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Monday, February 11th, 2008There was a media announcement on Monday night that there will be a press conference at Hotel Metropolitan Edmont in Tokyo (Chiyoda district). At the press conference, PRIDE staff members and FEG/K-1 staff members will unite together to announce the name of their new MMA promotion (focusing on the ‘large coalition’ philosophy). Nightmare of Battle: […]
WEC 2/13 Albuquerque card line-up
Sunday, February 10th, 2008As of Monday: Carlo Prater vs. Carlos Condit Jamie Varner vs. Rob McCullough Miguel Torres vs. Chase Beebe Manny Tapia vs. Antonio Banuelos Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Leonard Garcia Josh Grispi vs. Mark Hominick Del Hawkins vs. Coty Wheeler Charlie Valencia vs. Yoshiro Maeda Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar Scott Jorgensen vs. Jesse Moreng
A question about the PRIDE asset sale deal…
Friday, February 8th, 2008Adam Swift at Sherdog has an excellent article, talking about PRIDE FC Worldwide Holding’s lawsuit against Nobuyuki Sakakibara & DSE Inc.
Accusation by Nogueira trainer: Sylvia used skin creme
Thursday, February 7th, 2008On Tatame’s site in Portuguese (not in English), Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira trainer Luiz Alves made the claim that Tim Sylvia used some sort of skin lotion or creme. This is the same kind of allegation that got Yoshihiro Akiyama (famously) in hot water when he fought Kazushi Sakuraba on NYE in 2006.
Flashback: Gaming license issues related to UFC/PRIDE asset sale deal
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008As many long-time readers of this site know, I have been drumming the beat about PRIDE’s problems for at least two years. When the rumors first started that Zuffa was interested in doing a PRIDE asset sale purchase, I warned that there would be many problems that would arise if such a deal occured. Those […]
Update on Xyience bankruptcy situation
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Some interesting developments. Tomorrow, there will be a hearing in front of LV judge Tim Williams as to whether or not Xyience’s motion to win their cause against Rich Bergeron (based on a technicality) will work or not. If the motion fails, then there will be a hearing next week on Bergeron’s motion to dismiss […]
Playing with fire? Zuffa sues DSE
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Update: A source who has read the summary of the lawsuit filing sends this (case no: 08 A 556504): Plaintiff purchased certain assets of defendant’s business under the Pride, Pride Fighting Championship and Bushido brand names. Because plaintiffs are involved in the gaming industry, defendants were required to cooperate with and submit to background checks […]
Quote of the Day – Dana White on Fedor
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008From a Q & A session in The Sun: Fedor isn’t a real fighter, he’s a complete joke. “He’s fighting middleweights and guys who have absolutely no business fighting – and he’s looking like s*** doing it. “It’s 2008 and he hasn’t had a real fight since 2005. I don’t care about what he did […]
Survey for Wushu Masters on CCTV
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Please read this post and, if interested in commenting, answer the questions seriously.
Tuesday reading material (2/5/08)
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008The Las Vegas Review-Journal: UFC show excites ‘quiet jerk’ Forrest Griffin The Canadian Press: Ontario commissioner Ken Hayashi says MMA is illegal under Criminal Code The Canadian Press: UFC delivers punch at the box office in first foray into Canada Todd Martin: Nogueira proves his mettle again The St. Petersburg Times (FL): Body in pond […]
Dana White on Choi Hong-Man
Monday, February 4th, 2008Audio evidence here at the 6:20 mark… Dana calls Choi Hong-Man “long duck dong.” Not since Phil Baroni mocked Yoon Dong-Sik as “pork fried rice” have we had quite an insensitive remark from a top MMA voice (outside of Japan, anyways — the garbage Yoshihiro Akiyama has had to put up with is ridiculous, as […]
Quote of the Day – comparing MMA to waterboarding
Monday, February 4th, 2008What a job it must be to be the public editor of The Sacramento Bee: “I strongly object to the glorification of the ‘sport’ of cage fighting,” said Hill-Weld’s e-mail. As for the detailed description of the guillotine hold, he said, “This hold sounds a lot like ‘waterboarding,’ which most people consider torture. “While this […]
Yoshida vs. Barnett booked for WVR debut show
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008Remember our report a few days ago talking about the possiblity of Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Josh Barnett happening at World Victory Road’s debut show on March 5th in Yoyogi? Mark it down on your calendar. It’s officially booked. Josh is promising a nice suplex in his match against Yoshida.
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