Archive for January, 2008
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008Solidarity, brother: CRANSTON, R.I.—Twenty prison inmates have been disciplined for participating in “ultimate fighting” contest after claiming they were gathering in a dorm room to play chess, according to a published report Saturday. more stories like this Instead of playing chess, the inmates were pummeling each other in an “ultimate fighting” contest, emulating professional tournaments […]
The media whining about Fedor
Friday, January 4th, 2008For the last month, you’ve probably seen countless articles online from various MMA media writers whining and complaining about Fedor Emelianenko’s career direction. You know about the boilerplate rhetoric — he’s afraid of fighting the best competition, his reputation is taking a hit, etc.
He’s back… Bob Meyrowitz
Friday, January 4th, 2008According to a Friday report by Dave Meltzer: The long-rumored deal between Bob Meyrowitz, the owner of UFC from 1993-2001, and Live Nation, the leading event promoter in North America, has been signed, and the two will be starting a new MMA promotion. More details, including the name, goals, first event and more should be […]
Ground & Pound Awards 2007
Friday, January 4th, 2008Press release It is time for the Third Annual Ground & Pound Awards, the internet award ceremony that let’s you, the fans, make the decision! Who will be Mirko Cro Cop’s heir as Fighter of the Year? Which is the strongest Fight Team in the world? And which promotion consistently put on the best shows? […]
Friday fight notes: IFL’s ambitious schedule
Friday, January 4th, 2008If you have extensive WordPress experience and would be interested in helping me out on a new project, please contact me. Fightlinker supposedly has dirt on Matt Hamill. Look at the amount of big IFL shows on the East Coast in 2008. The Izod Center in East Rutherford (Continental Airlines Arena in the Meadowlands) is […]
NYE MMA fallout
Friday, January 4th, 2008Ratings-wise for the K-1 Dynamite show on Tokyo Broadcasting System, the first round of Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya drew the highest quarter-hour rating of the night, drawing a 20.9%. The Fedor vs. Hong-Man fight on South Korean cable drew a reported 13.4% rating. Hong-Man’s active fighting career is also reportedly on hold due to […]
Pancrase 1/30 Korakuen Hall card
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008The line-up as of today: Bantamweights: Yuki Yamasawa vs. Seiya Kawahara Lightweights: Daisuke Hanazawa13 vs. Wataru Takahashi Lightweights: Shinsuke Shoji vs. Yuichi Ikari Welterweight KOP title match: Katsuya Inoue vs. Satoru Kitaoka Plus WINDY Tomomi.
Charity events
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008Randy Couture will be hosting a charity poker tournament on January 12th at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from 1-6 PM. Rashad Evans will participate at Curtis Granderson’s Grand Kids Foundation Celebrity Basketball Game in Auburn Hills (Detroit area) on January 26th.
Quotes of the Day – Lorenzo Fertitta
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008In a sit-down media session with Kevin Iole: One of the greatest successes that we’ve had, for instance, is the last show we did in New Jersey (UFC 78 on Nov. 17). We had a fight being headlined by two guys who had never fought for a championship and, relatively, had never been proven to […]
Yo-Sam Choi dead at age 33
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008South Korean boxer Yo-Sam Choi, who slipped into a coma after winning a 12-round decision over Hari Amol in Seoul on Christmas, is brain dead and will be taken off of life support. Coverage on the story at BBC Sports, Eastside Boxing, and Boxing Scene.
2007 NYE ratings
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008According to Sports Navigator: Hustle drew a 4.0% rating on TV-Tokyo. K-1’s Dynamite event drew the following: 6:00-8:30 PM – 11.1% 8:30-11:00 PM – 14.7% 11:00-11:34 PM – 11.1% In other words, not very strong across the board. Kohaku (Red & White Music Festival) drew a 32.8% rating in part one and 39.5% rating in […]
Video of the Day – Mirko Cro Cop does the Hustle
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Setting the scene: Ryoji Sai & Erica (the legendary Aja Kong) are facing Kintarman (Kintaro Kanemura) & Kurodaman (Tetsuhiro Kuroda) in a Dynamite Hardcore Hustle weapons match. The last time Kintarman & Kurodaman participated in this match format (Hustle Mania on 11/25 at Yokohama Arena), their ‘weapon’ of choice was Mark Hunt coming to the […]
Serious Pimp… seriously?
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Check out this wacky press release: Serious Pimp Apparel had an epic night at the 2007 IFL World Grand Prix Championships live on HDnet, December 29, 2007 with three athletes winning at inaugural event with 3-5 million viewers watching. “We would also like to congratulate Mark Cuban for his HDnet IFL HD broadcast. Not only […]
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