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Saturday, September 30th, 2006Results here. I would expect the main headlines from the show being that Musashi lost and that Le Banner couldn’t KO Choi Hong-Man. That, and Badr Hari losing fast to Ruslan Karaev. Update: Predictably, Japanese media outlets (such as Sankei Sports) are theming their articles coming out of the show about the fact that there […]
UFC 65 main event
Friday, September 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Dave Doyle of Fox Sports drops a surprise in his Weekly Tapout column today: But Hughes isn’t think of slowing down. Just the opposite. Coming off his gusty three-round victory over B.J. Penn at UFC 63, Hughes will fight on less than two months’ turnaround when he puts his belt on the […]
Report: Kurt Angle to work on K-1 Dynamite event
Friday, September 29th, 2006Tokyo Sports newspaper is reporting that K-1 and Kurt Angle are in negotiations for a deal which would allow Angle to have his first MMA match on 12/31 at the Osaka Dome. The three opponent candidates listed by the newspaper for Angle’s debut match are: Brock Lesnar, Akebono, and Choi Hong-Man. Ｄｙｎï½ï½ï½‰ï½”ï½…!!ã«è¶…目玉 元ＷＷＥ王者カート・アングル Ｋï¼ï¼‘å‚戦㸠対戦相手ã«ãƒ¬ã‚¹ãƒŠãƒ¼ã€æ›™ã€ãƒ›ãƒ³ãƒžãƒ³æµ®ä¸Š/新日本もç²å¾—ã«å‹•ã/金åè³¢ãŒå¯¾æˆ¦ç†±æœ›ã»ã‹ã€€
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 26 (with Total-MMA.com staff)
Thursday, September 28th, 2006It has been a very busy week for MMA news, and we cover all of it in this week’s edition of FOR. Our special guest is Iain Liddle from Total-MMA.com, who previews the upcoming big Cage Rage event (Mark Pickering has a preview of the event on our site). Show update: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Marvin […]
Cage Rage 18 “Battleground” Preview
Thursday, September 28th, 2006By Mark Pickering Coming off a stellar second installment of feeder event Cage Rage: Contenders, the London-based promotion returns with their premiere pugilists and “Battleground†on Saturday, September 30th, at the new Wembley Arena. The marquee match-up features an all-English affair as Britain’s most celebrated fighter Ian Freeman challenges Cage Rage British Light-Heavyweight Champion, heavy […]
Frank Shamrock to sue CSAC?
Thursday, September 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold For those of you who don’t recall the story regarding Armando Garcia and the California State Athletic Commission suspending fighter Brian Ebersole for “fixing” his match against MMA jobber Shannon Ritch, you can read about it (here and here) or you can hear our radio show from last week that featured an […]
K-1 may have reduced role on New Year’s Eve
Thursday, September 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold There are at least two reports (from Jiji Press and Asahi Shimbun) that discuss rumors of Tokyo Broadcasting System trimming down K-1’s role on the TV network for New Year’s Eve. The reason? The reports claim that TBS wants to build their New Year’s Eve programming around the theme of “Kameda Matsuri” […]
PRIDE’s triangulation
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a definitive article about what I thought PRIDE’s attempted business plan would be in regards to Las Vegas and China. You can read that article here. Read it first, as it lays the ground work for what was reported in Daily Sports on Thursday. The […]
Media round-up
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006Updated on Thursday at 6:00 AM EST. California Chronicle: Don Perata’s bill to reform California State Athletic Commission signed Chronicle Herald: December 2nd Halifax MMA event will have elbow strikes allowed PR Newswire: Kenny Florian gets a new sponsor Honolulu Advertiser: Penn injures rib in loss (to Hughes) Long Beach Press-Telegram: Hughes bullies past Penn […]
Sakuraba story makes national headlines
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Yahoo Japan: Sakuraba hospitalized, fighter status in doubt Kazushi Sakuraba’s hospital trip is making national headlines on news wires in Japan, as this is mushrooming into a major story that could dominate the fight industry for the rest of this year. Major speculation in the various Japanese media outlets that retirement is impending, but the […]
Sakuraba in hospital?
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Tokyo Sports reports on their front page that Kazushi Sakuraba was urgently taken to the hospital after training (collapsing). The paper raises the question as to whether or not Sakuraba will have his last fight on October 9th for HERO’s at Yokohama Arena. If you can read Japanese, keep your eyes open to the thread […]
PRIDE trashes UFC in Japanese media
Monday, September 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara mocks Dana White and accuses Tim Sylvia of running away from Emelianenko Fedor. Here is more information about PRIDE tying up with Entriq, the same company that MTV & WWE uses for DRM video technology. My commentary on this can viewed in full-post mode.
Thoughts on Kurt Angle & TNA
Monday, September 25th, 2006By Sheldon Goldberg Sheldon Goldberg is the President and co-owner of both New England Championship Wrestling and World Women’s Wrestling. He is based out of the Boston, Massachusetts area. The sad part about following pro wrestling these days is that nothing seems shocking anymore. The many deaths and tragedies that professional wrestling has endured over […]
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