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Friday, April 13th, 2007Jonathan Goulet & Caleb of The Fightworks Podcast join us on this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Check out Jonathan’s site and find out how you can sponsor him for future fights. We have a big two-hour radio show in store for you this week, as we discuss all of the major MMA happenings […]
Friday update: Heat-up for Lindland vs. Fedor
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Pawel Nastula is training with Mirko Cro Cop. Satoru Kitaoka submitted Fabricio “Pitbull” Monteiro at today’s DEEP Korakuen Hall event to earn a spot in the PRIDE Lightweight GP tournament (starting on 5/20 at Saitama Super Arena). Also at the DEEP event, Murilo Bustamante defeated Ryuta Sakurai by KO in 3’50 of R1. On the […]
Link dump: More coverage of Nick Diaz
Thursday, April 12th, 2007From Denis Martins: Jacare collides with Jeremy Jackson at Gracie FC World BJJ and ADCC champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will be facing UFC veteran Jeremy “The Scorpion” Jackson at Gracie FC: “Evolution” on May 19th. Jackson, a veteran of UFC and WEC events, has a 9-5 resume and the chance to redeem himself from his […]
Link-o-rama: A lot of MMA audio clips
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007My latest article at MMA Insight discusses the natural comparisons between the last episode of WCW Nitro and the PRIDE 34 show. Much like Dana White has told PRIDE fighters, Vince McMahon made a lot of promises to WCW wrestlers after he bought that company out. We know how well that turned out. Speaking of […]
IFL stock goes south fast
Monday, April 9th, 2007We remarked on Friday about the recent 5-day IFL stock plunge. This morning, the stock has dropped $1.20 (down 20%) to $4.80/share. It is bouncing back and forth between $4.80 and $5.00/share. Also, the SSPE (Sun Sports & Entertainment Inc.) stock is heading downwards to $0.13/share. They are the backers of the Texas Art of […]
Sunday media sandwich: Matt Serra shakes up gamblers
Sunday, April 8th, 2007This has been quite the red-meat weekend. So here’s some more red meat. A Japanese blogger looked at a pamphlet at the PRIDE 34 show that was promoting the upcoming 5/20 Saitama Super Arena Lightweight GP tournament. The photographs of 12 fighters were apparently on the pamphlet. The fighters supposedly listed were…
Last minute notes
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Sherdog reports that the attendance for the IFL show tonight at Mark of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois is a little under a 50% house. The IFL on FSN show last night showed fights between the San Jose Razorclaws (Frank Shamrock) and the LA Anacondas (taped 3/17 from the LA Forum). The opening fight […]
IFL 5-day stock plunge
Friday, April 6th, 2007The picture from Yahoo Finance says it all. Let’s hope they have better karma for their event tomorrow in Moline, Illinois at Mark of the Quad Cities. For those of you curious, my article on what the IFL needs to do to change their business strategy around to start building momentum is available at MMA […]
Thursday talking points: Dana White says UFC fans are rich
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007A very interesting report from KamiproHand (Kami no Puroresu), which claims that PRIDE producer Daisuke Sato (who worked closely with Nobuyuki Sakakibara & DSE for PRIDE event production) will stay on with Zuffa under the ‘new’ PRIDE. Sato was the man behind PRIDE Bushido events and part of the core matchmaking group of DSE. Will […]
IFL 10k financial report
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007The link is here. Alternate link here. The IFL stock is at $8.50 USD/share today. We have some financial wizards who are site readers. Have at it with the analysis in the comments section. Some of my personal thoughts about this filing can be viewed in full-page mode. Update: At closing time, the stock price […]
Tuesday news turnover: UFC dominates headlines
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Dana White, quote machine: “Or, even better, I’ll put up a million dollars of my own money if Floyd Mayweather can sell more than 10 tickets without Oscar De La Hoya.” Jake Shannon has set up a new web site called UWF Bushido that will have all 75 episodes of the UWF-International documentary “Bushido: Way […]
Monday mayhem: Thoughts on Shukan Gendai article
Monday, April 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Comments off Printable version over at BoxingScene.com First, if you haven’t listened to the brand new edition of FOR, go listen. It is an entertaining show that should fly by for 2 hours when you hear it. Everyone did great on the show. Second, make sure to read the latest Shukan Gendai […]
Saturday side suplex: Contracts not assignable for you!
Friday, March 30th, 2007The Sioux City Journal reports that Marc Ratner is not happy about the Iowa Senate’s decision to deregulate MMA. The bill’s top sponsor says he passed it because politicians couldn’t agree on whether or not to ban MMA in the state. A very interesting card lined up by DEEP for their 4/13 Korakuen Hall show […]
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