Archive for December, 2007
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007On November 27th: I don’t think the chances are good of Lindland returning to the UFC. Lindland’s not what I call an exciting fighter. I guess that’s what you happens when you’re stuck watching that pitiful Ravens offense for so long, you begin to think Lindland is exciting. And to say that Lindland would wipe […]
Disappear? TUF S**t!
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007I wish The Ultimate Fighter would just disappear. That’s right. Cease to exist. I don’t want to hear how it’s declined, or how it never was, any more. I don’t want to hear how it built the sport, or how it builds a mainstream fan base anymore. Let’s just cancel the contracts, go our separate […]
Esquire magazine profile article on Fedor
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007The publication has a new article out today called The Red Menace. It may very well be the most significant media piece on Fedor in terms of broad exposure to the general public in America.
Updated K-1 12/31 Osaka Dome card (as of 12/18)
Monday, December 17th, 2007As of today: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hideo Tokoro K-1 rules: Musashi vs. Bernard Ackah Melvin Manhoef vs. Yosuke Nishijima Zulu vs. Minowaman Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Joachim Hansen Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki K-1 rules: Masato vs. Choi Yong-Soo Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya Bob Sapp vs. Bobby Ologun K-1 U-18 tournament
Spin doctoring the Mayweather-Hatton PPV buyrate number
Monday, December 17th, 2007Do a search on Google News right now for the Mayweather vs. Hatton PPV buy rate number and you’ll see a litany of boxing sites doing a hard sell for the buyrate number the 12/8 event drew (a reported 850,000 buys). “Massive PPV numbers released” was the headline at Doghouse Boxing. These sites must think […]
Monday afternoon chalkboard (12/17/07)
Monday, December 17th, 2007This will be played up in the US gossip media, so get prepared for it: Matthew McConaughey ended up getting stitches after cutting his face while training for his role as a fighter in an upcoming movie. The rep said the actor has been doing “UFC training,” which is based on the principles of Ultimate […]
Quote of the Year – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Monday, December 17th, 2007The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is no stranger when it comes to trying to psycho-analyze why people like MMA. Today, a columnist in the newspaper tries to make a corollation between angry racism & anti-social behavior with the entertainment and lifestyle choices Americans make. Granted, CNN et al will use any excuse to turn a tragedy into […]
Art of War 12/23/07 Beijing card
Monday, December 17th, 2007Press Release Art of War® Fighting Championship X Sunday, December 23, 2007 FINAL CONFLICT #1 Anding Road, Anwai Xiao Guan National Olympic Sports Center Training Gymnasium Chaoyang District, 100029 Beijing, China
Pancrase 12/22 Differ Ariake card
Monday, December 17th, 2007The line-up: Featherweights: Tatsuya So vs. Hayato Shimizu Lightweights: Takumi Yano vs. Yuichi Ikari Featherweights: Miki Shida vs. Jameel “The Sargeant” Massouh Middleweights: Masahiro Toryu vs. Gadzhiev Alavutdin (Russia) Lightweights: Kenji Arai vs. Kaku Sajin Catch Wrestling: Hikaru Sato vs. Josh Barnett Lightweights: Takafumi Ito vs. Shoji Light Heavyweights: Ryo Kawamura vs. Kei’ichiro Yamamiya
Monday chalkboard (12/17)
Monday, December 17th, 2007For Internet Explorer users, we’ve added a feature on the top menu called “set as your HP.” Simply put, if you would like to make our site your browser’s starting page every time it loads, you can click on the link. I can’t find code that will work in Firefox and Netscape browsers, so this […]
Fight Opinion Radio #71: Renato Babalu & Wallid Ismail
Sunday, December 16th, 2007A big 100-minute show this week, so make sure you are subscribed to either our radio show RSS feed or our iTunes feed. We have three interviews on this week’s show. First, we have an interview with Jeffrey Tennen (of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in the USMC). He stopped by to tell us […]
Another MMA scare article in the media
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Herald Sun columnist Shannon Deary is not happy about MMA coming to Melbourne, Australia: Overseas, fighters have had arms and legs smashed, ankles snapped and some have been killed. Instead of protective gloves, combatants wear small mitts to allow them to grab opponents in headlocks and submission holds in front of baying crowds. (Hat tip: […]
Detroit Free Press columnist attacks Michigan MMA legislation
Saturday, December 15th, 2007The media backlash in the state of Michigan towards the new sanctioning of MMA is picking up steam.
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