Archive for October, 2006
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Gryphon has more details. Here’s a screen capture from Dave Meltzer’s Wednesday news update. Would K-1 use this as evidence in court of a breach of contract? As I noted over at Puroresu Power today, K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa held a press conference to focus on upcoming action the company would […]
Similar Histories: UFC and WWE
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006By Luke Nicholson To some people the similarities between UFC and WWE might just be coincidence, or maybe there are small little details that separate them, and to an extent that might be true. But, the fact that these two promotions are following such a similar timeline, and given the similar personalities that run both […]
Wednesday MMA media round-up
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006Hint: A massive amount of mainstream media coverage for UFC. And check out the link to Rick Telander’s column in the Chicago Sun-Times. Yes, another one of the “old guard” of sports writers (from Chicago) who was a boxing supporter and isn’t supportive of UFC’s rise as a sport. Maybe Telander is in competition with […]
Is this the big Japanese arrest?
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold I am strongly encouraging our Japanese readers to help out with gathering information for this story. Please contribute if you can. In the last several years, times have been tough for the various Japanese media outlets. As business has declined, so have profits and ultimately many publications have had to restructure their […]
UFC: The Final Chapter
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006By Erin Bucknell Am I the only one who now has “The Final Countdown†running through their head cause of the title of the show? Just me? Ok, then. *Doodoodoodooooooooo* Umm, during the opening rundown of the fights, did anyone else notice that all of Tito’s highlights were him beating on Shamrock? Is this UFC’s […]
UFC Monday Night Invasion
Monday, October 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold To say that the UFC hype machine was in full effect on American cable television would be an understatement. Read the article in full-post view to read how much coverage UFC got on Monday night.
HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama event results
Monday, October 9th, 2006The promotion claimed 10,631 paid for the event. A night of surprises. Results can be viewed in full-post mode. Strong ratings for HERO’s Report of Japanese ratings revised by source report. Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan (via Sports Navigator) reports that the HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama Arena show on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) drew an 14.6% […]
Monday & Tuesday MMA media notes
Monday, October 9th, 2006It’s going to be three chaotic days for media coverage of MMA (primarily UFC). So we’ll use this as the all-purpose thread for all mainstream media coverage of MMA these next three days.
Meet the new Evan Tanner
Sunday, October 8th, 2006Image credit: IronLife.com Here’s the old Evan Tanner (here and here). Now meet the new Evan Tanner (here and here). Notice Evan’s impersonation of Randy Savage in the second picture. At least Evan isn’t causing trouble and being a hooligan like the the fine folks near Lincoln, Nebraska at an MMA show. Obviously these fans […]
Fight Opinion Weekly
Sunday, October 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold We know many of you visit this site while you are at work. Therefore, if you missed out on any site updates this past week, consider this your week-in-review (along with a news item or two). We even have been getting donations from readers to our site. You can, too. Gain a […]
Sunday brunch of MMA news & notes
Sunday, October 8th, 2006I’ll update this post throughout the day (or someone else will, anyhow). Sherdog: Strikeforce draws 5,000 in Fresno, Sherdog says, “…few fans were there to watch (Paul) Buentello.” Don’t fear me, fear the consequences! Strikeforce’s promoter sure did. (Ed. That’s uncalled for. I apologize. We didn’t even think Tank would get knocked out that fast.) […]
Boxing doubleheader fun
Saturday, October 7th, 2006News reports and reviews on: Joel Casamayor vs. Diego Corrales: Reuters | The Sweet Science | Fox Sports | Associated Press Nikolay Valuev vs. Monte Barrett: The Sweet Science | Associated Press | Eastside Boxing | Fight Report
Make your HERO’s event predictions
Saturday, October 7th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: Front page mentions Ken Kaneko Monday features two relatively big shows in Japan (one MMA, one pro-wrestling), with the MMA event being the HERO’s show produced by K-1 at Yokohama Arena. There has been a very high volume of press coverage for this event in the last two weeks, and most of […]
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