Archive for March, 2006
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Thursday, March 30th, 2006By Zach Arnold
The promotion has named John Mulkey (from Wall Street) as the company’s CFO. This Review Journal article from May of 2004 points to Mulkey working as a high-yield gaming/casino financial analyst at Bear Stearns. Mulkey is referenced in many media articles in relations to casinos, gambling, Macau, etc.
It’s interesting [...]
Another victory for MMA
Thursday, March 30th, 2006Special to Fight Opinion
By Joey Arsenault
The explosion of MMA continues to grow to broader areas by the day. The revolution of the combat sport has now blasted its way into the fringe market of Nova Scotia and is looking to strike briskly over the rest of the Maritimes (Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick). With [...]
K-1 4/29 Las Vegas card line-up
Thursday, March 30th, 2006The promotion held a press conference in Japan to announce matches for their 4/29 Las Vegas show at the Grand Ballroom in the Mirage Hotel & Casino. Musashi vs. Semmy Schilt and Choi Hong-Man vs. The Predator were announced. Card line-up (in no specific order):
Musashi vs. Semmy Schilt
Glaube Feitosa vs. Ruslan Karaev
Choi Hong-Man [...]
Yoshida & Kohsaka announced for 5/5 Osaka Dome GP
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006Photo credit: Livedoor Sports
By Zach Arnold
DSE announced that Emelienanko Fedor, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop, Vanderlei Silva, Mark Hunt, Josh Barnett, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, & Hidehiko Yoshida would participate in their 2006 Open-Weight tournament, which starts on 5/5 at the Osaka Dome.
The timing of the announcement is curious, as it was done three days before [...]
Fox Sports Net & IFL sign deal
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold
As predicted by Dr. J on Friday, the IFL has announced a TV deal with Fox Sports Net. Three TV shows will air on the network in May & June. In the press release, the IFL stressed how they were a national company.
Expect a lively debate on next week’s [...]
PRIDE Bushido 10 – Preview and Analysis
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006By Al Yu
4/2 Tokyo, Ariake Colosseum card line-up.
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Yves Edwards (28-10-1) vs Seichi Ikemoto (11-11-4)
Prior to losing a close decision to Joachim Hansen at PRIDE Bushido 9, Yves Edwards was on a seven fight winning streak, defeating Josh Thompson, Hermes Franca (2x), and Dokonjonosuke Mishima along the way. Most recently at UFC [...]
Truth serum
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold
Mainichi Daily News reports that former tabloid writer Takashi Nishizawa will have to testify on Tuesday, April 4th in front of the members of the Diet. As we’ve discussed in the last few days, this could be fun to watch.
On a media sidenote, today the press was focused on the upcoming K-1 [...]
Onita is back in puroresu
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006By Tetsuya Sano
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New developments in Nova Scotia
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006Tuesday night is when the Halifax City Council debates Councilmember Bob Harvey’s plan to ban MMA in the city. CBC Nova Scotia has more on the story. In the article, Harvey admits that he has received over a dozen e-mails since his proclaimation last week of trying to ban MMA in the area.
Meanwhile, [...]
Media round-up
Tuesday, March 28th, 20063/28 media links:
Surprise, PRIDE US PPV customers. 3 of the 10 Bushido fights will air on Fox Sports Net on 4/9, including Baroni vs. Kondo (a fight that definitely could sell some PPV buys).
Bushido 10 fighter Denis Kang interviewed on MaxFighting.
New Hampshire is ready to host it’s first sanctioned MMA event.
If you are a [...]
More mainstream media malfeasance
Monday, March 27th, 2006An article just published on the USA Today web site manages to lump Toughman boxing with MMA.
Toughman, Ultimate Fighting, Kage Kombat and other forms of brawling are full of surprises. But the biggest may be that “extreme fighting,” a sport once on the verge of being banned, is enjoying increasing regulatory approval and [...]
Alliances & recruitment
Monday, March 27th, 2006We have reached a deal with the staff of MMAFighting.com to work together on promoting each other’s sites. This includes exchanges of links, stories, and other content. It’s important to make deals with allies, and MMA Fighting certainly qualifies as a very good independent site. Expect a lot more in the future.
Second, [...]
Wakuda: Testifying is violation of rights
Monday, March 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold
On Friday, we documented the hot political case in Japan over a phony e-mail and how the scandal had tangential connections to the fight industry. We noted that in the phony e-mail case, lawyer Osamu Wakuda was representing Takashi Nishizawa, who is accused to writing the fake e-mail. The reason we [...]