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Monday, March 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold Mike Moore: Journal Times (on Racine, Wisconsin event) Beth Cochran: The Arizona Republic (on Joe Riggs) Manchester Evening News: WCFC review (should cage fighting be allowed?) Dayton Morinaga: Marcelo Tigre turns anger into X-1 championship The “yellow press” in the UK has been brutal about coverage on MMA (of course, some of […]
Canadian fallout for Nova Scotia event
Sunday, March 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold An update about the recent controversy regarding the Nova Scotia boxing commission regulating their first MMA show in Halifax. Today, the Canadian Press reports that members of the Nova Scotia boxing community are distancing themselves from “brutal cage fighting.” The report also states that Boxing Canada, the body regulating amateur boxing, will […]
My message to residents of the Pacific Northwest
Sunday, March 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Please post this link on as many message boards or sites as possible. Like this. Thanks. If you are a MMA fan and live in the Pacific Northwest (America), you’ve probably heard about the PNW MMA web site, started by Eric Fredericks and his friend Bryce. It initially started off as a […]
Transparently glaring
Sunday, March 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold A few days ago, we linked to several newspaper articles in the Chronicle Herald newspaper (based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada). It was an article series on an upcoming MMA event being regulated by the local boxing commission. I noted that at least one of the articles (which was more […]
PRIDE amateur show in Seattle area
Sunday, March 19th, 2006Saturday’s night event in Auburn, Washington (Brawl at the Mall II) at the Supermall drew 2,500 fans to watch the Matt Hume-produced AMC Pankration amateur fight show. Yukino Kanda and (her husband) Hideki Yamamoto were in attendance as representatives of DSE. Bob Sapp, Chris Leben, Josh Barnett, and Maurice Smith appeared. Smith announced his IFL […]
HOOK ‘n SHOOT event next Saturday (3/25)
Saturday, March 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you are in the Evansville, Indiana area, make sure to get your tickets for the upcoming March 25th show. The promotion will be debuting a brand new 22 ft. by 22 ft. hexagon ring built by Monster Wrestling Rings. I’ve known Jeff Osborne for a few years now, and he is […]
April 29th – Super Saturday
Saturday, March 18th, 2006Mark it down on your calendars. Much like Super Bowl Sunday was a major football & MMA weekend internationally, April 29th appears to be a big day in North America for MMA. Dr. J has more on upcoming events. Matt Lindland vs. Mike Van Arsdale is set for this date in San Diego at the […]
The LA Times on UFC 58
Friday, March 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold Dan Neil of the Los Angeles Times (in their magazine section) has an article about his recent attendance at the UFC 58 show in Las Vegas, NV. Neil, unlike most mainstream media writers, admits up front that he came into the show with the mindset of a critic about the sport based […]
The heat is turned up on the yakuza
Friday, March 17th, 2006Mainichi Daily News: Arrests cast glare on shady world of commercialized combat Past Reference: Kawamata talks to Weekly Gendai Those who’ve followed this story on Fight Opinion already understand or have read most of the details in this article. However, it’s important to read this Mainichi story nonetheless. It emphasizes what has already been written […]
Risk for Success? Absolutely.
Friday, March 17th, 2006By Al Yu On January 15th, DSE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara confirmed that an Absolute or Open-Weight Grand Prix will be held throughout 2006. Fighters from the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions will be included to participate, in addition to the Middleweight and Heavyweight divisions. The proliferation of MMA has produced a new generation of very talented […]
Lee Murray on the run?
Friday, March 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold The Sun (UK) reports that MMA fighter Lee Murray cannot be found and the police want to talk to him about his potential role in the now infamous Tonbridge heist.
Reaping what you sow
Friday, March 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold On this week’s FOR show, Rob Sayers and I addressed the Wall Street Journal article by Peter Sanders on MMA in America. Rob’s response can be found here. However, on the radio show, I addressed a more important theme and question regarding what UFC President Dana White wanted to see as far […]
Daniel Puder in UFC?
Thursday, March 16th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson After Daniel Puder’s performance at the record-setting Strikeforce show in San Jose last Friday, now might be the perfect opportunity for UFC to sign him and start to feature him, and build him as a superstar. From all reports, Dan Puder came off as a superstar. He entered wearing a “I hurt […]
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