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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Here it is (in Japanese). I’ll keep the summary short, since most of what he told the interviewer is similar to other American interviews he has done. He ripped into the DREAM promotion, calling it minor-league and said that Mirko was tuning his game up in the minor league so that he could come back […]
Monday morning quarterback (3/24/08)
Monday, March 24th, 2008Interesting link of the day is that MMA Madness is up for sale. AOL Fanhouse: Bidding wars coming to MMA? EXC could use CBS deal to add UFC talent The Dayton Daily News (OH): CBS deal could help EXC lure new talent Steve Sievert: Much at stake as CBS readies first shot at MMA Gary […]
Wednesday weekly rundown (3/19/08)
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Todd Martin (CBS Sports): Jeff Blatnick sees MMA as viable career option for amateur wrestlers The Sun (UK): Cage Rage promoter Andy Geer says Sean Sherk should be banned for life from MMA The Seattle PI: Interview with Joe Lauzon The Canadian Press: Expect MMA sparks to fly when James Irvin and Houston Alexander meet […]
Losers and winners this month in Japan
Monday, March 17th, 2008MMA Predictions will have an interview with Baret Yoshida later on their site this week. I’m very curious as to what the rating for the DREAM debut show on TBS was. If it’s a low number… and I’m not even talking about the live gate, either. You would have to say that round one of […]
DREAM 3/15 Saitama Super Arena
Saturday, March 15th, 2008Spoilers. Plus, here’s a live event report. Brent Brookhouse has a recap. MMA Opinion also has a recap. The claimed paid attendance for the show was 19,120. Also, here are the videos of the fights on Daily Motion…
That Never Back Down movie must be lousy…
Friday, March 14th, 2008Denis Martins: Paulo Fliho in rehab, out of WEC fight WEC HP: Company statement on Paulo Filho Mike Coughlin: Thoughts on the DREAM debut event The Princeton Daily Clarion (Indiana): Ex-PCHS grappler John Turner dreams of ultimate fighting crown The Daily Record (UK): Cage fighters look for respect despite ‘cockfighting’ claims The News & Observer: […]
Thursday trash talk (3/13/08)
Thursday, March 13th, 2008MMA Junkie reports that NBC & Strikeforce are close to announcing a TV deal. The Fightworks Podcast will be at the BJJ Pan-Ams on March 30th in Carson, California. Join Caleb and his super-high listenership of 600,000 for breakfast that day at R & R Soul Food Restaurant. Friendly reminder — make sure to listen […]
Order of fights for DREAM debut event
Thursday, March 13th, 2008As it stands right now: Minowaman vs. Mr. X Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidetaka Monma LGP R1: Kotetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen LGP R1: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Luiz Buscape LGP R1: Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Artur Umakhanov LGP R1: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Jung Bu-Kyung Mirko Cro Cop vs. Tatsuya Mizuno LGP R1: Andre Dida vs. Eddie […]
Wednesday weekly review: Matt Lindland wants your vote
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The big story of the day is that Matt Lindland is attempting a run at political office. KPIC CBS 4 is reporting that Lindland has thrown his name into the Oregon primary race in an attempt to become the Republican nominee for a local House seat. The Canadian Press: The Road Warrior looks forward to […]
No soccer ball kicks and foot stomps in DREAM
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Yuji Shimada said that the DREAM promotion would aim to not have either soccer ball kicks or foot stomps in fights that take place in the DREAM ring. More on this story here and here. Mirko Cro Cop will face U-FILE camp member Tatsuya Mizuno at the DREAM 3/15 Saitama Super Arena event.
DREAM debut event photos
Saturday, March 8th, 2008At next week’s event at Saitama Super Arena, there will be a photographer taking pictures on behalf of MMA Opinion. The photographer is interested and willing to sell any of the event photographs (including editing). If you’re interested in getting some photos of the event for your web site (and/or magazine), contact Brandt DeLorenzo at […]
Updated DREAM 3/15 Saitama card line-up
Thursday, March 6th, 2008As it stands right now: Lightweight GP tournament matches: Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Artur Umakhanov Andre Dida vs. Eddie Alvarez Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Jung Bu-Kyung Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Black Mamba Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Luiz Buscape Kotetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan Welterweights: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidetaka Monma Plus: Mirko Cro Cop […]
A DREAM of returning to glory
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008When K-1 mouthpiece Sadaharu Tanigawa announced that K-1 and DSE officials would work together in ‘a large coalition’ to produce a modified version of PRIDE, you could see the old PRIDE marks suddenly appear on Sherdog and MMA Fighting message boards. When Nobuyuki Sakakibara sold the PRIDE assets to Lorenzo Fertitta, it was as if […]
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