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Thursday, December 14th, 2006GBR (Japanese): Pictures from UFC 12/13 Miramar event Gracie Fighting Championships: Phil Baroni and Cesar Gracie will be commentators for the PPV airing from Miami, Florida on January 20th. Press Release: Claim that MMA & Kickboxing show called World Best Fighter (USA vs. Asia) will happen on 1/5/2007 in Atlantic City, New Jersey (Tank Abbott […]
FightSport UK Magazine Launches
Thursday, December 14th, 2006By Mark Pickering FightSport Magazine, a staple publication in France and more recently America, premiered its British adaptation at Cage Warriors’ Enter The Rough House event, before a capacity crowd at the Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham, on December 9th.
UFC Fight Night reaction
Thursday, December 14th, 2006By Luke Nicholson Here’s some early feedback to UFC Fight Night last night in San Diego at Miramar. Haven’t seen the show yet (due to work obligations), so I’m doing my best to avoid spoilers. But, here’s some mainstream reaction to the show. North County Times: UFC’s Fight Night is a hit in Miramar. Sherdog.com […]
Ultimate Fight Night 12/13/06
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006By Erin Bucknell Pre-show promos: Diego babbles about energy, Riggs wants the fight to remain standing. Diego seems to be willing to go with this plan. I really hope he does. Seeing as we are at Miramar, someone REALLY needs to come out to Highway to the Danger Zone.
Latest Man Festival card
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006PRIDE Heavyweight Title Match: Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Hunt Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Ikuhisa Minowa Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez Shin’ya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen Mauricio Shogun vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
Dana White comments on many topics
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold The Orange County Register posted a news story discussing the results of the UFC Fight Night weigh-ins, along with a lot of multimedia audio clips with press writers interviewing UFC fighters and staff. The biggest interview posted on the site is one with Dana White. Here are some of the things he […]
Wednesday media headlines
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006K-1 announced Ken Kaneko vs. Andy Ologun (Bobby Ologun’s brother) in a HERO’s (MMA) rules match for their 12/31 Osaka Dome show. If you haven’t already, make sure to e-mail us with your questions for the radio show. Now, onto today’s media links.
Mirko not fighting on NYE
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006Here are the article links. Anyone who knows Croatian and can translate could help us out in a big way. MMA Weekly: Mirko Cro Cop gone from PRIDE 12/31 Saitama event Vecernji List: Mirko out due to ligament injury Jutarnji: Key word for Mirko absence is ‘ligament’ Plus, here’s the post that has set off […]
CSAC meeting on 12/18
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Comments off Armando Garcia, head of the California State Athletic Commission, has made quite a name for himself in MMA circles this year. The latest news is the suspension of Josh Thomson due to what was labeled as an offensive t-shirt. A t-shirt that offended the commission boss results in a suspension.
Tuesday media talk
Monday, December 11th, 2006This is one of those news cycles that seemingly never ends. If you haven’t already, check out our latest radio show. Use the link on the sidebar to access it. Today’s links: Eddie Goldman interviews Nick Lembo, more on the UFC buying WFA contracts, RINGS 10-year DVD-BOX collection set to be released, and more UFC […]
A lot to chew on
Monday, December 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold First off, I want to thank everyone who has sent us e-mail so far for questions to answer on the radio show. Please keep sending in your mails. Thanks. I guarantee that there will be at least one news link here that will either excite you, anger you, or annoy you. There’s […]
Taking your questions
Monday, December 11th, 2006We will be taping a new edition of Fight Opinion Radio this week, and we’re looking to do some mailbag material. Send us any sort of questions and/or intriguing topics that you would like to discuss this week on the show. Send them to me in e-mail at [email protected]. Please list your name and the […]
Monday media notes
Sunday, December 10th, 2006We’ll get a head start on Sunday night. Just a quick thought… PRIDE aired Quinton Jackson’s powerbomb KO of Ricardo Arona on their new FSN show on Sunday night. Is Rampage (given the WFA is finished) the so-called “big” acquisition that Frank Trigg was talking about in his Sherdog interview? It would make sense… On […]
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