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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Daniel Puder is teaming up with the Cops Care Cancer Foundation. Some good news and bad news for the IFL’s 12/29 Mohegan Sun Arena event. The good news… it will air on Fox Sports World in Canada. The bad news? The promotion’s last event (11/3 Chicago) that aired on FSW drew 200 viewers, according to […]
Updated K-1 12/31 Osaka Dome card line-up
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007As of today: Yosuke Nishijima (ex-boxer) vs. Melvin Manhoef Zulu vs. Minowaman Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Joachim Hansen K-1 rules: Masato vs. Choi Yong-Soo Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya One-night U-18 tournament featuring HIROYA vs. Tsukasa Fuji and Kenji Kubo vs. Yudai
Monday chalkboard (12/10)
Monday, December 10th, 2007Nick Lembo of the NJACB said that none of the fighters at UFC 78 (11/17 Newark, New Jersey) failed their drug tests. Hidehiko Yoshida says that he will not fight on NYE. Luke Thomas thinks WEC + UFC = The Future. Dave Meltzer says that Paulo Filho might be the world’s best middleweight. Here is […]
Sunday news review: Eyebrows raised
Sunday, December 9th, 2007If anyone has extensive experience with BlogAds, please send me an e-mail. I read BlogAds’ FAQ and it is a little confusing for novices. That’ll teach him It’s a great day in the Bloody Elbow household and a horrible day in the Fightlinker household, as Roger Huerta defeated Clay Guida at the TUF 6 finale […]
K-1 12/8 World GP at Yokohama Arena
Friday, December 7th, 2007Whether you are watching the Fuji 721 or Fight Network feeds, feel free to post comments about the event here. (Or any pertinent links.) Ongoing event results here. Concise event results here.
Friday chalkboard (12/7/07)
Friday, December 7th, 2007Fox News Fight Game has a video segment talking about the death of Sam Vasquez. The updated K-1 12/8 Yokohama Arena card line-up. A week after losing by DQ in Cage Force (Tokyo), Dan Hardy is back in action. Site news I’ve added a Video Corner section on the right side of the page. Fox […]
Updated Yarennoka 12/31 Saitama card line-up
Thursday, December 6th, 2007The latest update: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Azeredo Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Gilbert Melendez Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan Production ace Daisuke Sato has a new blog (in Japanese) about the event.
Fight Opinion Radio #70: Richie Hightower
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007This Saturday, The Ultimate Fighter 6 finale will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our special guest this week is Richie Hightower, who will be fighting on the card. If you’re a fan of The Ultimate Fighter, it’s an interesting interview to check out. Also on this week’s show: We discuss the politics of the […]
Seiya Kawamata is back in MMA
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Just when you think the PRIDE yakuza scandal is about to finally die, the tentacles of history’s past are back in mysterious ways. Seiya Kawamata, the admitted yakuza fixer who was a central figure of Shukan Gendai’s negative magazine campaign against PRIDE & Dream Stage Entertainment, is back in business. In a recent column by […]
Sunday news review: Recapping the weekend’s action
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007RSS Wish List – Part 2 I am looking for any and all RSS feeds relating to UK MMA news or European MMA news. On most of the UK MMA sites, I have not been able to find any feeds at all. I want some RSS feeds covering this scene. Today’s news Thomas Hauser of […]
Cage Force 12/1 Differ Ariake event results
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Results from today’s event at Differ Ariake in Tokyo: Middleweights: Yukiya Naito defeated Takenori Sato in R1 in 4’45 by TKO. Lightweights: ISE and Takahito Iida went to a draw after 2R. Takeya Mizugaki defeated Seiji Otsuka after 2R by a 3-0 judges’ decision. Bantamweights: Kenji Osawa defeated Punchy Yamauchi after 2R by a 3-0 […]
Quote of the Day – Japanese MMA
Friday, November 30th, 2007You don’t say… My perception of the Japanese fight game over the last half decade has always been one of a culture of smiling and bowing short men in black suites lying to foreigners and their own people for some bizarre pleasure while fronting organized crime. I’ve often thought of writing Dave Meltzer after reading […]
Friday fight notes: More CSAC drug suspensions
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Sober analysis (audio here) about the MMA business this year. Plus, the IFL’s stock price continues to plunge, as it is now down to $0.15 USD/share. This is going to be a very busy weekend for MMA events. There will be a big MMA show tonight at the Patriot Center (George Mason University). Kit Cope […]
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