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Thursday, March 1st, 2007On the NSAC Agenda List for 3/5 (Monday), the following is listed: Randy Couture is applying for an MMA license and Dana White is applying for a pro-boxing license. Also, Zuffa LLC is applying for a permit for a boxing match (between Dana White & Tito Ortiz) for March 24th at the UFC Training Center […]
Thursday media notes
Thursday, March 1st, 2007This is an interview Dana White did with Fox News for their Fight Game video news series. Inside the UFC placed on hiatus by Spike TV. Onto today’s headlines.
UFC 68 – Quick Analysis
Thursday, March 1st, 2007By Stephan Marceau Well UFC 68 is upon us and along comes my “fan” review, I have a busy work scedule this week so that I can leave Friday morning, as I will actually be attending UFC 68 (it is not too far from me). So this is a quick analysis, pretty much from the […]
Wednesday workweek notes
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007The story of the day comes from Japan, with an announcement that Gong Magazine (both the wrestling and MMA editions) will likely discontinue after March. Now the question is whether or not they will keep their mobile news service wire going. Also, a report on Sherdog that the PRIDE 33 event drew 8,334 paid and […]
Tuesday tough talk
Monday, February 26th, 2007MMA Weekly: Pennsylvia state athletic commission preparing to regulate MMA in its state Sherdog: Greg Savage has unkind words for Jerry Millen IFL HP: Dear Don – advice from “The Predator” The Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): The Iceman (Liddell) ready to get back to training, looks forward to Sylvia-Couture Vegas Pop: Star PRIDE (celebrities […]
PRIDE 33 Injury Report
Monday, February 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold If there is one positive for hardcore PRIDE fans about the Nevada State Athletic Commission, it’s the fact that they do some thorough medical analysis of fighters for safety precautions. And looking at the list of medical suspensions, there are plenty of implications that could effect PRIDE’s future matchmaking. Now that PRIDE […]
Monday morning media quarterback
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Today’s top story obviously is Rulon Gardner and two others surviving a small plane crash. More details here. Bloomberg news reports that the Fertitta Brothers have been successful in making a bid to take Stations Casino private (it was a publicly traded company). The majority of Japanese fight fans did not see PRIDE 33 on […]
Sunday news wrap
Sunday, February 25th, 2007In the first attendance claim that I’ve seen in any mainstream media outlet, the Las Vegas Review-Journal is claiming 13,180 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center for the PRIDE 33 event. Interestingly, no attendance figures were listed in initial Japanese media reports coming out of the event (as opposed to the 10/21/2006 event, which […]
Fight Opinion Weekly: Disastrous fight results at PRIDE 33
Saturday, February 24th, 2007By Zach Arnold Comments off PRIDE 33 will go down as an event that, on paper, had a fight card line-up that looked like a turkey but produced some exciting fights. Short-term, the event was successful. Long-term, however, major damage was done to several of PRIDE’s key Japanese assets. There is no turning back to […]
PRIDE 33 – Dan Henderson makes history!!!
Saturday, February 24th, 2007In a night of upsets, Dan Henderson caps off a historic night by knocking out PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva to capture the MW title. Dan Henderson is also the PRIDE Welterweight Champion. By: Luke Nicholson With all the speculation focused on this show possibly being PRIDE’s last, the fighters let it all hang out […]
PRIDE 33
Saturday, February 24th, 2007This an open post. Do running commentary, give thoughts on the event, etc. right here. Here’s some running commentary. Joachim Hansen defeated Jason Ireland in R3 by submission. Frank Trigg defeated Kazuo Misaki by unanimous decision (30-27 on all three score cards). James Lee defeated Travis Wiuff via submission in R1. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou defeated […]
Saturday news snippets
Friday, February 23rd, 2007Your comment of the day from Sherdog writer Mike Sloan: It’s pretty much common knowledge that the some MMA fans here in America aren’t too keen on the growing number of superb fighters born and raised in the Land of the Rising Sun. Now where have I have seen this reasoning of logic before… Onto […]
Liverpool Olympia seminar cancelled
Friday, February 23rd, 2007By Mark Pickering Only hours after the Ultimate Fighting Championship held a press conference in Manchester, England to the announce the fight card for the organisations April 21st event at the MEN Arena, it has emerged that their assault on the British market has already taken a setback.
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