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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008This is pathetic: PRO MMA: Now I know a lot has been made about the fact that EliteXC supposedly paid you not to take Kimbo down. Now I’ve read the comments you had made and it seemed like your words were severely twisted around. Can you go ahead and set the record straight for everyone: […]
Fight Opinion Radio #91: The meltdown of Kimbo Slice & Elite XC
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Kimbo Slice gets knocked out in 14 seconds, Elite XC loses their top meal ticket in the process, and the winner of the fight opens his mouth in a very bad way. Welcome to the fight business! We’ll do our best to make the case as to why you should care about allegations of fight […]
Report: Ken Shamrock was going to be “paid to stand with him as well”
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Update: In this radio interview (time mark – 40 minutes), Dave Meltzer claims that he had heard about the Seth Petruzelli “stand-up” scenario before Petruzelli himself brought it up on the radio on Monday morning. “He’s backtracking. Uhm… I will also say that the story that he said, I had heard that story, uhm, long […]
DEEP 10/23 in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall
Monday, October 6th, 2008Main event is Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yasuhito Namekawa. Riki Fukuda of GRABAKA fame is also scheduled to fight at this show.
Satoshi Ishii postpones decision on whether or not to convert to MMA
Monday, October 6th, 2008He held a press conference in the last few hours to publicly announce that he would not make a decision regarding his future in Judo or MMA at this very moment. If he stays on the current course and does not enter MMA, he will likely participate at the 2012 London Olympic games.
The PR spin on the Seth Petruzelli/Kimbo Slice situation
Monday, October 6th, 2008Update: Elite XC comments on the situation. I commend Sam Caplan for his reporting, but this title reflects a poor choice of words. “Petruzelli disputes reports he received a bribe to keep Slice fight a standup affair.” This is not so much a knock on Sam as it is on Petruzelli’s “they twisted my words” […]
Can Elite XC management be prosecuted for this?
Monday, October 6th, 2008As in, trying to allegedly alter or fix a fight? Let’s go to the audio! Here’s Seth Petruzelli in his own words: SP: Not really, but I train with lots of undefeated pro boxers, a couple guys have a belt, and my style kinda throws them off a bit, I have kind of an awkward […]
Andrei Arlovski’s stock as an MMA prime-time player continues to take a hit
Monday, October 6th, 2008When it was reported last month that only 700 tickets had been sold for Affliction’s October 11th scheduled event at the Thomas & Mack Center for Josh Barnett vs. Andrei Arlovski, I stated that I thought it was a blow to Arlovski’s image in terms of him being perceived as a marketable main event fighter. […]
“That fraudulent sport”
Monday, October 6th, 2008A taste of what’s to come from the American sports media in regards to Kimbo Slice losing on CBS Saturday night. Jay Mariotti and Kevin Blackistone (a major boxing supporter and anti-MMA guy) were having fun ripping on MMA today on ESPN over the Kimbo situation. They both portrayed Kimbo Slice as the ‘face of […]
Today’s media chalkboard (10/6/08)
Monday, October 6th, 2008The Los Angeles Times: Somewhere out there, Dana White is probably smiling The Baltimore Sun: The Kimbo saga is over Sports Illustrated (Josh Gross): Kimbo Slice overrated — the star that never was Darren Rovell (CNBC): Elite XC gets ‘sliced’ The problem is that mixed martial arts is not a viable business, just like professional […]
The words “conflict of interest” come to mind
Monday, October 6th, 2008Could you imagine the uproar in mainstream media circles if it was found out that a sports agent like Scott Boras owned a sports media web site (like a Yahoo or SI) that purported to give news and information about athletes, including a lot of his own clients? Boras would be getting killed for this […]
Elite XC’s FSN/Comcast Sportsnet TV deal
Sunday, October 5th, 2008I’m watching their show right now featuring Cage Rage footage with Anderson Silva fighting. Other than perhaps a rights fee, what is the point of this FSN TV show for Elite XC?
Just another day in the Japanese combat sports world
Sunday, October 5th, 2008First, Asashoryu denied allegations of match-fixing in Sumo in Tokyo District Court. Meanwhile, all eyes are on Satoshi Ishii after he skipped participation in a team Judo competition at Tokyo Budokan (not to be mistaken with Nippon Budokan). The explanation is injury. Media reports continue to swirl about whether or not Ishii will fight in […]
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