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Saturday, September 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold According to Kami no Puroresu (a PRIDE-oriened media magazine), one of the main Las Vegas backers of PRIDE in the city is Ed Fishman. Here’s a profile of Fishman. Here’s more on Fishman: Ed Fishman, Board of Directors/Marketing – Mr. Fishman is an international entrepreneur, television and film producer with forty years […]
Dana White talks about PRIDE
Friday, September 1st, 2006In an interview with FoxSports.com: “They talk a lot of s– but never back it up. I’m here I’m ready, Chuck’s here, he’s ready. It’s not that Wanderlei doesn’t want the fight, he’s a fighter. No disrespect to him. You know who I’m talking about. I’ve been trying to do this for five years. I […]
First the Zuffa myth, now the Fuji TV myth
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold There is a story by Fred Varcoe (writer’s apparent background here and here) that basically is a pro-PRIDE article about their upcoming shows in Saitama and Las Vegas. It reads exactly like what a PRIDE fan would write.
Kawamata loses in court
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold For reference to the whole yakuza scandal and 3-way 2003 MMA wars in Japan, use this link. Seiya Kawamata, who had filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Nippon TV for improper annulment of payment from the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye TV contract in 2003, has apparently lost his court case. The court […]
Worldwide media notes
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold I find interesting news items, and you comment on them. Updated at 12:45 PM EST.
Media quote of the day
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006From boxing promoter Bob Arum: The reason Arum feels the UFC has not hurt boxing is simply, the audience makeup is different. He feels that the UFC audience is made up of mostly white males, while boxing caters to Hispanics, African-Americans and “a few whites.” “We have a totally different audience. The demographic of UFC […]
Updated K-1 9/30 Osaka GP card
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Here is the newest card line-up: Ray Sefo vs. Stefan “Blitz” Leko Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari Glaube Feitosa vs. Paul Slowinski Jerome Le Banner vs. Choi Hong-Man Peter Aerts vs. Remy Bonjasky Semmy Schilt vs. Bjorn Bregy Ernesto Hoost vs. Yusuke Fujimoto Musashi vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab
UFC’s low payroll attracts media focus
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Neil Davidson, the main MMA writer for CP (Canadian Press), calls out UFC today in a news wire article (companion article link here) for the low pay that undercard fighters in the promotion receive. Davidson’s article has hard numbers of what each fighter got paid, including the shocking $21,000 USD amount for […]
Bushido 8/26 Nagoya event on FSN TV
Sunday, August 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold The good, the bad, and the rest — reviewed.
UFC 62 recap
Saturday, August 26th, 2006Online reviews: Observer | Sherdog | F4W Online | Knockout Zone | MMA HQ | Canadian Press
UFC hype machine on Spike TV
Friday, August 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold Tonight on Spike TV, UFC had the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s fight with Chuck Liddell and Renato “Babalu” Sobral. Weigh-in stats here. More interestingly, the show announced that Tito Ortiz would face Ken Shamrock on Spike TV for October 10th at the Hard Rock Casino in Florida. Press release here. Ortiz had a […]
Friday Night Fights
Friday, August 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold Results and review of the ESPN2 telecast can be viewed in full-post view.
Thursday’s UFC media round-up
Thursday, August 24th, 2006FoxSports.com UFC 62 event predictions FoxSports.com Chuck Liddell interview/profile article Mickey’s Brewing Co., a subsidiary of Miller Brewing Co., signs a big sponsorship deal with UFC Canadian Press: Babalu looks for revenge against the Iceman in UFC title bout On a completely unrelated news item, South Korea has a robot MMA tournament happening today.
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