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Friday, December 14th, 2007Article here: “You have the beginnings of the sport, and we’re trying to help take the sport mainstream.” WAMMA will release its first rankings on Monday and will include fighters from all organizations, even those that want no part of it. The alliance hopes to schedule its first world championship bout in mid-2008, and eventually […]
More stupid human tricks
Friday, December 14th, 2007You can always count on Ryan Gracie to bring the entertainment: According to O Globo, a newspaper based in Sao Paulo that is one of Brazil’s largest, Ryan Gracie has been arrested for stealing a car. The article alleges that Ryan Gracie stole a Toyota Corolla but soon after crashed it into a parking barrier. […]
Quote of the Week – Eastside Boxing
Friday, December 14th, 2007Yet another boxing writer shows his disdain for UFC: Dana White was not able to transfer Jackson from a Mixed Martial Arts combatant into an international star after his victory over Liddell because he didn’t have a diverse enough audience to do so. To his credit, he will continue to sell UFC DVD’s next to […]
Bisping makes cut to 185 official
Friday, December 14th, 2007Speaking to Ant Evans at UFC.com Michael Bisping has confirmed his intentions to drop down a wegith class from light heavyweight to the 185lb division. Whilst having been speculated for a while, most fighters often require a loss to clairify their thoughts and it appears the recent loss to Rashad Evans was just the catalyst […]
Quote of the Day – Chuck Norris
Friday, December 14th, 2007Chuck Norris aims to start a fight: “Watching UFC over the last 20 years, when fighters go to the ground, they have become so proficient in avoiding submissions so it becomes boring,” Norris said.
CNBC’s underwhelming special on ‘Ultimate Fighting’
Thursday, December 13th, 2007CNBC is a financial cable TV network that prides itself on giving its viewing audience at home a global perspective on business. Which is why the channel’s pitch for their one-hour MMA documentary, “Ultimate Fighting: From blood sport to big time,” was troubling from the outset. It was clear that CNBC’s viewpoint of mixed martial […]
‘War Machine’ goes to court
Thursday, December 13th, 2007According to an article just published by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jon ‘War Machine’ Koppenhaver appeared in front of a Superior Court judge in San Diego regarding felony assault and battery charges filed (based on an incident that took place on September 2nd).
Michigan finalizes plans for MMA regulation
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Article here from The Associated Press. The goal is for UFC to run future events in the state.
The Mitchell Report
Thursday, December 13th, 2007It’s not fight industry-related, but it’s the story everyone is talking about. Here is the direct link to the PDF file of the Mitchell Report. Figured I’d post this item on the site if anyone was interested in discussing it (and in no way is this purporting to be an MMA-related post.) Here is the […]
The WEC Ticket
Thursday, December 13th, 2007WEC 31 tickets must have cost half a million dollars. That’s the only financially reasonable thing I can think after watching another Zuffa promoted WEC card out of The Hard Rock in Vegas. Keep in mind that this was the third WEC show at the 1,000 seat venue, and the last one on 9/5 was […]
Thursday trash talk: IFL 12/29 card suffers setbacks
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Steve Cofield has a WEC post-fight event wrap-up on his site. If you have not subscribed yet to our Fight Opinion Radio RSS feed, go sign up now. Next week, we will be preparing for our annual Christmas Show marathon special. Now’s the time to get on board and subscribe to the feed. Abdul Mohamed […]
Bill Simmons rips into Bruce Buffer
Thursday, December 13th, 2007On the latest edition of The B.S. Report, ESPN personality Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal (from The Jimmy Kimmel Show) shredded Bruce Buffer. Background information: Simmons and Sal were in Las Vegas to watch the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton fight. After the fight, both men went to The Palms Hotel & Casino to […]
Yarennoka 12/31 Saitama Super Arena card (updated 12/13)
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Fedor Emelianenko vs. Choi Hong-Man Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Azeredo Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Gilbert Melendez Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan K-1 announced Bob Sapp vs. Bobby Ologun for their 12/31 Osaka Dome event.
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