Archive for March, 2006
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Monday, March 27th, 2006This week is likely going to be low-key in regards to Japanese PR for the Bushido 10 event. The gaijin will fly in on Tuesday and Wednesday (Narita Airport). DSE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara has not been seen in front of the cameras (so far). The match order for this Sunday’s line-up:
Yves Edwards [...]
The YouTube Conundrum
Sunday, March 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold
On our Fight Opinion forum, Al Yu points out a story about UFC contacting YouTube to remove a person’s multimedia video package featuring UFC fight footage. It’s pretty fair to say that YouTube has become an absolute nightmare for copyright lawyers and programming executives. On one hand, there is blatant copyright [...]
UFC’s next targets: New York & Chicago
Sunday, March 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Dana White has New York & Chicago penciled in as his next big media targets. It puts the hiring of Marc Ratner into perspective.
The article was originally a piece about Andrei Arlovski, but the quotes from White about UFC’s future plans are the bigger story. [...]
Big Saturday
Saturday, March 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold
Saturday night in America proved to be a good one for business in the MMA industry. In Atlanta, over 3,000 fans showed up (paying $50 and $75 for a ticket) for an MMA event. The Hook ‘n Shoot event at the Evansville Coliseum in Evansville, Indiana had a standing room-only crowd. [...]
Politicians versus the people
Saturday, March 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold
There was a level of negative feedback for the proposed MMA event in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 4/29. Then, Boxing Canada stepped in and announced their opposition to the event (mainly because it would hurt a local boxing card scheduled in May in Halifax). And now, according to The Chronicle Herald [...]
Tonight’s Hook ‘n Shoot event
Saturday, March 25th, 2006If you’re in the Evansville (Indiana) area, go see the show. The Courier Press in Evansville has an article previewing the show.
However, as predicted by the entire Fight Opinion staff (on the radio show this week), last week’s death of local boxer Kevin Payne has put the spotlight on MMA’s track record for safety. [...]
Japan’s hottest political scandal
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold
For the last month, the biggest political story in Japan has revolved around a phony e-mail. Liberal Democratic Party politician Hisayasu Nagata made the claim that he had an e-mail implicating a financial link between the son of an LDP politician and former Livedoor President Takafumi Horie. See the reports in [...]
A cozy relationship
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold
Just how tight is the relationship between the UFC and the Nevada State Athletic Comission? Tight enough that the NSAC’s executive director, Marc Ratner, has now signed a deal to become a vice president for UFC.
John Ryan in the San Jose Mercury News equates Ratner working for UFC on a similar level [...]
More mainstream dribble about UFC.
Friday, March 24th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson
I was just scanning the news-pack at wrestlingobserver.com today, and I came across a link to a poor mainstream piece regarding UFC, and its health issues compared to boxing. This is worth checking out. And, be sure to e-mail your feedback to the lazy ‘tard who wrote this.
Basically, it alleges [...]
IFL aims for free TV
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold
Dr. J has done everyone a service by providing a summary of an interview that IFL co-owner Kurt Otto did with Eddie Goldman. In the interview, Otto claims that the IFL is on its way to securing a free TV deal for their 4/29 Atlantic City, NJ. show. Dr. J brings [...]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 12
Friday, March 24th, 2006Two special guests this week on Fight Opinion Radio, as Rob Sayers & Zach Arnold interview both UFC lightweight star Yves Edwards and PNWMMA.com’s Eric Fredericks. Erin Bucknell joins us this week to talk about the latest situation in Cage Rage (fighters not being signed to contracts), the upcoming IFC 4/1 Sacramento show, and [...]
Cage Rage 4/22 Wembley show press release
Friday, March 24th, 20062006 Cage Rage events, all at Wembley Arena: 1st July and 9th Sept 2006
In a landmark move securing Cage Rage’s place as the undisputed King of MMA in the UK, promoters Andy Geer and Dave O’Donnell have secured a deal to hold all future Cage Rage events at Wembley Arena. After months of [...]
NPR report on California MMA scene
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Rob Sayers & Zach Arnold
Shia Levitt of National Public Radio (USA) has a Thursday audio update (now available on the NPR site) about California legalizing MMA. If you cannot get the Real Media or Windows Media audio file from the NPR site to play on your computer, use this link. [...]