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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007If you use WordPress for your MMA site, read this. Rich Franklin and Tiffany (Amber) Thiessen will be involved in the filming of a new movie called “Weapon.” In “Weapon,” a lonely U.S. border patrol agent (Thiessen) apprehends a genetically engineered super-soldier (Franklin) and experiences the ride of her life when the soldier’s creator (Greenwood) […]
Fight Opinion Radio #69: Summary Edition
Monday, November 26th, 2007We taped a lot of material over the last two weeks and decided to summarize it down to a manageable form for you to listen to. Consider it a condensed version of Fight Opinion Radio. Some of the topics covered on this week’s show: – Matt Hughes vs. GSP booked for 12/29 (what it means […]
Report: IFL GP finals to air on HDNet
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007The hard-working folks at Jarry Park are reporting that the IFL’s 12/29 Mohegan Sun Arena event will air live on HDNet (and presumably not on MyNetwork TV). Based on this new information, it seems that the IFL’s battle plan is to air team qualifying and tournament matches on FSN & MyNetwork TV, while airing IFL […]
Wednesday war room: Some big turkeys in MMA
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, let us remind you that there is more than UFC on Spike TV. Oh yes, there is. Boxer Jeff Lacy thinks MMA is a fad and not a sport. Solar, a channel in the Philippines, has found its request to air UFC programming rejected. The only way […]
IFL Q3 2007 conference call recap
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007The conference call was scheduled to start at 10 AM EST, but instead started at 11 AM EST. The archived audio of today’s conference call. Jay Larkin stated off the call talking about Gareb Shamus stepping down from his current position in the IFL. Larkin said that Shamus helped the IFL become a “number two […]
IFL 10Q report for Q3 2007
Monday, November 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: The archived audio of today’s conference call. Here is the new SEC filing that the IFL processed on Monday afternoon after the end of the trading session. There will be a conference call tomorrow at 10 AM EST to discuss the financials. Audio of that conference call should be available here. […]
Report: NBC wants MMA programming
Monday, November 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold MediaPost Publications is reporting that NBC is interested in airing MMA programming next year if the writers’ strike continues. The article claims that it is unlikely that UFC would be involved in the mix, as talks between UFC and CBS are heating up. The idea that we could see UFC on CBS […]
Thursday trash talk: WAMMA gets major media coverage
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007UFC officially announced today the signing of Sokoudjou. He will face Ryoto Machida at UFC 79. The state of Kentucky has now passed legislation to regulate amateur MMA. USA Today has two high-profile MMA articles in its newspaper today. The first is about UFC 78 and the second is about the WAMMA. AM New York […]
Wednesday war room: IFL makes a business pitch to everyone
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007The IFL sent out two press releases on Tuesday. The first release talks about their 12/29 Mohegan Sun Arena card. The second release talks about their video deals with YouTube and Google Ads. Adam Swift analyzes the business deal. Steve Sievert says the promotion still has no live TV deal for the 12/29 show. Thoughts […]
Monday evening update (11/12)
Monday, November 12th, 2007Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp are back with a new edition of their MMA radio show. Video of Joachim Hansen vs. Eiji Mitsuoka. The folks at Fightmetric want your feedback. Notes from today’s UFC 78 conference call. Dana White’s decided that if Sherk loses his appeal with the CSAC, he’ll strip him of the title. […]
Monday media notes: The MMA world outside of UFC
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Today is the 14th anniversary of the first UFC show produced. Jess Liaudin says that he will KO Marcus Davis at UFC 80. Another reason for Mike Pyle to be upset – ABC News has an article about the role of women in MMA. The San Antonio MMA event (promoted by Jesse James Leija) drew […]
Wednesday war room: Sean Sherk put on hold, again
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Jeff Thaler & Zach Arnold appeared at the first annual Jarry Park MMA awards. Well, as much as you can appear on an Internet radio show. Ken Shamrock made an appearance on Fight Network Radio (audio here). Spike TV is home to UFC and Takeru Kobayashi of Major League Eating. (Hat tip: Mikeinformer.) Todd Martin […]
Tuesday evening notes (11/6)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Don Frye is no longer a coach in the IFL. An interview with Bas Rutten. UFC insists that their UFC 80 event will happen on 1/19. Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau coming at UFC 81. M-1 denies that Fedor will fight on NYE. An update on Jonathan Goulet. The IFL drew a 0.4 rating for […]
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