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Monday, September 25th, 2006By Dave Ditch UFC is the cool kid everybody wants to be around. Some get to be real friends, while others just want the rub of popularity. PRIDE has been looking for the rub. Kurt Angle’s reference of UFC several months ago on ECW was an attempt to get some rub. Was Kurt Angle’s inference […]
Shelby Walker found dead
Sunday, September 24th, 2006Female boxer & MMA fighter Shelby Walker (information on her can be found here, here, here, and here) was found dead due to a suspected overdose of pain medication.
Kurt Angle heads to TNA
Sunday, September 24th, 2006Story information here. My first reaction — with Angle on TNA and Spike TV backing both TNA & UFC, the chances of Angle appearing in UFC (if he goes the MMA-and-wrestling combo route) just increased significantly. Unless, of course (as Dave Ditch pointed out to me), both Angle and TNA used UFC as nothing more […]
Renzo beats Miletich in the IFL
Sunday, September 24th, 20069/23 Moline, Illinois event results here. In-depth report here. A live event report from the show. Maybe the IFL can sign Yves Edwards soon. I couldn’t find any mainstream media/newspaper coverage coming out of the show. Update: I just watched the first of the Portland-taped IFL shows on FSN. This show featured Bas Rutten’s Anacondas […]
UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006By Erin Bucknell Quick event results recap here. Hmm, Penn certainly seems excessively confident. I really hope he’s been training hard and not just relying on his former win. Cause, that? Not such a good plan. Especially after his performance against GSP. Jens has been accused of having a style designed to “not lose”? Umm, […]
Japanese arrest happening soon?
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006Apparently, the last editions of Weekly Fight are going out with a bang. Over at NHB News, they’re talking about a claim in WF that someone associated (how tight or loose the association is not said) around the Japanese MMA industry is about to get arrested soon. The question is whom it will be. Update: […]
Dana White vs. Jerry Millen
Friday, September 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold If the name Jerry Millen doesn’t sound familiar to you, then here’s a brief description of him. He’s based out of Detroit, made his name in television production, has done some stints in Hollywood, and does all of PRIDE’s American video editing. With this in mind, here’s quite a news item (from […]
MMA media circus
Thursday, September 21st, 2006Los Angles Times – Altering the Perception (about UFC 63) Fox Sports – Hughes-Penn rematch two years in the making and UFC 63 predictions Canadian Press (via CBC Sports) – Hawaii meets country as BJ Penn tackles UFC champion Matt Hughes and The Fight Network attempts to expand into the American marketplace Kurt Angle quits […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 25 (Interview with Brian Ebersole)
Thursday, September 21st, 2006Despite having a slow news week for MMA content, Fight Opinion Radio is back with another interesting show that we anticipate you will enjoy listening to. This week, our feature guest is fighter Brian Ebersole, who recently gained attention for being accused by the California State Athletic Commission for fixing a fight with perennial MMA […]
PRIDE Bushido 11/5 Yokohama event
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006The promotion announced Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho and Denis Kang vs. Akihiro Gono for their Welterweight tournament show on November 5th at Yokohama Arena.
Kurt Angle indicates MMA is in his future
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you’ve been a regular reader of this site, you have read our reports (here and here) about the chances of Kurt Angle working in MMA. All signs point to Japan, the country with promoters who can offer the most money (and a country with no commission). Today, Angle released a statement […]
UFC 63: Analysis and predictions
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006By Stephan Marceau Well UFC 63 is upon us this coming weekend. And as usual here is my fan review of the proposed matchups. This looks to be a very exciting card with a lot of fireworks in store (on paper anyways). Okay, here we go: Preliminary Fights Roger Huerta vs Jason Dent (LW) Jason […]
UFC-related media articles
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006Hometown Source – An interview with Sean Sherk Long Beach Press-Telegram – An interview/profile article with David Loiseau Canadian Press – Another profile article on David Loiseau Long Beach Press-Telegram –
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