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Friday, March 23rd, 2007If anyone out there is an expert with WordPress on the technical side, e-mail me. Thanks. PRIDE’s Japanese HP is promoting a press conference for 3/27 (Tuesday) at 6 PM JST at Roppongi Hills Arena. It’s being marketed as an “important announcement” to be made to both fans and the mass media.
Thursday legal talk: PRIDE, Fishman, and The Fertitta Brothers
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold On Jim Rome is Burning, ESPN TV personality Jim Rome announced that on his show tomorrow, PRIDE double-crown champion Dan Henderson will be on a correspondent’s segment. According to the Clark County Court District web site, judge Timothy C Williams has been assigned to the Fishman Companies vs. DSE case (case number […]
Saturday news slate: More fighter unrest in PRIDE
Friday, March 16th, 2007Click on full-page view to see how fellow Fight Opinion writer and Bear Pit Japan member Tetsuya Sano did in his amateur shootboxing tournament today in Tokyo. Notes from a Sherdog video clip with IFL co-owner Kurt Otto: He says Bas Rutten will “make a special announcement” at the LA Forum show on Saturday (and […]
Jungle FC signs deal with boxing promoter
Thursday, February 15th, 2007By Zach Arnold In an interview taped on Thursday night (which will air in the coming days on FO Radio), Wallid Ismail announced that Jungle Fighting Championship has signed a deal with New York-based boxing promoter Cedric Kushner to produce four MMA events in the United States in 2007. While Jungle FC will continue to […]
Wallid Ismail sues Elite XC
Saturday, January 13th, 2007Message from Denis Martins.
Mirko Heads to Slovenia
Saturday, December 16th, 2006By Mark Pickering PRIDE 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix Champion, Mirko Cro Cop, the subject of intense speculation after mulling over deals from both PRIDE and the UFC, arrived in Slovenia on Thursday to attend Jungle Fight’s first European event.
Nino “Elvis” Schembri Leaves Chute Boxe
Saturday, December 16th, 2006By Mark Pickering PRIDE veteran and BJJ ace Nino “Elvis†Schembri has left the Chute Boxe team in Curitiba, according to GracieMag.com. The colourful Brazilian has ended a two-year affiliation with Rudimar Fedrigo’s academy to return to his hometown of Rio. Consequently, Schembri has been recruited by acting manager Rogerio Camoes, trainer Jorge Guimaraes and […]
Brazil gets a new MMA newspaper
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006With MMA growing in Brazil, a new publication is being launched in Brazil next called the Jornal do Vale-Tudo. A bi-weekly newspaper led by former Tatame Magazine editor Jose Mauricio Costa (and the coordination of Denis Martins) has arrived, focusing on specialized segments of MMA coverage. The newspaper will have 40,000 copies distributed per month. […]
Super Challenge 10/7 Brazil event
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Denis Martins is an MMA writer based in Brazil. If you would like to contact him with writing opportunities or just for feedback to this article, e-mail him at [email protected]. Has a premier organization been created in Brazil? This is the striking question when I think about the Super Challenge event that will take place […]
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