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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Loretta Hunt has more details about what is turning out to be a major implosion of the K-1 Dynamite show. For those of you who studied the DSE yakuza scandal carefully, compare and contrast the way DSE & K-1 do business. Two hours following the story, the CSAC says they received documents […]
Report: K-1 Dynamite show may not happen
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007By Zach Arnold If you want a perfect example of why Japanese fight promoters act like total marks and are clueless when doing business outside of Japan, look no further than this report at The Fight Network web site in regards to the upcoming K-1 Dynamite event. Audio of Loretta Hunt report here. MMA Weekly […]
ProElite.com & OnTheMat.com tie-up
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007PROELITE.COM partnership with onthemat brings together the best of Online MMA and grappling Renowned Journalist, Entrepreneur and Jiu-Jitsu Champion, Scotty Nelson, to Help Build ProElite.Com Grappling Fan Base with OTM Cross-Promotions (LOS ANGELES) – May 22, 2007 – Continuing its growing number of alliances and partnerships within the world of combat, ProElite.com, the comprehensive and […]
HERO’s 6/2 LA Coliseum fight card
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007From the K-1 HERO’s HP: Brock Lesnar vs. Choi Hong-Man Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie Mighty Mo vs. Choi Mu Bae Melvin Manhoef vs. Yoon Dong-Sik Javier Vazques vs. Katsuhiko Nagata Brad Pickett vs. Hideo Tokoro Johnnie Morton (former NFL star) vs. Bernard Ackah (Japanese TV personality from the Ivory Coast with one pro. fight) […]
Tuesday talk: Kimbo Slice is Miami’s hottest star
Monday, May 21st, 2007Kimbo Slice gets more big press in Miami, this time with CBS 4 in a piece called Backyard fighter goes legit at South Florida gym. Luke Thomas has a defense of Kimbo Slice in MMA. Michael David Smith over at The Fanhouse will be live-blogging the UFC 71 event. Michael is one of the better […]
One Brit, One Punch
Monday, May 21st, 2007By Mark Pickering The traits instilled in a family’s latest lineage often energise the youth of today into wondering about the vocation of their ancestors. For Brad Pickett it was palpable. With his ancestors including an uncle who boxed in the navy and a bare-knuckle prizefighter the London native was destined to lace up his […]
IFL/Kurt Otto radio interview
Monday, May 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: More IFL stock shares to be made available? A stock split? Tomer weighs in. On Sherdog.com yesterday, IFL co-founder Kurt Otto did a 30-plus minute long radio interview (audio here – time mark is from 31:00-1:02:30). Here is a summary of the interview (and we’ll focus on the questions regarding the […]
Monday media: Rampage Jackson’s big week
Sunday, May 20th, 2007Kazushi Sakuraba vs Quinton JacksonUploaded by Panabas This is certainly one of the more memorable matches in PRIDE’s history, featuring established Japanese ‘ace’ Kazushi Sakuraba against (at that time) relative newcomer Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. I’ll never forget the storyline that DSE established to introduce Jackson to the Japanese public. In newspaper and TV outlets, DSE […]
Sunday snark: A new Zuffa Myth for 2007
Saturday, May 19th, 2007Chuck Liddell vs Quinton JacksonUploaded by thepitbull By Zach Arnold Last year (and still ongoing), American newspapers push(ed) the dreaded original Zuffa Myth (more here). We need to make a wikipedia entry for the various myths soon. This year, the new Zuffa Myth appears to be that the PRIDE asset sale between UFC & DSE […]
Saturday media splash: Another Tito Ortiz PR blunder?
Friday, May 18th, 2007The Andy Wang remix from The Ultimate Fighter Angry Andy Wang discussion between MMA fighters online. Day 54 since the March 27th handshake deal between UFC & DSE for the PRIDE asset sale… with no sale finalized at the moment. Tickets for Hustle’s 6/14 Korakuen Hall show are on sale through ‘Hustle Entertainment’, but the […]
Friday fight notes: The return of Akebono
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Stock ticker: IFL | Art of War | Pro Elite More talk on the Kermit Cintron/Dana White PR battle. Words cannot describe how great this article is. Yomiuri Hochi reports that Akebono will return to HERO’s in July at the promotion’s Yokohama Arena event. He would have supposedly fought on the June 2nd LA Coliseum […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, Episode 7
Thursday, May 17th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Whoa it’s another two fight show. Does that mean we won’t get our weekly dose of Drama? Horrible. Who needs fights when we can watch pig outs and break downs? Recap of Lauzon destroying Geraghty and Hill vs. Emerson. Dana gives BJ a talking to because of his team is losing. Which […]
Fight Opinion Radio #49: The future of MMA
Thursday, May 17th, 2007No guest this week, as we’re too busy ranting angrily about the latest happenings in MMA. Will 2007 be known as the year that all of UFC’s major competition folds (PRIDE, IFL, etc.)? Plus, the latest PR blunders featuring UFC President Dana White. What has us stoked up and brimming with dripping sarcasm now? Listen […]
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