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Monday, March 12th, 2007Andy Kaufman talked about Memphis pro-wrestling fans the same way American media outlets talk about MMA fans today Another article about MMA’s increasing popularity… Public Torture — Preparing the Audience: We also have the rise in popularity of Ultimate Fighting in the past few years. People will always pay to see two people beating on […]
Sunday headlines – TUF 5 fighters displayed
Saturday, March 10th, 2007Sadaharu Tanigawa announced at a press conference today that an announcement would be made at the end of March in regards to HERO’s running an event in California later this year. The rumor is that the first event will happen in the middle of June. If there is anyone out here reading this that keeps […]
Thursday MMA headlines
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Be afraid, Carlos Mencia Today, I issue a decree stating that if you have an MMA-related web site or blog you want to promote, promote it in the comments section. More importantly, if it has an RSS feed, post a link. I want to add more sites to my daily news gathering cycle.
Fight Opinion Radio #42: Power brokers
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007We are back after a long break to catch up on a ton of hot MMA news topics. Expect some controversy coming out of this show. Our two big guests this week are Jeremy Lappen (former WFA boss, now working for Elite XC) and Jimmy Greninger of Soldier Fight Gear. Jeremy talks about his role […]
Wednesday hot topics
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007The top story today in Japanese media circles and also in the US wrestling press is the death of Bad News Allen (Allen Coage, who more famously worked as Bad News Brown in the then-WWF). Coage worked a pretty famous Judo Jacket match against Seiji Sakaguchi in New Japan Pro-Wrestling during the time that Inoki […]
Tuesday MMA media notes
Monday, March 5th, 2007Enson Inoue talks about PRIDE Lots of content today. See it in full-page view.
Fight Opinion Weekly: The end game for PRIDE
Monday, March 5th, 2007By Zach Arnold On Saturday, news broke that PRIDE’s next American show on April 28th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada had been cancelled. It capped off a tumultuous week after the PRIDE 33 event on February 24th. Within three days after the PRIDE 33 event (heralded in the media as […]
K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama
Sunday, March 4th, 20073/4 Kanagawa, Yokohama Arena Claimed attendance: 9,650 paid Results in full-page view.
Saturday news splash
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Gryphon: Akira Maeda – married man The News Herald (Ohio): Putting a Dent in Ultimate competition (article about Jason Dent) The Los Angeles Times: UFC 68 title fight is pumping ire SLAM! Sports: Randy Couture would like to see UFC and PRIDE unite The Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): Jason MacDonald steps up in class […]
Friday news flash
Thursday, March 1st, 2007On the NSAC Agenda List for 3/5 (Monday), the following is listed: Randy Couture is applying for an MMA license and Dana White is applying for a pro-boxing license. Also, Zuffa LLC is applying for a permit for a boxing match (between Dana White & Tito Ortiz) for March 24th at the UFC Training Center […]
Thursday media notes
Thursday, March 1st, 2007This is an interview Dana White did with Fox News for their Fight Game video news series. Inside the UFC placed on hiatus by Spike TV. Onto today’s headlines.
Wednesday workweek notes
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007The story of the day comes from Japan, with an announcement that Gong Magazine (both the wrestling and MMA editions) will likely discontinue after March. Now the question is whether or not they will keep their mobile news service wire going. Also, a report on Sherdog that the PRIDE 33 event drew 8,334 paid and […]
Monday morning media quarterback
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Today’s top story obviously is Rulon Gardner and two others surviving a small plane crash. More details here. Bloomberg news reports that the Fertitta Brothers have been successful in making a bid to take Stations Casino private (it was a publicly traded company). The majority of Japanese fight fans did not see PRIDE 33 on […]
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