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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008That was the question asked today by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon on ESPN. The fact is, amongst the various American sportswriters (for better or for worse), Kimbo Slice is the symbol of MMA. Both Kornheiser and Wilbon called MMA “savagery” on TV. Audio here.
YAMMA 4/11 Atlantic City card
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Press release Los Angeles, February 26, 2008 – Today YAMMA Pit Fighting (YPF), a new mixed martial arts (MMA) organization created by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) founder Bob Meyrowitz, announced that their first matchup will pit Russia vs. U.S.A, as Oleg “The Russian Bear” Taktarov and Don “The Predator” Frye will go toe-to-toe in the […]
Tuesday media takedown (2/26/08)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008The brand new web site for the DREAM promotion is DreamOfficial.com. The DREAM web site is basically a modified format from the old DSE web site for PRIDE. The domain name for the web site was registered on behalf of the promotion’s backers by Network Solutions. Card line-up for 3/15 Saitama Super Arena show.
Monday news & notes (2/25/08)
Monday, February 25th, 2008Jan “The Giant” Nortje makes quick work of Bob Sapp For those of you in the Reno area, supposedly there is going to be an MMA event at the Grand Sierra Resort on April 5th. The promoter is High Roller Productions. Anyone have details on this show?
Spirit MC Ring Girls: Tall, thin, hot.
Monday, February 25th, 2008Guest column by MMA Weekly South Korea correspondent John Evans If you are looking for legitimate MMA news, skip ahead now, because this article is primarily about tall, thin, hot women, promotion marketing, and me.
Cage Rage 25 ‘Bring It On!’ Preview
Monday, February 25th, 2008Guest preview written by Adam Underhill Only thirteen days away on Saturday March 8th 2008, in conjunction with the Los Angeles-based entertainment and media brand ProElite Inc, British promoters Andy Geer and Dave O’Donnell present to the mixed martial arts world Cage Rage 25: ‘Bring It On!’ from the Wembley Arena in London, England. An […]
Meet Mini Hong-Man
Sunday, February 24th, 2008The Japanese press calls him “nise Hong-Man,” but his real name is Masayuki Okude and he won his main event fight today on the ZST 16 show in Tokyo at Shinjuku FACE. The swooning is already commencing.
Fight Opinion Radio #77: Court is back in session
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Kimbo Slice proved to be a huge success at the box office and for Showtime’s television ratings. What exactly is driving the Kimbo phenomenon? Is race as big of a factor as it is being made out to be by certain individuals in the MMA community? Court is back in session this week with the […]
Sunday news review (2/24/08)
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Chuck Liddell’s book, Iceman, has slipped to #16 on the NYT Best-Sellers list, but it is the third week in a row that the book has made it onto the list. The Fightworks Podcast: Interview with Robert Drysdale Fightlinker: Who’s the Yoko Ono of MMA? Kim Couture? Steve Cofield: UFC needs to voice stance on […]
Trouble in Tacoma
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Jan “The Giant” Nortje just about finished Bob Sapp’s fighting career tonight. Sapp reportedly was scheduled to fight for the DREAM debut event on 3/15 at Saitama Super Arena. K-1 and DSE cannot be happy about this outcome. I’m starting to regret the fact that I brought up a possible analogy between Bob Sapp and […]
Friday fight headlines (2/22/08)
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Another possible UFC lawsuit? According to our friends at Pro Fight Store, there’s discussion that Zuffa may file a lawsuit against Croatian fighter Goran Reljic. The reason? He participated recently at the BJJ Bristol Open. Reljic won both the heavyweight and absolute divisions. Update: In the comments section, claims that the rumor is false. One […]
The Yahoo-UFC mega-deal
Thursday, February 21st, 2008So there was a press release on Thursday announcing that Yahoo will stream UFC PPvs online for $44.95 USD/show. (Good luck with that, boys.) Naturally, UFC pushed this deal hard on their conference call. Reaction to the news has been mixed. Fightlinker is cautiously optimistic, while Luke Thomas is sounding the alarm bells. I’ll have […]
TV time set for DREAM debut event
Thursday, February 21st, 2008It will air on Tokyo Broadcasting System on the same day (3/15) from 7:00-8:54 PM JST. The event takes place at Saitama Super Arena and is the start of the 2008 Lightweight GP tournament (start time is 3 PM JST).
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