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Thursday, July 17th, 2008More details are coming out regarding Quinton Jackson’s alleged hit-and-run incident and they are not pretty at all. As if the story wasn’t strange enough, the folks at Total MMA found this. The Sun in the UK asked Michael Bisping for his thoughts on the situation. Jason Probst: Fight of the Night – UFC vs. […]
DREAM 5 card line-up
Thursday, July 10th, 20087/21 Osaka Castle Hall (3 PM) Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Katsuyori Shibata Mark Hunt vs. Mr. X Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Motoki Miyazawa Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Joseph Benavidez Lightweight GP reserve match: Joachim Hansen vs. Black Mamba Lightweight GP: Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri Lightweight GP: Shin’ya Aoki vs. Kaoru Uno Lightweight GP finals
Today’s chalkboard (7/7/08)
Monday, July 7th, 2008Mirko Cro Cop has canceled his booking for the DREAM 5 card on 7/21 in Osaka. The Guardian (UK): Fighting talk in Vegas as Ultimate ambitions are revealed Fight Metric at AOL Fanhouse: Griffin vs. Jackson – the numbers that matter The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Upset win puts Forrest Griffin among UFC elite WRDW (Georgia): […]
Fight Opinion Radio #83: Writing the IFL’s obituary, and retirement talk for Matt Hughes
Friday, June 20th, 2008On this week’s show, there is absolutely no talk regarding the announcement of Lorenzo Fertitta moving full-time to UFC. You’ll have to wait until next week’s show for that discussion. Instead, we have a length discussion about the recent BJJ Worlds event in Long Beach, a debate about the keyboard warriors who are calling for […]
Quotes of the Day – Dave Meltzer on the DREAM 4 show
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Audio here (22 minute time mark): “I thought that it was long and not necessarily exciting, uh, a couple of fights were okay, but there was nothing um nothing worth going out of way to see, that’s for sure.” After praising Jacare vs. Miller… “Nothing, uh, nothing really, Nothing really stood out. Very missable show.”
Video: Sakuraba vs. Manhoef
Monday, June 16th, 2008Leland Roling at MMA Analyst loves Melvin Manhoef. This fight video… it just makes me sad. More videos of DREAM 4 fights can be seen here.
Today’s chalkboard (6/16/08)
Monday, June 16th, 2008The MMA California site has a new message board, which can be accessed right here. Check it out. New York Magazine has an article on UFC’s attempts to get MMA legalized in the state of New York. Count the number of items in the article that make you laugh or cringe. Sam Caplan has a […]
Sakuraba suffers left arm injury in fight against Manhoef
Sunday, June 15th, 2008DREAM officials announced today that Kazushi Sakuraba suffered an ulna fracture in his left arm during his fight against Melvin Manhoef yesterday at Yokohama Arena. The injury reportedly occurred when Sakuraba attempted to block a high-kick from Manhoef. One interesting item is that any sort of retirement talk for Sakuraba was profusely shut down and […]
DREAM 4 (6/15 Yokohama Arena)
Sunday, June 15th, 2008Reports: Total MMA | Japan MMA | Sherdog | MMA Junkie
Jordan Breen’s DREAM 4 preview
Saturday, June 14th, 2008Mr. Breen talks here. His predictions for Sunday’s Yokohama Arena event: Melvin Manhoef over Kazushi Sakuraba Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza over Jason “Mayhem” Miller Kin Tai Ei over Zelg Galesic Gegard Mousasi over Yoon Dong-Sik Shin’ya Aoki over Katsuhiko Nagata Hideo Tokoro over Darren Uyenoyama Ralek Gracie over Alavutdin Gazhiyev Alistair Overeem over Lee Tae-Hyun
Match order for DREAM 4 event
Thursday, June 12th, 2008As of today in terms of fight order: 6/15 Yokohama Arena (5 PM JST) Lightweight GP round two: Shin’ya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata Heavyweights: Alistair Overeem vs. Lee Tae-Hyun Light Heavyweights: Ralek Gracie vs. Alavutdin Gadzhiyev Featherweights: Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama Middleweight GP round two: Gegard Mousasi vs. Yoon Dong-Sik Middleweight GP round two: […]
A lack of heat for Rampage Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Everything you need to know about the upcoming DREAM 4 card can be found right here. Jack Encarnacao has a great article on Jason “Mayhem” Miller and his philosophy in the fight business. ESPN asks a big question today on their web site in regards to whether or not MMA will become an Olympic sport. […]
Choi Hong-Man has successful surgery to remove tumor
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Nikkan Sports published a story today claiming that Choi Hong-Man had a successful operation to remove the tumor in his pituitary gland that caused him to be blocked from fighting in California at the LA Coliseum last year. Hong-Man is expected to be in the hospital for about a week in recovery and may appear […]
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