Archive for December, 2006
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold Transcript and video of the segment here (or use this Daily Motion video link). Eye-opening things from the segment: An assertion that UFC could be worth $100 million USD and the IFL valued at $150 million USD. Plus the following quote: “Uneducated gorillas that liked to go in there and basically kick […]
Sunday media links
Sunday, December 10th, 2006A fight in Louisiana to keep MMA from being banned, famous Japanese baseball player Kiyohara will appear at K-1’s Osaka Dome event, and another boxing writer indicates that UFC could be a “fad.”
Champions & Contenders
Saturday, December 9th, 2006By Tomer Chen Combat sports such as Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts, just like team sports such as Baseball, Football & Basketball, have always relied on the prestige of a recognized championship (or championships) to be the centerpiece of their products. Fans want to see who will win the World Series, Superbowl or Stanley Cup […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 35
Saturday, December 9th, 2006We waste no time this week talking about the politics of the two major Japanese MMA events on NYE. How much heat will there be on Fedor & Cro Cop by various Japanese power brokers given their recent business manuevers? Our special guest this week is Josh Barnett, who addresses fact from fiction as far […]
Saturday media splash
Saturday, December 9th, 2006MMA Weekly: Frank Shamrock vs. Phil Baroni being promoted for April of 2007 The Calgary Sun: Pub puts sleeper hold on WWE (venue isn’t airing WWE PPVs due to losing money and interest, but UFC draws big now for them) Fox Sports: The Weekly Tapout – Diesel keeps motoring (plus more from Riggs here) Observer: […]
Updated K-1 12/31 Osaka Dome card
Thursday, December 7th, 2006Here it is. Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kazushi Sakuraba Masato vs. Choi Yong-Soo Akebono vs. Giant Silva Katsuhiko Nagata vs. “Real Tiger Mask” Shuichiro Katsumura Hideo Tokoro vs. Royler Gracie
Friday media flash
Thursday, December 7th, 2006Eworldwire (Press Release): World Pro-Fighting (WPF) makes US television debut with Chuck Zito (it’s an event from 9/15 at Orleans Arena) Hall of Fame Magazine: America’s New Love Affair – The Ultimate Experience San Francisco Chronicle: San Jose hosts event that makes football look tame IFL HP: IFL to be discussed on CBS 60 Minutes […]
Thursday media notes
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006Bodog: Team Colosseum fighter Matt Thorpe is in Russia competing for the BodogFIGHT season two tapings (facing Diego Gonzalez). Antigua Sun: Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre looks beyond the gaming horizon (he’s flying to Russia for the BodogFIGHT season two series) Radio: Cung Le interview (Interview starts at 19:40 and ends at 36:40. Le says he […]
Updated Man Festival card line-up
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006PRIDE Heavyweight Title match: Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Hunt Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Mauricio Shogun Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez Joachim Hansen vs. Shin’ya Aoki Comments closed
Brazil gets a new MMA newspaper
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006With MMA growing in Brazil, a new publication is being launched in Brazil next called the Jornal do Vale-Tudo. A bi-weekly newspaper led by former Tatame Magazine editor Jose Mauricio Costa (and the coordination of Denis Martins) has arrived, focusing on specialized segments of MMA coverage. The newspaper will have 40,000 copies distributed per month. […]
The MMA media is…
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006Finding out how rough the online reaction is from the hardcore PRIDE fans when any sort of bad news is said about their promotion, which is treated more or less like a religion rather than a fight promotion. My sentiments to the outlets covering PRIDE troubles: Be even-handed, but do your job right. And you […]
Wednesday news & notes
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006Comments closed Our new MySpace Monster account (link here) is generating a pretty fast amount of friends. OK, not Mayhem Miller level, but we’re trying. Also, please donate to our web site if you haven’t already. November and December have been very busy months on the site in terms of bandwidth. Thanks for all of […]
Tuesday media blotter
Monday, December 4th, 2006Frank Trigg responds to the latest rumors regarding PRIDE’s future, more fallout from the Antonio Silva/Eric Pele fight from the BodogFIGHT show, Jeff Monson says his fight with Fedor is a done deal, and the Zuffa Myth surfaces again in a USA Today article.
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