Archive for January, 2006
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Saturday, January 7th, 2006What do you do with a 7-foot tall, 300-plus pound giant with a sweating disorder? Gryphon says you recruit him into the army, that is if you’re talking about the “Techno Goliath” Choi Hong-Man. Update: Feel Like a Kimchi, a great Japanese blog about South Korean MMA, has more on the story (in Japanese). Use […]
Writers wanted
Saturday, January 7th, 2006Requirements: Be able to write, at minimum, 3-5 times a week on the site. This does not include adding comments to posts. Preferences: MMA fan with some (not expert) knowledge of Japan, also some knowledge of pro-wrestling. Contact me for positions: [email protected]
Nathan Marquardt cleared by NSAC
Saturday, January 7th, 2006MMA Weekly reports that Marquardt’s suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission due to a drug test is now cleared up. Marquardt is expected to fight in UFC again. Maybe UFC is his calling, but he should consider going back to Japan and make better money. And have a better shot of winning.
Who’s Next For Fedor Emelienenko?
Saturday, January 7th, 2006“Throw Him To The Russian!” Who’s Next For Fedor Emelienenko? By Adam Underhill I do not think even PRIDE could have predicted their big ratings war win over fellow Japanese fight organisation K-1. Even though the percentage margins were tighter than the close fight between Mirko and Fedor back in August, are PRIDE the real […]
Major MMA event on 3/18 in the UK
Saturday, January 7th, 2006Phil Jones (check his site out – The Unidose Wrestleblog) sent me a link to WCFC (World Cage Fighting Championships), an event promoted in the UK. On their web site, they claim that they have a big show on 3/18 at the M.E.N. (Manchester Evening News) Arena in Manchester, England. The event is marketing Mike […]
Cage Rage: Belfort To Face Manhoef At CR15: Adrenalin Rush!
Friday, January 6th, 2006Cage Rage promoter, Dave O’Donnell, recently announced that Vitor Belfort has been booked to fight against Dutchman Melvin Manhoef at their “Adrenalin Rush” event on 2/4/06 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London. The fight will be an interesting one to watch as both fighters have great stand-up skills, with Belfort knocking out Antony Rea […]
Browsing the Iowa Media
Friday, January 6th, 2006Des Moines Register: ISU’s Scott emulates his ultimate idol Summary: Iowa State star wrestler Aron Scott is a big fan of Chuck Liddell Des Moines Register: Wrestler pins hopes on trip to Japan Summary: Iowa State University student Neal Isaak is headed to Japan. The article doesn’t say what company he is going for, so […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 1
Thursday, January 5th, 2006The first edition of Fight Opinion Radio (part of the Fight Opinion Radio Network) is now online and available to download to listen to. Here are the options you can use to listen to the show (22 MB MP3 file, 1 1/2 hours long): Dial-up/Streaming | Broadband (Direct Download) | YouSendIt (Download) The streaming and […]
Hunt: I want to fight Fedor
Thursday, January 5th, 2006DSE posted an interview today on their web site with Mark Hunt. Hunt stated that he wanted a chance to face Emelianenko Fedor in 2006. After his fight with Mirko Cro Cop, Hunt said that he went to Yoshinoya and ate a Japanese beef bowl meal before going back to his hotel to rest. Hunt […]
UFC Ultimate Fight Night Live 1/16
Thursday, January 5th, 2006Card line-up at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is as follows: Tim Sylvia vs. Assuerio Silva Stephan Bonnar vs. James Irvin Melvin Guillard vs. Anthony Torres Spencer Fisher vs. Aaron Riley Drew Fickett vs. Josh Burkman Chris Leben vs. Jorge Rivera Alex Karalexis vs. Jason Von Flue Jonathan Goulet vs. Duane […]
Americana: Professional wrestling and politics
Thursday, January 5th, 2006In America, there has recently been a big political scandal regarding an individual named Jack Abramoff, who resided in Washington, D.C. and became very friendly with many politicians. Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (behind a firewall/subscription, sadly), in the state of Wisconsin, has a report regarding a politician using one of Mr. Abramoff’s aides to get […]
PRIDE’s Yellow Cards
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006Mike Sempervive & I have jokingly named PRIDE’s use of yellow cards as a reward for “the PRIDE executive vacation fund.” The constant use of yellow cards in PRIDE fights has drawn scrutiny as of late. Here is Mick Hammond’s latest MMA Weekly article: The yellow card has no impact on the judges’ scoring; it […]
Ikuhisa Minowa Signed For Cage Rage 15!
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006It has been reported that PRIDE fighter Ikuhisa Minowa has been signed by Cage Rage to fight on their 2/4/06 Adrenalin Rush card at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, U.K. He has been booked to fight Dave Legeno. Legeno’s last fight was against Alan Murdock at Cage Rage 14 on 12/3/05 where he lost […]
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