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Thursday, February 21st, 2008Special guest opinion/editorial by Leland Roling of MMA-Analyst.com One of the bigger stories so far this year has been the emergence of two scandals that have earned the attention of hardcore fans and the MMA community as a whole. The purchase of PRIDE from Dream Stage Entertainment in the early part of last year sent […]
Is there a difference between Frank Shamrock & Kimbo Slice?
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008In a round-about way, that’s the question Mauro Ranallo and Bryan Alvarez discussed today in regards to marketing in MMA (audio here). Speaking of marketing, I made an appearance on MMA Predictions radio a few days ago to talk about the possibility of WWE buying UFC and how WWE would market MMA differently than Zuffa […]
Wednesday war room: Iceman heats up book sales
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Chuck Liddell’s new book, Iceman, is listed #9 this week on The New York Times Best-Seller’s list for hardcover nonfiction books. This is the second week that Liddell’s book has made the list at #9. Pro Fight Store sent us two links regarding a possible M-1 event happening soon in France (links here and here). […]
Pancrase 3/26 Korakuen Hall card
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Announced today: #1 contender’s match (Featherweights): Miki Shida vs. Marlon Sandro (Nova Uniao) Middleweights: Izuru Takeuchi vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara Middleweights: Alavutdin Gadzhiev (Russia) vs. Hikaru Sato Lightweights: Takafumi Ito vs. Hacran Dias (Nova Uniao) Lightweights: Kenji Arai vs. Shinsuke Shoji (Krazy Bee) Bantamweights: Michihisa Asano vs. Yukito (U-FILE camp) Middleweights: Ichiro Kanai vs. Takenori Sato […]
Latest update on UFC vs. Couture lawsuit
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008An attorney has been finally named on behalf of Randy Couture — Joseph S. Peek. Findlaw search on Peek. Peek filed a motion to dismiss the case and a court date has been set for the hearing on March 25th. Meanwhile, the court date for Zuffa’s motion of a preliminary injunction against Couture has been […]
Mauro Ranallo’s response to EXC Miami event critics
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Got a problem with the production values of the Showtime event? Have a problem with the dancers and the rap music? Irritated by the quality of the commentating by Showtime’s broadcast team? Here’s his response.
Quote of the Day – Israel Gutierrez
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008In today’s Miami Herald newspaper: Instead, I watched the boxing match between Jermaine Taylor and Kelly Pavlik, a fight in which cuts were treated, consciousness was encouraged and the only time you considered someone would die was when ”guest judge” Harold Lederman got a little too excited while giving his round-by-round scoring. And that’s where […]
Tuesday reading material (2/19/08)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008MMA Predictions (radio): The rumors of WWE purchasing the UFC MMA Fight Weekly (MSNBC): Tito Ortiz done with UFC The Hurricane Online (Miami): Kimbo slices up opponent, rallies passionate fans Black Athlete: Kimbo ‘Slices up’ Abbott The Miami Herald: Kimbo ‘Slice of life’ MMA Madness: The Beard & The Rapture – what’s next for Kimbo […]
More media headaches for the Fertittas
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008First, John G. Edwards has a lengthy article in the Las Vegas Business Press about last week’s Xyience bankruptcy court hearing. It’s a longer version of John’s article last week in the Review-Journal, with more details about the opposition against the Fertitta Brothers in the Xyience Chapter 11 proceedings. The article touches upon the role […]
Media tunnelvision on Kimbo Slice
Monday, February 18th, 2008Talk about being out of touch with what American MMA fans want. Franklin McNeil, whose work for The Newark Star-Ledger is usually pretty solid, veers into hardcore MMA purist territory with these comments in his new ESPN article about Kimbo Slice’s win over Tank Abbott:
HDNet & Couture vs. UFC
Monday, February 18th, 2008Start with this article by Dave Meltzer. Then, matriculate your way to this column by Adam Swift and response to the column at Bloody Elbow.
Monday news review (2/18/08)
Monday, February 18th, 2008I’m surprised that there isn’t a lot of angry boxing fans ranting and raving on various web sites about Floyd Mayweather Jr. doing an angle with Big Show at last night’s WWE PPV in Las Vegas. TKO Xtreme: Vancouver fighter shot in leg The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle (TN): Backyard MMA brawls pose controversy – unsanctioned, illegal […]
Quote of the Day – Mike Sloan
Monday, February 18th, 2008Today in his latest Sherdog article: In keeping with new organizations popping up at every turn, how great is it that Pride is basically being resurrected? The new Dream organization will hopefully pick up right where Pride left off and rekindle the classic rivalry between UFC and Pride. Hopefully, though, the company doesn’t hemorrhage money […]
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