Archive for March, 2006
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006Akira Maeda announced two tournaments in HERO’s for 2006 – an 85 kg tournament and a 70 kg tournament. The tournament start will happen on 5/3 in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I. This is the show that Akebono will also work. Tokyo Broadcasting System will carry the events on TV. The 85kg tournament […]
Updated K-1 4/5 Yoyogi card line-up
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006The updated card line-up (all World MAX World Tournament matches for the 4/5 Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show: Andy Souwer (Holland/Shootboxing) vs. SHINOBU Tsogto Amara (Mongolia/kickboxing) Albert Kraus (Holland) vs. Ali Gunyar (Turkey/kickboxing) Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs. Chi Bin Lim (South Korea) Ole Laursen (Denmark/Muay Thai & BJJ) vs. Drago (Armenia/Muay Thai – IT’S SHOWTIME) […]
UFC and SpikeTV extend TV Deal.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By: Luke Nicholson The UFC and SpikeTV jointly announced today that they have agreed to a two year extension on their tv contract. The new deal includes three new seasons of “Ultimate Fighter” reality series, ten “Ultimate Fight Night” specials, and 26 more episodes of UFC “Unleashed”. The deal also makes SpikeTV the exclusive home […]
A public service announcement for Sacramento fans
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Erin Bucknell & I had heard rumblings about a big MMA show taking place at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California for a couple of weeks. It turns out that Erin found a notice on Ticketmaster about the IFC promotion running a show on April 1st at the building. So, I decided […]
Ultimate Fight Night live 4/6 card line-up
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006The card looks very intriguing. The event is two weeks away (with the show leading into The Ultimate Fighter w/ Ken Shamrock & Tito Ortiz). Stephan Bonnar vs. Keith Jardine Rashad Evans vs. Sam Hoger Joe Stevenson vs. Josh Neer Chris Leben vs. Luigi Fioravanti Luke Cummo vs. Jason Von Flue Josh Burkman vs. Jon […]
Did weight-cutting contribute to boxer’s death?
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold The Indianapolis Star (via the Associated Press) has an article talking about a panel investigation into the death of 34-year old boxer Kevin Payne. In the article, trainers claim that they had noticed some troubling signs about Payne’s health a month before the fight. Specifically, dehydration due to weight cutting to make […]
Content wanted
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006As you can likely tell, there’s a lot of posts on Fight Opinion. However, outside of Mr. Ken Pishna, we surprisingly don’t hear from many promoters or fighters in regards to press releases, e-mails, phone calls, etc. trying to promote their latest ventures. This post is an open invitation for promoters, fighters, and insiders in […]
Big business in Nova Scotia
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006By Zach Arnold Chris Cochrane, who last week wrote a negative piece about the Nova Scotia boxing commission regulating their first MMA show, finds himself humbled in his op-ed today for The Chronicle Herald newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Why is he humbled?
Fight Opinion Forums
Monday, March 20th, 2006I’m pleased to announce the launch of our own forum. You can access it by heading to http://www.fightopinion.com/forum/ Things are bound to change as more people register and post, but check it out and let us know what you think.
Mainstream media link o’rama
Monday, March 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold Mike Moore: Journal Times (on Racine, Wisconsin event) Beth Cochran: The Arizona Republic (on Joe Riggs) Manchester Evening News: WCFC review (should cage fighting be allowed?) Dayton Morinaga: Marcelo Tigre turns anger into X-1 championship The “yellow press” in the UK has been brutal about coverage on MMA (of course, some of […]
Canadian fallout for Nova Scotia event
Sunday, March 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold An update about the recent controversy regarding the Nova Scotia boxing commission regulating their first MMA show in Halifax. Today, the Canadian Press reports that members of the Nova Scotia boxing community are distancing themselves from “brutal cage fighting.” The report also states that Boxing Canada, the body regulating amateur boxing, will […]
My message to residents of the Pacific Northwest
Sunday, March 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Please post this link on as many message boards or sites as possible. Like this. Thanks. If you are a MMA fan and live in the Pacific Northwest (America), you’ve probably heard about the PNW MMA web site, started by Eric Fredericks and his friend Bryce. It initially started off as a […]
Transparently glaring
Sunday, March 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold A few days ago, we linked to several newspaper articles in the Chronicle Herald newspaper (based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada). It was an article series on an upcoming MMA event being regulated by the local boxing commission. I noted that at least one of the articles (which was more […]
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