Archive for October, 2007
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007That whole drug testing thing in California for MMA… what can you say. Lots of big talk and proclamations about M-1 over at Russian MMA. Sean Salmon vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller is set for December 15th in Dallas for HDNet Fights. The latest IFL SEC filings. Plus, their updated prospectus. NBC Sports has a video […]
Wednesday war room: Do you care about Liddell vs. Silva?
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007I want to send my regards to Jeff Comstock, who will moving a lot of his columns over to Bloody Elbow. You can check out Jeff’s latest BE article here. The IFL stock this morning has plunged down to $0.33/share. The UFC 77 payscale. Bleacher Report calls Randy Couture a joke. The author continues to […]
M-1 Global hires Monte Cox, signs Fedor Emelianenko, who are they?
Monday, October 22nd, 2007By Jeff Comstock Question: What do you get when you cross Fedor Emelianenko with, a producer of off-Broadway musicals, the agency that represents the world’s greatest tennis players, Monte Cox, and a Scientologist money maven? Answer: Apparently M-1 Global MMA After a press conference (video) following a PRNewswirerelease there are still more questions than answers […]
Tuesday news & notes: Sakuraba vs. Funaki officially booked
Monday, October 22nd, 2007The big news of the day is that K-1 announced Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki for their 12/31 Osaka Dome event. Regarding the M-1 situation, there are two separate SEC dockets related to Sibling Entertainment (here and here). Which docket should we be paying more attention to? Mistaken translations at the M-1 NYC press conference. […]
Monday afternoon news update (10/22)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Jeff Comstock will be working on a longer article tonight for the site about the new backers of M-1. What a strange situation that is. To prepare you for Jeff’s longer article, here are the news developments from today: Monte Cox, agent of a lot of MMA stars, will be the company’s CEO. MMA Analyst […]
Monday headlines: The next big thing… in MMA
Sunday, October 21st, 2007So, there are a lot of MMA sites marking out right now over UFC’s signing of Brock Lesnar. For those who don’t know Lesnar’s past track record in the fight industry, read here. Adam Swift has further thoughts. So does MMA Analyst and his alter-ego, Leland Roling. Luke Thomas has more thoughts on the UFC […]
Sunday hangover: Day after UFC 77
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Video of Dana White’s comments from the UFC 77 post-fight press conference. Over at The Fightworks Podcast, they have a new audio interview with Ricardo Almeida. Don Frye is not a man you want to fight on the street or in a bar. Someone tried to do this, inexplicably. Over at MMA Predictions, not a […]
UFC 77
Saturday, October 20th, 2007All thoughts, spoilers, reviews, etc. goes here. Feel free to post thoughts about the show in the comments section. Event results: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | UFC Mania | Yahoo Sports | Steve Cofield | F4W Online | Observer | The Canadian Press | The Sweet Science | CBS Sports | Dayton […]
More on White/Couture dispute
Friday, October 19th, 2007Dana White addressed the topic today on ESPN TV. Adam Swift has further analysis. Meanwhile, Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports is firing back at his ‘critics’ (audio here). The Dayton Daily News: Dana White is a visionary. The Wilmington News Journal says that Dana White needs to learn how to cope with competition. Steve Cofield […]
Heat-up for UFC 77
Friday, October 19th, 2007Everyone made weight for the UFC 77 show. More weigh-in notes at Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports. Gregg Doyel at CBS Sportsline has an article about some of the wacky hijinx at the weigh-ins. Here is an article on Jason MacDonald and here is your quote of the day from MacDonald as to why his […]
A weekend full of great MMA action includes free webcast from Ireland
Friday, October 19th, 2007On a weekend full of great MMA action, I thought I’d let Fight Opinion readers know that http://www.cagewars.co.uk is planning on providing a free webcast for their Cage Wars 8: Celtic Rage Northern Ireland vs. USA event. MAX Entertainment present: Cage Wars live from the Kings Hall Belfast free on the web! On Saturday October […]
News of the weird: Houston Alexander has a new enemy
Friday, October 19th, 2007From a Yahoo Sports report about Tom Osborne returning to the University of Nebraska to try to restore their football program: Peter said he was allowed to purchase season tickets a few months ago when he moved back to Lincoln and began working as a radio host. But even then, he wasn’t given access to […]
Friday fight notes: Dana White has a lot to say
Thursday, October 18th, 2007If you’ve experienced any problems lately with the site loading slowly or not loading at all, you’re not alone. There’s been a lot of traffic hitting our server as of late. Make sure to get your picks in for the Hardcore Championship Fighting show over at MMA Predictions. Just asking… If Monte Cox is going […]
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