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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Todd Martin took on a big task in writing his new CBS Sports column, which is talking about the evolution of MMA in Japan. There are two points that I felt Todd missed talking about in the article: 1) The infamous ‘cement’ (cement is a term that the Japanese use for a ‘shoot’) incident between […]
Sunday news & notes: Money, money, money
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Chael Sonnen wants to fight Frank Shamrock. An interview with Carlos Newton. Taking a look at UFC’s PPV bonus scale. Plus, two interesting posts (here and here) at the Xtreme Couture MMA site. I went to the UFC 78 web site and noticed that the folks at Zuffa sure like the blood splattering effect a […]
Friday fallout: More confusion than clarity
Friday, October 26th, 2007Oh yeah, there’s a ShoXC event tonight. Shayna Baszler is fighting on the card. Watch the show. So, there were dueling press conferences between UFC and Randy Couture on Las Vegas on Thursday. Here is the audio from Couture’s press conference. Kevin Iole was at the Randy Couture press conference and Dave Meltzer covered the […]
Thursday trash talk: Head to head in Las Vegas
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007That whole drug testing thing in California for MMA… what can you say. Lots of big talk and proclamations about M-1 over at Russian MMA. Sean Salmon vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller is set for December 15th in Dallas for HDNet Fights. The latest IFL SEC filings. Plus, their updated prospectus. NBC Sports has a video […]
Tuesday news & notes: Sakuraba vs. Funaki officially booked
Monday, October 22nd, 2007The big news of the day is that K-1 announced Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki for their 12/31 Osaka Dome event. Regarding the M-1 situation, there are two separate SEC dockets related to Sibling Entertainment (here and here). Which docket should we be paying more attention to? Mistaken translations at the M-1 NYC press conference. […]
Sunday hangover: Day after UFC 77
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Video of Dana White’s comments from the UFC 77 post-fight press conference. Over at The Fightworks Podcast, they have a new audio interview with Ricardo Almeida. Don Frye is not a man you want to fight on the street or in a bar. Someone tried to do this, inexplicably. Over at MMA Predictions, not a […]
Friday fight notes: Dana White has a lot to say
Thursday, October 18th, 2007If you’ve experienced any problems lately with the site loading slowly or not loading at all, you’re not alone. There’s been a lot of traffic hitting our server as of late. Make sure to get your picks in for the Hardcore Championship Fighting show over at MMA Predictions. Just asking… If Monte Cox is going […]
The Japanese MMA landscape is fraught with peril
Thursday, October 18th, 2007By Jeff Comstock Pride Worldwide abruptly shuts down operations, citing “uncooperative staff from Dream Stage Entertainment” – Pride’s former parent company, as the reason for the company’s inability to conduct business operations in Japan. This might seem surprising if it weren’t for the documented reasons for Pride’s financial collapse and subsequent sale in the first […]
Tuesday headlines: Kang vs. Akiyama booked
Monday, October 15th, 2007HERO’s 10/28 Seoul, South Korea card line-up: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Denis Kang, Yoon Dong Sik vs. Fabio Silva, Kin Tai Ei vs. Zelg Galesic, Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs. Lee Tae Hyun, Minowaman vs. Kim Min-Soo, Carlos Newton vs. Shungo Oyama, Bernard Ackah vs. Poai Suganuma, and Marcelo Garcia vs. Kim Dae Won. Eddie Goldman has a […]
Monday media review: More reaction to couture’s departure from UFC
Monday, October 15th, 2007File this under the category of ‘hideous’ – an ex-boxer wants to apply sanctioning body-style politics to book Couture vs. Fedor. Daiki Kameda has been suspended for a year by the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission). This news completely overshadowed the World Victory Road Inc. announcement in the Japanese press. Your image of the day: The […]
Sunday news review: UFC’s momentum keeps on going
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Yuki Kondo defeated Yuji Sakuragi by unanimous decision at today’s Pancrase event in Tokyo at Differ Ariake. Show report here. Coverage from last night’s HDNet Fights event: Sherdog | Sherdog II | MMA Weekly | MMA Predictions | The Fight Network | Fox Sports One interesting Cuban-related news item that seemingly flew under the radar […]
Fight Opinion Radio #65: Ed Fishman
Saturday, October 13th, 2007This show was recorded on Thursday night. We’ve had many newsmakers on previous editions of Fight Opinion Radio and this week’s show is no exception. Ed Fishman joins us for a 45-minute interview talking about Randy Couture’s depature from UFC, his plans in the MMA business, his thoughts on the M-1 promotion, what the MMA […]
Saturday media slate: Fallout from Couture leaving UFC
Saturday, October 13th, 2007Story of the day in Japan is that Arbocious Tiger, who was scheduled to fight Assuerio Silva on 10/14 in Tokyo at Differ Ariake, is apparently missing according to Pancrase. It was an odd Friday to say the least, as the fallout continues over Randy Couture’s departure from UFC. The Couture situation was discussed on […]
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