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Monday, July 16th, 2007By Adam Morgan Related post from Five Ounces of Pain. The reason mixed martial arts promoters paper events is so that they can tout that their event was “sold out.” Making your product appear so appealing that tickets are hard to get makes people want to buy tickets. It’s a psychological principle known as scarcity […]
HEROs 7/16 Yokohama Arena
Monday, July 16th, 2007André Dida x Artur UmakhanovUploaded by IvanCanello Claimed attendance was 11,310. Official results here. Results in full-page mode.
Monday morning quarterback: Back to the future
Monday, July 16th, 2007Is the San Diego Union-Tribune lumping UFC into a story about increased violence with assaults due to punching? Royce Gracie did not end up appealing his drug suspension in California. Steve Sievert reports that UFC 75 will be broadcast on Spike TV. Somehow, I don’t think this is the kind of mugshot that Renato Babalu […]
Sunday media slate: A Saturday full of surprises
Sunday, July 15th, 2007I took a beating over at MMA Predictions on my BodogFight match picks. I ended up picking Yoshiki Takahashi, Amar Suloev, Yves Edwards, and Roman Zentsov to win. Brutal. I did pick Yuki Kondo to lose, however. He paid the price against Trevor Langley. Sam Caplan on the uglyness at the BodogFight show. He says […]
Fight Opinion Radio #55: Aftermath of UFC 73
Saturday, July 14th, 2007Dave Doyle, Yahoo Sports MMA/Boxing managing editor, joins us to discuss the UFC 73 event from last week in Sacramento. He was at Arco Arena and tells us all about the event – what kind of fans showed up, who got superstar reactions and who didn’t, etc. We also spend some time this week discussing […]
Saturday media slate: What’s the UFC 76 main event?
Saturday, July 14th, 2007UFC & Spike TV ink a new deal. Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine as the UFC 76 main event? One word – what? Why not book Liddell vs. Houston Alexander, the guy who beat Jardine? How about Liddell vs. Forrest Griffin, who actually won his last fight?
French middleweight Jonstomp attacked
Saturday, July 14th, 2007By Mark Pickering French middleweight Boris Jonstomp is expected to recover his full vision but will have titanium plates inserted into his face after being attacked with a firearm in his native Paris earlier this week. The CageWarriors veteran was set on by a highly intoxicated group of males wearing balaclavas who shot him in […]
Friday fight notes: Who will sign Denis Kang?
Friday, July 13th, 2007Bad luck for the IFL – Chris Horodecki has a broken hand and won’t fight Bart Palaszewski on August 2nd in New Jersey. BodogFight tapings are coming to Vancouver soon. John Griffin says that the UFC 73 On Demand service was a horrible experience. The new UFC video game.
Thursday trash talk: Trigg and Toughman
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Yahoo Sports says the Chuck Liddell/Wanderlei Silva fight will not happen on September 22nd. UFC Junkie Finds White’s claims peculiar. Let me state one thing perfectly clear – both Dann Stupp and Kevin Iole are good writers. They’re guys who do not screw around. I suspect Dana White is going to become a hot topic […]
Wednesday weekly notes: Reality TV mania
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007About that Mark Burnett reality show for Elite XC… is the recruiting starting? Luke Thomas on the UFC 73 attendance. More at Fightlinker. Kuniyoshi Hironaka announced his blog that he will facing Thiago Alves at Ultimate Fight Night 11 on September 19th at The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas.
Dana White can’t keep this story straight?
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007By Zach Arnold That Dana White interview on ESPN.com sure has everyone buzzing. There’s one part of it that I want to focus on because it seemed like a misstep by the UFC President.
BodogFight 7/14 Trenton card
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007At the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey: Featherweights (145 pounds): David Love vs. Eben Oroz Heavyweights (206-265 pounds): Mark Burch vs. Yoshiki Takahashi Middleweights (185 pounds pounds: Amar Suloev vs. Chael Sonnen Welterweights (170 pounds): Yves Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal Heavyweights (206-265 pounds): Roman Zentsov vs. Branden Lee Hinkle Middleweights (185 pounds): Trevor […]
Tuesday talking points: 8,622? 8,622!
Monday, July 9th, 2007Underground cage fighting. Plus, Xyience Training Center Grand Opening. UFC 73 attendance, gate, and purse information. Look at the figures – 8,622 paid. They did a little under 8,000 in Ireland. This may sound like piling on here, but I’ve been saying far and wide in media outlets that once UFC gets out of the […]
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