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Thursday, July 21st, 2011Joe Warren says he wanted to get into MMA commentating but got told by a promoter that he needed to fight in MMA first before he could commentate.
MMA Link Club: Nate Marquardt sees fighters criticizing him as bullies
Friday, July 15th, 2011A unique look at some MMA headlines you might have missed on other sites this week.
UFC & G4 TV deal: Either insanely brilliant or an example of being too clever by half
Thursday, June 9th, 2011With reports that UFC will buy a majority interest in the G4 cable network, what does it mean for their relations with Spike TV?
Peek-a-boo: UFC on ESPN2
Thursday, April 21st, 2011UFC Primetime aired last night on ESPN2. A lot of people missed it, but we sure didn’t. Spike TV probably got the message, too.
Bellator’s yo-yo diet of ratings on MTV2 is both a blessing & a curse
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011There wasn’t a lot of good news coming out of last weekend’s Bellator event from Yuma, Arizona. So, we tried to find a positive spin for all of it.
Should MMA judges have to explain their scoring of fights on TV after a bout takes place?
Monday, April 18th, 2011Jimmy Smith of Bellator says that a way to make MMA judges more honest about their scoring of bouts is to make them explain their scoring on television.
Ben Askren wins over few fans at Bellator 40 in Oklahoma
Sunday, April 10th, 2011Ben Askren is so raw and yet so talented that he manages to both impress and annoy you each time you watch him fight.
Bjorn Rebney: It’s MTV’s call to shift Bellator’s TV time slot to not conflict with UFC
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Bjorn Rebney admitted in a recent radio interview that it is MTV’s call to have Bellator in a shifting time slot in order to avoid conflicting with UFC programming under the Viacom umbrella.
Ben Askren: Fighters who focus on putting on a show instead of winning are losers
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Ben Askren is not a fan of fighters who fight to put on a show as their top priority over winning. He’s not that big of a supporter of fans who encourage that mentality, either.
Bellator’s Bjorn Rebney: “We’re not bleeding”, says they’re breaking even
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney says his company is on the right path with their MTV2 deal and that the company will continue to positively grow over the years to come.
Eddie Alvarez: If I was in the UFC, I’d just be another disposable fighter
Monday, April 4th, 2011Bellator Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez is happy where he is at right now and is blunt in his assessment about what fighting in the UFC would mean for him.
The next 8 days a peek into the non-UFC MMA landscape for rest of 2011
Friday, April 1st, 2011The next 8 days will tell us a lot about what Zuffa’s plans are for Strikeforce and what the MMA landscape will look like for the rest of 2011 outside of UFC events.
Cases of good judgment & bad judgment in MMA
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011Some moral and business issues in the MMA world to ponder and reflect upon.
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