Archive for July, 2007
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007So sayeth Daily News in Japan. An offer made and an offer likely to be accepted. Gomi and Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto are expected to appear at an All Japan Beach-Wrestling contest on the 29th. That ends any discussion of Gomi heading to UFC. A couple of days ago, I alluded to an upcoming interview in […]
Quote of the day – Dan Wetzel
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007From his Yahoo Sports column today. Go to full-page mode to see it.
Wednesday war room: From the horse’s mouth
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Pro Elite puts money into Cage Rage. Not a bad plan. Plus, Nick Diaz returns September 15th in Hawaii. Kevin Iole is reading your letters and responding back. To e-mail him with MMA-related topics, use [email protected]. Plus, he made an appearance Tuesday on Fight Network Radio. Audio here. Lots of interesting odds and ends in […]
Tuesday media turmoil: Truths and untruths
Monday, July 23rd, 2007If you’re a beta tester of the new Fight Opinion site design, please go check out the test site and contribute feedback if you haven’t already done so. I really need to get moving on the new design and make it as compatible as possible for every browser platform. Ikuhisa Minowa won his fight today […]
Fight Opinion Radio #56: The steroids scandal
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Lots of big news and guests to talk about on this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. First, Adam Morgan joins us to talk about the rumored $100 million USD deal between Spike TV and UFC. Will any of that money trickle down to UFC undercard fighters? Second, we are joined by Jonathan Goulet to […]
Monday mundane: Syringes for everyone
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Gregg Doyel at CBS Sportsline has a new article on MMA’s drug culture titled Steroid scandal could destroy what UFC has built. He tends to write in more of an emotional style than say, me. Also, Mike Coughlin has an article on Ridding Mixed Martial Arts of Steroids. Dann Stupp in the Dayton Daily News […]
Sunday Summer open post
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Anything MMA-related on your mind goes here today. Eddie Goldman has an important radio show discussing the various drug scandals in Mixed Martial Arts. He also critiques my CBS Sportsline article about MMA’s drug culture. My name was on the byline of the Sportsline article, 411 Mania. And 411 Mania is wondering why there is […]
MMA steroid articles
Friday, July 20th, 2007By Zach Arnold I want to point out two new articles today that I think you should read online in regards to the steroids problem in Mixed Martial Arts. First, here is part one of my MMA drug culture article series on CBS Sportsline. (Article here, printable view here). Please read the Sportsline article first. […]
Friday fight notes: Bonnar and Griffin to train together
Thursday, July 19th, 2007I have no idea what to make of this. Professionalism 101? Why not. “Ken Pavia, my new manager, called me yesterday and asked me to fight Mike Swick in place of Chris Leben,” Goulet said. “He called me back two hours later and said Mike Swick didn’t accept [the fight], but I don’t think it […]
The steroids mess
Thursday, July 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold After I wrote my post today breaking down the latest drug statistics from the CSAC, I decided to focus my time finalizing a pair of articles on MMA’s drug culture for publication. While my energy was focused on that, news broke that both UFC 155-pound champion Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca tested […]
Dopes caught doping at big rates
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007By Zach Arnold Keep your eyes open for any further reports at MMA California. The California State Athletic Commission released the latest drug test-related suspension figures from the time period of 3/31/2007 to 7/6/2007. Within that three month time-span, there were 28 failed drug tests – 20 of them in MMA plus Johnnie Morton refusing […]
Garbage media
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007By Zach Arnold A couple of months ago, allegations of dogfighting surfaced against NFL QB Michael Vick. I warned that the media would immediately try to lump MMA with dogfighting (examples here and here). With a Federal indictment handed down yesterday against Vick, I suspected that the MMA/dogfighting comparisons would surface – again. I was […]
Wednesday work week: Oregon MMA gets publicity
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Your article of the day from the Associated Press about Oregon regulating MMA – despite the fact that MMA shows have already taken place in the state, just ask Matt Lindland. Money quote: “To me, it is a brutal and disgusting sport,” said Sen. Alan Bates, D-Ashland, who co-sponsored the bill. “I’ve never been to […]
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