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Cage Rage on the Move for Ian Freeman's Return

The promotion headed a couple hours northwest from its usual home in London to Birmingham, England for Cage Rage 26 Extreme. It was the return of Sunderland legend Ian "The Machine" Freeman and he did not disappoint.

41 Age (41) of Ian Freeman when he returned to the cage at CR 26 after a near two year layoff to do battle with Paul Cahoon.

10 The number of wins (10) and losses (10) for Cahoon coming into the contest. Freeman on the other hand came in at 18-7-1. Freeman dominated in route to a unanimous decision and then had a couple of (10's) of his own. He stated in an article by Jim Page at Sherdog, "I feel 10 years younger, not 10 years older."

MMA Numbers in the News - Winning and Losing

35 Number of days in jail (35) Chris Leben was sentenced to after he turned himself over to Oregon authorities for a DUI back in 2005. In 2007 he moved to Hawaii and attempted to get the probation transferred, but it was denied. His appearance on the UFC 85 card in London necessitated a Visa and resolution of the situation in Oregon, so...

430 On (4/30) Leben turned himself over in hopes of being able to still fight Michael Bisping in London. The 35 day jail sentence pushed his release date too close to the June 7th event and it is now reported that the fight has been canceled throwing another wrench into UFC 85 plans, as if it needed any more!

This Week in MMA History May 4th to May 11th

7 Vitor Ribeiro and Gilbert Melendez both collected win number (7) on May 4 and both came in Shooto at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Pretty cool, same date, same event, same number of wins (and both had no losses), except the fights were two years apart! First on May 4, 2003 Vitor Ribeiro gained a decision victory over Ryan Bow for his seventh win. Two years and a whopping 36 Shooto events later, Melendez also captured his seventh victory on May 4, 2005 when he TKO'd Naoya Uematsu at 4:30 of round two. So how coincidental is this? Well in Shooto's nearly twenty years and 238 events these two shows are the only two to fall on May 4^th.

MMA Numbers in the News - From CBS to NBC to Spike to ESPN

An offering of ten numbers filled with everything from one million dollars to one little sleeping pill to one lovely looking Gina Carano and back in the millions with TUF viewers (and this is a disappointing number)!

1 According to Kevin Iole at Yahoo, millions of dollars (1) Chuck Liddell received for two weekends of promoting the movie 300.

2 The time (2:00 AM) a sick at the time Liddell said he got in the night before one of those promotional interviews for the movie.

Changing Content on SBTN MMA blog

For those of you who've regularly read my blog, thank you. You've probably noticed I've missed the last few This Day in MMA History's. It is because I've changed the content some on my official blog. I will still offer a historical perspective with a This Week in MMA History, but will now also be able to focus on more current information like MMA Numbers in the News and Opinion Pieces. Hopefully this will make the blog that much more entertaining!