Archive for January, 2008
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Friday, January 25th, 2008On Friday’s night edition of WWE Smackdown on The CW Network, noted MMA fan The Undertaker finished off his opponent (Big Daddy V, a 500-pounder) with a gogoplata. Initially, ‘Taker went for the rubber guard and failed in applying a triangle choke. However, he ended up applying the gogoplata and V busted out the fake […]
Another MMA money mark blows up in smoke
Friday, January 25th, 2008I remember media reports a few months touting Bonecrunch Fighting as a modified-version of the IFL with a local marketing approach in Florida. They even lined up Seth Petruzelli and Din Thomas as coaches. As of today, Bonecrunch Fighting has officially vanished.
Stallone, HGH, and UFC
Friday, January 25th, 2008On Wednesday’s Spike TV telecast of an Ultimate Fight Night live event from The Palms in Las Vegas, NV, Joe Rogan did a promo spot with Sylvester Stallone to promote the latest Rambo movie release. It was quite the interview. Stallone was busted in Australia for bringing vials of growth hormone in 2007. Today, Stallone […]
Why are the Fertittas bailing out Xyience (again)?
Friday, January 25th, 2008Update: MMA Payout claims a criminal investigation is coming. We’ve discussed Xyience’s bankruptcy this week on the site, and I asked a couple of questions that nobody has provided a sufficient answer for yet. Today, The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that another Fertitta company, Zyen, is making a $1 million USD loan to Xyience […]
Thursday news crash course
Thursday, January 24th, 2008CBS Sports (Sam Caplan): Q & A with WEC VP Peter Dropick The Orange County Register: UFC 81 conference call audio clips The Seattle Times: Bob Sapp returns to Washington, ready to mix it up Hardcore Sports Radio: Bob Sapp audio interview ESPN Video: Randy Couture video interview Yahoo Sports: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Felix […]
UFC Fight Night Live – Play By Play
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008UFC Fight Night Live, from The Palms in Las Vegas, NV Televised Card: Diaz vs. Robinson Omigawa vs. Tavares McFedries vs. Cote Swick vs. Burkman
How to lose 60% in one day
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Just ask the folks at Pro Elite, who watched their stock today plunge from $7.50 USD/share to $3.00 USD/share. The stock was once at $15.00 USD/share.
Report: WWE star Bobby Lashley gone from company
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008All the details here. Why bother reporting this story on Fight Opinion? Because Bobby Lashley has great amateur wrestling credentials, and it has long been rumored that he will get into MMA. Interesting that three of the top amateur wrestling stars that Vince McMahon recruited (Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, and Bobby Lashley) all are interested […]
Bas Rutten named IFL VP of Fighter Operations
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Press release here.
Previewing tonight’s UFN event on Spike TV
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008There’s some show called Ultimate Fight Night live happening tonight on Spike TV. Weigh-in results. Jesse Holland of MMA Mania appeared on Jarry Park’s radio show to preview tonight’s event. Make sure to get your predictions for the show in at MMA Predictions. Here are Bloody Elbow’s predictions. Patrick Cote is looking for his fourth […]
Timeout time
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Starting with posts today, comments will be turned off for the next week. A message has to be sent that I expect commenters to be on their best behavior. Obviously, as the site has grown in popularity, so have the trolls. This is not something that I wanted to do, but consider it a necessary […]
Report: Xyience files for Chapter 11 protection
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008UFC’s largest corporate sponsor in 2007, Xyience, has filed for bankruptcy (according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal). The meat of this story comes on allegations that Xyience founder Russell Pike supposedly threatened Xyience management. Given the close nature between UFC and Xyience, it is important that Zuffa makes a public statement about this matter. It […]
Akira Maeda’s new project, The Outsider
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008In Japanese MMA online circles, this item I posted on January 10th drew a lot of attention. I didn’t think a lot about the news item at the time I made it, but apparently a lot of Japanese readers did. So, today’s news about Akira Maeda running an amateur MMA tournament show called The Outsider […]
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