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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Butterbean was announced for the 8/26 Nagoya Aichi Rainbow Hall Bushido show. Minowa and Josh Barnett had a PR session today in Japan, which garnered big attention. What makes the Butterbean announcement interesting is that he is scheduled to fight two weeks before the show, on August 12th. The 300-plus-pound former boxer […]
Wrestling comedy with Paul Heyman
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold In an interview with The Sun in the UK, WWE-contracted employee Paul Heyman found himself on the defensive when discussing ECW and its future. The most laughable quote from Heyman in the interview is one that should raise eyebrows: Another thing is we don’t deny the influence of Mixed Martial Arts, which […]
Techno Goliath leaving K-1?
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold Dong-A Ilbo in South Korea reports that Choi Hong-Man may be negotiating out of his contract with K-1. Money quote: A close associate of Choi commented about his future, “If he dislikes the contract with K-1, he might seek another way.†Choi will start negotiations on his contract at the end of […]
APEX on TSN
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold The APEX Championship Fighting promotion issued a press release announcing their new deal with TSN in Canada. This is certainly a step forward for the organization, along with increasing awareness about MMA in Canada. Press release below.
Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Monday, July 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Prepare to be entertained.
PRIDE 8/26 Bushido updated card
Monday, July 24th, 2006An update to the first announced matches. Here are the new matches: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Chris Brennan Gilbert Melendez vs. Nobuhiro Obiya Shin’ya Aoki vs. Jason Black (Miletich) Jeff Curran vs. Hioki Hatsu
Article on Halifax ECC 3 in Globe and Mail
Monday, July 24th, 2006By Stephan Marceau The Globe and Mail had an article, before the show, on the ECC in Halifax, which was on the same night as the WFA. The sport they call human cockfighting Not a very flattering article, but what can you expect from the Globe and Mail. And here is an actual review of […]
Big show in Holland
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006The 2H2H (Too Hot To Handle) promotion in Holland is promoting a November 12th show titled PRIDE & Honor at the Ahoy’ Rotterdam. Names being listed for the show include Rodney Faverus, Alistair Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, Emelianenko Alexander, and Gegard Mousasi. Overeem vs. Yvel has already been announced. In other PRIDE-related news, Ivan Trembow has […]
WFA 7/22 Los Angeles PPV recap
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Internet round-up: Observer | Sherdog | F4W Online | F.O. board | Random Fix | MMA Shout | Todd Martin | Eddie Goldman | Whaledog #1 | Whaledog #2
Open (blogger) season
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Saturday MMA media round-up. Consider this post a call to all small or independent bloggers (not the big MMA sites) who want to get the word out about their online postings. I read a ton of sites on a daily basis to gather material for the page, but I am always looking to link to […]
KID leaves MMA
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto has left the world of MMA to return to wrestling. His sights are set for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing (free-style wrestling), preparing to participate in the 60 kg. weight class. Yamamoto said that he decided to make this decision based on the fact that he is 29 years old and he […]
HERO’s 8/5 Tokyo card finalized
Friday, July 21st, 2006A press conference was held on Saturday to announce the participation of Kaoru Uno, Hiroyuki Takaya, and Hideo Tokoro for the Middleweight tournament (8/5 Tokyo, Ariake Colosseum event). Genki Sudo will not work the show due to injury (K-1 claims Sudo has a herniated disc, causing numbness in his left hand). Updated 8/5 Tokyo card […]
The spam filter
Friday, July 21st, 2006For the last couple of weeks, the spam filters on the site have been working overtime to weed out bad trackbacks and spam disguised as comments (the drug companies and online gambling sites apparently love this site). A word to everyone who posts a comment on this site – if you don’t use a valid […]
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