Archive for January, 2007
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Welcoming us to the show, Mike Goldberg says that The Ultimate Fighter was designed to make us more aware of the courage and commitment that it takes to make it in the UFC. I’d argue that the point was to get more exposure and ass loads of cash for the UFC. Though […]
K-1 3/4 Yokohama Arena card line-up
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Announced today. Semmy Schilt vs. Ray Sefo Choi Hong-Man vs. Mighty Mo K-1 Heavyweight (100 kg or less) Title tournament match: Musashi vs. Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 Heavyweight (100 kg or less) Title tournament match: Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab vs. Hiromi Amada Cyril Abidi vs. Mitsuga Noda
Thursday news turnover
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007Arona not expected to be at PRIDE 33, Tito Ortiz’s birthday party gets media coverage, and Kevin Randleman speaks.
Wednesday weekly media
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007PRIDE markets Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz as ‘PRIDE vs. top-class UFC fighter.’
Preview UFN 8
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007By Stephan Marceau My “fan” analysis and preview of the upcoming UFN 8 on Thursday Jan 25. Yes, I make mistakes, if I dont know a fighter I go to fightfinder mostly to find info about them. If I know a fighter and remember his fights, I usually go from memory (which is where I […]
PRIDE 2/24 Las Vegas card line-up
Monday, January 22nd, 2007Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz Frank Trigg vs. Kazuo Misaki Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Travis Wiuff Mac Danzig vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai Middleweight Title match: Vanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson
Tuesday media blotter
Monday, January 22nd, 2007The Fight Network: Matt Lindland vs. Emelianenko Fedor is now official North Jersey Media Group: Martial arts fighter sues former NJ partners (this is about the Wallid Ismail lawsuit we already covered – if anyone has pertinent information pertaining to the case, e-mail me) Ground & Pound: An interview with Denis Kang PR Inside: Jenna […]
Advice for Dana White
Monday, January 22nd, 2007Are you really interested in buying PRIDE? Or are you blowing smoke? Read my reasons why you shouldn’t touch PRIDE. It’s free, and it’s on-target. Plus, the police will appreciate you listening. 🙂
Monday morning round-up
Monday, January 22nd, 2007First, we send our condolences out to Dave Doyle, whose New England Patriots lost to the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 38-34. Stop laughing, right now. Onto today’s headlines.
Source: CSAC suspends yet another fighter
Sunday, January 21st, 2007Image credit: IFL.tv By Zach Arnold According to a source at the IFL Oakland Arena event on January 19th, fighter Joe Martin has been allegedly suspended indefinitely (the rumor is up to six months) by the California State Athletic Commission for unsportsmanlike conduct after losing to Clint Coronel in a fight on the event.
Sunday media review
Sunday, January 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Before we get into today’s headlines, I wanted to address the rumors regarding WWE’s interest in MMA. According to a well-placed source (that wishes to remain anonymous), WWE is still interested in adding a fourth brand (they have RAW, Smackdown, and ECW) that is MMA-themed. Despite the IFL scoring a new TV […]
Guest editorial: Fedor vs. Lindland thoughts
Saturday, January 20th, 2007By Jason Bennett Matt Lindland vs. Fedor Emelianenko – sounds a little strange maybe, but I can’t wait for this matchup. This is definitely two of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world and should actually make quite a fairly competitive fight. But it does come from out of nowhere seemingly, but I’ve played connect […]
The importance of weight
Saturday, January 20th, 2007By: Tomer Chen Weight, in many combat sports throughout history, was a secondary consideration. Most combat sports began with the very basics, forming a very fundamental set of rules (such as Broughton’s rules in Boxing, which eventually became the London prize ring rules and was the foundation of the Bare-knuckle era from the 1700s to […]
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