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Fight Opinion Radio: The Christmas Show

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Six big MMA guests, five days of taping, four radio team members producing, three guest co-hosts for a segment, two weeks to produce, and one large three-plus hour-long Christmas radio show. An emergency room visit, a visit to the mental institution, armlocks in an American football scrum, Christmas shopping at the mall, and coming home […]

UFC on 60 Minutes

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

By Zach Arnold Transcript and video of the segment here (or use this Daily Motion video link). Eye-opening things from the segment: An assertion that UFC could be worth $100 million USD and the IFL valued at $150 million USD. Plus the following quote: “Uneducated gorillas that liked to go in there and basically kick […]

Wednesday news & notes

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Comments closed Our new MySpace Monster account (link here) is generating a pretty fast amount of friends. OK, not Mayhem Miller level, but we’re trying. Also, please donate to our web site if you haven’t already. November and December have been very busy months on the site in terms of bandwidth. Thanks for all of […]

Friday media guide

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

More Nick Diaz fights coming up, Dr. 90210 meets the Gracies, Gilbert Melendez announces his next PRIDE fight (and it’s not against Aoki), more controversy over Nastula’s alleged failed drug test, and more fun with Dana White.

Wednesday media notes

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

The IFL becomes a publicly-traded company, Dean Lister vs. Nathan Marquardt is announced, and the StrikeForce 12/8 San Jose event card line-up.

Quick IFL & PRIDE thoughts

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

By Zach Arnold Here’s an odd headline (one of those stories with a “make of it what you will” warning) from Burning Spirit… All the entries for Yuji Shimada’s online blog are gone. Mr. Full (of Burning Spirit) speculates that either Shimada stopped the blog because he didn’t have the time to keep it updated […]

Friday news round-up

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

IFL: Promotion will use GP format similar to PRIDE PR Newswire: UFC 11/11 Las Vegas event card set Gryphon: Gomi faces hurdles going into 11/5 match with Aurelio Sherdog: Claims attendance for IFL show in Portland on 11/2 was 7,632 (amidst a report that said free tickets were given out. And didn’t the last show […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 30 (Media Week)

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

This week’s show (presented by Whaledog.com) is a good one if you like to hear the thoughts from writers who cover the MMA business extensively. Our first guest is Eddie Goldman of NHB News (his site’s ATOM feed is here). Eddie shares his thoughts on UFC’s marketing tactics, Dana White’s behavior in public, HBO’s level […]

IFL business data now publicly available

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

The folks at The Underground Forum made a pretty interesting discovery. Mainly, the IFL’s financial statements in preparation of their upcoming stock merger to be a publicly traded company. The method the IFL is choosing to get onto the stock market through Paligent Inc. is called a reverse stock merger. Once the move happens, a […]

Sunday & Monday is media fun-day

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Consider this an open post to talk about any stories MMA-related you see in the media or just anything in general MMA-related you want to talk about. Look at the prices on Ticketmaster for tickets for UFC’s TUF 4 Finale show. $175-$495 USD per ticket. Sunday and Monday headlines can be read in full-post view.

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 28 (Gareb Shamus)

Friday, October 20th, 2006

With a busy weekend ahead, make sure you get caught up with the events in the world of MMA. This week, our special guest is Gareb Shamus from the IFL. Check out the IFL’s HP at http://www.ifl.tv for more information. We discuss what the Ken vs. Tito III 3.1 TV rating means, whether or not […]

IFL special on FSN

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

By Zach Arnold Taped at The Mark of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois. Results review (Silverbacks vs. Pitbulls): Lightweights – Bart Palaszewski (Silverbacks) defeated Marcio Feitosa (Pitbulls) after 3R by a 2-1 judges’ decision. Welterweights – Rory Markham (Silverbacks) defeated Marcelo Azevedo (Pitbulls) in R1 by referee stoppage. Middleweights – Fabio Leopoldo (Pitbulls) defeated […]

Renzo beats Miletich in the IFL

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

9/23 Moline, Illinois event results here. In-depth report here. A live event report from the show. Maybe the IFL can sign Yves Edwards soon. I couldn’t find any mainstream media/newspaper coverage coming out of the show. Update: I just watched the first of the Portland-taped IFL shows on FSN. This show featured Bas Rutten’s Anacondas […]

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