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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007News of the day is Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya apparently being booked for K-1’s 12/31 Osaka Dome event. The London Free Press has a feature article on Shawn Tompkins. Just who is calling Chris Horodecki the Sidney Crosby of fighting (other than the writer of the linked column)? Bad news on the Canadian front […]
Crisis management seminar held for K-1 employees
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold A couple of days ago in a site news update, we alluded to the fact that K-1 was going to read the riot act to both fighters and company staff regarding personal conduct both in and out of the workplace. Two recent incidents involving Masaaki Miyamoto (going to jail for marijuana) and […]
Wednesday war room: The politics of Japan
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007DSE/Yarennoka announced Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan and Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Calvan, of course, is a K-1 fighter and two-time HERO’s Middleweight tournament champion. A lot of people in Japan were wondering if we were going to see Takanori Gomi vs. Calvan on NYE for […]
Tuesday headlines: UFC says GSP saved Christmas
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) […]
First WVR event scheduled
Monday, November 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold The first World Victory Road event (called Sengoku) has been booked for March 5th in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I (which is a 10,000-12,000 seat facility). Names listed for the show include Hidehiko Yoshida, Makoto Takimoto, Sanae Kikuta, and Ryo Kawamura. The promotion will use the following rules: 3R of […]
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 […]
Monday media notes: MMA media’s changing landscape
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Sprawl ‘n Brawl is changing. This makes sites like MMA Opinion more important in terms of recruiting and developing writing talent. If you are ever interested in becoming an MMA writer, I strongly suggest talking to some of the mid-sized MMA blogs and see if you can get a writing spot. This way, you can […]
Sunday news review: Law and order
Sunday, November 25th, 2007The lead story of the day comes to us from Nikkan Sports. The newspaper claims that due to the damage inflicted on K-1’s public image from two recent incidents (Masaaki Miyamoto going to jail for possession of marijuana and Hiromi Amada facing charges for assault), the company is basically reading the riot act to both […]
Saturday headlines: Does Fedor vs. Yoshida appeal to you?
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Brent Brookhouse goes shopping for MMA DVDs. For those of you who use Blogspot and Blogger for your MMA blog, you know that Blogspot uses the ATOM format instead of the RSS format for content syndication. Follow these instructions and convert your ATOM feed to RSS. Why? Because if you make the proper conversion, I […]
Black Friday: Matt Serra out of UFC 79
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Just when you thought the momentum was swinging in a negative direction comes news that Matt Serra has had to pull out of his UFC 79 fight against Matt Hughes due to a back injury. The Grinch has made an early appearance to try to ruin Christmas. But don’t worry, Dana White says that Chuck […]
Thursday trash talk: M-1 loves PRIDE
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Quote of the day from Vadim Finkelstein in Daily Sports newspaper: “I want to work with the old PRIDE staff in America & Russia. PRIDE’s team is the best quality in the world.” The more things change, the more they stay the same. In separate quotes at the press conference, Vadim said that he wants […]
NYE MMA event in Saitama confirmed
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: My post on this topic is now re-written on the M-1 site. A press conference was held today by former PRIDE staff members to announce that there would be an MMA show on 12/31 at Saitama Super Arena. The promoters are labeling the event as being “Yarennoka! supported by M-1 Global […]
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 […]
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