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Saturday, August 4th, 2007The Bob Arum/Dana White feud is turning out to be a goldmine for quotes. Arum fires the latest salvo by claiming that UFC has a bigger drug problem than the Tour de France. UFC Mania has links to the audio clips. Sam Caplan shares his thoughts. The only topic that gets Bob’s blood pumping more […]
Friday fight notes: Just say no… to many things
Friday, August 3rd, 2007I’ve had a few readers who use the Safari browser state that they are having trouble loading this site. I’m not sure what is happening, but one trick to loading the site is to remove the www out of the URL. Try this instead and you should be fine. UFC and J-ROCK make a package […]
Wednesday war room: 9/19 UFC Fight Night card finalized
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Travis Lutter not fighting at UFC 74. Yokozuna Asashoryu suspended for playing soccer. More on the story here. Josh Gross defends his open letter to Dana White on Fight Network Radio. Ivan Canello has video of Fabio Silva vs. Ryo Kawamura. Here is the fight card for the 9/19 UFC Fight Night event. Bad news […]
Sunday media slate: Gamblers love Kimbo/Tank
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Beach wrestling with Gomi & KID. Kenny Florian wants more stringent drug testing in MMA. Jake Rossen talks about the impact of Title IX on MMA. The Fightworks Podcast has an interview with Xande Ribeiro.
Saturday headlines: WWE versus Congress
Saturday, July 28th, 2007If you haven’t already subscribed to Fight Opinion Radio via iTunes, go subscribe here. Both Koki Kameda and Daiki Kameda won their fights today in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. The results of both fights were unanimous decision wins. ShootBoxing had their event today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Top matches featured Adam Higson (King of […]
Round two of UFC and Ricky Hatton
Friday, July 27th, 2007Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports reported on Friday night that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas on December 8th. Eastside Boxing reports that the MGM Grand Garden Arena is being discussed as a possible host for the event. Why is it possibly news-of-concern for UFC? December 8th is when UFC is […]
Thursday trash talk: Whatcha going do, brother?!
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007QVC is selling the Hulk Hogan Ultimate Grill with Interchangeable Grill, Griddle, & Waffle Plates. The ‘Ultimate Grill’ for $100 USD? Wonder if UFC is paying attention? I feel the need to state that this has been one hell of a July in terms of news. I want to create a poll asking the readers […]
Wednesday war room: From the horse’s mouth
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Pro Elite puts money into Cage Rage. Not a bad plan. Plus, Nick Diaz returns September 15th in Hawaii. Kevin Iole is reading your letters and responding back. To e-mail him with MMA-related topics, use [email protected]. Plus, he made an appearance Tuesday on Fight Network Radio. Audio here. Lots of interesting odds and ends in […]
Dopes caught doping at big rates
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007By Zach Arnold Keep your eyes open for any further reports at MMA California. The California State Athletic Commission released the latest drug test-related suspension figures from the time period of 3/31/2007 to 7/6/2007. Within that three month time-span, there were 28 failed drug tests – 20 of them in MMA plus Johnnie Morton refusing […]
Wednesday work week: Oregon MMA gets publicity
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Your article of the day from the Associated Press about Oregon regulating MMA – despite the fact that MMA shows have already taken place in the state, just ask Matt Lindland. Money quote: “To me, it is a brutal and disgusting sport,” said Sen. Alan Bates, D-Ashland, who co-sponsored the bill. “I’ve never been to […]
Sunday media slate: A Saturday full of surprises
Sunday, July 15th, 2007I took a beating over at MMA Predictions on my BodogFight match picks. I ended up picking Yoshiki Takahashi, Amar Suloev, Yves Edwards, and Roman Zentsov to win. Brutal. I did pick Yuki Kondo to lose, however. He paid the price against Trevor Langley. Sam Caplan on the uglyness at the BodogFight show. He says […]
Saturday media slate: What’s the UFC 76 main event?
Saturday, July 14th, 2007UFC & Spike TV ink a new deal. Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine as the UFC 76 main event? One word – what? Why not book Liddell vs. Houston Alexander, the guy who beat Jardine? How about Liddell vs. Forrest Griffin, who actually won his last fight?
Friday fight notes: The day before UFC 73
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Pawel Nastula says PRIDE is coming back in September. The Oregonian is reporting that the Oregon State Boxing & Wrestling commission will now be named the Oregon State Athletic Commission. Mauro Ranallo previews the upcoming UFC 73 card (audio). Also on the show, Armando Garcia stated that people would be alarmed by the amount of […]
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