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Thursday, August 21st, 2008Pro Elite, in their recent 10Q SEC filing, has admitted that they have accumulated a $55 million dollar deficit over the last two years. This must mean that “… EliteXC is fully functional and fully healthy.”
Today’s drug test failures
Thursday, August 21st, 2008When the news breaks, post your comments right here.
Report: Brock Lesnar booked for November UFC card
Thursday, August 21st, 2008In a report today in the Pioneer Press: Former Gophers wrestler Brock Lesnar, who is 2-1 as a mixed martial arts fighter, found out this week that Ultimate Fighting Championship would like him to compete next on a November card, but his opponent and site remain undetermined.
Wacky GSP fan loses it over BJ Penn
Thursday, August 21st, 2008Where do these people come from? My advice would be to beg Georges to just scrape the little Hawaiian version of the “Pillsbury Doughboy” off his shoes and wait until HE feels like fighting the little budha boy on his own terms. Why do Baby Jay any favors when he makes demands like a spoiled […]
Kurt Angle’s MMA training sessions
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Dave Meltzer is reporting this week that Kurt Angle is now training two times a week in MMA at Eric Hibler’s Pittsburgh Fight Club.
Jake Shields was right – Noons vs. Diaz probably won’t happen
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Remember our audio interview with Jake Shields (a great man) a couple of weeks ago? You should listen to it if you haven’t done so, yet. In the interview, Jake predicted that KJ Noons would not fight Nick Diaz and gave several reasons as to why he feels that EXC squashed the momentum of what […]
Steve Cofield gets it right (again)
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Tito Ortiz as MMA’s version of Barry Bonds? About as good of a sports analogy as you can get right now. The difference between the two men, however? We still (think we) know that Bonds can swing a baseball bat and do so in a limited role as a DH. Can Ortiz beat anyone that’s […]
Tyson Griffin vs. Sean Sherk at UFC 90
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008October 25th in Chicago. Pick the description that best fits your initial reaction to hearing this news: a) This will be a really good, exciting, competitive fight. b) This could be a real snoozefest and lose the audience in a hurry. c) Tepid reaction… don’t really care either way.
An MMA school you can be proud of?
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Next week in Denver, Colorado, protesters are expected to cause a scene at the Democrat’s national convention (DNCC) in town. Protesters from the group R-68 (“Recreate ’68”) are openly bragging about getting ‘self-defense training’ at a Denver MMA school called “Gumm Mixed Martial Arts Gym.” The’s school web site is here. The person behind the […]
Two new site partners
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008As you might have noticed, we are welcoming two new site partners on board to Fight Opinion. First, we want to welcome MMA Prints. It’s an excellent concept, as you can buy photographs for your web site, magazine, or any sort of publication and be able to use them without worrying about copyright issues. Definitely […]
Pro Elite 10Q (8/19/08)
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Filing here. Some items of note: The company’s current assets are around $15 million USD and it’s total accumuluated deficit is $55.7 million USD. On 12/31/07, the assets were $26.2 million USD and the deficit number was $31.4 million USD. This means that the company has admittedly lost nearly $25 million USD in a 6-7 […]
The UFC hype machine lands in Chicago
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Michael David Smith (AOL Fanhouse): Miguel Torres expects to fight Manny Tapia on 12/3, then Urijah Faber later on Sportsnet (Canada): Dana White says Anderson Silva wanted Patrick Cote next The Chicago Tribune: UFC comes to Illinois Setanta Sports (UK): Martin Kampmann says upcoming fight with Nathan Marquardt is his toughest test to date MMA […]
Back to $2.75/share
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Pro Elite’s stock price, that is. The quarterly report on the company’s finances is supposed to be filed by today.
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