Media
« Previous Entries Next Entries »WFA apparently is not dead
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006MMA Weekly reports that Heath Herring has signed a deal with the WFA. Their next show apparently is scheduled for December 9th at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. I would hope the WFA would at least update their web page. It hasn’t been updated since August.
MMA Media notes
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006Update: Neil Davidson of Canadian press reports that Matt Hughes earned $130,000 USD for his title defense over BJ Penn at UFC 63. Read the full CP article here (which has updated pay-scale figures for fighters). Spike TV issued a press release for upcoming UFC programming on their network in November. A new show called […]
Updated HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama card line-up
Monday, October 2nd, 200610/9 Yokohama Arena event card line-up: Light Heavyweight tournament reserve fight: Tokimitsu Ishizawa (Kendo Ka Shin) vs. Carlos Newton Middleweight tournament reserve fight: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. X Light Heavyweight tournament: Shungo Oyama vs. Melvin Manhoef Light Heavyweight tournament: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kestutis Smirnovas (Lithuania) Middleweight tournament: Kaoru Uno vs. Ivan Menjivar Middleweight tournament: J.Z. Calvan […]
PRIDE 10/21 Las Vegas card – updated
Monday, October 2nd, 2006Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Marvin Eastman Joey Villasenor vs. Robbie Lawler Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort Mark Hunt vs. Butterbean Josh Barnett vs. Pawel Nastula Mauricio Shogun vs. Kevin Randleman Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Coleman
K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome card
Sunday, October 1st, 2006Here it is: Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner Ernesto Hoost vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab Glaube Feitosa vs. Ruslan Karaev Remy Bonjasky vs. Stefan Leko GP semi-finals and finals The 9/30 Osaka Castle Hall event reportedly drew a 16.0% TV rating. It’s lower in comparison to previous years (2005 – 18.2%, 2004 – 19.6%, […]
Kameda vs. Landaeta II postponed
Sunday, October 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Nikkan Sports reports that the Koki Kamda vs. Juan Jose Landaeta rematch that was scheduled for October 18th in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum has now been postponed. The paper claims that the breakdown in scheduling came from Kameda’s camp. There are still plans for a “Kameda Matsuri” event in December, but those […]
Sunday media reading material
Saturday, September 30th, 2006Newsweek: Blood, Guts: Ultimate Fighting is hot MMA HQ: Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett in jail and in a lot of trouble MMA on Tap: Cage Rage 18 event results. The return of Alexandre Lungu! I demand a re-match between Lungu and James Thompson, right now. UFC.com: If the WWE has their obnoxious annual Diva Search, […]
Attempted Internet gambling ban in US
Saturday, September 30th, 2006If you live in America, watch out. Don’t think about placing bets on MMA, boxing, or other sports online if you are in the States… in the future. This attempted gambling ban is an incredibly dumb political move. Story details: USA Today | Eye on Gambling | Poker Players Alliance | Gambling 911 | The […]
K-1 GP in Osaka
Saturday, September 30th, 2006Results here. I would expect the main headlines from the show being that Musashi lost and that Le Banner couldn’t KO Choi Hong-Man. That, and Badr Hari losing fast to Ruslan Karaev. Update: Predictably, Japanese media outlets (such as Sankei Sports) are theming their articles coming out of the show about the fact that there […]
UFC 65 main event
Friday, September 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Dave Doyle of Fox Sports drops a surprise in his Weekly Tapout column today: But Hughes isn’t think of slowing down. Just the opposite. Coming off his gusty three-round victory over B.J. Penn at UFC 63, Hughes will fight on less than two months’ turnaround when he puts his belt on the […]
Report: Kurt Angle to work on K-1 Dynamite event
Friday, September 29th, 2006Tokyo Sports newspaper is reporting that K-1 and Kurt Angle are in negotiations for a deal which would allow Angle to have his first MMA match on 12/31 at the Osaka Dome. The three opponent candidates listed by the newspaper for Angle’s debut match are: Brock Lesnar, Akebono, and Choi Hong-Man. Ｄｙｎï½ï½ï½‰ï½”ï½…!!ã«è¶…目玉 元ＷＷＥ王者カート・アングル Ｋï¼ï¼‘å‚戦㸠対戦相手ã«ãƒ¬ã‚¹ãƒŠãƒ¼ã€æ›™ã€ãƒ›ãƒ³ãƒžãƒ³æµ®ä¸Š/新日本もç²å¾—ã«å‹•ã/金åè³¢ãŒå¯¾æˆ¦ç†±æœ›ã»ã‹ã€€
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 26 (with Total-MMA.com staff)
Thursday, September 28th, 2006It has been a very busy week for MMA news, and we cover all of it in this week’s edition of FOR. Our special guest is Iain Liddle from Total-MMA.com, who previews the upcoming big Cage Rage event (Mark Pickering has a preview of the event on our site). Show update: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Marvin […]
Frank Shamrock to sue CSAC?
Thursday, September 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold For those of you who don’t recall the story regarding Armando Garcia and the California State Athletic Commission suspending fighter Brian Ebersole for “fixing” his match against MMA jobber Shannon Ritch, you can read about it (here and here) or you can hear our radio show from last week that featured an […]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »