Archive for April, 2007
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Sidenote: Latest CSAC drug suspensions. MMA Weekly: Fighter Nick Diaz, following his defeat of Takanori Gomi on the February 24, 2007 Pride event in Las Vegas, Nevada, also tested positive for Delta-9-THC. The commission suspended Diaz for 6 months from the date of his fight, which would be August 24, 2007 and fined him $3,000, […]
Open mailbag
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007We’ll be taping a new edition of FO Radio soon. You can guess on what topics we’ll be covering. With that stated, we want to field your questions on the show. Either leave a question in the comments section or e-mail us your question.
Tuesday headlines: Encountering troublemakers
Monday, April 9th, 2007Yomiuri Online has a story getting national attention in the Japanese media. The story details a new relationship established between the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police department to try to keep the boryokudan (yakuza) out of the sport of Japanese boxing. An estimated 300 boxing gyms will be part of an […]
Post-PRIDE 34 media coverage
Monday, April 9th, 2007Sankei Sports quoted Nobuyuki Sakakibara stating his desire to see a worldwide MMA commission created, with unified rules and talent exchanges from all promoters. The article claims that Sakakibara is coming to America at the end of the week to meet with Zuffa (Lorenzo Fertitta) to propose the commission idea. Sports Nippon has an article […]
IFL stock goes south fast
Monday, April 9th, 2007We remarked on Friday about the recent 5-day IFL stock plunge. This morning, the stock has dropped $1.20 (down 20%) to $4.80/share. It is bouncing back and forth between $4.80 and $5.00/share. Also, the SSPE (Sun Sports & Entertainment Inc.) stock is heading downwards to $0.13/share. They are the backers of the Texas Art of […]
The PRIDE quote machine
Monday, April 9th, 2007Bryan Alvarez & Vincent Verhei on the PRIDE 34 show.
Monday madness: Ayre says Fedor is Bodog 4 Life
Sunday, April 8th, 2007By Zach Arnold Explanation of title post here. Kakutolog notes a Tokyo Sports report claiming that there is consideration of booking Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba for the Tokyo Dome on 10/11, which would be the exact date of the 10th anniversary of PRIDE.
PRIDE 34 media coverage
Sunday, April 8th, 2007Sankei Sports claims the attendance for the PRIDE 34 show was 23,336. The newspaper claims that K-1 gave Sakuraba permission to have one fight with Kiyoshi Tamura in the PRIDE ring under UFC control. Sports Nippon echoed the same sentiments. The same from Nikkan Sports. And more of the same in Daily Sports. Sakakibara discussed […]
Sunday media sandwich: Matt Serra shakes up gamblers
Sunday, April 8th, 2007This has been quite the red-meat weekend. So here’s some more red meat. A Japanese blogger looked at a pamphlet at the PRIDE 34 show that was promoting the upcoming 5/20 Saitama Super Arena Lightweight GP tournament. The photographs of 12 fighters were apparently on the pamphlet. The fighters supposedly listed were…
PRIDE 34
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Event review: Observer | Sherdog | MMA On Tap Post any thoughts you have on the show here. By far (to me), the most interesting theme of this show is how DSE is trying to put this show over as a tribute to Nobuyuki Sakakibara. Yesterday at the Japanese press conference, Akira Shoji said he […]
UFC 69 – Shootout event review
Saturday, April 7th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Man the UFC is really making the rounds. Ohio, Houston, and Manchester next time, sheesh. Damn, they didn’t show the angle where Diego lands right on his ass after shoving Koscheck. That footage is simply too good for words.
UFC 69 review post
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Event reports: Sherdog | Observer | The Houston Chronicle | F4W Online | UFC Junkie | MMA On Tap ESPN did the hard sell for UFC 69 event coverage on their 1 AM EST Sportscenter show. Linda Cohn and Steve Levy pushed the fact that they would have highlights of the Welterweight title match (GSP […]
Last minute notes
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Sherdog reports that the attendance for the IFL show tonight at Mark of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois is a little under a 50% house. The IFL on FSN show last night showed fights between the San Jose Razorclaws (Frank Shamrock) and the LA Anacondas (taped 3/17 from the LA Forum). The opening fight […]
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