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Sunday, October 5th, 2008First, Asashoryu denied allegations of match-fixing in Sumo in Tokyo District Court. Meanwhile, all eyes are on Satoshi Ishii after he skipped participation in a team Judo competition at Tokyo Budokan (not to be mistaken with Nippon Budokan). The explanation is injury. Media reports continue to swirl about whether or not Ishii will fight in […]
Headline of the Day – Kimbo Slice
Sunday, October 5th, 2008“Kimbo exposed as farce” has been the screaming headline on Yahoo’s main page all day long. The author of the article is Dan Wetzel, not exactly a rocket scientist when it comes to MMA coverage. Dave Meltzer he is not. Just think — Wetzel gets paid to cover and write on MMA occasionally and you […]
Report: Elite XC 10/4 CBS show drew same ratings as May event
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Ratings breakdown here. The good news? Ratings are back up. The bad news? It’s clear that the ratings are all contingent upon Kimbo Slice, with the only excuse available being that Gina Carano fought on both cards. Of course, they didn’t push her fights as the main events, either. The ugly news? CBS nearly finished […]
Media headlines coming out of EXC Florida event
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Every major sports site online tonight you visit (Google News, ESPN, etc.), the headline of Seth Petruzelli beating Kimbo Slice is being mentioned prominently. Unfortunately for Petruzelli, most of the major sports sites are refusing to use his name in the headline and instead are going with generic headlines like “replacement quickly KOs Kimbo,” “Kimbo […]
The meltdown of Kimbo Slice and Elite XC
Saturday, October 4th, 2008It managed to meltdown our server. Per usual for this web hosting company. Seth Petruzelli destroyed him in 11 seconds. Now, the question on my mind — could Ken Shamrock actually have beaten Kimbo Slice in a stand-up fight? I’m actually curious about this! Dave Meltzer: There is a Tyson feel to Kimbo as he […]
No more Ken vs. Kimbo…
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Rumor mill here. Consider this your post for EXC 10/4 Florida event coverage. Post all comments, links, reports here. Or maybe the fight will happen… or not. Frank Shamrock, all dressed to announce, is awaiting word as it is very possible he will face Slice. Slice’s people had not agreed to Seth Petruzelli as of […]
That nutritionist really paid off for Gina Carano
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Professional. Update: Denny Burkholder of CBS Sports has a report on the Carano weigh-in debacle. He further adds the following: Suffice it to say, she looked absolutely terrible. I’d go so far as to say she looked sick. She clearly needs to either stop cutting to 140, or figure out a safer way to do […]
Media heat-up for EXC 10/4 Florida event
Friday, October 3rd, 2008With both pro-football (Dolphins at home vs. San Diego Chargers) & college football (Florida State vs. Miami) dominating the Miami sports this scene this weekend, let’s see what kind of oxygen Elite XC can get with Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock. Sherdog: The Kimbo Slice bubble Stated plainly: EliteXC’s survival is contingent upon Slice in […]
K-1 10/1 Tokyo, Nippon Budokan
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Event results here. Ratings news: 12.6% rating, with a peak rating of 18.5% for Masato vs. Yoshihiro Sato. Claimed attendance for the show was 15,231. Videos of the fights can be found here.
Crazy headline of the day
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Elite XC garners more press than the UFC. a) no b) Even if you buy into the author’s premise, the answer is that EXC continues to lose money at a big clip. There’s a difference between getting press coverage and getting effective press coverage. Perfect example: Spike TV preview shows = good, Kimbo Slice PTI […]
Quote of the Week – Dave Meltzer on Affliction
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008He claims that Affliction is paying the fight money for both Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson to fight on CBS this Saturday night. Seriously. From the latest Wrestling Observer newsletter… It’s an expensive commercial for Affliction because they are paying for the fight and Arlovski will be earning in the range of seven figures if […]
Quote of the Day – Ken Shamrock’s trainer
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper: “When you’re a fighter, you’re a fighter and sometimes you don’t make all the good decisions, but you make them because of the desire to fight. You want to fight. You’re just not ready,” he said. “I’ve come to a point now where I said if I’m not healthy, I’m not going […]
UFC 93 (1/17/09) news & notes
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Setanta Sports reports that Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson and Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Shogun are fights booked for the promotion’s January 17th event at the O2 Arena in Dublin. UFC official press release here.
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