Archive for January, 2006
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Brazil: GuaraFight 2
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006Last Saturday (January 7th), Denis Martins attended the GuaraFight 2 event in Guarapari, Brazil. He will have a report on the show either at OnTheMat.com or at Maxfighting.com. Here is a quick preview of his upcoming event review article (a main event featuring a Shooto veteran): JVT ’99 veteran and 38 years old Angelo Sergio […]
UFC 57 card line-up
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006The promotion has posted their card line-up on their home page. MMA Opinion has some thoughts on the card and UFC’s matchmaking. The UFC 58 card is on 3/4 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas with Rich Franklin vs. David “The Crow” Loiseau and Georges St. Pierre vs. BJ Penn. I stumbled […]
Project of the Day
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006The Fight Opinion team will be busy today recording FO Radio #2, so I may not be able to post much at all. Because of this, I have a favor to ask from all of you. We need some assistance and help in gathering information for our My Space project. Please contribute links to new […]
New Writers: Take Two
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006I’ve received a really good response so far from everyone who wants to become a writer for the site. I will be adding some new posting accounts shortly. Likely, we will have Rob Sayers, Wes Black, and Tomer Chen as new posters. Plus a new class of writers to come. Rob will be a feature […]
Format of Posts
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006I’ve coded the main page to show excerpts only of posts. Click on the permalink or title of each post to read the entire post. Give me positive or negative feedback on the “excerpts format” in the comments section of this thread. Thanks to installing the “Post Teaser” plugin for WordPress, the entire table of […]
Rumble on the Rock 8
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006Their 1/20 show in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Blaisdell Center Arena will feature an 8-man Welterweight tournament. The promotion will then run a Welterweight GP tournament in April of 2006. Fights booked for the card: Renato “Charuto” Verissimo vs. Carlos Condit Ronald “Machine Gun” Jhun vs. Frank Trigg Dave Menne vs. Jake Shields Anderson Silva […]
K-1 World MAX 2/4 Saitama Super Arena
Monday, January 9th, 2006Card line-up: Reserve Fight: Shingo Garyu vs. Yasuhito Shirasu Japan Tournament: Kazuya Yasuhiro vs. HAYATO Japan Tournament: TATSUJI (Iron Ax) vs. Yuya Yamamoto (BOOCH BEAT) Japan Tournament: Ryuki Ueyama vs. Satoru Suzuki (boxing) Japan Tournament: Yoshihiro Sato vs. Akeomi Nitta Buakaw Por Puramuk vs. Mike Zambidis Remigijus Morkevicius vs. Akira Ohigashi Masato vs. Ian Schaffa […]
2005 Finals of China Sanda Club League
Monday, January 9th, 2006A 8 men tournament culminated the finals of China Sanda Club League on Jan. 7th. The 8 finalists including the champions and runners of 75kg, 80kg, 85kg and 85 plus kg competed for the very first King of Kings title in the history of Sanda. Yang Xiaojing(190cm, 105kg, 25 wins/5 losses/10 KOs) defeated Wang Qiang(185cm, […]
K-1 in Holland
Monday, January 9th, 2006Major star power scheduled for the “It’s Showtime!” event in Holland, produced by Simon Rutz Productions. Mark it on your calendar: May 13th at Amsterdam Arena. The card line-up so far according to MMAWeekly.com: Jerome Le Banner vs. Remy Bonjasky, Ernesto Hoost vs. Bob Sapp, and Semmy Schilt vs. Lloyd Van Dams have been booked […]
Report on Randy Couture
Monday, January 9th, 2006At Firepowr.net, Huy Nguyen writes that there will be an MMA training camp at Team Quest in Portland, Oregon. Randy Couture, Matt Lindland, and Nate Quarry will be partaking in the three-day training session.
Fight Promoter University
Monday, January 9th, 2006I’m serious. Read here for more details. Money quote: So in an unprecedented move, he decided to form FIGHT PROMOTER UNIVERSITY, an intensive three-day course, starting on February 22nd in Irvine, California, and featuring 15 guest speakers, where upon completion of their studies at FPU, current and future fight promoters will earn their MBA degree. […]
Digital Rewind: Pro Wrestling Nostalgia Pays
Sunday, January 8th, 2006By Sheldon Goldberg Thanks to the advent of the DVD and digital cable it seems like everything old is new again. The WWE has given us a whole slew of DVD releases incorporating their vast library of matches from the Crockett era NWA, WCW, ECW, AWA and soon World Class Championship Wrestling. The WWE 24/7 […]
Know your neighbors
Sunday, January 8th, 2006I am an avid user of Technorati. It is a great service. All of you should be using it. With Technorati, you can find out who your neighbors or acquaintances are in similar categories of content that you cover. Here are four neighbors (as I call them) that you might want to check out and […]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »