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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Results here. Multimedia clips from the show here. Show commentary here. MMA Predictions breakdown here.
Fight Opinion Radio #80: Josh Barnett & Shayna Baszler
Sunday, April 27th, 2008We decided to go with a different format for this radio show. This time around, the guests are the co-hosts… and it made for some interesting radio. Listen to Mr. Barnett discuss his philosophy on catch wrestling (in relation to jiu-jitsu) and his pointed comments towards Eddie Bravo. Shayna discusses her future with Elite XC […]
Josh Barnett booked for next WVR show
Sunday, April 20th, 2008May 18th in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. More details coming soon. Update: While it is only a rumor, we’ve heard a name listed (strangely) as Barnett’s possible opponent… Jeff Monson. Is there a possibility that two Washington guys will be going at it against each other?
Sunday news review (4/13/08)
Sunday, April 13th, 2008Just wanted to give my thanks to everyone for the amount of support we’ve received recently. This site is a full-time job whether we like it or not and I cannot strongly say ‘thank you’ enough to everyone for continuing to back us. It means a lot to me. I promise that I will get […]
Today’s chalkboard (4/12/08)
Saturday, April 12th, 2008Main matches from today’s IGF event at Osaka Prefectural Gym: Naoya Ogawa defeated Travis Tomko in 11’43 with a choke sleeper and Josh Barnett defeated The Predator in 11’01 with a cross heel-hold (photo here). Jan “The Giant” Nortje defeated Montanha Silva in 4’44 by disqualification. The Peterborough Examiner: UFC jitters take toll on first-time […]
Thursday trash talk: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Dana White
Thursday, April 10th, 2008The Canadian Press: One year after winning UFC title, Matt Serra is still looking for respect (and magazine covers) The Times-Herald Record (NY): UFC dangles upstate fights The Ilford Recorder (UK): Khalid Ismail goes into the lion’s cage Adam Swift: HDNet vs. Zuffa remanded to state court Kevin Iole: Travis Lutter gets chance for redemption […]
Monday morning quarterback (4/7/08)
Monday, April 7th, 2008Hayato “Mach” Sakurai will face David Baron in Shooto on 5/3 in Tokyo at JCB Hall (Tokyo Dome City). Also booked for the show is Lion Takeshi vs. Rumina Sato. The circus between Nobuyuki Sakakibara and UFC continues to grow. Luke Thomas does therapy. Eurosport: Michael Bisping’s blood is boiling Fox Sports: Kendall Grove, Evan […]
DREAM & Sengoku card updates
Friday, April 4th, 2008K-1 has set the table for the next two DREAM events (DREAM 2 on 4/29 and DREAM 3 on 5/11 at Saitama Super Arena). The 5/11 Saitama card features Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Buscape, Kaoru Uno vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida, Joachim Hansen vs. Eddie Alvarez, and Katsuhiko Nagata vs. the winner of JZ Calvan/Shin’ya Aoki II […]
Shamrock vs. Le attracts huge media coverage
Monday, March 31st, 2008Takashi Hasegawa of Pancrase will be fighting Musse Hasselvall in Stockholm, Sweden on April 5th in an under 60kg fight at Superior Challenge. The Las Vegas Review-Journal has an article on Xyience today, titled Having it all but seeing it fall. Tomorrow is supposed to be the date of the auction for the company. This […]
The one-year anniversary of PRIDE’s death
Sunday, March 30th, 2008It was a year ago when the death of PRIDE, Japan’s largest MMA play, became a reality. A company that was ultimately sunk by charges of corruption eventually met its fate. That fate is still playing out in a Clark County, Nevada courtroom with PRIDE FC Worldwide Holdings LLC suing Nobuyuki Sakakibara and his production […]
Leonard Garcia is in hot water with authorities
Friday, March 28th, 2008The big story of the day is that WEC fighter Leonard Garcia has been arrested by police in a major cocaine trafficking ring that allegedly extended from Lubbock to El Paso, Texas. The Fight Network: Tim Sylvia may be set to announce he’s leaving UFC Sherdog: Nick Diaz speaks on CSAC The Long Beach Press-Telegram: […]
DREAM 4/29 Saitama card update (3/27)
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Middleweight GP 2008 tournament 4/29 Saitama Super Arena (3 PM) As it currently stands: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Andrews Nakahara (Kyokushin karate) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Masakatsu Funaki Denis Kang vs. Gegard Mousasi
Dana White interviewed by kamipro
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Here it is (in Japanese). I’ll keep the summary short, since most of what he told the interviewer is similar to other American interviews he has done. He ripped into the DREAM promotion, calling it minor-league and said that Mirko was tuning his game up in the minor league so that he could come back […]
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