Archive for October, 2007
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007Fox News Fight Game (video here) has a review of the latest edition of The Ultimate Fighter. MMA Madness has a Q & A with Matt Hughes. Here is the latest IFL SEC filing. The controvery over Randy Couture’s depature from UFC continues to heat-up. Randy Couture’s agent has officially responded, laughing at Kevin Iole’s […]
The Japanese MMA landscape is fraught with peril
Thursday, October 18th, 2007By Jeff Comstock Pride Worldwide abruptly shuts down operations, citing “uncooperative staff from Dream Stage Entertainment” – Pride’s former parent company, as the reason for the company’s inability to conduct business operations in Japan. This might seem surprising if it weren’t for the documented reasons for Pride’s financial collapse and subsequent sale in the first […]
Thursday trash talk: Marc Ecko supporting M-1?
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007If you have not yet signed up for the brand new MMA HQ Fighter Rankings site, go sign up. First-day turn out was great and I want to see as many readers as possible sign up. I think Dr. J is building an excellent project here. Just asking… Monte Cox was pretty quick in publicly […]
UFC 77 odds
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007The latest odds according to Bodog Life: Anderson Silva: -190 Rich Franklin: +155 Brandon Vera: -165 Tim Sylvia: +135 Stephan Bonnar: -325 Eric Schafer: +250 Jorge Gurgel: -165 Alvin Robinson: +135 Alan Belcher: -115 Kalib Starnes: -115 Yushin Okami: -205 Jason MacDonald: +165 Josh Burkman: -360 Forrest Petz: +280 Jason Black: -450 Matt Grice: +300 […]
Wednesday war room: New fighter ranking system online
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Danny Hodge, Chairman of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Commission Sick of various MMA web sites producing their own Top 10 fighter rankings? Dr. J has come up with a solution that involves audience participation. Check out his new rankings project. Monte Cox appeared for an interview on Fight Network Radio yesterday (audio here). Fox News […]
More trouble for UFC’s main sponsor, Xyience
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007By Zach Arnold Adam Swift at MMA Payout is reporting that the Department of Corporations in the state of California has issued a desist and refrain order against Xyience. Read Swift’s full report for the list of complaints against Xyience Inc. The news comes at a very interesting time for Rich Bergeron, who was sued […]
Tuesday headlines: Kang vs. Akiyama booked
Monday, October 15th, 2007HERO’s 10/28 Seoul, South Korea card line-up: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Denis Kang, Yoon Dong Sik vs. Fabio Silva, Kin Tai Ei vs. Zelg Galesic, Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs. Lee Tae Hyun, Minowaman vs. Kim Min-Soo, Carlos Newton vs. Shungo Oyama, Bernard Ackah vs. Poai Suganuma, and Marcelo Garcia vs. Kim Dae Won. Eddie Goldman has a […]
Monday media review: More reaction to couture’s departure from UFC
Monday, October 15th, 2007File this under the category of ‘hideous’ – an ex-boxer wants to apply sanctioning body-style politics to book Couture vs. Fedor. Daiki Kameda has been suspended for a year by the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission). This news completely overshadowed the World Victory Road Inc. announcement in the Japanese press. Your image of the day: The […]
Sunday news review: UFC’s momentum keeps on going
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Yuki Kondo defeated Yuji Sakuragi by unanimous decision at today’s Pancrase event in Tokyo at Differ Ariake. Show report here. Coverage from last night’s HDNet Fights event: Sherdog | Sherdog II | MMA Weekly | MMA Predictions | The Fight Network | Fox Sports One interesting Cuban-related news item that seemingly flew under the radar […]
Fight Opinion Radio #65: Ed Fishman
Saturday, October 13th, 2007This show was recorded on Thursday night. We’ve had many newsmakers on previous editions of Fight Opinion Radio and this week’s show is no exception. Ed Fishman joins us for a 45-minute interview talking about Randy Couture’s depature from UFC, his plans in the MMA business, his thoughts on the M-1 promotion, what the MMA […]
Saturday media slate: Fallout from Couture leaving UFC
Saturday, October 13th, 2007Story of the day in Japan is that Arbocious Tiger, who was scheduled to fight Assuerio Silva on 10/14 in Tokyo at Differ Ariake, is apparently missing according to Pancrase. It was an odd Friday to say the least, as the fallout continues over Randy Couture’s departure from UFC. The Couture situation was discussed on […]
Stars On The Rise: MMA’s Brightest Prospects 2
Friday, October 12th, 2007By Jeff Comstock This is the second in a series of articles, where I take a look at mixed martial arts fighters on the verge of becoming MMA stars. I’ve picked 5 fighters for this article who have all displayed superior skills in the ring or cage and who I believe have the ability to […]
Open post Friday
Friday, October 12th, 2007Any news that breaks today or anything of interest that is MMA-related, post it in the comments section. First, an important site note. Expect a new Fight Opinion Radio show to be online late tonight or early tomorrow morning. We will have a very intriguing guest on to talk about Randy Couture’s departure from UFC […]
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