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Monday, May 5th, 2008Steve Sievert, who covered MMA for The Houston Chronicle, has left the newspaper and is now with MMA Junkie. Replacing Steve at the Chronicle is Jared Barnes. I can’t say enough good things about Steve and his writing ability.
Today’s chalkboard (5/5/08)
Sunday, May 4th, 2008I’m not dead, but mainstream media coverage of MMA sure has been the past couple of weeks. I expect that to dramatically change in the next week, as we will see the heat-up for Sherk vs. Penn and also the upcoming EXC show at the end of this month. Onto today’s headlines. The South Florida […]
Today’s chalkboard (5/1/08)
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Reuters: CBS honcho rips network’s extreme fight plan Bloody Elbow: EXC on CBS – ‘not socially responsible’ Sherdog: Chris Leben turns himself in New York Newsday: Rights for UFC sought for bigger market in NY Ben Fowlkes: Mac Danzig – reality star or professional athlete? AOL Fanhouse: Sherk, Penn pass drug tests, but ‘there’s more […]
Chaos with DREAM
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Too long to translate, but the summary is that between fighters like Masakatsu Funaki losing and Kiyoshi Tamura suffering a finger injury, everything is in a state of flux right now with both DREAM GP tournaments. In other words, expect some past fighters (like JZ Calvan) to be possibly re-booked as replacements in the tournament […]
DREAM 2 (4/29 Saitama Super Arena)
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Results here. Multimedia clips from the show here. Show commentary here. MMA Predictions breakdown here.
Today’s chalkboard (4/28/08)
Monday, April 28th, 2008The Canadian Press: Matt Hughes to meet Thiago Alves at UFC 85 in London Ice News: A holistic approach to violence in Sweden The Ottawa Citizen: Ultimate fighters are, in fact, trained athletes The Winnipeg Sun: Great (Jason) Day, great night The Orange County Register: Rick Bassman tells about his fight in MMA The Liverpool […]
Fight Opinion Radio #80: Josh Barnett & Shayna Baszler
Sunday, April 27th, 2008We decided to go with a different format for this radio show. This time around, the guests are the co-hosts… and it made for some interesting radio. Listen to Mr. Barnett discuss his philosophy on catch wrestling (in relation to jiu-jitsu) and his pointed comments towards Eddie Bravo. Shayna discusses her future with Elite XC […]
Maxboxing talks about the CSAC
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Steve Kim has a three-part article series (here, here, and here).
NABC sues HDNet
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Press release
Debating the impact of Chuck Liddell’s injury
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008AOL Fanhouse: Without Chuck Liddell, UFC 85 won’t sell on PPV Fox Sports: Rich Clementi will take Rob Emerson’s place at UFC 84 MMA Junkie: Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel at UFC 86 The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star (VA): Ultimate Warrior Challenge brings MMA to the Patriot Center this weekend The Daily Egyptian (Southern Illinois): Battle […]
Tony Reali of ESPN talks MMA
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008In an interview with Michael David Smith of AOL Fanhouse: I’m really interested to see how MMA does this year on network TV. My gut tells me we have to get MMA. If somebody asked you 10 years ago would ESPN put poker on you’d have said no. There’s a resistance right now from an […]
Chuck Liddell has a torn right hamstring
Monday, April 21st, 2008The injury is no joke.
Josh Barnett booked for next WVR show
Sunday, April 20th, 2008May 18th in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. More details coming soon. Update: While it is only a rumor, we’ve heard a name listed (strangely) as Barnett’s possible opponent… Jeff Monson. Is there a possibility that two Washington guys will be going at it against each other?
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