Archive for December, 2007
Next Entries »Sammy Vasquez dead at age 35
Saturday, December 1st, 2007The Fight Network is reporting tonight that Houston-area fighter Sammy Vasquez has died. Our condolences go out to the Vasquez family. Luke Thomas comments. MMA Opinion comments. Adam Swift comments. Steve Sievert comments.
Cage Force 12/1 Differ Ariake event results
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Results from today’s event at Differ Ariake in Tokyo: Middleweights: Yukiya Naito defeated Takenori Sato in R1 in 4’45 by TKO. Lightweights: ISE and Takahito Iida went to a draw after 2R. Takeya Mizugaki defeated Seiji Otsuka after 2R by a 3-0 judges’ decision. Bantamweights: Kenji Osawa defeated Punchy Yamauchi after 2R by a 3-0 […]
UFC and corporate sponsorship
Saturday, December 1st, 2007There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that, according to an article in Broadcasting & Cable, Spike TV is helping UFC attract some corporate sponsors. The network has found a gentlemanly solution. A subset of its sales force is now devoted to making the league more palatable to those advertisers. A […]
Saturday headlines: The future of Marcelo Garcia
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Sad news, as Sam Vasquez has reportedly been moved to Hospice in the Houston area. There is a big story developing, involving Marcelo Garcia. The Palm Beach Post is reporting that no charges will be filed against Din Thomas for hosting illegal cage fights at his school have been dropped. Oleg Taktarov won his comeback […]
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