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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Todd Martin (CBS Sports): Jeff Blatnick sees MMA as viable career option for amateur wrestlers The Sun (UK): Cage Rage promoter Andy Geer says Sean Sherk should be banned for life from MMA The Seattle PI: Interview with Joe Lauzon The Canadian Press: Expect MMA sparks to fly when James Irvin and Houston Alexander meet […]
Report: Angle to make ‘MMA debut’ in Osaka
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Nikkan Sports has a report claiming that Antonio Inoki is interested in Kurt Angle making his MMA debut on the IGF 4/12 Osaka Prefectural Gym show. According to Inoki, Angle will likely participate with open-fingered gloves and that it may be a 3-way MMA match involving Naoya Ogawa & Josh Barnett. Making this story even […]
Has there been a great MMA rivalry?
Monday, March 17th, 2008If you’ll allow me to be self-indulgent then I’ll use this week’s entry to throw out a question that has been niggling away at me of late. March has already produced another installment in two great boxing rivalries. On March 1st Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez stepped into the ring together for the third time. […]
Losers and winners this month in Japan
Monday, March 17th, 2008MMA Predictions will have an interview with Baret Yoshida later on their site this week. I’m very curious as to what the rating for the DREAM debut show on TBS was. If it’s a low number… and I’m not even talking about the live gate, either. You would have to say that round one of […]
Sunday news review (3/16/08)
Sunday, March 16th, 2008The Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Kala Kolohe Hose sitting on top of the world The Columbus Dispatch (OH): Sports editor tries to wriggle away from angry MMA fans The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Grappling tournament has big turnout (this is about the NAGA West Palm Beach event) The Winnipeg Sun: Kalib Starnes fights for himself The South Florida […]
DREAM 3/15 Saitama Super Arena
Saturday, March 15th, 2008Spoilers. Plus, here’s a live event report. Brent Brookhouse has a recap. MMA Opinion also has a recap. The claimed paid attendance for the show was 19,120. Also, here are the videos of the fights on Daily Motion…
That Never Back Down movie must be lousy…
Friday, March 14th, 2008Denis Martins: Paulo Fliho in rehab, out of WEC fight WEC HP: Company statement on Paulo Filho Mike Coughlin: Thoughts on the DREAM debut event The Princeton Daily Clarion (Indiana): Ex-PCHS grappler John Turner dreams of ultimate fighting crown The Daily Record (UK): Cage fighters look for respect despite ‘cockfighting’ claims The News & Observer: […]
Cage Rage Drug Testing Policy Claims First Victim
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Cage Rage today announced the name of the first fighter to have fallen foul of their recently introduced drug testing policy. John Phillips (6-1-0 1NC) tested positive for what was only identified as a banned substance and the result of his recent fight against Jake Bostwick (3-4-0 1NC) has been officially changed to a no […]
Thursday trash talk (3/13/08)
Thursday, March 13th, 2008MMA Junkie reports that NBC & Strikeforce are close to announcing a TV deal. The Fightworks Podcast will be at the BJJ Pan-Ams on March 30th in Carson, California. Join Caleb and his super-high listenership of 600,000 for breakfast that day at R & R Soul Food Restaurant. Friendly reminder — make sure to listen […]
Order of fights for DREAM debut event
Thursday, March 13th, 2008As it stands right now: Minowaman vs. Mr. X Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidetaka Monma LGP R1: Kotetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen LGP R1: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Luiz Buscape LGP R1: Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Artur Umakhanov LGP R1: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Jung Bu-Kyung Mirko Cro Cop vs. Tatsuya Mizuno LGP R1: Andre Dida vs. Eddie […]
Fallout from Cage Rage 25 event
Thursday, March 13th, 2008Written by Adam Underhill At long last the dust has ultimately settled from the sudden collision of Heavyweight rivals and veteran fighters that the nation witnessed this past Saturday night in London, England. Cage Rage presented yet another flourishing evening of mixed martial arts action to a sell-out crowd at the Wembley Arena with little […]
Media watch (3/12/08)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008A big announcement on the boxing interwebs today, as MaxBoxing and Boxing Scene are merging their two sites together. Also, I saw that coverage of the Anderson Silva/Roy Jones Jr. story hit the airwaves on ESPN. Jim Rome credited the news to MMA Weekly on-air. Congratulations to the MMA Weekly guys.
Using Matt Lindland To Break New York
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Despite his status as a former Olympic medallist and the fact that he is widely regarded top five middleweight in the sport, the UFC appears to have no interest in recalling Matt Lindland to compete in their octagon. They seem to have no such qualms though in using his pedigree as a competitor to reflect […]
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