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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006Gryphon: Semmy Schilt defeats Peter Aerts by decision to win the K-1 World GP 2006 tournament at the Tokyo Dome MMA Rants: Does Dana White mean it this time? Tonight, at ICE 24 in Cincinnati at the Mills Mall, Rich Franklin will guest referee an MMA card “featuring Hamilton County Sheriff Rod “Excessive Force” Housley.” […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 34
Friday, December 1st, 2006This week, we are joined by “The Fight Professor” Stephen Quadros to talk about the latest happenings in the IFL, Cage Rage, WEC, and the WFA. Plus, Luke Nicholson and Zach Arnold break down the current MMA situation for NYE (with UFC, PRIDE, and K-1 having shows on the same weekend). Also, a long MMA […]
Op-ed: The miraculous change of Joe Silva
Friday, December 1st, 2006By Tim Leidecker http://www.groundandpound.de Eccentric. Narrow-minded. Totally focused on the US market. That is the perception many MMA fans, who don’t happen to come from the “land of the free and the home of the brave”, have of UFC matchmaking. But in the past twelve months, the politics behind the scenes, usually operated by UFC […]
Friday media guide
Thursday, November 30th, 2006More Nick Diaz fights coming up, Dr. 90210 meets the Gracies, Gilbert Melendez announces his next PRIDE fight (and it’s not against Aoki), more controversy over Nastula’s alleged failed drug test, and more fun with Dana White.
Thursday headlines
Thursday, November 30th, 2006The IFL announces a lot of shows for 2007, and we find out the latest information on boxing PPV buyrates.
Wednesday media notes
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006The IFL becomes a publicly-traded company, Dean Lister vs. Nathan Marquardt is announced, and the StrikeForce 12/8 San Jose event card line-up.
Report: PRIDE wants to run shows in Brazil
Monday, November 27th, 2006That’s the headline in Nikkan Sports today. The newspaper claims that PRIDE has received multiple offers from promoters to run events in Brazil, and given their roster of Brazilian talent, it is felt to be a natural business fit. The paper claims that the major issue facing PRIDE as far as running in Brazil is […]
Sunday daily headlines
Sunday, November 26th, 2006San Francisco Chronicle: Fighting outside the box (long article on UFC — and I think the Zuffa Myth makes a comeback here) Boxing Talk: Tito Ortiz interview (and he pushes the Zuffa Myth as well) Kenny Florian: Information for The Ultimate Fighter 5 Casting Call on 12/1 in Florida Toronto Star: Kicking it up at […]
Tito Ortiz’s manager recruiting girls for WWE
Saturday, November 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold The headline says it all. With WWE management happy with the performance of model Kelly Kelly’s success (real name: Barbie Blank), WWE is now looking to recruit more model-type girls (even if they have limited or no wrestling knowledge). Ken Pavia, who is the agent of Team Punishment, issued the following bulletin […]
K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome event
Saturday, November 25th, 2006Next week, K-1 has their World GP 2006 finals at the Tokyo Dome. Out of all of the major pro-wrestling, MMA, and kickboxing events that the Tokyo Dome has held, this may in fact be one of the most quiet build-ups to a Tokyo Dome show I’ve seen. In fact, off the top of my […]
Meltzer: Strikeforce won’t draw
Friday, November 24th, 2006On Friday’s Figure Four Daily radio show, pro-wrestling writer Dave Meltzer told host Bryan Alvarez that the upcoming Strikeforce show on December 8th at the HP Pavilion (San Jose Arena) will not draw a strong crowd. Listen to the show yourself to validate the accuracy of the quotes I have written here. “Strikeforce is not […]
Friday media round-up
Friday, November 24th, 2006Fox Sports: The Weekly Tapout – King Georges is crowned New York Times: A Boxing Regulator Changes Corners (article about Marc Ratner) UFC HP: Three new fights added to UFC 66 12/30 Las Vegas event Manila Bulletin (Philippines): Manny Pacquiao advised to go freelance (and not sign with a specific promoter) Boxing Scene: Mike Tyson […]
NYE TV schedule
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006Burning Spirit notes a news item from the January 2007 edition of The Television magazine. The magazine published the New Year’s Eve TV schedule. For TV-Asahi, the following is listed: Doraemon Special (18:00-20:00), TV Tackle Nagata-cho Special (20:00-on). For Nippon TV: Weekender Special (19:00-21:00). TV-Tokyo will have a Gaea year-end party special. None of the […]
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