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Tuesday, June 5th, 2007All the latest on the IFL here and here. Frank Warren (British boxing promoter) claims that the UFC offered a commentating job to BBC personality (and boxing writer) Steve Bunce, but he turned it down due to it not being enough money. Read the post for Warren’s anti-UFC rant as well. Luke Thomas at Bloody […]
Tuesday talk: Dynamite in Japan
Monday, June 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold The K-1 Dynamite!! show on Tokyo Broadcasting System (show was on June 2nd, aired June 4th from 9:00 PM-10:54 PM in Japan) drew an 11.1% TV rating. Not terrible at all considering the circumstances regarding the show. In other words, no real damage for K-1 in Japan. In fact, because the Japanese […]
Saturday media splash: Only UFC exists
Friday, June 1st, 2007The latest edition of Fight Game on Fox News. More Internet rumors about Xyience. Hope the reporting is solid, because there are some pretty heavy allegations being made there. Today’s Globe & Mail newspaper in Canada has a story called Ultimate Fighting: Blood, guts, and PPV. The author’s e-mail is here. As we’ve discussed on […]
Fight Opinion Radio #51: Post-UFC 71 aftermath
Friday, June 1st, 2007Start your weekend off the right way with Fight Opinion Radio. Returning to the show this week are popular MMA writers Steve Sievert and Luke Thomas. Steve talks about his experience at the UFC 71 show in Las Vegas and how top bosses in the mainstream media are reacting to the American MMA boom. Luke […]
Friday headlines: Japanese PR wars
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Japanese marketing 101. The Los Angeles Times on ticket sales for the K-1 Dynamite event at the LA Coliseum: Kogan said FEG has sold at least 40,000 tickets ranging from $10 to $100. State athletic officials argue that in an outline of ticket distribution plans, FEG officials reported they planned to sell only 10,000 tickets, […]
The dollar menu
Thursday, May 31st, 2007IFL stock quote.
Thursday trash talk: Dynamite dud or surprise?
Thursday, May 31st, 2007K-1 has come up with an ingenious idea to promote star power at their upcoming Dynamite show at the LA Coliseum this weekend – give a media push to Dennis Rodman. Sports Navigator reports that they would like to see Rodman compete in MMA, as early as late June in Holland. Yes, the Japanese report […]
Major plunge for IFL stock
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Why is today the day that this stock is dropping hard? Update: Here’s the latest SEC information. The IFL S-1 filing from earlier in the month was solidified yesterday with a ‘notice of effectiveness.’ FO wannabe stock analysts – have at it and try to explain in plain English what this all means.
Wednesday media wrath: MMA’s mainstream growing pains
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007MMA California’s not-official image character, Yoda, cheerleads for Fedor Tim Dahlberg, who is a top boxing writer for the Associated Press, rips into UFC with a new column titled UFC could have used a good fight to back up the hype. He rips into the fans who paid to watch UFC 71 as “not-so-rich-and-famous” (someone […]
Friday chalkboard: ESPN’s wall-to-wall UFC coverage
Friday, May 25th, 2007Erin Bucknell reports that the California SAC has granted K-1 a temporary promoter’s license for their Dynamite event next week. The Orange County Register confirms the same information in Erin’s report, but also adds that Lesnar’s opponent could be Kim Min-Soo. On Thursday in Clark County, Nevada court (for the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. […]
Thursday night notes: UFC floods the media zone
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Dear Don has more advice for you, the reader at home. Are we going to see some PRIDE fighters wrestle for Hustle in June? The Fight Network reports that Brock Lesnar is still the only fighter scheduled for the K-1 Dynamite show with his paperwork cleared with the California SAC. Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio […]
Tuesday talk: Kimbo Slice is Miami’s hottest star
Monday, May 21st, 2007Kimbo Slice gets more big press in Miami, this time with CBS 4 in a piece called Backyard fighter goes legit at South Florida gym. Luke Thomas has a defense of Kimbo Slice in MMA. Michael David Smith over at The Fanhouse will be live-blogging the UFC 71 event. Michael is one of the better […]
IFL/Kurt Otto radio interview
Monday, May 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: More IFL stock shares to be made available? A stock split? Tomer weighs in. On Sherdog.com yesterday, IFL co-founder Kurt Otto did a 30-plus minute long radio interview (audio here – time mark is from 31:00-1:02:30). Here is a summary of the interview (and we’ll focus on the questions regarding the […]
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