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Wednesday, February 7th, 2007MMA Weekly reports that PRIDE will air their next Japanese show live in the US on PPV. (Ed. — I’ve done PBP before of PRIDE shows. The last Bushido show, 11/3/06 Yokohama Arena, lasted 6 hours. It started from 11 PM-12 AM PST. Nobody in large numbers is staying up this late to watch a […]
Fight Opinion Radio #40: Big happenings
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007Add us as your MySpace friend. Potential sponsors (web sites, fighters, teams, companies) – if you want to have ads on our show (paid or barter), e-mail us immediately. We’ll keep this short. We have a lot of content in our three-hour show. We have a lot of guests, including Mac Danzig, Sean Salmon, Jordan […]
Tuesday media mania
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007Nevada State Athletic Commission: Injury report for UFC 67 show WSB TV: Atlanta boxer O’Neil Bell arrested for ax attack Mac Danzig: PRIDE wanted me to do a pro-wrestling style promo Mainichi Daily News: 3 shooting incidents in Tokyo believed related to killing of gang boss (story update here) MMA HQ: Heath Herring returns at […]
Monday news and notes
Monday, February 5th, 2007Red meat time. OK, maybe not. K-1 had a show today at Ariake Colosseum that completely flew under the radar. Only interesting headline was both Albert Kraus and Takayuki Kohiruimaki losing.
Can UFC control their message in Japan?
Sunday, February 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold To try to understand the Japanese politics of the fight game, you have to remember a lot of names and faces. As alluded to on the site last night, Ken Imai (who is Mirko Cro Cop’s PRIDE agent) showed up in Las Vegas for Mirko’s UFC debut against Eddie Sanchez. It is […]
Saturday news clippings
Saturday, January 27th, 2007By Zach Arnold Hey, an endorsement for our radio show. The most intriguing news of the day comes to us via Sankei Sports, which is reporting that Pancrase is tying up business-wise with BodogFIGHT. Given that it’s the Japanese media, the headline reads: “600 billion yen! Multi-millionaire promotion BoDog tie-up.” Pancrase will be sending Yoshiki […]
K-1 3/4 Yokohama Arena card line-up
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Announced today. Semmy Schilt vs. Ray Sefo Choi Hong-Man vs. Mighty Mo K-1 Heavyweight (100 kg or less) Title tournament match: Musashi vs. Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 Heavyweight (100 kg or less) Title tournament match: Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab vs. Hiromi Amada Cyril Abidi vs. Mitsuga Noda
Wednesday weekly media
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007PRIDE markets Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz as ‘PRIDE vs. top-class UFC fighter.’
PRIDE 2/24 Las Vegas card line-up
Monday, January 22nd, 2007Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz Frank Trigg vs. Kazuo Misaki Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Travis Wiuff Mac Danzig vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai Middleweight Title match: Vanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson
Fight Opinion Radio #38: Big Birthday Blowout Bonanza
Friday, January 19th, 2007Potential sponsors (web sites, fighters, teams, companies) – if you want to have ads on our show (paid or barter), e-mail us immediately. It’s the boss’s birthday and he’s in a good mood. This week’s Fight Opinion Radio show is 2 1/2 hours long, packed with a ton of news and comedy. Our special guests […]
K-1 suspends Akiyama
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa addressed the Japanese media on Wednesday to discuss the Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama scandal. Tanigawa stated that he has indefinitely suspended Yoshihiro Akiyama (due to him using an oil-based substance) and that Akiyama told him he would accept whatever length the suspension would be.
Report: Gomi heading to UFC
Monday, January 15th, 2007Daily Sports reports in their Tuesday newspaper that Takanori Gomi has been given the “go-sign” by DSE to fight in UFC. In the pro-DSE report by DS, the paper claims that PRIDE will have Gomi fight on their 2/24 Las Vegas event and then send him into UFC as a PRIDE fighter to “make a […]
5 good reasons UFC will not buy PRIDE
Saturday, January 13th, 2007By Zach Arnold Comments off For a wild rumor, it’s certainly taken on a life of its own on the Internet this week. UFC buying PRIDE. It sounds like every UFC fanboy’s greatest dream and every PRIDE fanboy’s worst nightmare. So, let’s splash some cold water on the rumor. I’ll give you five reasons UFC […]
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