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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 –
PRIDE’s latest idea for UFC
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Daily Sports reports on comments made by PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara in regards to UFC. Sakakibara stated that Mirko Cro Cop would be a suitable replacement for Vanderlei Silva to send to UFC to fight this November. Sakakibara said that despite Mirko’s name and image being printed for PRIDE’s 10/21 Las Vegas show poster, he […]
PRIDE’s big picture
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Note: As stated after PRIDE’s 9/10 Saitama event, the promotion will run their New Year’s Eve show at Saitama Super Arena. The idea with Mike Tyson is to have him fight in another country. That country is now thought to be Macau. For those who have followed PRIDE’s m.o. on a business […]
Quick media notes
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006There is a report that Calvin Ayre (under the BoDog banner) is going to be a sponsor for Scott Coker’s Strikeforce show on October 7th in Fresno, California. Here are two reports (here and here) on the new BoDog MMA show. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports that Frank Trigg will fight Jason “Mayhem” Miller for the […]
PRIDE 10/21 Las Vegas card
Monday, September 18th, 2006According to PRIDE’s web site: Josh Barnett vs. Pawel Nastula Mark Hunt vs. Eric “Butterbean” Esch Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Coleman Kevin Randleman vs. Mauricio Shogun
Ken Kaneko moves to HERO’s
Monday, September 18th, 2006Livedoor has a report that states that Japanese actor Ken Kaneko, who worked PRIDE’s 2005 New Year’s Eve show against Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett, is going to appear in HERO’s for the promotion’s October 9th event at Yokohama Arena.
Media heat-up for IFL & UFC
Monday, September 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold This weekend is going to be action-packed for MMA, as UFC 63 takes place in Anaheim, California with Matt Hughes vs. BJ Penn. carlos Arias in The Orange County Register has a preview for the upcoming show. Pat Miletich, who normally would be in Matt’s corner, will instead be at the IFL […]
Is PRIDE doing a reality TV show?
Sunday, September 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold Japanese blogger Gryphon has picked up on a lead that Ed Fishman, the rumored Las Vegas backer for PRIDE, is going to try to pitch a new PRIDE reality show for TV in America. If this is true, it makes PRIDE look like a copycat to UFC as far as what PRIDE’s […]
Pancrase’s new star
Saturday, September 16th, 2006Seiji Sakaguchi’s son’s Pancrase debut makes top headlines on Yahoo Japan By Zach Arnold Yukio Sakaguchi, the 33-year son of former New Japan Pro-Wrestling President Seiji Sakaguchi, made his amateur debut on Saturday at Pancrase’s Differ Ariake show. He won his amateur fight by KO. There are big plans by Pancrase for him to make […]
MMA being sanctioned in Washington DC
Saturday, September 16th, 2006From the Washington Post: The D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission on Thursday took the first step toward sanctioning mixed martial arts in the District by unanimously approving a local promoter’s plan to put on a series of events. Called the Mixed Martial Arts Championship, the promotion is aimed at tapping into the burgeoning local martial […]
UFC media round-up
Friday, September 15th, 2006The Houston Chronicle has an interesting post about Dana White’s reaction to Silva vs. Mirko in the PRIDE ring. Yes, Mr. White apparently is paying close attention to PRIDE these days. Definitely a must-read link. Also, Dave Doyle has two good articles (here and here), detailing some quotes he did in an interview with Georges […]
Meltzer weighs in on CSAC
Friday, September 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold On this week’s Fight Opinion Radio show, Erin Bucknell discussed the Shannon Ritch vs. Brian Ebersole fight that took place at The Malice at the Palace event in San Francisco this past weekend. The California State Athletic Commission claims that the fight was worked and both fighters were suspended. Bucknell says that […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 5
Thursday, September 14th, 2006By Erin Bucknell We REALLY didn’t need a recap of the staph infection, thanks. The coaches discuss how they thought having Smith fight Lutter was a weird decision. Clementi speculates that it was Serra trying to protect Sell. Shonie backs up this idea. Serra makes it known that if he is going to be fighting […]
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