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Friday, August 3rd, 2007By Zach Arnold On June 4th, we highlighted an article by Brian VanOchten in the Grand Rapids Press that was a baseless attack on MMA and the industry’s supporters. It drew so much heat online (at Sherdog, Fight Opinion, etc.) that the newspaper staff was flooded with angry responses in return. One of our site […]
Saturday headlines: MMA at the Mansion
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Medical suspensions issued from the NJACB coming out of the IFL show this past Thursday night: Gerald Harris suspended 30 days and needs neurological examination, Bryan Vetell pending x-ray of left foot and opthamalogical exam of left eye, Tim Boetsch pending xray of right hand, David Phillips 60 days and needs neurological examination, Chris Clements […]
Iowa newspaper calls for MMA ban (again)
Friday, August 3rd, 2007By Zach Arnold On Friday, the Mason City Globe Gazette newspaper published an editorial today repeating their stance on MMA — which is to ban it. They published a similar editorial last April. Since the time the newspaper published that first editorial, MMA has been (or will soon be) regulated in Michigan, Oregon, and North […]
Friday fight notes: Just say no… to many things
Friday, August 3rd, 2007I’ve had a few readers who use the Safari browser state that they are having trouble loading this site. I’m not sure what is happening, but one trick to loading the site is to remove the www out of the URL. Try this instead and you should be fine. UFC and J-ROCK make a package […]
Latest CSAC notes
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Royce Gracie – Did not submit an appeal regarding his suspension. The fine and suspension are final. Tim Persey – Did not submit an appeal regarding his suspension. The fine and suspension are final. Johnnie Morton – Fined a total of $7,500 (#1 failing to submit to a test for drugs of abuse, #2 testing […]
Thursday trash talk: North Carolina ready to regulate MMA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The IFL enters into $12.7 million USD financing. Update: The stock went down to $0.65 USD/share the morning after this news was released. Here are the weigh-in results for the IFL show that will take place tonight in New Jersey. If you haven’t already done so, head on over to MMA Predictions and make your […]
Closure for Ed Fishman lawsuit
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold According to public court records in Clark County, Nevada, an order of dismissal with prejudice was issued in the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. lawsuit on July 25th (last Wednesday). It was a five-page document. In other words, a settlement has been reached and no further litigation will take place between the […]
Wednesday war room: 9/19 UFC Fight Night card finalized
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Travis Lutter not fighting at UFC 74. Yokozuna Asashoryu suspended for playing soccer. More on the story here. Josh Gross defends his open letter to Dana White on Fight Network Radio. Ivan Canello has video of Fabio Silva vs. Ryo Kawamura. Here is the fight card for the 9/19 UFC Fight Night event. Bad news […]
CBS Sportsline article: MMA’s drug culture, part two
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007This article was originally scheduled to appear on CBS Sportsline. It is part two of the MMA drug culture article series that I wrote for that web site. You can read part one of the article series by clicking here. On Tuesday, Dana White stated in an ESPN interview the following: There was one event […]
Dana White talks about fighters using steroids
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007By Zach Arnold First, Kalib Starnes comments on marijuana and steroids. For a perfect summation of my feelings about MMA’s drug culture, read Fightlinker’s entry today. My argument has never been one about morality (athletes are athletes — they are always looking for an edge), but rather about the health of the fighters. Time in […]
Tuesday headlines: Catch wrestling fever
Monday, July 30th, 2007Kendall Grove prepares for UFC 74. A message from Antonio Inoki’s MySpace account (there is one for the IGF) on the death of Karl Gotch. Simon Inoki also released a statement. Josh Barnett also posted a statement. John Wood also has a post about Gotch. Here’s some information pertaining to the politics surrounding catch wrestling […]
Monday media marks: Fedor must make concessions for UFC?
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Quote of the day from 411 Mania: With due respect to both sides, this is really a bunch of needless whining. I’m sure the UFC would like nothing more than to throw a couple hundred thousand dollars at Fedor and have the number one fighter in the world in their pocket, and at the same […]
Sunday media slate: Gamblers love Kimbo/Tank
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Beach wrestling with Gomi & KID. Kenny Florian wants more stringent drug testing in MMA. Jake Rossen talks about the impact of Title IX on MMA. The Fightworks Podcast has an interview with Xande Ribeiro.
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