $0.99.

Mark Coleman selling Pride GP gloves for $40K

Former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman is selling the fight gloves he wore in the Pride open-weight grand prix in 2000 for a hefty $40,000. At the time of going to press the two pairs of gloves – from the opening and final rounds of his victorious run through the tournament – were still on sale from MMACollector.com and could be signed by the Hall of Famer if the buyer wished. Coleman (16-10) used the gloves to end the evenings of K-1 kickboxer Masaaki Satake and the feared Igor Vovchanchyn in the tourney.

Anderson Silva documentary to be released

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is the subject of a new feature film documentary titled Like Water. The movie premiered at the Tribeca Sports Film Festival in April and follows Silva’s highs and lows in the run-up to his successful title defense against Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 in August of last year. Director Pablo Croce said: “I think there’s a really good look at the pressures behind the man who prepares for such a big event, a fight… at what can be driving his persona, to be perceived somehow differently or stereotyped.”