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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007By Adam Morgan This blogger seems to be your average UFC fan. He brings up a great question, one I didn’t really even think of. Where is ESPN at with their “mixed martial arts” (read UFC) coverage? The coverage for Ultimate Fight Night tonight is nonexistent. Since UFC 71 and a couple of days following, […]
UFC Fight Night in Hollywood
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Results: Observer | Sherdog All comments and links on the show go here. A stripper mom at UFC Fight Night.
Tuesday headlines: UFC Fight Night
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Yes, there is indeed a UFC event on Spike TV tonight. Time for you to predict the rating. Give us your prediction for the cable TV rating in the comments section (and fight predictions, if interested). Greg Sirb, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, has been sued. The lawsuit alleges that Sirb interfered […]
Notes on Armando Garcia radio interview
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007By Zach Arnold On Monday afternoon, California SAC executive director Armando Garcia did an interview on Sherdog radio. The time mark for the interview is between 55:45-1:25:00. Around 30 minutes long. There were some interesting statements made during the interview, and we’ll highlight them in text form in a recap. Read the full entry.
Tommy Morrison fiasco hits ESPN TV
Monday, June 11th, 2007By Zach Arnold Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse on the Tommy Morrison ‘MMA’ front, they do. As predicted by many writers and readers on this site, ESPN discussed Morrison’s ‘MMA’ debut on Around The Horn on Monday afternoon. Host Tony Reali stated that Morrison’s fight was not ‘MMA’ because ‘it was […]
Fight Opinion Radio #52: Dynamite
Monday, June 11th, 2007Start your week off the right way by listening to this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Our guests this week are Dave Doyle of FoxSports.com and John Alessio of World Extreme Cagefighting. Dave relives his experiences at the K-1 Dynamite show at the LA Coliseum. A bigger question is also asked – did K-1 […]
Monday media notes: Tommy Morrison storylines
Monday, June 11th, 2007Adam Morgan’s article about Tommy Morrison has officially made the rounds. When we mean made the rounds, we’re talking about USA Today’s Sports Scope. To the folks at USA Today — don’t be strangers, come by often. Norm Frauenheim in The Arizona Republic has a column about Tommy Morrison. He once again claims that Morrison’s […]
Paper: Ultimate Fighting is about manhood
Sunday, June 10th, 2007By Zach Arnold Related post at Lay and Pray. The state of Minnesota, financially-motivated, is on its way to legalizing Mixed Martial Arts. So are other states, including Michigan and Tennessee. So, naturally you would expect that more sports writers who come from the stick-and-ball era would start learning more about the sport and wanting […]
Fighter suspended for 16 months
Sunday, June 10th, 2007Last night at the Asbury Park Convention Center in Asbury Park, New Jersey, agent and promoter Monte Cox (of Ultimate Productions) ran his Extreme Challenge 78 event. The biggest headline coming out of the show is Carlos Eduardo using illegal knees to the head on his opponent, Lewis Pascavage. The fight was stopped in under […]
Sunday stupid: Morrison’s definition of ‘MMA’
Sunday, June 10th, 2007A UFC 72 card in Ireland without “Irish” Jake O’Brien? The Tommy Morrison ‘fight’ on Saturday night in Arizona is being portrayed as his MMA debut in the media, despite the fact that it was a glorified boxing match. The Arizona Republic is billing this as Morrison’s MMA debut. The writer (Norm Frauenheim) is from […]
Morrison wins, fatal blow to MMA avoided
Saturday, June 9th, 2007By Adam Morgan Interview with Tommy MorrisonUploaded by GRIMSH8DY With all the questions looming as to whether or not Tommy Morrison is or is not HIV positive, the sport of mixed martial arts was put at risk Saturday night the moment Morrison stepped into the cage. With MMA just beginning to turn the corner as […]
IFL’s got it right in some areas
Saturday, June 9th, 2007By Adam Morgan The IFL kicks off its relationship with USA Wrestling this weekend at the World Team Trials according to an article at NBC Sports. For all the things wrong with the IFL, aligining itself with USA Wrestling is great for both parties. USA Wrestling gets TV exposure and the IFL will have a […]
Saturday media slate: A paper trail of tickets
Friday, June 8th, 2007Lance Pugmire in the LA Times has an article about the crowd numbers for the K-1 Dynamite show. During the lead-up to the show at the LA Coliseum, the most prolific pontificator in the press coverage was K-1/Royce Gracie employee Mike Kogan. He made plenty of bluster and was quoted in both in The LA […]
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