Archive for June, 2007
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007Ongoing results/reports: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA on Tap | More than UFC | Observer | F4W Online | The Houston Chronicle | UFC Mania | Fight Report | Sprawl ‘n Brawl MMA California has two reviews of the show: here and here.
An all-out turf war for PRIDE in Japan
Friday, June 22nd, 2007More about this story at Gryphon’s site. On Wednesday, Nikkan Sports published a report that on August 18th, the first ‘shinsei’ PRIDE event would happen at Saitama Super Arena. Obviously, it sounded like the kind of rumor that would be started by someone who used to be affiliated with DSE or is trying to get […]
Friday fight notes: Shamrock/Baroni happens tonight
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Dana White interviewed by Entrepreneur. White is also interviewed in today’s Oregonian. He stated that Shogun will make his UFC debut on September 22nd. White also said this whopper of a statement: “We’re already beating the NBA, Major League Baseball and NASCAR. The only think that is bigger in the (demographic) is the NFL.” What […]
Fight Opinion Radio #53: A Fighter’s Heart
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Start your weekend off the right way with a new edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Our special guests this week are Rex Richards (Strikeforce) and author Sam Sheridan (buy his book here). There’s only one way to describe our interview with Sam – wild and wacky. Especially the part of the interview where we talk […]
The nanny state of California
Thursday, June 21st, 2007What can you say about this quote? Armando Garcia was very careful in explaining what wouldn’t be allowed, including swearing, lewd gestures, antagonizing T-shirts and hats, face paint in the ring (not a problem here since Warpath isn’t on the show), carrying an opponent and entertaining the crowd or anything that isn’t a 100% in […]
An open letter to Steve Acunto, Deputy Commissioner Emeritus of the NYSAC
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Dear Deputy Commissioner Emeritus Acunto, I know you’re a very busy man, shuffling around all those papers on your desk, so I won’t waste much of your time. What I have to say should ring true rather quickly, so please pay attention. Read on…
Thursday trash talk: Too many shows
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Now I realize why UFC doesn’t want to be a publicly-traded company. This weekend’s activities: StrikeForce on Friday at the San Jose Arena with Shamrock vs. Baroni. Tuff ‘n Uff on Friday night in Las Vegas with Frank Mir vs. Renato Babalu and Brad Imes on the undercard. On Saturday, Las Vegas has two major […]
NYSAC Deputy Commissioner emeritus: MMA ‘brings out the worst in people’
Thursday, June 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Today’s Lower Hudson Online presents a classic drive-by media piece that serves as the boilerplate template for anti-MMA screeds. Author Rick Carpiniello says that it is “Time to KO Ultimate Fighting before somebody gets killed.” In order to justify his article, Carpiniello quotes Steve Acunto, deputy commissioner emeritus of the New York […]
Beta testing a new site format
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007We are going to be launching a new site design soon, and in order for it to be successful we are going to be asking for some volunteers to help us out in the beta testing process. Our goal is to end up with 10 regular or semi-regular site readers who know our site well […]
Wednesday night fight headlines
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Lots of links, little time to digest.
Wednesday war room: Kimbo Slice a favorite
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Kimbo Slice is a -205 favorite with oddsmakers for his upcoming fight against Ray Mercer. Related article here. Nobuyuki Sakakibara has a lot of friends right now. More details here in Japanese. Calvin Ayre is bringing in some back-up.
Report: PRIDE returns on August 18th
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold Nikkan Sports reported on Wednesday morning that the first show of the ‘shinsei’ (newborn) PRIDE will happen on August 18th at Saitama Super Arena (the same ‘home’ building that DSE used). The theme of the show will be a “Japanese all-star” presentation, centered around Hidehiko Yoshida. Meanwhile, UFC is allegedly finding more […]
Zuffa and Cage Rage in trademark dispute
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007There is news today that the London law office of McDermott, Will, and Emery (hired by Zuffa LLC) is in a trademark dispute with Cage Rage. What makes the article containing this information difficult to understand is exactly what the dispute is about. The article claims the following: Zuffa alleges that UK company Cage Rage […]
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