Archive for August, 2007
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Friday, August 24th, 2007Armando Garcia of the CSAC will be hosting a Promoter’s Information Meeting (with CA licensed boxing, kickboxing, and MMA promoters) on Tuesday 9/28 at 11:30 AM PST at the Ronald Reagan State Building, First Floor Auditorium, located at 300 South Spring Street in Los Angeles. Details of the agenda in full-page mode…
Friday fight notes: Heat-up for UFC 74, round two
Friday, August 24th, 2007I’m opening a separate post because there are a ton of MMA media links today. A busy day for the MMA writers. Luke Thomas was in a car accident and Adam Morgan once again was on the radio beat. ESPN practically ran a five-minute infomercial, I mean “cooler talk” segment with Joe Rogan on SportsCenter […]
Friday fight notes: More steroid comments from Dana White
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Weekly Pro is reporting that Erik Paulson has been booked for the upcoming IGF (Inoki Genome Federation) event in Nagoya. Josh Barnett, Don Frye, Kiyoshi Tamura, Mark Coleman, and other MMA names are also scheduled to appear. Dana White continues his defense of Sean Sherk: “I don’t think he’s a liar,” said UFC president Dana […]
IFL gets demoted on MyNetwork TV
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Variety is reporting that MyNetworkTV is demoting the IFL Battleground show from Monday nights to Saturday nights, with those Saturday night events being repackaged editions of “IFL Battleground” shows. The IFL show is being replaced with celebrity programming on Monday nights on MNTV. There’s no other way to say it — the IFL got its […]
Fight Opinion Radio #60: Mauro Ranallo
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007The views and opinions expressed by guests on the Fight Opinion Radio show are those of the guests and not necessarily those expressed by the staff of Fight Opinion Radio. Red meat radio. Need I say more? This week’s show is high-quality entertainment. Our first guest this week is Mauro Ranallo (from The Fight Network). […]
Dana White talks to Yahoo Sports
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Dana White is a fan of rabbits. At first glance, I wasn’t all that intrigued by what Dana White had to say to Kevin Iole in the Yahoo Sports Q & A session on Tuesday. However, as the case with a lot of what Mr. White says, you have to pay close […]
Thursday trash talk: Rampage likes PRIDE rules best
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Mauro Ranallo interviewed Stephen Quadros on Wednesday (audio here). Plus, an MMA Madness interview with Georges St. Pierre. Dave Doyle on what to look for at UFC 74. A very interesting appearance for Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Wednesday. He made no bones about the fact that he would like to see the […]
Wednesday war room: Dogfighting and MMA analogies
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007The latest MMA Weekly fighter rankings. Quinton Jackson will appear on ESPN’s First Take show (formerly Cold Pizza) today. There’s a rumor (Jordan Breen says it’s no long a rumor but fact) floating around that Milton Vieira had problems with a visa interview and he will not be able to fight Satoru Kitaoka on 9/5 […]
Quotes of the year – Rampage & Henderson
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007From the Orange County Register… let the media firestorm begin. I asked Juanito about the recent additions of Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to the UFC. Silva beat Rampage twice and Rua also holds a victory over him. Those fights were held in the PRIDE ring in Japan. Juanito said he believes Silva and […]
Tuesday headlines: Jens Pulver injured, WEC debut postponed
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Unfortunate news coming out today regarding Jens Pulver getting injured. His WEC debut against Cub Swanson is now put on hold. Luke Thomas has a preview of the upcoming UFC 74 event in audio form. Gilbert Melendez vs. Clay Guida is available for free to watch online. Kevin Iole is defending himself against charges that […]
Monday maintenance: Lots of activity in the UK
Monday, August 20th, 2007K-1 announced Masato vs. Buakaw Por Pramuk for their 10/3 K-1 World MAX tournament show in Tokyo at Nippon Budokan. Just an embarassing article in Advertising Age parroting The Zuffa Myth. The author’s e-mail address is here. Here is the Cage Rage 23 card line-up, set for 9/22 in London. IFL TV is coming to […]
Images of the day – Shayna Baszler
Sunday, August 19th, 2007If a picture if worth a thousand words, then three are worth… something.
Sunday news review: Shooto lands in Orange County
Saturday, August 18th, 2007In the next couple of days, we will be launching a new site design. I expect a mixture of both positive and negative feedback to the re-design, but I feel that the new look will help our readers gather more information quickly on a daily basis. Because the new site format will be pulling links […]
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