Archive for December, 2007
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Monday, December 10th, 2007Air date: Wednesday, December 12th TV: Versus, 9 PM EST/6 PM PST Here it is: Brian Bowles vs. Marcos Galvao Ian McCall vs. Charlie Valencia Alex Karalexis vs. Ed Ratcliff Bryan Baker vs. Eric Schambari John Alessio vs. Todd Moore Doug Marshall vs. Ariel Gandulla Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen Cub Swanson vs. Jens Pulver […]
Fighter gets his manhood tested in a painful way
Sunday, December 9th, 2007I was reading a daily update on Dave Meltzer’s site when I saw this paragraph: Blake Franklin, an MMA fighter who fought on a Friday night show in Shreveport, had emergency surgery at Chritus Schumpert Highland to repair a ruptured testicle from a groin kick. Franklin said his testicle was the size of his hand […]
Quote of the Day – The Guardian
Sunday, December 9th, 2007A columnist in The Guardian tries to connect US President George W. Bush, MMA’s increasing popularity in America, and a lack of safety in American football together in one paragraph: But President Bush, who has continually spurned soft power in diplomacy, seems unlikely to reprise the role Roosevelt took a century ago. Worse still, we […]
Randy Couture meets with the Green Bay Packers
Sunday, December 9th, 2007Jay Glazer of Fox Sports just wrote an article talking about the meeting between Randy Couture and Brett Favre. According to Glazer, Couture is Favre’s top sports idol. McCarthy set up the surprise speaker perfectly. He talked to the team about fighting through adversity and what it’s like to battle through together before rolling in […]
Writers wanted for MMAOpinion.com
Sunday, December 9th, 2007If you have little or no past experience in writing about MMA but think that you want to take a shot at writing consistently in the future, please contact the MMA Opinion site.
Sunday news review: Eyebrows raised
Sunday, December 9th, 2007If anyone has extensive experience with BlogAds, please send me an e-mail. I read BlogAds’ FAQ and it is a little confusing for novices. That’ll teach him It’s a great day in the Bloody Elbow household and a horrible day in the Fightlinker household, as Roger Huerta defeated Clay Guida at the TUF 6 finale […]
Preview of TUF 6 finale
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Billy Gamble: Ultimate Fighter Finale Dec 8th – predictions & results Sherdog: The favorite and the farmboy Mike Coughlin: Roger Huerta and Clay Guida Dance MMA Opinion: Huerta versus the ‘net; Guida vs. the Casual Fan MMA Analyst: Ultimate Fighter finale roundtable — the extensive preview of TUF Finale 6 Steve Cofield (Audio): Matt Hughes […]
Fight Opinion 2.0
Saturday, December 8th, 2007When I started this web site during the Christmas season of 2005, little did I realize what a monster this would turn into. Over the two years of this web site’s existence, we’ve covered some of the biggest stories in the MMA industry. The plain site format that we used was easy to read and […]
Houston columnist talks about Sam Vasquez’s death
Saturday, December 8th, 2007Jerome “King” Solomon, a former writer for The Boston Globe and current sports columnist at The Houston Chronicle, wrote an article on Saturday pleading ‘for safety in mixed martial arts.’ Here is how Solomon describes MMA supporters who tout the safety of the sport: Like soccer zealots, politicians and $64,000 Question contestants, they have ready-made […]
K-1 12/8 World GP at Yokohama Arena
Friday, December 7th, 2007Whether you are watching the Fuji 721 or Fight Network feeds, feel free to post comments about the event here. (Or any pertinent links.) Ongoing event results here. Concise event results here.
Report: Rich Franklin signs new six-fight deal with UFC
Friday, December 7th, 2007This according to a report on MMA Junkie.
Fight Network conference call
Friday, December 7th, 2007At 2 PM EST/11 AM PST today, The Fight Network held a conference call with referee “Big” John McCarthy to announce that McCarthy has signed a deal with the channel to become the “John Madden of MMA” (those being the words of Fight Network officials).
Writers wanted
Friday, December 7th, 2007I’ll keep this simple: I’m looking to add some columnists to the web site to help out.
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