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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008The promotion announced their main card line-up today for the next event: Carlos Condit vs. Carlo Prater Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner Chase Beebe vs. Miguel Torres The show will take place at the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tonya Harding and Butterbean on the same card
Monday, January 7th, 2008Seriously. January 26th at the USA Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama. Isn’t Mississippi’s athletic commission in charge of regulating some (if not all) MMA events in Alabama? Butterbean vs. Tom Howard is the show’s main event. Plus, Butterbean’s son will be fighting on the undercard.
Monday night news review (1/7/08)
Monday, January 7th, 2008The newest edition of Men’s Fitness magazine has a profile article on “The UFC workout.” Also interviewed in the magazine is Roy Jones Jr. Money quote from the interview: MF: Yes, and the UFC now challenges boxing for pay-per-view buys, revenue, and fans. How do you feel about the mixed martial arts movement? Jones Jr.: […]
American Gladiators feedback
Monday, January 7th, 2008Last night’s show on NBC is getting panned in both broadsheet and blogger media circles (Awful Announcing). It’s interesting to read the reaction amongst the diehard sports fans (who seemingly take the offensiveness of AG as a personal insult). It was amusing to watch Gina Carano defend her spot on the Pyramid by pulling guard […]
Quote of the Day – Dan Henderson
Monday, January 7th, 2008Steve Sievert recently talked to Dan Henderson about his upcoming fight with Anderson Silva: “My strength is the clinch game, and I don’t get out of position there to allow strikes,” said Henderson (22-5), who’s never been knocked out in his 10-year career. “That’s what he (Anderson Silva) thrives on, guys that are out of […]
Sunday news review (1/6/08)
Sunday, January 6th, 2008The Fairbanks Daily News Miner (Alaska): Justin Buchholz makes mark in MMA and is ready to do the same in UFC The Toronto Sun: Fights worthy of UFC on the TTC bus make it on YouTube Yahoo Sports: Wanderlei Silva will not drop down to Middleweight in UFC The Daily Herald (IL): Stratford Square in […]
Kazuyoshi Ishii has found some new friends in prison
Saturday, January 5th, 2008Solidarity, brother: CRANSTON, R.I.—Twenty prison inmates have been disciplined for participating in “ultimate fighting” contest after claiming they were gathering in a dorm room to play chess, according to a published report Saturday. more stories like this Instead of playing chess, the inmates were pummeling each other in an “ultimate fighting” contest, emulating professional tournaments […]
The media whining about Fedor
Friday, January 4th, 2008For the last month, you’ve probably seen countless articles online from various MMA media writers whining and complaining about Fedor Emelianenko’s career direction. You know about the boilerplate rhetoric — he’s afraid of fighting the best competition, his reputation is taking a hit, etc.
He’s back… Bob Meyrowitz
Friday, January 4th, 2008According to a Friday report by Dave Meltzer: The long-rumored deal between Bob Meyrowitz, the owner of UFC from 1993-2001, and Live Nation, the leading event promoter in North America, has been signed, and the two will be starting a new MMA promotion. More details, including the name, goals, first event and more should be […]
Ground & Pound Awards 2007
Friday, January 4th, 2008Press release It is time for the Third Annual Ground & Pound Awards, the internet award ceremony that let’s you, the fans, make the decision! Who will be Mirko Cro Cop’s heir as Fighter of the Year? Which is the strongest Fight Team in the world? And which promotion consistently put on the best shows? […]
Friday fight notes: IFL’s ambitious schedule
Friday, January 4th, 2008If you have extensive WordPress experience and would be interested in helping me out on a new project, please contact me. Fightlinker supposedly has dirt on Matt Hamill. Look at the amount of big IFL shows on the East Coast in 2008. The Izod Center in East Rutherford (Continental Airlines Arena in the Meadowlands) is […]
NYE MMA fallout
Friday, January 4th, 2008Ratings-wise for the K-1 Dynamite show on Tokyo Broadcasting System, the first round of Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya drew the highest quarter-hour rating of the night, drawing a 20.9%. The Fedor vs. Hong-Man fight on South Korean cable drew a reported 13.4% rating. Hong-Man’s active fighting career is also reportedly on hold due to […]
Pancrase 1/30 Korakuen Hall card
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008The line-up as of today: Bantamweights: Yuki Yamasawa vs. Seiya Kawahara Lightweights: Daisuke Hanazawa13 vs. Wataru Takahashi Lightweights: Shinsuke Shoji vs. Yuichi Ikari Welterweight KOP title match: Katsuya Inoue vs. Satoru Kitaoka Plus WINDY Tomomi.
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