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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Part I of the CBS Sports interview is here. One quote that stands out: Dana White acknowledges that there were ongoing debates within UFC about whether to provide alcohol to the fighters. The company ultimately decided to leave alcohol in the house. “Our philosophy was you can’t make the sport look bad, because these guys […]
Report: Drwal vs. Heath booked for UFC 81
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007We have readers from Poland. They have their own MMA sites, too. Time to celebrate by linking to a report that says Tomasz Drwal will be fighting David Heath at UFC 81.
Reports: IFL, HDNet finalize TV deal
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007During the early hours on Tuesday morning, Sam Caplan reported that a TV deal between the IFL and HDNet to broadcast the promotion’s 12/29 Mohegan Sun Arena event was being completed. MediaPost Publications, in a report two hours ago, confirmed the story.
Philosophy 101 – MMA Media
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Update: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations responds to media inquiries about the death of Sam Vasquez. Steve Sievert has further comments. Update II: Luke Thomas responds to comments made by a reader on Fight Opinion. Plus, thoughts from MMA Analyst. Luke Thomas asks an important question: Lastly, I would say the relative silence […]
Monday headlines: Rampant stupidity
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Gina Carano reportedly will be a character on the new American Gladiators show, which features Hulk Hogan doing commentary. She’s running wild on all of us, brother. An interview with Georges St. Pierre. Joachim Hansen is not a fan of Zuffa: “I just hope people understand that the problems [with Zuffa] weren’t about the money,” […]
Site upgrade coming soon
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Expect a new layout (with added functionality) coming this week. Consider this post a ‘last call’ for anyone to contribute any RSS feeds that I’ve asked for in the last two RSS wish list posts (especially feeds covering the UK and European MMA scenes).
Sunday news review: Recapping the weekend’s action
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007RSS Wish List – Part 2 I am looking for any and all RSS feeds relating to UK MMA news or European MMA news. On most of the UK MMA sites, I have not been able to find any feeds at all. I want some RSS feeds covering this scene. Today’s news Thomas Hauser of […]
Sammy Vasquez dead at age 35
Saturday, December 1st, 2007The Fight Network is reporting tonight that Houston-area fighter Sammy Vasquez has died. Our condolences go out to the Vasquez family. Luke Thomas comments. MMA Opinion comments. Adam Swift comments. Steve Sievert comments.
Cage Force 12/1 Differ Ariake event results
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Results from today’s event at Differ Ariake in Tokyo: Middleweights: Yukiya Naito defeated Takenori Sato in R1 in 4’45 by TKO. Lightweights: ISE and Takahito Iida went to a draw after 2R. Takeya Mizugaki defeated Seiji Otsuka after 2R by a 3-0 judges’ decision. Bantamweights: Kenji Osawa defeated Punchy Yamauchi after 2R by a 3-0 […]
UFC and corporate sponsorship
Saturday, December 1st, 2007There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that, according to an article in Broadcasting & Cable, Spike TV is helping UFC attract some corporate sponsors. The network has found a gentlemanly solution. A subset of its sales force is now devoted to making the league more palatable to those advertisers. A […]
Saturday headlines: The future of Marcelo Garcia
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Sad news, as Sam Vasquez has reportedly been moved to Hospice in the Houston area. There is a big story developing, involving Marcelo Garcia. The Palm Beach Post is reporting that no charges will be filed against Din Thomas for hosting illegal cage fights at his school have been dropped. Oleg Taktarov won his comeback […]
Pro Elite inks deal with IMG Media
Friday, November 30th, 2007In a story that went under the media radar on Thursday, Pro Elite issued a press release announcing a new content distribution deal with IMG Media. Under the terms of the deal, IMG will help utilize ProElite’s vast live and archived MMA video content offerings, including live television rights to future events as well as […]
Quote of the Day – Japanese MMA
Friday, November 30th, 2007You don’t say… My perception of the Japanese fight game over the last half decade has always been one of a culture of smiling and bowing short men in black suites lying to foreigners and their own people for some bizarre pleasure while fronting organized crime. I’ve often thought of writing Dave Meltzer after reading […]
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