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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007K-1 announced Yoshihisa Inoue vs. Takashi Tachikawa (former Chiba Lotte Marines baseball player) for their 12/31 Osaka Dome event.
Mark Cuban and Floyd Mayweather Jr. meet
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Cuban is brilliant at generating publicity for HDNet Fights. “Floyd is considering fighting with HDNet Fights,” Cuban told ESPN.com. “We are going to let him visit some gyms to talk to some folks about what it would take to learn. He knows it won’t be easy. But he is getting involved with MMA and HDNet […]
Site update (12/21/07)
Thursday, December 20th, 2007Due to scheduling and other guest booking issues, it looks like the annual Christmas radio show will be available late Sunday night/early Monday morning. If you have any links to Christmas music that I can legally use on the show that you would like to hear, please post a comment. On my Christmas wish list, […]
Site update (12/20/07)
Thursday, December 20th, 2007We’ve added more options on the top menu bar. The most notable feature is our new boxing page, which is made possible thanks to the technical help of Dr. J. There are some sites definitely not listed on the page (MaxBoxing, Fightnews) because we could not find the RSS feeds for them. In the case […]
Spin doctoring the Mayweather-Hatton PPV buyrate number
Monday, December 17th, 2007Do a search on Google News right now for the Mayweather vs. Hatton PPV buy rate number and you’ll see a litany of boxing sites doing a hard sell for the buyrate number the 12/8 event drew (a reported 850,000 buys). “Massive PPV numbers released” was the headline at Doghouse Boxing. These sites must think […]
Quote of the Week – Eastside Boxing
Friday, December 14th, 2007Yet another boxing writer shows his disdain for UFC: Dana White was not able to transfer Jackson from a Mixed Martial Arts combatant into an international star after his victory over Liddell because he didn’t have a diverse enough audience to do so. To his credit, he will continue to sell UFC DVD’s next to […]
Monday chalkboard (12/10)
Monday, December 10th, 2007Nick Lembo of the NJACB said that none of the fighters at UFC 78 (11/17 Newark, New Jersey) failed their drug tests. Hidehiko Yoshida says that he will not fight on NYE. Luke Thomas thinks WEC + UFC = The Future. Dave Meltzer says that Paulo Filho might be the world’s best middleweight. Here is […]
Sunday news review: Eyebrows raised
Sunday, December 9th, 2007If anyone has extensive experience with BlogAds, please send me an e-mail. I read BlogAds’ FAQ and it is a little confusing for novices. That’ll teach him It’s a great day in the Bloody Elbow household and a horrible day in the Fightlinker household, as Roger Huerta defeated Clay Guida at the TUF 6 finale […]
Thursday trash talk: New York Yankee loves UFC
Thursday, December 6th, 2007Over at MMAHQ.net, a new round of voting has started for MMA fighter rankings. Go vote now. ESPN’s Buster Olney recently interviewed Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain and UFC was a favorite topic of conversation: It was awesome! It def is getting bigger than boxing! Even had a couple guys from Nebraska fighting! There is so […]
Tuesday chalkboard: In their own words
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007The StrikeForce 9/29 Playboy Mansion event on Yahoo.com reportedly drew a lot of eyeballs. In the immortal words of one Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?” Apparently not: I felt like puking. Boxing promoter Lou DiBella once lashed out against MMA, calling it – predictably – “a human cockfight.” What an insult to […]
Sunday news review: Recapping the weekend’s action
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007RSS Wish List – Part 2 I am looking for any and all RSS feeds relating to UK MMA news or European MMA news. On most of the UK MMA sites, I have not been able to find any feeds at all. I want some RSS feeds covering this scene. Today’s news Thomas Hauser of […]
Saturday headlines: The future of Marcelo Garcia
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Sad news, as Sam Vasquez has reportedly been moved to Hospice in the Houston area. There is a big story developing, involving Marcelo Garcia. The Palm Beach Post is reporting that no charges will be filed against Din Thomas for hosting illegal cage fights at his school have been dropped. Oleg Taktarov won his comeback […]
Friday fight notes: More CSAC drug suspensions
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Sober analysis (audio here) about the MMA business this year. Plus, the IFL’s stock price continues to plunge, as it is now down to $0.15 USD/share. This is going to be a very busy weekend for MMA events. There will be a big MMA show tonight at the Patriot Center (George Mason University). Kit Cope […]
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