Archive for September, 2006
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2006We are accepting guest audio clips to air on the next edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Pick one of the following topics and record a 2-3 minute audio clip about it. Your predictions and analysis for the upcoming UFC 63 show. Thoughts about the future of PRIDE after their 9/10 Saitama event. After the IFL’s […]
Weekly Fight newspaper collapses
Monday, September 11th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: “Pro-wrestling publication ‘Weekly Fight’ is ended” By Zach Arnold Kakutolog (in Japanese) has a shocking post about a media report in regards to the future of Weekly Fight, the weekly newspaper produced by Shin-Osaka Shimbun. The paper is being discontinued as of September 27th, which will apparently be the last issue of […]
Random PRIDE thoughts
Monday, September 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Thoughts after watching the Saitama event…
Malice at the Palace Sept 9th results
Sunday, September 10th, 2006Update: On Monday, the California State Athletic Commission claims that one of the fights was fixed. The fighters and promoters involved in the show deny the charges. Big thanks to the Full Contact Promotions people for haveing me out, especially Jeff and Eric who were increadably nice. For those that are interested in my more […]
IFL: Lindland vs. Horn Results
Sunday, September 10th, 2006By Mark Pickering In addition to a domestic superfight pitting Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland against Jeremy Horn, two new teams graced the International Fight League on September 9th at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon (aka The Rose Quarter). The event drew over 5,300 fans. F4W Online has a live show report. Headliner Lindland […]
PRIDE 9/10 Saitama results
Saturday, September 9th, 2006Click on full-post link to read results. Special thanks to Burning Spirit for specific match times. A more detailed report of show results can be found here. The claimed paid attendance was 47,410. Post updated at 6:30 PM EST on 9/10.
The mass media exodus continues
Friday, September 8th, 2006First, it was the Torch. Now, it’s 1wrestling.com.
Pride Final Conflict Absolute 2006: analysis and predictions
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Stephan Marceau I enjoy doing these reviews, but I’m no expert, just a fan! If you want a more qualified review, check out a great preview by Stephen Quadros. First of all, wow, what an amazing card! I really hope that Pride survives, they do have the best fighters. Here are the fights that […]
World Wide Cage Network Formed
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering GCM Communications, parent company of Japan’s only cage fighting organisation D.O.G have announced the formation of a World Wide Cage Network. The network features promotions who have nurtured fighters and worked tirelessly towards the development of the sport. Five promotions have been announced for the provisionally named initiative – England’s Cage Warriors, […]
Cage Gladiators 2 – ‘Next Generation’ Results
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering The fledgling Cage Gladiators promotion which superseded the Cage Fighting Championship presented ‘The Next Generation’ on Sunday, September 3rd, at the Liverpool Olympia, England. Liverpudlian Jason Tan competed before a partisan crowd in the main event against fellow welterweight standout Jim Wallhead in an eagerly awaited bout to crown the first Cage […]
PRIDE event in Saitama
Thursday, September 7th, 2006Time to get predictions from everyone on the Grand Prix tournament fights. a) Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – pick a winner b) Mirko Cro Cop vs. vanderlei Silva – pick a winner c) winner of a vs. winner of b – your tournament winner? Jeff Thaler commented on his site that the PRIDE […]
Update on UFC DVDs
Thursday, September 7th, 2006First Look keeps UFC distribution. First Look Home Entertainment last week won the rights to continue distributing Zuffa’s UFC Fighting Championship DVDs for the next 3½ years, while Zuffa won the rights to audit First Look’s books. First Look Studios acquired the assets of Ventura Distribution earlier this year. Zuffa had been distributed by Ventura […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 4
Thursday, September 7th, 2006By Erin Bucknell Recap of Team Mojo’s asskickery from the past three episodes. And the really odd submission from last week. Patrick Cote and his large Canadian Leafed hat say that he is ready to be the next fighter. Team No Love picks up on this and McCarthy says that he’s ready to fight. I’m […]
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