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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007By Zach Arnold Here are comments made by Calvin Ayre in an interview with us (through an intermediary). 1) Will Bodog run any shows in the US? Following the overwhelming success of its sophomore series, Bodog Fight: Costa Rica Combat will start airing in over 90 million homes across the U.S., on ION Television, starting […]
Monday news: BodogFight gets worldwide coverage
Monday, April 16th, 2007One of the fascinating things in watching the BodogFight PPV was the play-by-play commentating of Bob Sheridan, who is a famous boxing announcer. I remember him calling the Buster Douglas vs. Mike Tyson 1990 upset at the Tokyo Dome. On the BodogFight show, Sheridan amazingly put over everything he could. I don’t know how to […]
Sunday review: Serra speaks out about Hughes
Saturday, April 14th, 2007Manny Pacquiao defeaed Jorge Solis and Ruslan Chagaev defeated Nikolai Valuev on Saturday night in boxing action. Fight Report breaks down the heavyweight picture.
BodogFight 4/13 Russia event results
Saturday, April 14th, 2007Results here from Sherdog. Fight Report show review here. Also, Bodogbeat review here as well. Post your show thoughts in the comments section.
Evening headlines: Focus on Fedor
Friday, April 13th, 2007The writer who was hounding Xyience & UFC online is apparently back. One question I would like to get your answer on: If Bodog is in fact taking bets on their own BodogFight show, are you comfortable or uncomfortable with this taking place?
Friday update: Heat-up for Lindland vs. Fedor
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Pawel Nastula is training with Mirko Cro Cop. Satoru Kitaoka submitted Fabricio “Pitbull” Monteiro at today’s DEEP Korakuen Hall event to earn a spot in the PRIDE Lightweight GP tournament (starting on 5/20 at Saitama Super Arena). Also at the DEEP event, Murilo Bustamante defeated Ryuta Sakurai by KO in 3’50 of R1. On the […]
Monday madness: Ayre says Fedor is Bodog 4 Life
Sunday, April 8th, 2007By Zach Arnold Explanation of title post here. Kakutolog notes a Tokyo Sports report claiming that there is consideration of booking Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba for the Tokyo Dome on 10/11, which would be the exact date of the 10th anniversary of PRIDE.
Sunday media sandwich: Matt Serra shakes up gamblers
Sunday, April 8th, 2007This has been quite the red-meat weekend. So here’s some more red meat. A Japanese blogger looked at a pamphlet at the PRIDE 34 show that was promoting the upcoming 5/20 Saitama Super Arena Lightweight GP tournament. The photographs of 12 fighters were apparently on the pamphlet. The fighters supposedly listed were…
Report: Fedor not locked to a PRIDE contract
Thursday, April 5th, 2007By Zach Arnold On March 24th, Yomiuri Hochi (Shimbun) reported that PRIDE Heavyweight champion (Emelianenko) Fedor was not under lock-and-key with PRIDE (DSE) and that he was going to fight in BodogFight long-term. Today, the estimable Sam Caplan at CBS Sportsline is reporting that a contract extension to stay in PRIDE was not ‘officially completed.’ […]
Wednesday War Room: The Japanese message to UFC about PRIDE
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold Printable version of this post at BoxingScene.com. Caleb (of The Fightworks Podcast fame) on whether or not UFC’s purchase of PRIDE is good for the sport for MMA. If the message sent by Shukan Gendai on Monday wasn’t loud enough to Zuffa management to hear, then the message sent by Akira Maeda […]
Friday fence grabbing: The new PRIDE
Friday, March 30th, 2007Humorless, nutty, and screwed by the mainstream media — a description of UFC fans. Ed. — The default setting is comments off. I just turned them on now. Sorry. Mad Squabbles: Cage Rage and Sky TV The San Mateo County Times (California): Pacifica fighters to mix it up in ‘ultimate’ weekend event The Chicago Sun […]
Sunday news grind: Brock Lesnar may draw some fans
Sunday, March 25th, 2007We could all use a vacation. Very interesting comments from Dana White to Sherdog on Saturday night about a PRIDE asset sale. The words to focus on are “not a concrete deal.” While some readers will take a stance that the various Japanese media outlets (like Yomiuri Hochi, Miruhon, etc.) are exaggerating about what will […]
Yomiuri: Fedor in BodogFight long-term
Saturday, March 24th, 2007By Zach Arnold Today’s Yomiuri Hochi newspaper has a report claiming that PRIDE Heavyweight champion Emelianenko Fedor has signed a long-term deal with Calvin Ayre’s BodogFight promotion. The initial thought was that Fedor’s match against Matt Lindland on 4/14 in St. Petersburg, Russia would be on an individual fight contract. However, the Japanese newspaper says […]
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