Archive for January, 2008
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008I was reading the boxing page and saw the BBC headline stating that Joe Calzaghe vs. Bernard Hopkins is supposedly finalized. April in Las Vegas, apparently. Plus, discussion of De La Hoya vs. Mayweather re-matching. The whole story behind the canceled WCO event in San Diego over the weekend. An interview with Frankie Edgar.
Fight Opinion Radio #73: Start of 2008 MMA season
Sunday, January 13th, 2008We kick off the 2008 MMA season by recapping the major NYE MMA events with Adam Swift of MMA Payout and Mike David, who did a remote with us from Tokyo after watching the K-1 Osaka Dome event in person. Everything you ever wanted to know about the major NYE MMA events and the fallout […]
Saturday headlines (1/12/08)
Saturday, January 12th, 2008An update on the Xyience Inc. vs. Rich Bergeron $25 million USD lawsuit: Pamela R. Lawson, the new attorney for Xyience, has filed an application for a default judgment on 1/8 in Clark County, NV. and also submitted an affidavit in support of the application. Dave Meltzer takes a look at UFC’s Light Heavyweight division. […]
Thursday night notes (1/10/08)
Thursday, January 10th, 2008More on the story of the day in full-page mode (read on)… World Victory Road announced Sanae Kikuta vs. Phil Baroni for their 3/5 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I event. K-1 announced a “World Youth 2008 ~ International Team Competition” format for their 2/2 Nippon Budokan event, with the theme of Japan vs. Holland. […]
Wednesday news update (1/9/08)
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Here are some more details about Larry Hazzard’s lawsuit against New Jersey’s attorney general. Pro Fight Store is reporting that Mirko Cro Cop has hired his old K-1 coach, Marijan Zizanovic. Pramit Mohapatra at Sports Illustrated has a preview of things to come in 2008 in MMA. Pramit also has a Q & A session […]
Fight Network Radio (1/9/08)
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008A couple of interviews you should check out: First, ESPN writer Shaun Assael appeared on the radio show to talk about his book, “Steroid Nation.” Audio here. Second, I made an appearance today to talk about the Japanese MMA scene. Audio here.
Tuesday news update (1/8/08)
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Steve Sievert has an update about the proposed Frank Shamrock vs. Ken Shamrock fight. He linked to this web site and wondered if it was real or not. A quick domain search claims that the web site is registered to “Frank Shamrock USA,” using GoDaddy. It was registered on December 21st. Here is a new […]
WEC 2/13 New Mexico event announced
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008The promotion announced their main card line-up today for the next event: Carlos Condit vs. Carlo Prater Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner Chase Beebe vs. Miguel Torres The show will take place at the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tonya Harding and Butterbean on the same card
Monday, January 7th, 2008Seriously. January 26th at the USA Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama. Isn’t Mississippi’s athletic commission in charge of regulating some (if not all) MMA events in Alabama? Butterbean vs. Tom Howard is the show’s main event. Plus, Butterbean’s son will be fighting on the undercard.
Monday night news review (1/7/08)
Monday, January 7th, 2008The newest edition of Men’s Fitness magazine has a profile article on “The UFC workout.” Also interviewed in the magazine is Roy Jones Jr. Money quote from the interview: MF: Yes, and the UFC now challenges boxing for pay-per-view buys, revenue, and fans. How do you feel about the mixed martial arts movement? Jones Jr.: […]
American Gladiators feedback
Monday, January 7th, 2008Last night’s show on NBC is getting panned in both broadsheet and blogger media circles (Awful Announcing). It’s interesting to read the reaction amongst the diehard sports fans (who seemingly take the offensiveness of AG as a personal insult). It was amusing to watch Gina Carano defend her spot on the Pyramid by pulling guard […]
Quote of the Day – Dan Henderson
Monday, January 7th, 2008Steve Sievert recently talked to Dan Henderson about his upcoming fight with Anderson Silva: “My strength is the clinch game, and I don’t get out of position there to allow strikes,” said Henderson (22-5), who’s never been knocked out in his 10-year career. “That’s what he (Anderson Silva) thrives on, guys that are out of […]
Sunday news review (1/6/08)
Sunday, January 6th, 2008The Fairbanks Daily News Miner (Alaska): Justin Buchholz makes mark in MMA and is ready to do the same in UFC The Toronto Sun: Fights worthy of UFC on the TTC bus make it on YouTube Yahoo Sports: Wanderlei Silva will not drop down to Middleweight in UFC The Daily Herald (IL): Stratford Square in […]
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