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Friday, June 13th, 2008Seemingly, yet another fighter (Nick Diaz) has reportedly failed to make weight for his Saturday Elite XC fight against Muhsin Corbbrey. Instead of the scheduled weight limit of 160 pounds for the fight, Diaz and Corbbrey will fight at 168 pounds. Diaz supposedly missed making weight by nine pounds. Other EXC show articles: Jason Probst: […]
Quote of the Week: Rampage Jackson on how UFC is treating him
Friday, June 13th, 2008From an interview with Gary Herman: I am happy with how the UFC is treating me. They are treating me better than the organization I came from – PRIDE. I can’t complain. Money can always be better. Fighters have to fight each other. We are the ones that have to train hard and fight each […]
Help me to help you
Friday, June 13th, 2008To everyone who sent messages regarding becoming a writer on this site – thank you. I will get a hold of everyone on an individual basis shortly. I am happy and content with the functionality of this site, but as always, things can be improved upon. What I am need of from all of the […]
Evan Tanner’s new blog on Spike.com
Thursday, June 12th, 2008His first entry is right here. It might be wise for the folks at Spike to create an RSS feed for Evan’s posts, or at the very least a syndication feed for all of their MMA-related specific content…
Match order for DREAM 4 event
Thursday, June 12th, 2008As of today in terms of fight order: 6/15 Yokohama Arena (5 PM JST) Lightweight GP round two: Shin’ya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata Heavyweights: Alistair Overeem vs. Lee Tae-Hyun Light Heavyweights: Ralek Gracie vs. Alavutdin Gadzhiyev Featherweights: Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama Middleweight GP round two: Gegard Mousasi vs. Yoon Dong-Sik Middleweight GP round two: […]
The latest in MMA politics
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Sam Caplan at CBS Sports has a new article about officiating in MMA, with Big John McCarthy giving his thoughts on recent controversies in the business. ESPN the Magazine is reporting that Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans is tentatively set for UFC’s Atlanta event this September.
Press release from Sportgenic on MMA advertising
Thursday, June 12th, 2008All the details right here.
A lack of heat for Rampage Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Everything you need to know about the upcoming DREAM 4 card can be found right here. Jack Encarnacao has a great article on Jason “Mayhem” Miller and his philosophy in the fight business. ESPN asks a big question today on their web site in regards to whether or not MMA will become an Olympic sport. […]
Choi Hong-Man has successful surgery to remove tumor
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Nikkan Sports published a story today claiming that Choi Hong-Man had a successful operation to remove the tumor in his pituitary gland that caused him to be blocked from fighting in California at the LA Coliseum last year. Hong-Man is expected to be in the hospital for about a week in recovery and may appear […]
Writers wanted for Fight Opinion
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008We need to add some talent to the mix, but I am only looking for dependable writers. The track record in the past of us bringing on writers usually ended in one of the following manners: 1) Burned out quickly after writing an initial flurry of content or 2) Got bored and wanted to have […]
Josh Barnett profiled on NHK
Monday, June 9th, 2008NHK recently did a profile of Josh Barnett. His favorite word? Fight. The Fightworks Podcast: Your turn to interview Xande Ribeiro, BJJ world champion USA Today: Jeff Monson pulled off of this Saturday’s Adrenaline MMA event The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat (CA): There will be blood… and when there is, fight doctor Gary Furness will be […]
Monday media review (6/9/08)
Sunday, June 8th, 2008WVR has booked Saitama Super Arena for 8/24. BTW, not a single Japanese media outlet is giving the paid number of fans for the Sengoku III show that happened yesterday in Saitama. I’ve never seen that happen before. Usually at least one outlet will go with a worked number. Matt Stewart (F4W Online): Kimbo Slice’s […]
Fight Opinion Radio #82: Coffee talk on major MMA issues
Sunday, June 8th, 2008We are joined this week by Caleb of The Fightworks Podcast and MMA Predictions to talk about many of the bigger issues that the MMA industry is going to face in the reminder of the 2008 calendar year. This show features a different format than past shows in that it’s more in free-flow form, but […]
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