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Sunday, July 8th, 2007On Pedro Fernandez’s Ring Talk radio show on Sunday night, he played audio clips from the UFC 73 show featuring Tito Ortiz, Dana White, and Randy Couture. Ortiz stated that he liked fighting in Las Vegas much better than fighting in California (because he claimed that ‘people’ in Vegas know what they are doing). In […]
The product is growing stale
Sunday, July 8th, 2007By Tim Leidecker When a friend of mine introduced me to the sport of Mixed Martial Arts at the end of the 1990s, all was still right with the world. Sakuraba had just polished off his first Gracie, opponents were scared s$%&^*! of Tom Erikson and Igor Vovchanchyn and Ricco Rodriguez was miles away from […]
Sunday media review: The aftermath from UFC 73
Sunday, July 8th, 2007The Gainesville Sun (FL) has a hell of an article on MMA in today’s newspaper. You should go read it. Dave Meltzer has a recap of UFC 73 at Fox Sports. I was on CBS Sportsline and Fox Sports this week, DM is at The LA Times and Fox Sports (plus all the cable TV […]
UFC 73: Stacked
Saturday, July 7th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Wow, Herring is working his cowboy look tonight. I think it’s partly because his Warrior Wear shirt is sporting horns, but still. Antonio Nogueira vs. Heath Herring I think I’m with Nogueira on the “it’s not really a rivalry” statement. He has beaten him a couple of times.
UFC 73
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Results & Reviews: Sherdog | UFC Junkie | UFC Mania | MMA on Tap | The Houston Chronicle | Observer | AOL Fanhouse | F4W Online | Prophet Fighting Audio: Any Given Saturday w/ Luke Thomas All comments and thoughts on the event go here.
Saturday sound bites: UFC 73 in Sacramento
Friday, July 6th, 2007I have a UFC 73 preview write-up over at Fox Sports. Check it out. Also, Brian Kenny on ESPN Radio previews this weekend’s action in combat sports. Also, I made an appearance yesterday on Bryan Alvarez’s Figure Four Daily radio show. One of the topics we discussed was the Chris Benoit murder-suicide story and how […]
Friday fight notes: The day before UFC 73
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Pawel Nastula says PRIDE is coming back in September. The Oregonian is reporting that the Oregon State Boxing & Wrestling commission will now be named the Oregon State Athletic Commission. Mauro Ranallo previews the upcoming UFC 73 card (audio). Also on the show, Armando Garcia stated that people would be alarmed by the amount of […]
UFC 73: Where’s the hype train?
Thursday, July 5th, 2007By Adam Morgan Does the UFC know what it’s doing? I know they’ve got a monopoly on the sport and they’re “expanding into international markets,” “breaking into the mainstream,” and every other cliché you could possibly think of for making it big.
Thursday trash talk: The road to UFC 73
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Dave Doyle is starting to write columns over at Yahoo Sports on MMA. The RSS feed for his columns is here. The RSS feed for Kevin Iole’s columns is here. Here are the odds over at Bodog for the UFC 73 event. The obvious odd that sticks out is Marquardt at +140. Ortiz comes into […]
Wednesday war room: Mirko brings in the artillery
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007The guys at profightstore.com are reporting that Sergey Kharitonov will arrive in Croatia on July 20th to train with Mirko Cro Cop (for Mirko’s upcoming fight against Cheick Kongo). How anxious is the media for more dirt on the Chris Benoit story? Read here. Sadaharu Tanigawa supposedly said that Armando Garcia told him that Choi […]
Phil Baroni suspended by the CSAC
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007And here I’ve been talking to people today on the phone who say that MMA doesn’t have a major drug culture… Phil has been suspended for allegedly taking two types of steroids (including boldenone, which a horse steroid that strangely seems popular with MMA fighters). MMA Weekly has reaction from Baroni’s camp.
Tuesday headlines: MMA and drug testing
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Well, no title unification on September 8th in London for Quinton Jackson vs. Dan Henderson. Interesting manuever that UFC is not pushing the PRIDE belts. Sounds to me like UFC will not be recognizing either of Henderson’s PRIDE title belts. Reminds me of yesteryear in 1991 when Ric Flair came into WWE with “the real […]
Monday morning media: Kid Yamamoto returns
Monday, July 2nd, 2007This is a great satire piece because you could clearly picture Spike TV coming up with a gimmick like this. Updated HERO’s 7/16 Yokohama Arena card line-up: Middleweight Tournament (70 kg, 3R at 5 mins): Kaoru Uno vs. Katsuhiko Nagata Middleweight Tournament (70 kg, 3R at 5 mins): Hideo Tokoro vs. Black Mamba Middleweight Tournament […]
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