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Saturday, May 26th, 2007Liddell vs Rampage 2 UFC 71Uploaded by aus1121 ESPN covered the Rampage vs. Liddell fight extensively on both SportsCenter and on their MMA section of ESPN.com. There isn’t a video sharing site that doesn’t already have clips of this fight. It truly has gone viral. At 12:30 AM PST on Google News, UFC 71 coverage […]
UFC: Liddell vs. Jackson
Saturday, May 26th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Well, well, Dan Henderson is announced as the challenger for whoever wins Liddell vs. Jackson. Which is cool, but having Rogan and Goldberg announce this almost pre-show? Kinda anti-climatic, isn’t it?
UFC 71 Open Discussion
Saturday, May 26th, 2007UFC 71 PBP links: Observer | AOL Sports Blog | Sherdog | UFC Junkie All pre-UFC 71, during-UFC 71, and post-UFC 71 discussion goes here. Someone claims that Comcast is having trouble handling orders for the UFC 71 event. Is this true? Dana White claims that the PRIDE asset sale has been finalized.
Saturday media splash: UFC the hottest topic in US media circles
Friday, May 25th, 2007If you haven’t already, make sure to listen to our latest radio show (previewing the UFC 71 event) before watching Rampage vs. Liddell.
Friday chalkboard: ESPN’s wall-to-wall UFC coverage
Friday, May 25th, 2007Erin Bucknell reports that the California SAC has granted K-1 a temporary promoter’s license for their Dynamite event next week. The Orange County Register confirms the same information in Erin’s report, but also adds that Lesnar’s opponent could be Kim Min-Soo. On Thursday in Clark County, Nevada court (for the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. […]
Friday headlines: The heat-up for UFC 71
Thursday, May 24th, 2007If you would like to help us out and donate to the site, use this link. Any donation would be much appreciated. On Friday, DSE announced that the PRIDE Lightweight GP tournament show for July in Nagoya was officially canceled and that ticket refunds would be available. The notice also asks fans to remain patient […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, Episode 8
Thursday, May 24th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Dana brings the coaches into the gym to discuss the upcoming matches. Oh, this is a good plan, let’s stick Jens and BJ in a small room together for a long period of time and get them to agree on things. Yeah, good thinking there. Predictably Jens and BJ start squabbling with […]
Fight Opinion Radio #50: Big UFC 71 event preview
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Major UFC 71 Rampage vs. Liddell preview show this week on Fight Opinion Radio. Our special guests this week are: Ken Pishna of MMAWeekly.com, Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle, and Luke Thomas of BloodyElbow.com. All six show personalities this week are split 50/50 across the board on who will win the big UFC 71 […]
Thursday night notes: UFC floods the media zone
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Dear Don has more advice for you, the reader at home. Are we going to see some PRIDE fighters wrestle for Hustle in June? The Fight Network reports that Brock Lesnar is still the only fighter scheduled for the K-1 Dynamite show with his paperwork cleared with the California SAC. Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio […]
K-1 in Japanese media: Everything is fine for Dynamite
Thursday, May 24th, 2007By Zach Arnold If you want to see an article full of spin (I can’t do it justice unless you read Japanese), check out this Yomiuri Hochi article on the upcoming K-1 Dynamite show. Remember, this is the kind of information that Japanese fans are reading and not North American fans. The article claims the […]
Thursday trash talk: Freak show fights
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Bodog has posted their betting lines for the UFC 71 event. Rampage is at +145 now. Brock Lesnar vs. Tank Abbott, Ruben Villareal, Butterbean, or James Thompson as your headliner for the K-1 Dynamite LA Coliseum show? Butterbean would be, by far, the best option both as a local drawing card and for the Japanese […]
Report: PRIDE fighters sue DSE
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007By Zach Arnold MMA Weekly has the latest twist in what is amounting to a complete implosion of Dream Stage Entertainment Inc. and the PRIDE asset sale. According to sources, DSE requested that Pride fighters assign their contracts to “Pride FC Worldwide†(the new company created in the wake of Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta’s proposed […]
Wednesday notes: The K-1 Dynamite Titanic
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007The Fight Network is reporting that Choi Hong-Man has been denied a license to fight in the state of California for the K-1 Dynamite June 2nd event at the LA Coliseum. Kevin Iole at Yahoo Sports has more details. I find this news interesting because Hong-Man fought Mike Malone in Hawaii on April 28th. Without […]
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