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Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold Bob Sapp held a press conference on Monday morning (Nikkan Sports report here with comments from Sapp’s lawyer, Michael Connette) at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Sapp told the press that he did not run away from fighting and that he wanted the fans to know the truth. He went […]
PRIDE comments on UFC
Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold While Dana White was allegedly busy having security escort WFA President Jeremy Lappen out of the Mandalay Bay Events Center, PRIDE was busy posting a report on their web site about Vanderlei Silva’s appearance in the UFC octagon. PRIDE’s report clearly states “PRIDE x UFC” as a full-out promotional war, and raises […]
UFC vs. PRIDE 2
Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold My previous post on UFC vs. PRIDE can be found here. Reflecting upon the latest news developments with Vanderlei Silva apparently signing a 3-fight deal with UFC, one has to wonder what exactly is going to happen with both UFC & PRIDE in the future. There are a few possibilities on the […]
The reviews are coming in
Saturday, July 8th, 2006On the UFC 61 PPV: Observer – Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock is up next. This came off badly. Ortiz slammed Shamrock hard and was hammering him and hit five elbows. Ken wasn’t doing much to defend, well actually nothing, and it was stopped. Ken got right back up. Really Ken likely wasn’t getting up, […]
UFC vs. PRIDE
Saturday, July 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold UFC President Dana White announced Chuck Liddell vs. Vanderlei Silva to happen in November. Internet response to this story: Eddie Goldman | Whaledog | MMA HQ | Ivan Trembow Update: Commenter Torn Victor points out a report on Fox Sports that Vanderlei Silva has signed a 3-fight deal with the UFC. This […]
PRIDE continues big talk
Friday, July 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold The PRIDE office is pushing a story in the media (Nikkan Sports report here) that they are aiming to get Olympic Greco-Roman 120 kg Russian wrestler Khassan Baroev to work a match for their Otoko Matsuri (Man Festival) show (if they have the event take place). Baroev made news a few years […]
UFC 61 – here’s the buzz
Friday, July 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold So I wrote a post a few days ago asking where the buzz was for the UFC 61 show. To be fair, here’s the mainstream coverage that the show is getting: Washington Post | CBC (Canada) | Newsday | Fox Sports
The Arashi drug bust
Friday, July 7th, 2006Nikkan Sports HP: Arashi arrested for possession of marijuana Yahoo Japan HP: Pro-wrestler Arashi arrested for marijuana Copy of story from Puroresu Power down below.
WFA preview show on Showtime
Friday, July 7th, 2006Press Release Showtime to Air “WFA: King of the Streets” Countdown Special Nationally in Advance of World Fighting Alliance MMA Pay-Per-View Event on July 22nd From Los Angeles, CA The World Fighting Alliance (WFA), a recently launched national mixed martial arts (MMA) organization featuring some of the sport’s biggest names, reached an agreement today with […]
Major speech coming on Monday
Friday, July 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Bob Sapp will be making a big appearance at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on Monday to address the media as to what happened between him and K-1. The press conference (Bob Sapp and attorney Michael Connette) will last one hour (10:30 AM-11:30 AM). (Hat tip: Gryphon.) Update: Shukan Gendai, the […]
UFC 61 Analysis
Thursday, July 6th, 2006By Stephan Marceau Is it me or is the buzz not as great for this weekend’s UFC as usual? I dont hear or see much of buzz in the fan forums about this event. Maybe we’re getting saturated…UFC will have to be careful with that. Well it looks like its not me after all…I just […]
Daily reading of media links
Thursday, July 6th, 2006The Toronto Star – The Fight Network is now the most-watched digital sports channel in Canada Battle Creek (Michigan) Enquirer – Battle Creek native, WWE champion charged Boston Globe – Small-town shows give wrestlers with big-time ambitions a chance to perform while they are learning the ropes The Vortex – PRIDE vs. UFC (again) The […]
UFC 61 – where’s the buzz?
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold It’s Wednesday, and we’re only a few days away from the UFC 61 event in Las Vegas with Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock as the headliner. MMA HQ has predictions, but the bigger question on my mind is whether or not there is serious mainstream buzz for this upcoming show? There seems […]
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