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Archive for December, 2005

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Los Angeles Times discusses MMA in California

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

In Wednesday’s edition of the LA Times newspaper, Alan Abrahamson has an article about California regulating MMA so that events will start taking place in 2006. Nate Quarry is mentioned a lot in the article, mainly as the article’s storyline theme in terms of fighting and also what happens to someone who takes a beating […]

Drafting wrestlers for a new company

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Ivan Trembow has an interesting article about creating a Top 50 draft list of who you would select for wrestlers if you were building a new company. Read Ivan’s thoughts here. Ivan picks his #1 choice and… 1. Samoa Joe— As I wrote in my review of TNA’s Turning Point pay-per-view, it’s hard to fathom […]

Fighters start to arrive in Japan

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

Royce Gracie is already in Japan, training and preparing at the Gracie Academy in Tokyo for his upcoming fight against Hideo Tokoro. Ernesto Hoost arrived in Japan and said that he was in very good condition. He said that he would win his fight without fail. Sankei Sports reported that Hoost’s tentative retirement fight is […]

K-1 & G.C.M To Promote New Fight Event

Monday, December 26th, 2005

FEG K-1 and the Japanese MMA promotion G.C.M are to promote a new combat event scheduled for Saturday February 4th 2006 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Numerous reports suggest that the new promotion will go under the alias “MARS” and will be produced in association with FEG, the company behind K-1 and HEROS. […]

Dana White strikes back

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

A couple of days ago, we linked to an article on MMA in the Sacramento Bee that, as you expected, drew strong reaction. Flashback: The American media’s MMA boogeyman Well, today (Sunday), the Sacramento Bee posted a response from UFC President Dana White. Enjoy.

PRIDE 12/31 Ogawa v Yoshida News

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

Hidehiko Yoshida is looking for a new game plan come PRIDE Man Festival 2005 on 12/31. Yoshida has been training in Muay Thai with Yoshida Dojo coach Sergio Cunha for the past five months and proclaims that he will knock out Ogawa with his knee. “We are doing good work, training a lot. We are […]

K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite! New Additions!

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

With only five days to go until the big MMA New Years Eve shows on 12/31, K-1 have suprised everyone with the addition of Japanese kickboxer Masato to the K-1 fight card. He will be facing off against Japanese boxing champion Akira Oohigashi. Masato was set for a return to K-1 early next year after […]

The MySpace Phenomenon

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

I am fully willing to admit this – I do not understand the appeal of MySpace. Yes, I have always been one who has valued the power of networking online and “community software” as Jeff Jarvis puts it. However, for the life of me, I do not understand why MySpace is so appealing. Nonetheless, it […]

Kyokushinkan VS Sanda (San Shou)

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Results – Kyokushinkan VS Chinese Sanda on 12/23 in Guangzhou, China December 23, 2005, The 2nd Kyokyshinkan VS Chinese Sanda was held in Guangzhou, a city in southern China. Royama, the president of Kyokushinkan (note: this is not Kyokushinkai of Matsui, neither Shinkyokushinkai) brought 5 of his top fighters who were champions of 2005 World […]

The Game Plan

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

As I prepare for the launch of this new site and get everyone ready to post on it, I wanted to fill in everyone on the activities for the first two weeks of the web site. For reference, the PPH MMA show will be moved over to the Fight Opinion web site and renamed under […]

PRIDE 12/31 Saitama Super Arena card line-up

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

A bank account-busting budget of $8-10 million USD provides us with the following on New Year’s Eve: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ikuhisa Minowa Emelianenko Alexander vs. Pawel Nastula James Thompson vs. Giant Silva Free-weight Fight: Ken Kaneko vs. Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett Middleweight Title Match: Vanderlei Silva vs. Ricardo Arona 2005 Lightweight Tournament Finals: Takanori Gomi […]

The American media’s MMA boogeyman

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Today’s Sacramento Bee newspaper has a long article on MMA now being legalized in the state of California. If you notice, the main critic for MMA in the article is Dr. Peter Carmel. Here is what Carmel says in the Sacramento Bee article: Big purses are not worth the price ultimate fighting extracts from its […]

Bas Rutten gone from PRIDE

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

The hits just keep on coming from DSE. Today, Bas Rutten announced that he is gone from the promotion. He stressed that it was problems with the US office (Yukino Kanda, Hideki Yamamoto, etc.) and not with the Japanese office. Frank Trigg now replaces him. This is an interesting story to pay attention to, as […]

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