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Friday, August 3rd, 2007Medical suspensions issued from the NJACB coming out of the IFL show this past Thursday night: Gerald Harris suspended 30 days and needs neurological examination, Bryan Vetell pending x-ray of left foot and opthamalogical exam of left eye, Tim Boetsch pending xray of right hand, David Phillips 60 days and needs neurological examination, Chris Clements […]
Friday fight notes: Just say no… to many things
Friday, August 3rd, 2007I’ve had a few readers who use the Safari browser state that they are having trouble loading this site. I’m not sure what is happening, but one trick to loading the site is to remove the www out of the URL. Try this instead and you should be fine. UFC and J-ROCK make a package […]
Thursday trash talk: North Carolina ready to regulate MMA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The IFL enters into $12.7 million USD financing. Update: The stock went down to $0.65 USD/share the morning after this news was released. Here are the weigh-in results for the IFL show that will take place tonight in New Jersey. If you haven’t already done so, head on over to MMA Predictions and make your […]
Wednesday war room: 9/19 UFC Fight Night card finalized
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Travis Lutter not fighting at UFC 74. Yokozuna Asashoryu suspended for playing soccer. More on the story here. Josh Gross defends his open letter to Dana White on Fight Network Radio. Ivan Canello has video of Fabio Silva vs. Ryo Kawamura. Here is the fight card for the 9/19 UFC Fight Night event. Bad news […]
CBS Sportsline article: MMA’s drug culture, part two
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007This article was originally scheduled to appear on CBS Sportsline. It is part two of the MMA drug culture article series that I wrote for that web site. You can read part one of the article series by clicking here. On Tuesday, Dana White stated in an ESPN interview the following: There was one event […]
Tuesday headlines: Catch wrestling fever
Monday, July 30th, 2007Kendall Grove prepares for UFC 74. A message from Antonio Inoki’s MySpace account (there is one for the IGF) on the death of Karl Gotch. Simon Inoki also released a statement. Josh Barnett also posted a statement. John Wood also has a post about Gotch. Here’s some information pertaining to the politics surrounding catch wrestling […]
Monday media marks: Fedor must make concessions for UFC?
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Quote of the day from 411 Mania: With due respect to both sides, this is really a bunch of needless whining. I’m sure the UFC would like nothing more than to throw a couple hundred thousand dollars at Fedor and have the number one fighter in the world in their pocket, and at the same […]
Saturday headlines: WWE versus Congress
Saturday, July 28th, 2007If you haven’t already subscribed to Fight Opinion Radio via iTunes, go subscribe here. Both Koki Kameda and Daiki Kameda won their fights today in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. The results of both fights were unanimous decision wins. ShootBoxing had their event today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Top matches featured Adam Higson (King of […]
Friday fight notes: It’s Ultimate Fighting, not MMA
Thursday, July 26th, 2007I want to send my condolences to the family of Jesse Marunde, as news hit yesterday of Marunde’s death at age 27 due to a massive heart attack. If you have ever seen World’s Strongest Man events on ESPN TV, you would instantly recognize the American strongman. The Cherry Hill Courier-Post is doing an MMA […]
Thursday trash talk: Whatcha going do, brother?!
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007QVC is selling the Hulk Hogan Ultimate Grill with Interchangeable Grill, Griddle, & Waffle Plates. The ‘Ultimate Grill’ for $100 USD? Wonder if UFC is paying attention? I feel the need to state that this has been one hell of a July in terms of news. I want to create a poll asking the readers […]
Wednesday war room: From the horse’s mouth
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Pro Elite puts money into Cage Rage. Not a bad plan. Plus, Nick Diaz returns September 15th in Hawaii. Kevin Iole is reading your letters and responding back. To e-mail him with MMA-related topics, use [email protected]. Plus, he made an appearance Tuesday on Fight Network Radio. Audio here. Lots of interesting odds and ends in […]
Friday fight notes: Bonnar and Griffin to train together
Thursday, July 19th, 2007I have no idea what to make of this. Professionalism 101? Why not. “Ken Pavia, my new manager, called me yesterday and asked me to fight Mike Swick in place of Chris Leben,” Goulet said. “He called me back two hours later and said Mike Swick didn’t accept [the fight], but I don’t think it […]
Wednesday work week: Oregon MMA gets publicity
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Your article of the day from the Associated Press about Oregon regulating MMA – despite the fact that MMA shows have already taken place in the state, just ask Matt Lindland. Money quote: “To me, it is a brutal and disgusting sport,” said Sen. Alan Bates, D-Ashland, who co-sponsored the bill. “I’ve never been to […]
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