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Friday, July 7th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson Recently, Alex Marvez of the Florida Sun-Sentenial did an interview with Dana White that was posted on wrestlingobserver.com. Dana White makes some interesting remarks regarding, TNA, mainstream press, and potential UFC expansion. The most interesting thing that came up, was with regards to UFC expanding, and getting into scripted television. Thats right, […]
UFC on HBO?
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006By Luke Nicholson According to the Wrestling Observer and MMAWeekly, UFC is close to a TV deal with HBO. I remember years ago, when I was a new fan, and I was posting on the SoundOff Forum, fans would talk about UFC being on a network like this. I used to laugh to myself because […]
The Return of ROSS~!
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson This week on The Utimate Fighter, Ross Pointon, the Brit who lost to Kendall Grove back in week three, will return to the show to fight at LHW against Mike Bisping because Matt Hamill was forced out due to injury. Most people aren’t picking Ross to beat Mike, and I don’t think […]
CBC Newsworld – MMA Feature Story
Monday, May 29th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson CBCNews Sunday with Evan Solomon, had a feature story on Mixed Martial Arts, or as they called it, Extreme Fighting. Throughout the piece they used both terms. It was discerning because “Extreme Fighting” gives it a more rogue sound than Mixed Martial Arts. MMA sounds much more professional. Evan talked about how […]
UFC in Canada?
Monday, May 29th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson There was an interesting story by Neil Davidson of the CP, talking about UFC coming to Canada. Obviously, as a Canadian, this is very exciting. With the high Canadian dollar, and with MMA’s growing popularity in the Great White North, it only would make sense for UFC to expand beyond their borders, […]
The Ultimate Fighter 3 – Review
Thursday, April 13th, 2006The Ultimate Fighter 3 – Review By: Luke Nicholson The show opens with a recap of the debut episode last week, and Kalib’s win over Mike Stine. Team Shamrock holds the hammer, in terms of matchmaking. This week Ross gets a little pissed off that someone has blocked the toilet, but never bothered to fix […]
Killing a Gimmick~!
Friday, April 7th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson In 2000, and in 2003 the PRIDE GP Tournaments were special. They were events that didn’t happen everyday, and because of that, the intrigue to watch was higher than for your run-of-the-mill card. Fast forward to 2006. Since 2003, we’ve now had FOUR GP Tournaments in a little less than four years, […]
TUF3 – SEASON PREMIERE~! Review.
Thursday, April 6th, 2006The Ultimate Fighter – Season Three SEASON PREMIERE~! Review By: Luke Nicholson The show starts with Dana White introducing the coaches. OH YEAH~! Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock are introduced. Dana then recaps the seemingly life-long feud between the two. Including the fight at UFC 40, and Shamrock’s face, which was churned into ground beef […]
More mainstream dribble about UFC.
Friday, March 24th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson I was just scanning the news-pack at wrestlingobserver.com today, and I came across a link to a poor mainstream piece regarding UFC, and its health issues compared to boxing. This is worth checking out. And, be sure to e-mail your feedback to the lazy ‘tard who wrote this. Basically, it alleges that […]
UFC and SpikeTV extend TV Deal.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By: Luke Nicholson The UFC and SpikeTV jointly announced today that they have agreed to a two year extension on their tv contract. The new deal includes three new seasons of “Ultimate Fighter” reality series, ten “Ultimate Fight Night” specials, and 26 more episodes of UFC “Unleashed”. The deal also makes SpikeTV the exclusive home […]
Daniel Puder in UFC?
Thursday, March 16th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson After Daniel Puder’s performance at the record-setting Strikeforce show in San Jose last Friday, now might be the perfect opportunity for UFC to sign him and start to feature him, and build him as a superstar. From all reports, Dan Puder came off as a superstar. He entered wearing a “I hurt […]
UFC: Leaving Home
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson After UFC 57, and the rumoured early sellout of UFC 59 in Anaheim, I started thinking that maybe UFC should start running some shows outside of Las Vegas. With the increasing exposure UFC is provided on SpikeTV, coupled with the recent coverage by a couple mainstream outlets (Sports Illustrated, and TheScore [in […]
UFC 57 Numbers
Saturday, February 11th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson It looks like UFC fell just a little short of the projected, 3.8 to 4 million dollar gate, but still did very well. According to the NSAC, the show drew 10,301 paid, while grossing $3,382,400. I think both numbers are very strong, but something that caught my eye right away, was the […]
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