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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007News of the day is Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya apparently being booked for K-1’s 12/31 Osaka Dome event. The London Free Press has a feature article on Shawn Tompkins. Just who is calling Chris Horodecki the Sidney Crosby of fighting (other than the writer of the linked column)? Bad news on the Canadian front […]
Wednesday war room: The politics of Japan
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007DSE/Yarennoka announced Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan and Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Calvan, of course, is a K-1 fighter and two-time HERO’s Middleweight tournament champion. A lot of people in Japan were wondering if we were going to see Takanori Gomi vs. Calvan on NYE for […]
Tuesday headlines: UFC says GSP saved Christmas
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007If you use WordPress for your MMA site, read this. Rich Franklin and Tiffany (Amber) Thiessen will be involved in the filming of a new movie called “Weapon.” In “Weapon,” a lonely U.S. border patrol agent (Thiessen) apprehends a genetically engineered super-soldier (Franklin) and experiences the ride of her life when the soldier’s creator (Greenwood) […]
Sunday news review: Law and order
Sunday, November 25th, 2007The lead story of the day comes to us from Nikkan Sports. The newspaper claims that due to the damage inflicted on K-1’s public image from two recent incidents (Masaaki Miyamoto going to jail for possession of marijuana and Hiromi Amada facing charges for assault), the company is basically reading the riot act to both […]
Saturday headlines: Does Fedor vs. Yoshida appeal to you?
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Brent Brookhouse goes shopping for MMA DVDs. For those of you who use Blogspot and Blogger for your MMA blog, you know that Blogspot uses the ATOM format instead of the RSS format for content syndication. Follow these instructions and convert your ATOM feed to RSS. Why? Because if you make the proper conversion, I […]
Black Friday: Matt Serra out of UFC 79
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Just when you thought the momentum was swinging in a negative direction comes news that Matt Serra has had to pull out of his UFC 79 fight against Matt Hughes due to a back injury. The Grinch has made an early appearance to try to ruin Christmas. But don’t worry, Dana White says that Chuck […]
Wednesday war room: Some big turkeys in MMA
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, let us remind you that there is more than UFC on Spike TV. Oh yes, there is. Boxer Jeff Lacy thinks MMA is a fad and not a sport. Solar, a channel in the Philippines, has found its request to air UFC programming rejected. The only way […]
Friday fight notes: Fedor coming to Japan
Friday, November 16th, 2007If you have not listened to the latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio, go download the show. Dana White says that he will meet with Randy Couture next week. Alex Marvez has more information. There has been strong rumors about an MMA event happening at Saitama Super Arena on NYE (it would allegedly happen at […]
Monday evening update (11/12)
Monday, November 12th, 2007Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp are back with a new edition of their MMA radio show. Video of Joachim Hansen vs. Eiji Mitsuoka. The folks at Fightmetric want your feedback. Notes from today’s UFC 78 conference call. Dana White’s decided that if Sherk loses his appeal with the CSAC, he’ll strip him of the title. […]
Sunday news review: Defending UFC 78’s main event
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Hikaru Sato vs. Josh Barnett was announced by Pancrase for the promotion’s 12/22 Differ Ariake show in Tokyo. The fight will be under catch wrestling rules (two 5-minute rounds). Sato seems interested in costume play. Dana White defending the booking of Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans: “Chuck Liddell is the biggest superstar in mixed martial […]
Tuesday news and notes (11/6)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Your tabloid headline of the day. Pramit Mohapatra has a brand new article at Sports Illustrated talking about Kimbo Slice. Dan Henderson is coming to Winnipeg on November 30th. Dave Meltzer has two new articles on Yahoo (here and here) talking about last week’s CSAC appeals hearing. An interview with Big John McCarthy. Plus, an […]
Monday musings: Zuffa & Xyience
Monday, November 5th, 2007For the MMA insiders and hardcore fans, today’s big news item is a report that Xyience and Zuffa are supposedly linked together much more closely than apparently first thought. Luke Thomas elaborates on why this is an important story to follow. The one thing I don’t understand is that if the report is true that […]
Saturday headlines: Steroids and birth defects
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007The negative effects of using performance-enhancing drugs and how it effects the children of users. The Fight Network has reached a deal with K-1 and Fuji TV to air the 12/8 World GP Yokohama Arena event live. Luke Thomas talks about Phil Baroni’s appeal with the CSAC board. Kevin Iole has more comments about UFC […]
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