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Saturday, July 5th, 2008First, check out this AP article. It seems as if a re-match between both men is coming, that is if you believe Griffin. Anyone ask Juanito Ibarra if he’s going to retire now?
UFC 86 (7/5/08 Las Vegas)
Saturday, July 5th, 2008Reports: USA Today | Sherdog | Five Ounces of Pain | Bloody Elbow | MMA Junkie | NBC Sports All results & comments go here.
ABC-proposed changes to Unified Rules of MMA
Friday, July 4th, 2008You can download the full document right here. Take note of the new weight classes: MEN’S DIVISIONS Flyweight (Up to 105 pounds) Super Flyweight (Over 105.1 to 115 lbs) Bantamweight (Over 115.1 to 125 lbs) Super Bantamweight (Over 125.1 to 135 lbs) Featherweight (Over 135.1 to 145 lbs) Lightweight (Over 145.1 to 155 lbs) Super […]
UFC 86 media heat-up
Friday, July 4th, 2008The headline of the day is K-1 announcing Semmy Schilt vs. Peter Aerts for their 9/27 Seoul, South Korea World GP 2008 event. The flood of media coverage for UFC 86 is starting today…
Wacky ad spot of the day
Friday, July 4th, 2008So I was reading this article by Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports on the Quinton Jackson/Juanito Ibarra relationship, and in the middle of the article there is this ad: Notice what the ad is about. It’s an ad for Medical Hair Restoration featuring WWE wrestler Chavo Guerrero Jr. wearing an Affliction T-shirt. Do people actually […]
Total MMA Radio
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008They have a new show this week (audio here), featuring an interview with ScientificWrestling.com’s own Jake Shannon. We’ve added the feed to the Total MMA radio show on the right side of the page, as well.
Affliction’s NYT ad buy campaign
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Couple of things that stand out about this… 1) I saw the ad while reading a political article on the NY Times web site. 2) It’s an ad that contains no PPV information whatsoever and simply an ad asking you to buy tickets. Even if the NYT is considered a ‘national’ newspaper in America, the […]
Thoughts on Google/Viacom court ruling
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Background information here. A better explanation here. Some quick thoughts:
Does the media really believe in both Griffin and Lytle winning at UFC 86?
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008MMA Predictions has an interview with Loretta Hunt, talking about Randy Couture’s new biography. The Canadian Press: THQ promises UFC video game will be ‘as real as it gets’ Arash Markazi (SI): UFC takes major leap into virtual world… again Dan Wetzel (Yahoo Sports): Punch, punch lines make Rampage a UFC star USA Today: ‘Class […]
Tank Abbott heading to pro-wrestling
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Simon Inoki announced today that Tank would appear at the Inoki Genome Federation’s 8/15 Tokyo, Ryogoku Kokugikan event.
PR: MMA fighters are ‘knocking out dog fighting’
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008For Pits’ Sake, Inc. has teamed up with Mixed Martial Arts fighters from the American Kickboxing Academy to “Knock Out Dog Fighting” by teaching kids that it is not a symbol of strength, power, or greatness to abuse or fight animals. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) — Josh “The Punk” Thomson, Mixed Martial Arts Lightweight Champion, […]
Rampage’s dad speaks…
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008… and he’s a pretty good interview. We know where he got some of his charisma from: Ok. You know Quinton is always telling bad breath jokes. Well I was the first to start it with him. We were in McDonald’s one day, Quinton was deciding on what to order. He said, “I don’t know […]
Degenerate gambling odds for UFC 86
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008So I have a new article talking about the odds being set for this weekend’s UFC 86 fights. Here, with additional commentary, is Ryan Harkness of Fightlinker.com fame with his candid thoughts on some of the underdogs.
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