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Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 36 (History in the making)

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Simply put, an amazing near 3-hour show this week. With the many history-making events taking place this week in MMA, our show this week creates a complete, comprehensive look at the events that occured to make it such a newsworthy time period in Mixed Martial Arts. First, a complete recap of the Ultimate Fight Night […]

UFC Fight Night reaction

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

By Luke Nicholson Here’s some early feedback to UFC Fight Night last night in San Diego at Miramar. Haven’t seen the show yet (due to work obligations), so I’m doing my best to avoid spoilers. But, here’s some mainstream reaction to the show. North County Times: UFC’s Fight Night is a hit in Miramar. Sherdog.com […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 35

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

We waste no time this week talking about the politics of the two major Japanese MMA events on NYE. How much heat will there be on Fedor & Cro Cop by various Japanese power brokers given their recent business manuevers? Our special guest this week is Josh Barnett, who addresses fact from fiction as far […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 34

Friday, December 1st, 2006

This week, we are joined by “The Fight Professor” Stephen Quadros to talk about the latest happenings in the IFL, Cage Rage, WEC, and the WFA. Plus, Luke Nicholson and Zach Arnold break down the current MMA situation for NYE (with UFC, PRIDE, and K-1 having shows on the same weekend). Also, a long MMA […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 33 (Thanksgiving Special)

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

Our show this week is themed (mostly) about UFC in celebration of Thanksgiving and the American MMA scene. Dave Doyle of FoxSports.com joins us to give a live show perspective of UFC 65. The first 20 minutes of the show is a general summary of what happened at UFC 65 and the main stories coming […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 32

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Coming off of our big show with Frank Shamrock last week, our show this week features over two hours of content. First, we have an interview with Jake Rossen of Sherdog.com, talking about his newest article in which he proposes 10 different changes that he would like to see in MMA in the coming year. […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 31

Friday, November 10th, 2006

One guest. One name. Frank Shamrock. This week on Fight Opinion Radio. Additional topics discussed on the show include: Mauro Ranallo leaving PRIDE, Kevin Randleman allegedly fails an NSAC drug test, plus the world-famous Grab Bag (including an explanation on why women love Emelianenko Fedor). And, oh yeah, by the way… Mr. Shamrock says he […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 30 (Media Week)

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

This week’s show (presented by Whaledog.com) is a good one if you like to hear the thoughts from writers who cover the MMA business extensively. Our first guest is Eddie Goldman of NHB News (his site’s ATOM feed is here). Eddie shares his thoughts on UFC’s marketing tactics, Dana White’s behavior in public, HBO’s level […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 29 (PRIDE in Las Vegas)

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Right after we taped our newest show (reviewing the PRIDE Las Vegas event), news broke that both Vitor Belfort and Pawel Nastula failed their drug tests (issued by the NSAC). Will the company recognize the drug testing suspensions worldwide? We’ll have a lot more on this story on next week’s show. On this week’s show, […]

NSAC releases PRIDE Gate Figures.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

By Luke Nicholson The NSAC recently released PRIDE’s live gate numbers on their website yesterday. It turns out the paid attendance was 8,079 for a gate total of 2,056,440, which ranks them sixth in all-time attendance in Nevada for MMA events. For a first time event, the number is always high due to the curiosity […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 28 (Gareb Shamus)

Friday, October 20th, 2006

With a busy weekend ahead, make sure you get caught up with the events in the world of MMA. This week, our special guest is Gareb Shamus from the IFL. Check out the IFL’s HP at http://www.ifl.tv for more information. We discuss what the Ken vs. Tito III 3.1 TV rating means, whether or not […]

UFC Media Links

Monday, October 16th, 2006

By Luke Nicholson Here’s a sample of the media coverage UFC is getting today. My favourite is the Couture piece by Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press. The other two are good articles as well, about Silva’s destruction of Rich Franklin, and what it means for UFC’s business. One quick link to point out is […]

Similar Histories: UFC and WWE

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

By Luke Nicholson To some people the similarities between UFC and WWE might just be coincidence, or maybe there are small little details that separate them, and to an extent that might be true. But, the fact that these two promotions are following such a similar timeline, and given the similar personalities that run both […]

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