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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Razor Rob Breaks Hand, Books Appointment with Dr. Drew

Former lightweight champion "Razor" Rob McCullough broke his right hand in his WEC 39 fight with Marcus Hicks and has recently underwent surgery to repair the damage.

The Huntington Beach native will be out of action nine months, according to a source from his camp who chose to remain anonymous.

Good news is, he'll use the time to walk another road to recovery.

According to the source, McCullough will join the cast of addiction specialist and TV/radio personality Dr. Drew's new reality show, "Celebrity Rehab: Sex Addiction," which begins filming on Monday.

Throughout his career, McCullough has been linked to a number of adult film actresses, most recently, Lexxi Tyler. The two recently called it quits.

McCullough isn't the only former member of Team Punishment to hit reality TV. Punishment founder Tito Oritz appeared on the Donald Trump vehicle "Celebrity Apprentice," making it to the ninth week of the show before hearing "you're fired."

Former Punishment heavyweight Ricco Rodriguez might even opened the door for McCullough, appearing on the first season of "Celebrity Rehab," where he discussed his battles with drugs and alcohol since losing the UFC heavyweight title to Tim Sylvia.

A timetable for McCullough's return to fighting is undetermined at this time, as he is currently boning up on addiction literature.

UPDATE: After rumors that McCullough was not on the show began to surface on April 26, MMAInsider contacted his manager, Ken Pavia, for clarification on the former WEC champ's status. Pavia stated McCullough was on the show, but did not make it through the entire season for reasons he declined to disclose.

"Let's just say he didn't make it all the way through," said Pavia via text message.

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posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 7:41 PM 





Sunday, December 28, 2008

WEC Best of 2008 on Versus Sunday Night



VERSUS will air WEC Best of 2008, a two-hour special presentation tonight - Sunday, December 28 - at 9 p.m. ET. The hard-hitting night includes four spectacular fights: Miguel Angel Torres vs. Yoshira Maeda, Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver, Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura and the never before seen on television bout between Donald Cerrone and Rob McCullough.

VERSUS will re-air the special on December 31 at 11 p.m. ET and January 1 at 3 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

WEC 36 Spoiler: Fight of the Year? Maybe...

In what was easily the fight of the undercard at WEC 36 in Hollywood, Fla., Jamie Varner finally found out who he will likely be fighting at the end of January, possibly in San Diego.

Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone and "Razor" Rob McCullough scored FOUR knockdowns between them - two apiece - in the opening round alone... and this fight went the distance!

Cowboy and Razor rocked each other throughout their three minute war, but it Cerrone's reach and speed that put him ahead on more of the exchanges than not, leaving McCullough's face a bloody mess at the end of three rounds.

Cowboy remained undefeated - going the distance for the first time in his MMA career - but it was hardly a boring affair. As he said afterwards, "Rob, thank you very much, that was fun... Whoo!"

Jamie Varner, the current WEC lightweight champ, had to be thinking that the fight was entertaining, but you have to question anyone's sanity that could walk out of that cage thinking the fight was FUN!?

Hat's off to the Cowboy and Razor Rob for one of the best fights of the year thus far!

QUICK NOTE: Reports from one WEC official are that Cerrone broke his hand on the first punch of the fight!

Check out the live results, play-by-play and photos at MMAWeekly.com.

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Monday, November 3, 2008

WEC Start Time On Versus at 8pm EST/5pm PST

Just a heads up for everybody tuning into Versus on Wednesday night to check out the latest World Extreme Cagefighting show, that the broadcast will begin at 8pm EST/5pm PST.

This is an hour earlier than the normal showtime so just want to make sure everyone is aware of the time difference.

The main event pits WEC featherweight champion, Urijah Faber, against American Top Team stand out, Mike Brown, for the 145lb title.

The co-main event will be a rematch between champion, Paulo Filho, and top contender, Chael Sonnen.

Full Card:

-Urijah Faber (#1 Featherweight in the World)* vs. Mike Brown (#6 Featherweight in the World)*
-Paulo Filho (#3 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Chael Sonnen
-Jens Pulver vs. Leonard Garcia
-Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone
-Jake Rosholt vs. Nissen Osterneck
-Yoshiro Maeda vs. Rani Yahya
-Jose Aldo vs. Jonathan Brookins
-Carmelo Marrero vs. Steve Steinbeiss
-Danny Castillo vs. Rafael Dias
-Johnny Hendricks vs. Alex Serdyukov
-David Avellan vs. Aaron Simpson

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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Razor Rob Talks Jeremy Lappen & the WFA Experience



During a recent appearance on MMAWeekly Radio, former WEC lightweight champ, "Razor" Rob McCullough discussed his time moving from the WFA to the WEC, doing business with Jeremy Lappen and KO Bonuses.

Check out this clip from the radio show and for more MMAWeekly Radio check out the podcast on iTunes or the member's section on MMAWeekly.com!

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posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 7:00 PM 





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