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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006Dave Doyle: Showbiz and MMA (a fantastic article about Vince McMahon’s past failures and what it would mean in MMA) UFC HP: Nick Diaz prepares to fight at UFC 65 near his hometown Complete Vale Tudo Access: Pancrase 10/25 Korakuen Hall event results Nevada State Athletic Commission: Medical suspensions coming of PRIDE 32 event (take […]
Tuesday media circus
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006The big news of the day (reported by Channel News Asia) is that King of the Cage will have an event on November 30th in Singapore. The report does not list what venue the show will take place at. If it happens at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, that is an estimated 10,000-12,000-seat building. If you […]
UFC 65 Sacramento card line-up
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006Nine fights are scheduled. Here are the fights announced so far: Welterweight Title Match: Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre Heavyweight Title Match: Tim Sylvia vs. Jeff Monson Brandon Vera vs. Frank Mir Alessio Sakara vs. Wilson Gouveia Brad Imes vs. Antoni Hardonk James Irvin vs. Hector Ramirez Nick Diaz vs. Gleison Tibau Joe Stevenson […]
The Echo Chamber
Monday, October 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold I realize that by writing this article, it is going to draw significant heat with a lot of PRIDE fans. I accept that premise going into this. However, this article has to be written because a few things need to be pointed out about PRIDE’s Las Vegas event that haven’t been mentioned […]
Randy Couture is back (somewhat)
Monday, October 23rd, 2006On November 17th in Culver City, California, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, the Professional Submission League will hold a big event with Randy “The Natural” Couture, Jake Shields, and many other big names in MMA. The event consists of singles matches on a tatame platform. More information is available at prosubleague.com.
K-1 Dynamite main event announced
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. Also announced: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto, Genki Sudo, Akebono, Musashi, Kaoru Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Katsuhiko Nagata, & Ken Kaneko. Meanwhile, Tokyo Sports is reporting that PRIDE is interested in Kazuyuki Fujita as Mike Tyson’s exhibition boxing opponent for the Macau Dome show on 12/31.
Is WWE getting into the MMA business?
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE US announcer Mauro Ranallo did interviews on both the Observer Live and Live Audio Wrestling radio shows on Sunday. According to this post, Ranallo indicated on the LAW interview that WWE is interested in getting involved in promoting MMA. You can read my thoughts about this in full-post view. Update: One […]
Japanese media reaction to PRIDE event
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006Now fully updated. Plus quick transcribing/notes from the post-show press conference. Which match would you rather see in PRIDE on New Year’s Eve? Fedor vs. Barnett Fedor vs. Cro Cop Fedor vs. Nogueira Fedor vs. Shogun Free polls from Pollhost.com
PRIDE 10/21 Las Vegas open post
Saturday, October 21st, 2006Butterbean versus Sean O’Haire (image credit: Burning Spirit) Results/coverage: Sherdog | Observer | F4W Online Now that the show is over, let’s look at the very mixed media reaction to this event. Whaledog – “I have to say, it was not a bad show.” Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): Fedor wins in PRIDE’s US debut […]
Friday-Saturday media outpost of links
Friday, October 20th, 2006Ed Fishman (Photo credit: Burning Spirit) North Jersey Media Group: Mike Tyson’s promoter confirms that he will do a boxing match in Macau for PRIDE’s 12/31 New Year’s Eve event Las Vegas Review-Journal: Murder-for-hire plot alleged (man with ties to bodybuilder Craig Titus charged) Las Vegas Review-Journal Base pay for Fedor’s 10/21 Vegas fight is […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 28 (Gareb Shamus)
Friday, October 20th, 2006With a busy weekend ahead, make sure you get caught up with the events in the world of MMA. This week, our special guest is Gareb Shamus from the IFL. Check out the IFL’s HP at http://www.ifl.tv for more information. We discuss what the Ken vs. Tito III 3.1 TV rating means, whether or not […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 10
Thursday, October 19th, 2006By Erin Bucknell In the “previously on†Serra is annoyed with Laimon, Shonie annoys everyone and Shonie/Serra is set up. Gee, I wonder exactly which two guys this episode will focus on.
Thursday media notes
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Fight Report: PRIDE’s watered down Las Vegas show The Weekly Tapout (FoxSports.com): PRIDE set for U.S. debut NHB News (Japan): Was Shogun’s public workout in Las Vegas stopped by a doctor? (inference from a PRIDE Japanese HP official report) UNLV Rebel Yell: PRIDE will be ‘quite surprised when a half-empty Thomas & Mack greets them […]
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