Archive for June, 2007
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007By Zach Arnold Yesterday, I wrote a post about the situation with sponsors in the UFC. The primary focus was to point out that two of the four main UFC sponsors, Amp’d Mobile and Xyience, are in reported trouble. The other two, Toyo Tires and Mickey’s malt liquor, are not the biggest of corporate names […]
Street Fights: The new way to promote MMA?
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007By Adam Morgan Related post — Bloody Elbow. In this video please notice the advertisements for Cage Fury Fighting Championship (CFFC) before and after the Kimbo Slice street fight. This really strikes a nerve with me. I understand that CFFC has to promote their fighters and I understand that Kimbo is best known for being […]
Media notebook: The evils of MMA
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007All the latest on the IFL here and here. Frank Warren (British boxing promoter) claims that the UFC offered a commentating job to BBC personality (and boxing writer) Steve Bunce, but he turned it down due to it not being enough money. Read the post for Warren’s anti-UFC rant as well. Luke Thomas at Bloody […]
Canadian MMA backyarders gone wild
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007The Chronicle Herald’s Josh Visser (e-mail) in Halifax, Nova Scotia is reporting that East Coast Street Fights, an outlaw group of individuals who do backyard-style MMA brawls in parking lots and lawns, has found a ‘millionaire’ money mark that will convert them into a ‘legitimate’ promotion. The Halifax RCMP is not amused. The article also […]
Another UFC/dog-fighting analogy
Monday, June 4th, 2007I warned about this topic on the latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio. The Newark Star-Ledger quotes New York Giants MLB Antonio Pierce on the issue of Michael Vick and allegations of dog-fighting (he hates it). Unfortunately, Pierce made the dreaded UFC/dog-fighting analogy: Pierce, who said he knew a few individuals involved in dog fighting […]
Tuesday talk: Dynamite in Japan
Monday, June 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold The K-1 Dynamite!! show on Tokyo Broadcasting System (show was on June 2nd, aired June 4th from 9:00 PM-10:54 PM in Japan) drew an 11.1% TV rating. Not terrible at all considering the circumstances regarding the show. In other words, no real damage for K-1 in Japan. In fact, because the Japanese […]
Trouble for UFC sponsors
Monday, June 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold If you’ve followed the MMA scene on the Internet for the last couple of years, you’ve heard all the gossip and innuendo about the trouble that Xyience, UFC’s primary sponsor, allegedly has been in. Well, today, another shoe dropped as Amp’d Mobile filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The New York Times […]
DSE rumor mill – 6/4
Monday, June 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold Last Thursday, judge Timothy Williams in Clark County, NV. court denied without prejudice DSE Inc.’s attempt to dismiss (motion to dismiss) the lawsuit filed by Fishman Companies. Today, Williams also rejected DSE Inc.’s motion for a summary judgment in the case. Therefore, the path is now clear for Fishman Companies to start […]
Writer: MMA fans are cave dwellers
Monday, June 4th, 2007From the hometown of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the state of Michigan (home to Art Dore and Toughman), troll writer Brian VanOchten of The Grand Rapids Press doesn’t like MMA or the people that support it. Hint: He’s an angry boxing fan. Mixed martial arts is a cultural plague. I promise this is the last […]
Fedor: Where have you gone?
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007By Adam Morgan Fedor emelianenko highlight HLUploaded by psykojojo Some of you may be familiar with me, some of you may not. For those who aren’t, I am Adam Morgan, proprietor of Sprawl ‘n Brawl, a wee little blog that doesn’t draw half the readership of a site such as Fight Opinion. But this matters […]
Monday lowlights: A pathetic display by K-1 and the Japanese media
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007By Zach Arnold K1 Dynamite SuckedUploaded by djdocsavage The MySpace page of the K-1 Dynamite DJ? I would copy some text from the following Japanese articles, but apparently WP 2.2 doesn’t support the Japanese text unlike past versions of WP. How the Japanese media covered the K-1 Dynamite show (Part II): Part I discussed how […]
Sunday media review: All UFC, all the time
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007Tonight is WEC from Las Vegas on The Versus Network. The Versus Network is the home of the National Hockey League and has long been a media punchline due to supposedly nobody knowing what the channel is or being able to get it on a basic cable package. Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs […]
K-1 Dynamite at LA Coliseum
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007Results: Observer | Sherdog | F4W Online | The Fight Network | MMA on Tap Sherdog is reporting that Armando Garcia has indefinitely suspended Johnnie Morton after refusing to take a doping test after his fight. Josh Gross is reporting (as a rumor) on Sherdog radio that if you tried to buy two tickets on […]
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