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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007A very interesting report from KamiproHand (Kami no Puroresu), which claims that PRIDE producer Daisuke Sato (who worked closely with Nobuyuki Sakakibara & DSE for PRIDE event production) will stay on with Zuffa under the ‘new’ PRIDE. Sato was the man behind PRIDE Bushido events and part of the core matchmaking group of DSE. Will […]
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 […]
Tuesday news turnover: UFC dominates headlines
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Dana White, quote machine: “Or, even better, I’ll put up a million dollars of my own money if Floyd Mayweather can sell more than 10 tickets without Oscar De La Hoya.” Jake Shannon has set up a new web site called UWF Bushido that will have all 75 episodes of the UWF-International documentary “Bushido: Way […]
Monday mayhem: Thoughts on Shukan Gendai article
Monday, April 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Comments off Printable version over at BoxingScene.com First, if you haven’t listened to the brand new edition of FOR, go listen. It is an entertaining show that should fly by for 2 hours when you hear it. Everyone did great on the show. Second, make sure to read the latest Shukan Gendai […]
Press Release: Operation Cleanup 3
Sunday, April 1st, 2007http://www.thefightpage.com Charles Jay OPERATION CLEANUP 3 – IT’S HAPPENING, WITH “FOR WHOM DiBELLA TOLLS” April 1, 2007 “I won’t let the bastards beat me.” — Promoter Lou DiBella, as told to Thomas Hauser of SecondsOut.com – July 4, 2005 Yeah, we’ll teach those bastard people a lesson.
Saturday media slam – Japanese newspapers go wild
Friday, March 23rd, 2007I’m interested in hearing your thoughts on our interview with Ed Fishman. Post a comment if you get the chance. Click full-page view to see what the Japanese newspapers and fight media are saying about UFC’s purchase of PRIDE.
Wednesday media workout – DanHen mania
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007It’s a busy media story day. The venerable Mike Sawyer sent me a ridiculous press release for Cage Fury Fighting Championship 5 show on June 16th at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Why is it ridiculous? The main event is a fight under MMA rules between boxer Ray Mercer and Kimbo Slice. We hear from […]
Sunday (Kimbo) Slice of News
Saturday, March 17th, 2007Liddell vs. Rampage II booked for May 26th. After losing today to Ryo Kawamura in the main event of Pancrase’s March 18th event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Hiromitsu Kanehara announced his intentions of retiring from active fighting in the near future. Kanehara stated that he felt he could physically still fight, but mentally wasn’t […]
Friday funhouse: No Josh Barnett for you at PRIDE
Thursday, March 15th, 2007Bas Rutten has more to say about PRIDE, Josh Barnett likely won’t be fighting in Japan any time soon, Tim Sylvia speaks out, Art of War says they made more than the IFL, and video links to Forrest Griffin’s staph infection shown on camera.
Wednesday fight notes – don’t make Bas Rutten angry
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007I want to give special thanks to all of our readers in Singapore. If you are reading this and/or have any regional MMA-related news items, send me an e-mail. Congratulations to Aaron Crossen for becoming Editor-in-Chief of The Valley Vanguard newspaper. Now add more fight game coverage to the publication. Jeff Monson wrote on his […]
Tuesday MMA notes – Wanderlei Silva returns
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007A note to all F.O. Radio listeners. Boxer Johnny Tapia overdoses on cocaine.
Sunday headlines – TUF 5 fighters displayed
Saturday, March 10th, 2007Sadaharu Tanigawa announced at a press conference today that an announcement would be made at the end of March in regards to HERO’s running an event in California later this year. The rumor is that the first event will happen in the middle of June. If there is anyone out here reading this that keeps […]
Thursday MMA headlines
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Be afraid, Carlos Mencia Today, I issue a decree stating that if you have an MMA-related web site or blog you want to promote, promote it in the comments section. More importantly, if it has an RSS feed, post a link. I want to add more sites to my daily news gathering cycle.
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