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Monday, January 7th, 2008Steve Sievert recently talked to Dan Henderson about his upcoming fight with Anderson Silva: “My strength is the clinch game, and I don’t get out of position there to allow strikes,” said Henderson (22-5), who’s never been knocked out in his 10-year career. “That’s what he (Anderson Silva) thrives on, guys that are out of […]
Sunday news review (1/6/08)
Sunday, January 6th, 2008The Fairbanks Daily News Miner (Alaska): Justin Buchholz makes mark in MMA and is ready to do the same in UFC The Toronto Sun: Fights worthy of UFC on the TTC bus make it on YouTube Yahoo Sports: Wanderlei Silva will not drop down to Middleweight in UFC The Daily Herald (IL): Stratford Square in […]
Kazuyoshi Ishii has found some new friends in prison
Saturday, January 5th, 2008Solidarity, brother: CRANSTON, R.I.—Twenty prison inmates have been disciplined for participating in “ultimate fighting” contest after claiming they were gathering in a dorm room to play chess, according to a published report Saturday. more stories like this Instead of playing chess, the inmates were pummeling each other in an “ultimate fighting” contest, emulating professional tournaments […]
The media whining about Fedor
Friday, January 4th, 2008For the last month, you’ve probably seen countless articles online from various MMA media writers whining and complaining about Fedor Emelianenko’s career direction. You know about the boilerplate rhetoric — he’s afraid of fighting the best competition, his reputation is taking a hit, etc.
He’s back… Bob Meyrowitz
Friday, January 4th, 2008According to a Friday report by Dave Meltzer: The long-rumored deal between Bob Meyrowitz, the owner of UFC from 1993-2001, and Live Nation, the leading event promoter in North America, has been signed, and the two will be starting a new MMA promotion. More details, including the name, goals, first event and more should be […]
Ground & Pound Awards 2007
Friday, January 4th, 2008Press release It is time for the Third Annual Ground & Pound Awards, the internet award ceremony that let’s you, the fans, make the decision! Who will be Mirko Cro Cop’s heir as Fighter of the Year? Which is the strongest Fight Team in the world? And which promotion consistently put on the best shows? […]
Friday fight notes: IFL’s ambitious schedule
Friday, January 4th, 2008If you have extensive WordPress experience and would be interested in helping me out on a new project, please contact me. Fightlinker supposedly has dirt on Matt Hamill. Look at the amount of big IFL shows on the East Coast in 2008. The Izod Center in East Rutherford (Continental Airlines Arena in the Meadowlands) is […]
NYE MMA fallout
Friday, January 4th, 2008Ratings-wise for the K-1 Dynamite show on Tokyo Broadcasting System, the first round of Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya drew the highest quarter-hour rating of the night, drawing a 20.9%. The Fedor vs. Hong-Man fight on South Korean cable drew a reported 13.4% rating. Hong-Man’s active fighting career is also reportedly on hold due to […]
Pancrase 1/30 Korakuen Hall card
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008The line-up as of today: Bantamweights: Yuki Yamasawa vs. Seiya Kawahara Lightweights: Daisuke Hanazawa13 vs. Wataru Takahashi Lightweights: Shinsuke Shoji vs. Yuichi Ikari Welterweight KOP title match: Katsuya Inoue vs. Satoru Kitaoka Plus WINDY Tomomi.
Charity events
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008Randy Couture will be hosting a charity poker tournament on January 12th at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from 1-6 PM. Rashad Evans will participate at Curtis Granderson’s Grand Kids Foundation Celebrity Basketball Game in Auburn Hills (Detroit area) on January 26th.
Quotes of the Day – Lorenzo Fertitta
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008In a sit-down media session with Kevin Iole: One of the greatest successes that we’ve had, for instance, is the last show we did in New Jersey (UFC 78 on Nov. 17). We had a fight being headlined by two guys who had never fought for a championship and, relatively, had never been proven to […]
2007 NYE ratings
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008According to Sports Navigator: Hustle drew a 4.0% rating on TV-Tokyo. K-1’s Dynamite event drew the following: 6:00-8:30 PM – 11.1% 8:30-11:00 PM – 14.7% 11:00-11:34 PM – 11.1% In other words, not very strong across the board. Kohaku (Red & White Music Festival) drew a 32.8% rating in part one and 39.5% rating in […]
Serious Pimp… seriously?
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Check out this wacky press release: Serious Pimp Apparel had an epic night at the 2007 IFL World Grand Prix Championships live on HDnet, December 29, 2007 with three athletes winning at inaugural event with 3-5 million viewers watching. “We would also like to congratulate Mark Cuban for his HDnet IFL HD broadcast. Not only […]
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