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Friday, May 11th, 2007By Zach Arnold Related link (Lay and Pray): Trigg – UFC Probably Won’t Own PRIDE, plus Japanese translation of post at GAME AND MMA and NHB News A summary of some of the comments he made on an internet radio show on Friday morning US time (time mark starts at 23:30 and ends around the […]
Wild Wednesday – MMA overload
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007There is a Mil Mascaras self-defense course available now for purchase? The first Hustle event under the Hustle Entertainment banner happened today in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. Naoya Ogawa, under the ‘Celeb Ogawa’ gimmick w/ Yuji Shimada as heel manager, defeated Ryoji Sai with a school-boy roll-up. K-1 is inviting the UFC owners to watch […]
Source: PRIDE assets allegedly not sold to UFC – yet
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007By Zach Arnold On April 27th, we reported that Ed Fishman and the legal team of Fishman Companies was preparing a deposition list of up to 50 witnesses (all top MMA major players) to be questioned in relation to the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. lawsuit. According to a source with knowledge of the lawsuit, […]
Monday media meltdown: More angry media mavens
Sunday, May 6th, 2007Jim Lampley’s verbal attack on MMA was noted in USA Today on Monday. Will’s Lampley verbal blunder be the biggest headline coming out of this weekend’s events? Tokyo Sports claims that Josh Barnett will participate on the first IGF (Inoki Genome Federation) show on June 29th in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan. The Kakutolog link also […]
Fight Opinion Weekly: Boxing’s all Mixed up in Martial Arts
Sunday, May 6th, 2007By Zach Arnold Printable version of article here. In the mid-1970s, Japanese pro-wrestling legend Antonio Inoki had a plan to make himself and his company, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, famous worldwide. Inoki embarked on a series of worked fights against martial artists called the “world of kakutougi (fight skill)” series. The goal of the program was […]
Sunday scorecard: Kellerman versus Lampley
Saturday, May 5th, 2007D-Day for the punishment of Melvin Guillard failing his drug test in Nevada (cocaine) is this Wednesday. Floyd Mayweather defeated Oscar De La Hoya by split-decision after 12 rounds. Fight recap here. Photo gallery here. Plus, scorecard drama. There also was a verbal fight between Max Kellerman and Jim Lampley about MMA fighters. Why Lampley, […]
Fight Opinion Radio #47: Charles Jay
Friday, May 4th, 2007A hard-hitting 90-minute show this week covering an extraordinary amount of insider hardball topics. This week’s show is brought to you by Monster Wrestling Rings and Kakuto Store. The 47th edition of Fight Opinion Radio is now online and available to download. Here are your options for listening to the show: Broadband (MP3) | Dial-up/Streaming […]
Friday fight headlines: More MMA talk in boxing articles
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007By Zach Arnold Here is the CompuBox Analysis of De La Hoya vs. Mayweather for this Saturday night. Pro Elite Inc. stock – four times the price as the IFL stock and 200 times the price as the Art of War stock. How will the Pro Elite stock hold up to future scrutiny? Results from […]
Wednesday headlines: No child’s play
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold Take a look at photos today for an angle ran by Hustle Entertainment (aka Hustle, the pro-wrestling product produced by Dream Stage Entertainment). Hustle, which DSE claims was transferred to a new company called Hustle Entertainment (tickets for Hustle’s 5/9 Korakuen Hall show are still being sold officially by DSE), is using […]
Barnett: No fight in place for HERO’s
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold In a direct conversation with Josh Barnett on Tuesday, he stated that the reports of him fighting Sergey Kharitonov at the Dynamite event at the LA Coliseum on June 2nd are not true. Barnett further stated that there is no verbal or written agreement for him having a fight against Kharitonov at […]
Tuesday headlines: Deadline Day
Monday, April 30th, 2007Today is supposed to be the day that the PRIDE asset transaction sale between DSE Inc. and Zuffa LLC occurs. The Idaho Statesman is reporting that Mike Kyle will be facing Patrick Smith on May 12th at Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Does anyone know if Kyle’s suspension from the California State Athletic Commission has […]
Monday highlights – Cage Force in May
Sunday, April 29th, 2007The IFL stock tumbled downwards on Monday, down to $3.00 USD/share. On January 24th (three months ago), this stock was at $16.50 USD/share. Your eyes are not deceiving you when you read that sentence. The stock has plummeted 80% in three months. Daizo Ishige vs. Dan Hardy booked for the Cage Force May 27th show […]
Meet Thiago Silva
Sunday, April 29th, 2007He’s fighting at UFC 71 against James Irvin. This video is Jordan Breen-approved.
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