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Monday, March 5th, 2007Enson Inoue talks about PRIDE Lots of content today. See it in full-page view.
Monday news highlights
Monday, March 5th, 2007Well, the Fight Opinion Weekly article I wrote late Sunday night seems to be garnering some discussion. Although I don’t think arguing about the article’s truthfulness is necessarily the right avenue for criticism… One person who does apparently deserve criticism is Nick Diaz for reportedly failing a drug test after fighting on the PRIDE 33 […]
Fight Opinion Weekly: The end game for PRIDE
Monday, March 5th, 2007By Zach Arnold On Saturday, news broke that PRIDE’s next American show on April 28th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada had been cancelled. It capped off a tumultuous week after the PRIDE 33 event on February 24th. Within three days after the PRIDE 33 event (heralded in the media as […]
Putting the ass in ‘no class’
Sunday, March 4th, 2007Surprise! What response would you expect to hate speech being pointed out? Within minutes of posting a nasty thread as a backlash towards this site pointing out hate speech, the poster(s) were immediately backtracking and asking for moderators to delete it. Screen capture here. With news breaking this week that legal action is pending from […]
K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama
Sunday, March 4th, 20073/4 Kanagawa, Yokohama Arena Claimed attendance: 9,650 paid Results in full-page view.
Sunday news special
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007I hear that Randy Couture guy is really popular right now. News and comments from Loretta Hunt on WOL radio (I’m using this link because it’s simpler than me typing the comments out). Here’s the audio. I wanted to highlight one point she made – the point being that she doesn’t think PRIDE will sell. […]
UFC 68
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Results links: Sherdog | UFC Junkie | UFC Mania | Observer | Figure 4 Consider this an open-thread for the event if you want to do PBP in the comments section or just make various show-related observations. Here’s some fresh comedy material for you – Dana White has more words for Jerry Millen. (Link from […]
Saturday news splash
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Gryphon: Akira Maeda – married man The News Herald (Ohio): Putting a Dent in Ultimate competition (article about Jason Dent) The Los Angeles Times: UFC 68 title fight is pumping ire SLAM! Sports: Randy Couture would like to see UFC and PRIDE unite The Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): Jason MacDonald steps up in class […]
Source: Ed Fishman taking legal action against PRIDE
Friday, March 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold On Friday morning, Sherdog.com writer Josh Gross wrote the following in a new article: The latest I hear is that Fishman is ramping up to sue Sakakibara and PRIDE in the event they default on the agreement that put Fishman in place as PRIDE USA prez … yikes. Well, here are some […]
Friday news flash
Thursday, March 1st, 2007On the NSAC Agenda List for 3/5 (Monday), the following is listed: Randy Couture is applying for an MMA license and Dana White is applying for a pro-boxing license. Also, Zuffa LLC is applying for a permit for a boxing match (between Dana White & Tito Ortiz) for March 24th at the UFC Training Center […]
Thursday media notes
Thursday, March 1st, 2007This is an interview Dana White did with Fox News for their Fight Game video news series. Inside the UFC placed on hiatus by Spike TV. Onto today’s headlines.
Wednesday workweek notes
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007The story of the day comes from Japan, with an announcement that Gong Magazine (both the wrestling and MMA editions) will likely discontinue after March. Now the question is whether or not they will keep their mobile news service wire going. Also, a report on Sherdog that the PRIDE 33 event drew 8,334 paid and […]
Tuesday tough talk
Monday, February 26th, 2007MMA Weekly: Pennsylvia state athletic commission preparing to regulate MMA in its state Sherdog: Greg Savage has unkind words for Jerry Millen IFL HP: Dear Don – advice from “The Predator” The Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): The Iceman (Liddell) ready to get back to training, looks forward to Sylvia-Couture Vegas Pop: Star PRIDE (celebrities […]
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