Archive for March, 2008
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008When K-1 mouthpiece Sadaharu Tanigawa announced that K-1 and DSE officials would work together in ‘a large coalition’ to produce a modified version of PRIDE, you could see the old PRIDE marks suddenly appear on Sherdog and MMA Fighting message boards. When Nobuyuki Sakakibara sold the PRIDE assets to Lorenzo Fertitta, it was as if […]
Thursday trash talk: Reading material (3/6/08)
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008The latest Pro Elite SEC filing. Fightlinker: Ohio Athletic Commission sues over fake Cummo suspension Sherdog: Rashad Evans vs. Chuck Liddell set for London UFC event (should be interesting to see if the UK fans boo or cheer Evans) The Loudoun Connection (VA): Royce Gracie and family celebrate Capital Jiu-Jitsu grand opening Todd Martin (CBS […]
WVR 3/5 Tokyo (Sengoku) event
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Gryphon has running PBP of the event. The claimed paid attendance for the show was 15,523. If it’s a legitimate number, then the show was a financial success. (Update: A good point here — I remember when WWE ran a show at the facility a couple of years ago and got 12,000 max into the […]
Reports: Shogun vs. Liddell fight canceled
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008This is what you call very bad karma. Sherdog and MMA Weekly have reports on the story. Think Dana White wishes he had booked Brock Lesnar for the London event after all?
Tuesday news review (3/4/08)
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Yesterday in Clark County court, judge Elizabeth Halverson granted Xyience attorneys a month-long extension in time to respond to Rich Bergeron’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit against him. The next scheduled court hearing is on 4/3 at 8:30 AM. What makes that date interesting is that the cut-off date for Xyience in bankruptcy court is […]
Trying to create some heat for Sengoku
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008The last-minute push for the World Victory Road debut show in Tokyo tomorrow at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I seems to be mild, at best. The main event of Yoshida vs. Barnett should be interesting to watch, but not necessarily a hot box-office attraction. There has been little or no mention about Takanori Gomi vs. […]
WWE has no clue about MMA
Monday, March 3rd, 2008It was obvious before, and it became even more obvious after watching tonight on RAW. The Big Show, who is facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. at WrestleMania in Orlando, faced a boxer named Brandon “The Thrill” Hill in a “Mixed Martial Arts exhibition” match. This was supposed to be a parody of the upcoming wrestling match […]
Illustrating absurdity: Fightlinker
Monday, March 3rd, 2008In an attempt at humor, Fightlinker posted this item about Luke Cummo on Monday. In response, MMA media outlets took this post seriously and the reaction is unbelievable. Keep in mind that the Fightlinker post about Cummo was posted on a day where other FL site headlines included such items as “How big is Chuck’s […]
Monday news & notes (3/3/08)
Monday, March 3rd, 2008I will have an article talking about the new DREAM promotion in a few days on the site. In short, the viability of the Japanese MMA scene on a large scale is completely dependent on whether or not the DSE-flavored project succeeds. The upcoming article will give you a road map of issues to pay […]
From the desk of the CSAC (3/3)
Monday, March 3rd, 2008The following suspensions have occurred as a result of positive tests for anabolic agents. These samples were obtained after the weigh-in for the Valor Fighting event in San Diego that was scheduled for January 12, 2008. Even though the event was cancelled, these athletes are licensees of the state and can be disciplined for any […]
IFL 2/29 Las Vegas videos
Monday, March 3rd, 2008The promotion has posted the main fights from this past Friday’s event online.
Preview of Jeremy Lappen interview
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008This Wednesday, we’ll have a new edition of Fight Opinion Radio online. Our special guests on the show include Oleg Taktarov and Elite XC’s Jeremy Lappen. We asked Lappen some tough questions during the interview, including questions about details regarding EXC’s deal with CBS. Lappen dismissed rumors that EXC’s deal with CBS was a ‘time […]
UFC 82 (3/1/08 Columbus, Ohio)
Saturday, March 1st, 2008First, a breakdown of how users at MMA Predictions predicted the fights on today’s card: Dan Henderson (50%) vs. Anderson Silva (50%) Cheick Kongo (65%) vs. Heath Herring (35%) Yushin Okami (56%) vs. Evan Tanner (44%) Josh Koscheck (91%) vs. Dustin Hazelett (9%) Luke Cummo (59%) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (41%) Andrei Arlovski (85%) vs. Jake […]
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