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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008The claimed attendance for the DREAM 9/23 Saitama show was 20,929. Update: Sports Navigator is reporting that DREAM 6 drew a 9.0% rating on TBS, with the high QH (quarter-hour) mark showing Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Masanori Tonooka drawing a 13.4% rating. Bad numbers, as expected. Personal commentary: If you had to ask me what the […]
DREAM 9/23 Saitama Super Arena
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Play-by-play here. Post your comments if you watch the show live… Of note from the BE report: Fedor comes to the ring in between fights and briefly addresses the fans. According to HDNet’s translator, Fedor says that he’d like to face Ishii but “unfortunately that hasn’t been decided yet,” and that he hopes to return […]
CBS airing ads during NFL games for EXC 10/4 Florida show
Sunday, September 21st, 2008It’s basically a 5-second spot with Kimbo Slice’s mug and a graphic in gold letters for “Saturday Night Fights.” The network’s not exactly doing the hard-sell here.
Strikeforce 9/20 Playboy Mansion event results
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Jesse Gillespie def. Dave Martin (3R split decision) Brandon Magana def. Brandon Thatch (3R split decision) Eric Lawson def. Kenneth Seegrist (R1 3’07 submission) Luke Stewart def. Jesse Juarez (R1 4’55 submission) Trevor Prangley def. Anthony Ruiz (3R unanimous decision) Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Justin Wilcox (R1 1’21 submission) Terry Martin def. Corey Devela (R3 TKO) […]
Quote of the Week – Jay Larkin
Friday, September 19th, 2008In an interview/article with Sherdog: With numerous signs seemingly pointed toward some sort of UFC acquisition [of the IFL assets], Larkin, who joined the IFL in March in the hopes of turning it around, said he’s still not sure if MMA is much more than a one-horse town. “You don’t always know what you got […]
Update on MMA Payout web site
Friday, September 19th, 2008Official note: Dear Readers, The stock market wasn’t the only victim of a crash this week. As many of you know from personal experience, MMAPayout.com has been down for much of the week. The outage was the result of a server switch gone awry and I offer my apologies to our loyal readers for the […]
Match order for DREAM 9/23 Saitama card line-up
Friday, September 19th, 2008Released today: Middleweight GP 2008 Reserve Match: Yoon Dong-Sik vs. Andrews Nakahara Middleweight GP 2008 Tournament: Melvin Manhoef vs. Gegard Mousasi Middleweight GP 2008 Tournament: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Zelg Galesic Lightweights: K-taro Nakamura vs. Adriano Martins Heavyweights: Sergey Kharitonov vs. Mighty Mo Featherweights: Hideo Tokoro vs. Atsushi Yamamoto Middleweights: Minowaman vs. Masakatsu Funaki Welterweights: […]
Showtime gives EXC $1 million USD; EXC fails to get $3.5 million USD in financing
Thursday, September 18th, 2008There are two new SEC filings by Pro Elite (form 8k & form SC 13D) that discuss the financial details regarding the company getting a Senior Secured Note with Showtime for $1 million USD. That money was issued on September 11th. On September 10, 2008, ProElite, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Senior Secured Note […]
Report: Over 9,000 fans in attendance at UFC Omaha event
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Details here.
Quote of the Day – Female MMA fans
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Truth serum: The brawlers are bare-foot and bare-chested. Joanne laughs and says, “The guys are hot!” Chris Kiehl, who works out as the same gym as Houston says, “I think girls like to watch guys get animalistic.” Besides watching the half dressed men duke it out, one woman is taking notes. She says if her […]
Quick thought on new season of TUF (Mir/Nogueira)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008I’m liking this show so far. Frank Mir is, of course, a good talker. The whole weight-cutting storyline with Jason Guida was interesting TV to watch. He showed up at 217 pounds and tried to cut down to 206 pounds in a matter of a couple of hours?
SI interview with Juanito Ibarra
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008It doesn’t sound like he’s giving up yet on the MMA business. SI.com: You worked to find champion fighters and create champion fighters. Do you think that opportunity will present itself again? Ibarra: I’ll be honest, I doubted it for a while. I wish these young kids out there and these fans really know the […]
Thomas Hauser is back at it again
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Two months ago, I wrote an article about Thomas Hauser’s continuing crusade against Mixed Martial Arts. So, Hauser’s ESPN article on Tuesday featuring tons of handwringing about the potential of MMA being legalized in New York state should come as no surprise.
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