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Friday, September 21st, 2007First, more bad news for boxing fans. Mark Cuban made an appearance on The Mike Tirico Show Friday to talk about UFC and MMA (starting at the 15 minute mark – audio here). Here is a report claiming that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter gave Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz a tour of The White House. […]
K-1 feeling heat in South Korean media
Friday, September 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Famous Japanese blogger Gryphon pointed out a major negative TV story in South Korean media about K-1. Please read Gryphon’s post first. After you read his post, you will notice that he had a site commenter named MD Han who said that he watched the show in question. He then sent Gryphon […]
Friday headlines: Mainstream blowback against MMA
Friday, September 21st, 2007Vancouver has officially banned MMA. More details in The Vancouver Province and CBC News. Rex Richards is fighting in the semi-main event slot of the next Art of War show in Tunica, MS. If you want to sponsor him, contact Brad Barnes at [email protected]. A mundane article on MMA in Reason Magazine, featuring this doozy […]
Get Your Fights Cards Here: The Next Few Weeks
Thursday, September 20th, 2007By Jeff Comstock It’s been a great month of MMA combat, but there is still plenty left to look forward to in the next few weeks.
Thursday trash talk: Will the IFL take center stage?
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Tickets are still available for UFC 76. Three new SEC filings by Pro Elite (here, here, and here). The Vancouver Province newspaper printed an editorial today speaking out against a possible ban of MMA in the city. Plus, the latest on attempts to ban MMA in Perth, Australia. Alex Marvez is reporting that the IFL […]
Cage Rage ‘Contenders’ Set For Welsh Expansion
Thursday, September 20th, 2007By Mark Pickering Cage Rage’s popular feeder series ‘Contenders’ is set for pastures new and a domestic expansion with their next installment set for the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales, on the 18th November. ‘Celtic Uprising’ will become Cage Rage’s first event in Wales and is reportedly being funded by local businessmen who are producing the […]
UFC Fight Night 11 & new TUF
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007UFN 11 results: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | UFC Mania | Bloody Elbow | MMA on Tap | MMA HQ | MMA Madness | Observer | Steve Sievert | Yahoo Sports | CBS Sportsline TUF reviews/notes: Sprawl ‘n Brawl | Dave Doyle | Steve Cofield interviews Joe Scarola | Fight Report | […]
Meet the newest MMA penny stock powerhouse
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007By Jeff Comstock Will this parade ever end? International Fight League (IFLI.OB) ProElite, Inc. (PELE.PK) SUN Sports & Entertainment Inc. (SSPE.PK) EntreMetrix Corp. (ERMX.OB) Max Entertainment Holdings Inc. (MXEH.OB) And now enter Bomani Corp. Legend Credit Inc. a subsidiary of Legend Mobile Inc. (LGMB.OB) a penny stock, shell corporation, that will soon be known as […]
Wednesday war room: Heat-up for UFC Fight Night
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Weigh-in results for the UFC Fight Night show that will take place Wednesday night in Las Vegas. A complete event preview is here. The Vancouver Sun says that the city council will ponder future of ‘human cockfighting.’ The paper claims that the city council will have a report claiming MMA is more violent than boxing. […]
Pro Elite pays big for KOTC & Cage Rage
Monday, September 17th, 2007MMA Predictions talks about consolidation in the industry. So, what did it take for Pro Elite to buy out King of the Cage? Now we know. Pursuant to an agreement dated September 12, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”) among King of the Cage, Inc. (“KOTC”), Terry Trebilcock (“Trebilcock”) and Juliemae Trebilcock, the shareholders of KOTC (the […]
Super Challenge Grappling: Absolute in December
Monday, September 17th, 2007By Denis Martins West Promotion announced a submission tournament in the absolute division for December. Eleven months after organizing Super Challenge (the biggest MMA event in Brazil), the West Promotion confirmed that they are preparing an absolute submission tournament for December. It will be an open-weight division with 16 fighters (8 from Brazil and 8 […]
Tuesday headlines: Referees gone wild
Monday, September 17th, 2007Our good friend Tetsuya Sano participated in an amateur shootboxing event in Tokyo this past weekend. Check out his matches here, here, and here. The event was covered by Sports Navigator. The Deseret News in Utah is reporting that Brigham Young University (BYU) has banned The Versus Network on campus because the channel airs MMA […]
HERO’s 9/17 Yokohama Arena
Sunday, September 16th, 2007JZ Calvan repeats as Middleweight champion. Claimed attendance was 12,310 at Yokohama Arena. Some more news and notes here. Official results here. How the event played out in the Japanese media… Sankei Sports notes that the event was a nice springboard for New Year’s Eve, with the major names likely being Sakuraba, Yamamoto, Akiyama, and […]
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