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Friday, August 17th, 2007On the K-1 web site, you can vote on two all-star fighters advancing to their 9/29 Seoul, South Korea World GP event. Guess what is option five on the voting list? Zabit Samedov, who just got busted in Nevada for failing a drug test due to taking stanozolol. Brilliant timing. Then again, it’s K-1. Do […]
Friday fight notes: A bad week just got worse for K-1
Thursday, August 16th, 2007Two more drug test failures, this time coming out of K-1’s Las Vegas show over the weekend. Check out the T/E ratio for Nordstand – 21:1. This has been a disastrous week of PR for K-1. First, the failed drug tests. Second, the allegations that they falsified the MRIs of Choi Hong-Man so he could […]
Thursday trash talk: Say no, Sakuraba-san…
Thursday, August 16th, 2007A message to the guys at Komikazee – send me the files today that you tried to send earlier in the week (but didn’t work due to broken links). We’re opening up the mailbox for this week’s radio show. Any MMA-related topic on your mind that you want us to talk about during our mailbag […]
Wednesday war room: More red ink for the IFL
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007The IFL filed it’s 10-Q report with the SEC (links here and here). The numbers don’t lie. Pay attention to the comments section of this post, as I expect a lot of our smart financial readers to chomp into the data here. Here’s the first thing that stands out from the latest 10-Q: For the […]
Tuesday news and notes: Bringing the heat against Karo Parisyan
Monday, August 13th, 2007K-1 just announced that Minowaman will face Ralek Gracie at the HERO’s 9/17 Yokohama Arena show. Also on the 9/17 Yokohama card is JZ Calvan vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribiero and Black Mamba vs. Kaoru Uno in Middleweight tournament matches. I have a new post at Bloody Elbow talking about a topic that an advertising geek […]
Monday media marks: HBO > Spike TV for UFC
Sunday, August 12th, 2007In Japanese media circles, Ed Fishman’s appearance at the K-1 Las Vegas event on Saturday night drew some buzz. Ed said he received an invitation from K-1 to watch the show, so he did. It looks like K-1 is going to find a way to get Musashi onto the World GP show on 9/29 in […]
Sunday media stroll: Alexander wants to reach out to you
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Fightlinker needs some help with WordPress. E-mail him if you can help him out. Main results from tonight’s K-1 Las Vegas show: Stefan Leko defeated Mighty Mo after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision (30-27 scores), Bjorn Bregy defeated Ray Sefo after 3R by a 2-1 judges’ decision, and Doug Viney (the New Zealander who […]
Friday fight headlines: Fighter rankings gone wild
Friday, August 10th, 2007Al Bundy on MMA. People in boxing don’t know how to respond to the rise of MMA in America. So, naturally, a cure has been found – let’s have a media-driven symposium called “Is Boxing Down for the Count?” and have a bunch of people who made millions in boxing explain why the industry isn’t […]
Monday media marks: More UFC/dog fighting comparisons
Monday, August 6th, 2007I present to you the comments from one Bert Sugar in a recent interview: Toss Sugar a question and he fires back an opinion. I didn’t have to dig too deeply for his take on Ultimate Fighting. “I think it appeals to people with their hats turned backwards,” he said. “It’s the Michael Vick chosen […]
Sunday news snips: Hong-Man back on winning track
Sunday, August 5th, 2007K-1 8/5 Hong Kong event results. Mike Coughlin has filed a report. I saw a post over at NHB News (Japanese) that took quotes from former MMA agent Miro Mijatovic about MMA’s drug culture in Japan and attributed those quotes to the Wrestling Observer. Those quotes made by Mijatovic were made to me and the […]
Saturday headlines: MMA at the Mansion
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Medical suspensions issued from the NJACB coming out of the IFL show this past Thursday night: Gerald Harris suspended 30 days and needs neurological examination, Bryan Vetell pending x-ray of left foot and opthamalogical exam of left eye, Tim Boetsch pending xray of right hand, David Phillips 60 days and needs neurological examination, Chris Clements […]
Latest CSAC notes
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Royce Gracie – Did not submit an appeal regarding his suspension. The fine and suspension are final. Tim Persey – Did not submit an appeal regarding his suspension. The fine and suspension are final. Johnnie Morton – Fined a total of $7,500 (#1 failing to submit to a test for drugs of abuse, #2 testing […]
Report: Takanori Gomi headed to HERO’s
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007So sayeth Daily News in Japan. An offer made and an offer likely to be accepted. Gomi and Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto are expected to appear at an All Japan Beach-Wrestling contest on the 29th. That ends any discussion of Gomi heading to UFC. A couple of days ago, I alluded to an upcoming interview in […]
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