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Thursday, September 20th, 2007Tickets are still available for UFC 76. Three new SEC filings by Pro Elite (here, here, and here). The Vancouver Province newspaper printed an editorial today speaking out against a possible ban of MMA in the city. Plus, the latest on attempts to ban MMA in Perth, Australia. Alex Marvez is reporting that the IFL […]
Wednesday war room: Heat-up for UFC Fight Night
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Weigh-in results for the UFC Fight Night show that will take place Wednesday night in Las Vegas. A complete event preview is here. The Vancouver Sun says that the city council will ponder future of ‘human cockfighting.’ The paper claims that the city council will have a report claiming MMA is more violent than boxing. […]
Hardcore Canadian
Sunday, September 16th, 2007By Jeff Comstock Keith Crawford is preparing for his October 19th, Hardcore Championship Fighting show at the Stampede Corral in Calgary. Alberta. Crawford has a wealth of promoting experience with King of the Cage, but the HCF endeavor has taken Canadian MMA promoting to the next level. The signings of superstars Aleksander Emilianenko and Gegard […]
Friday news & notes: Nick Diaz and dirty urine samples
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Mark Cuban said he would have a surprise name for his ‘Inside MMA’ HDNet debut show (hosted by Bas Rutten & Kenny Rice w/ Kevin James). The surprise name is Chuck Liddell. Quietly, the IFL stock is remaining under $0.50/share. Both the IFL and Pro Elite have new SEC filings. Anything of note from the […]
Thursday trash talk: Like your MMA in 3D?
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Another failed drug test in MMA. Photo of the day. Over at Fox Sports, a new article titled Bisping’s blow-up bad for UFC. I also have an article on this topic over at Boxing Scene. Gregg Doyel at CBS Sportsline says Friends of MMA, unite against that awful stench. A debate about who the casual […]
Friday headlines: Heat-up for UFC 75
Friday, September 7th, 2007Matt Hughes joins Full Tilt Poker. Art of War 4 will take place on 10/27 at the Grand Event Center in Tunica, MS. Movement business-wise for The Fight Network. Jon Fitch made an appearance on the Any Given Saturday radio show on Thursday (audio here). Plus, a UFC 75 preview (Fitch picked Henderson, Bisping, Mirko, […]
Wednesday war room: BMA and Big Brother
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Lots of news coverage today regarding the state of Chris Benoit’s brain. ABC News has more details. Plus, check out the reader comments. On ESPN’s Outside the Lines today, they focused their 30-minute program on the Benoit brain tissue analysis and concussions in sports. Commentary on Dana White: Komikazee | Fightlinker The BBC is reporting […]
Tuesday headlines: The NFL vs. MMA
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Tomorrow (yes, Wednesday) is the next WEC event from Las Vegas and I’m looking forward to it. We will recap the event on the next edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Here is some more background information about Mark Cuban’s interest in MMA. Cuban and Fishman working together would be a hell of a deal. Kevin […]
Thursday trash talk: Jay Glazer is not welcome in Kentucky
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007When I was 13 years old, asking for secret sauce meant the mystery dipping condiment with your french fries. Now, secret sauce has a whole new meaning for 13 year olds. (Hat tip: Mikeinformer.) More reaction to this story can be found here. Plus, more discussion about steroids and UFC fighters. How MMA’s popularity is […]
Wednesday war room: What’s in a name?
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007It is not a good day in the world of Bodog. You, too, can buy Mike Tyson’s poop. If Kevin Iole called his critics last week “keyboard warriors,” I can only imagine what he is going to say after reading this. Luke Thomas has some words for Iole. Both Frank Trigg and Joe Stevenson think […]
Tuesday headlines: Rickson Gracie is returning
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007There is a brand new SEC filing by Pro Elite. Any new information in the filing? I did notice this gem on page 15: The material weaknesses noted were: (1) the Company inadequately maintained accounting records, (2) accounting policies and procedures were not formally documented, and (3) the accounting department did not have sufficient technical […]
Saturday update: The road to UFC 74
Saturday, August 25th, 2007This is a primer for you to read before UFC 74 takes place. NPR (National Public Radio) did an article on MMA that was… well… it was what it was. The New York State Athletic Commission once again came out against MMA and in favor of boxing. The article also shamelessly parrots The Zuffa Myth. […]
Friday fight notes: More steroid comments from Dana White
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Weekly Pro is reporting that Erik Paulson has been booked for the upcoming IGF (Inoki Genome Federation) event in Nagoya. Josh Barnett, Don Frye, Kiyoshi Tamura, Mark Coleman, and other MMA names are also scheduled to appear. Dana White continues his defense of Sean Sherk: “I don’t think he’s a liar,” said UFC president Dana […]
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