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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008If you notice that the site is a little ‘buggy’ today, it’s because we’re updating the software on our end to be able to process everything as smoothly as possible. Sherdog: MMA, boxing take hits in Las Vegas Las Vegas Business Press: Private concerns (lots of interesting details about the Fertittas and how business is […]
K-1: Hey, maybe you should forget about Fedor
Monday, October 13th, 2008Now that Affliction has announced Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski for January 24th, it’s starting to set in with K-1 that maybe the guy they were hyping for their NYE show last month won’t be fighting in Japan any time soon. The promotion is claiming that they will further discuss this ‘crisis’ (according to Nikkan Sports) […]
Thanks to Elite XC, a sports writer compares MMA to the XFL
Monday, October 13th, 2008In the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, no less: The MMQB doesn’t mean to preach, and we are not prudes, but we can’t envision any circumstances when MMA would be seriously considered major network fare. The primary reason is that NBC tried this gambit in 2001 with the XFL, which was the brain child of Vince McMahon […]
A different perspective on the Elite XC stand-up scandal
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Jake Rossen of Sherdog attempts to look at the story from a ‘realist’s point of view‘: Let’s face facts: The vast majority of promoters and fans in this industry want to see a mediocre kickboxing match with four-ounce gloves. The stand-up rules, the restarts, the round durations, the illegal blows (no knees on the ground) […]
Frank Shamrock vs. Ken Shamrock is coming soon
Sunday, October 12th, 2008ESPN report here. Who will get to promote the fight? Frank has a financial interest in Elite XC, but both brothers have worked with Strikeforce. How about EXC letting Strikeforce be the local promoter of the fight in San Jose and airing it on CBS? Speaking of Elite XC, Michael David Smith of AOL Fanhouse […]
US sports media weighs in on Elite XC scandal
Saturday, October 11th, 2008You can always count on Greg Cote of The Miami Herald to be a blithering idiot: Kimbo Slice’s loss in 14 seconds during that EliteXC mixed martial arts card in Sunrise has spawned allegations the outcome may have been predetermined. Gee, there’s a shock. That’s like shouting ”Fix!” at Wrestlemania? (Kimbo should please go away […]
Video: Dana White explains the Elite XC scandal to the average person
Saturday, October 11th, 2008In this two-minute video clip, Dana White lays out what the Elite XC scandal is all about to the average human being (from his point of view). The part of this interview that should resonate the most with the MMA media is the situation regarding betting on fights at the Vegas casinos involving Elite XC […]
Jeremy Lappen says both ESPN & SI ‘misquoted’ him
Friday, October 10th, 2008One of the worst political strategies you can employ when defending yourself against serious allegations is to question the credibility of the media scrutinizing. Why? Because you are not only questioning their credibility, but also setting yourself up for a counterattack that you may simply not be able to respond to. If you do not […]
Reports: Kimbo/Petruzelli fight being ‘investigated’
Thursday, October 9th, 2008LA Times report and San Jose Mercury News report. Additionally, posts at MMA Convert and MMA Opinion. Steve Barry’s article at MMA Convert catches Jeremy Lappen supposedly changing his story on the bonus structure of Elite XC contracts. I’m not bullish on anything happening here as far as a positive outcome in this ‘investigation’ is […]
The Elite XC PR disaster continues, even with the wrong focus on the scandal
Thursday, October 9th, 2008As we have focused on this past week, the hot issue regrading the Seth Petruzelli/Kimbo Slice fight has been the ‘stand-up’ controversy. All of this, mind you, was started by Petruzelli’s own radio comments in an Orlando radio interview. It’s bad enough that there is a dark cloud hovering over this fight in regards to […]
Bad news for Elite XC — big media outlets focus on the Kimbo/Petruzelli stand-up scandal
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008A few hours ago, I wrote this post reviewing the possible options of attack for MMA fans and writers if they wanted to further pursue the Seth Petruzelli/Kimbo Slice “stand-up” media scandal that is unfolding before our eyes. The most viable option of attack was to encourage the mainstream media (the broadsheets, TV networks) to […]
How about that good PR for Elite XC?
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Josh Gross (SI): Seth Petruzelli backtracked from comments that Elite XC told him not to KO Kimbo Slice MMA Memories: Why match fixing and bribery scandals are bad for MMA MMA Weekly: Roy Nelson has had it with stand-ups, referees, and ‘politics’ Fightlinker: Roy Nelson bitches about stand-up and ‘politics’ Bloody Elbow: Jim Rome talks […]
Around the media horn (10/8/08)
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008Dana White gets his mafia TV show UFC boss sets mob drama at Spike. Maybe he could recreate the PRIDE yakuza scandal using old editions of Shukan Gendai. Nah… A PR push for Chris Leben From bad boy to coach, UFC fighter Chris Leben grows up “I still like to have fun, I still like […]
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