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Friday, March 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Dr. J has done everyone a service by providing a summary of an interview that IFL co-owner Kurt Otto did with Eddie Goldman. In the interview, Otto claims that the IFL is on its way to securing a free TV deal for their 4/29 Atlantic City, NJ. show. Dr. J brings up […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 12
Friday, March 24th, 2006Two special guests this week on Fight Opinion Radio, as Rob Sayers & Zach Arnold interview both UFC lightweight star Yves Edwards and PNWMMA.com‘s Eric Fredericks. Erin Bucknell joins us this week to talk about the latest situation in Cage Rage (fighters not being signed to contracts), the upcoming IFC 4/1 Sacramento show, and the […]
Cage Rage 4/22 Wembley show press release
Friday, March 24th, 20062006 Cage Rage events, all at Wembley Arena: 1st July and 9th Sept 2006 In a landmark move securing Cage Rage’s place as the undisputed King of MMA in the UK, promoters Andy Geer and Dave O’Donnell have secured a deal to hold all future Cage Rage events at Wembley Arena. After months of speculation […]
NPR report on California MMA scene
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Rob Sayers & Zach Arnold Shia Levitt of National Public Radio (USA) has a Thursday audio update (now available on the NPR site) about California legalizing MMA. If you cannot get the Real Media or Windows Media audio file from the NPR site to play on your computer, use this link. This MP3 file […]
Two HERO’s tournaments in 2006
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006Akira Maeda announced two tournaments in HERO’s for 2006 – an 85 kg tournament and a 70 kg tournament. The tournament start will happen on 5/3 in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I. This is the show that Akebono will also work. Tokyo Broadcasting System will carry the events on TV. The 85kg tournament […]
Updated K-1 4/5 Yoyogi card line-up
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006The updated card line-up (all World MAX World Tournament matches for the 4/5 Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show: Andy Souwer (Holland/Shootboxing) vs. SHINOBU Tsogto Amara (Mongolia/kickboxing) Albert Kraus (Holland) vs. Ali Gunyar (Turkey/kickboxing) Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs. Chi Bin Lim (South Korea) Ole Laursen (Denmark/Muay Thai & BJJ) vs. Drago (Armenia/Muay Thai – IT’S SHOWTIME) […]
UFC and SpikeTV extend TV Deal.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By: Luke Nicholson The UFC and SpikeTV jointly announced today that they have agreed to a two year extension on their tv contract. The new deal includes three new seasons of “Ultimate Fighter” reality series, ten “Ultimate Fight Night” specials, and 26 more episodes of UFC “Unleashed”. The deal also makes SpikeTV the exclusive home […]
A public service announcement for Sacramento fans
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Erin Bucknell & I had heard rumblings about a big MMA show taking place at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California for a couple of weeks. It turns out that Erin found a notice on Ticketmaster about the IFC promotion running a show on April 1st at the building. So, I decided […]
Ultimate Fight Night live 4/6 card line-up
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006The card looks very intriguing. The event is two weeks away (with the show leading into The Ultimate Fighter w/ Ken Shamrock & Tito Ortiz). Stephan Bonnar vs. Keith Jardine Rashad Evans vs. Sam Hoger Joe Stevenson vs. Josh Neer Chris Leben vs. Luigi Fioravanti Luke Cummo vs. Jason Von Flue Josh Burkman vs. Jon […]
Did weight-cutting contribute to boxer’s death?
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold The Indianapolis Star (via the Associated Press) has an article talking about a panel investigation into the death of 34-year old boxer Kevin Payne. In the article, trainers claim that they had noticed some troubling signs about Payne’s health a month before the fight. Specifically, dehydration due to weight cutting to make […]
Content wanted
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006As you can likely tell, there’s a lot of posts on Fight Opinion. However, outside of Mr. Ken Pishna, we surprisingly don’t hear from many promoters or fighters in regards to press releases, e-mails, phone calls, etc. trying to promote their latest ventures. This post is an open invitation for promoters, fighters, and insiders in […]
Big business in Nova Scotia
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006By Zach Arnold Chris Cochrane, who last week wrote a negative piece about the Nova Scotia boxing commission regulating their first MMA show, finds himself humbled in his op-ed today for The Chronicle Herald newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Why is he humbled?
Fight Opinion Forums
Monday, March 20th, 2006I’m pleased to announce the launch of our own forum. You can access it by heading to http://www.fightopinion.com/forum/ Things are bound to change as more people register and post, but check it out and let us know what you think.
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