Archive for July, 2006
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Thursday, July 6th, 2006The Toronto Star – The Fight Network is now the most-watched digital sports channel in Canada Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer – Battle Creek native, WWE champion charged Boston Globe – Small-town shows give wrestlers with big-time ambitions a chance to perform while they are learning the ropes The Vortex – PRIDE vs. UFC (again) The […]
UFC 61 – where’s the buzz?
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold It’s Wednesday, and we’re only a few days away from the UFC 61 event in Las Vegas with Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock as the headliner. MMA HQ has predictions, but the bigger question on my mind is whether or not there is serious mainstream buzz for this upcoming show? There seems […]
Media link wrap-up
Tuesday, July 4th, 2006Complete Vale Tudo Access – More details on Inoki 9/1 Budokan event Fight Biz – Critical Countdown not so critical Whaledog – Is the talent pool for MMA too thin right now? Flying Python – Comparing UFC vs. PRIDE FIFA World Cup – Tito Ortiz says US & Mexico will be good in 2010 A […]
More arguments in the Sapp vs. K-1 war of words
Monday, July 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold American attorney Michael Connette, who is based out of Tokyo and has experience practicing law in California, sent a press release to the fight media on Monday claiming of inaccuracies in statements made by K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa last week. Tanigawa issued a public reply to a FAX that Bob Sapp sent […]
Inoki 9/1 Budokan show
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold An update on the 30th anniversary Inoki vs. Ali themed Nippon Budokan show in Tokyo. It is scheduled for September 1st and will be titled “INOKI GENOME.” Nikkan Sports notes that Inoki’s camp is floating the names of Josh Barnett, Brock Lesnar, and Naoya Ogawa as potential names appearing in an 8-man […]
UFC on HBO?
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006By Luke Nicholson According to the Wrestling Observer and MMAWeekly, UFC is close to a TV deal with HBO. I remember years ago, when I was a new fan, and I was posting on the SoundOff Forum, fans would talk about UFC being on a network like this. I used to laugh to myself because […]
Around the net
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006Whaledog – Are all MMA promoters thugs? MMA Weekly – UFC/HBO deal closer to becoming a reality Sherdog – Cage Rage draws big at Wembley Arena Ivan Trembow – Follow-up on controlling the flow of information (UFC vs. internet media wars) Fight Biz – Random UFC thoughts Las Vegas Review Journal – UFC’s popularity brings […]
PRIDE 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show results
Saturday, July 1st, 2006Click on the post link to display the results. DSE claimed an attendance of 44,606.
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