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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007The IFL stock price is declining. On Wednesday night, I was in an irritable mood during the tapings of our latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio. However, I work with talented (nice) professionals like Jeff Thaler and Erin Bucknell who tolerate me every single week. For that, I thank them. With that stated, after my […]
Wednesday notes: Where has your PRIDE gone?
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007It’s now Day 51 since the March 27th Roppongi Hills Arena press conference where UFC and DSE did a handshake agreement to buy the PRIDE assets. ESPN Page 2’s Bill Simmons w/ Adam Carolla, discussing ‘elitist’ boxing fans (audio here – start listening at the 8 minute mark). They also talk about UFC and MMA […]
IFL 2007 First Quarter report
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007By Zach Arnold The numbers are in on the IFL’s 2007 First Quarter report and the verdict is not good. The IFL’s first quarter saw the company have a net loss of $7 million USD. They claimed $1.6 million USD in revenues, but the cost to obtain that revenue was $6.4 million USD – $5.6 […]
Evening news update: UFC 71 coverage heats up
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007The MMA World League web site is going to stream the Gracie Fighting Championship event (on May 19th from Ohio). Wallid Ismail is building up this web site pretty fast and is doing a good job with it. Let me know if you watch any of the events streamed on that site and what the […]
Rampage signs new sponsorship deal
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OSIRIS GETS IN THE CAGE WITH UFC FIGHTER, RAMPAGE, FOR NEW SHOE SAN DIEGO, CA, May 14, 2007 – San Diego-based skate/surf lifestyle brand, Osiris (www.osirisshoes.com), has recently signed a deal with Ultimate Fighter, Quinton “Rampage†Jackson, to create a special edition “Rampage†shoe. Rampage, currently the #1 contender for the UFC […]
Tuesday media talk: Tim Allen in MMA movie
Monday, May 14th, 2007How should fans react to the fact that Tim Allen will be the lead star in Sony’s new MMA movie Redbelt? Onto today’s headlines.
Monday notes: Drug testing at UFC 72
Monday, May 14th, 2007Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio celebrated the ESPN/Sherdog tie-up on his show today. Audio clip here (start around the 8 minute mark). Results from our last site poll question: Do you care about ethical business dealings in MMA? Yes – 77% No – 23% New poll question added to the right side of the page.
Sunday papers: Fernando Vargas promoting MMA
Sunday, May 13th, 2007Dan Le Batard mentions Kimbo Slice in his NFL football column today for the Miami Herald newspaper: Have you seen the Internet fury of a Liberty City man known as Kimbo? He is a huge bare-knuckle fighter, bearded and bald and shirtless, who has been knocking fools out in street fights on shaky video cameras […]
Saturday notes: Update on Fishman-DSE lawsuit
Friday, May 11th, 2007By Zach Arnold The MMA World League web site is offering two Internet PPV shows that will be streaming today. Gryphon notes some financial trouble for Samurai TV, the 24/7 Japanese fight channel that airs on SkyPerfecTV. Here is the quick data (from Gryphon’s Japanese post NHB News) if you care for the particulars and […]
Frank Trigg talks about the PRIDE asset sale
Friday, May 11th, 2007By Zach Arnold Related link (Lay and Pray): Trigg – UFC Probably Won’t Own PRIDE, plus Japanese translation of post at GAME AND MMA and NHB News A summary of some of the comments he made on an internet radio show on Friday morning US time (time mark starts at 23:30 and ends around the […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, Episode 6
Thursday, May 10th, 2007By Erin Bucknell We get two fights tonight, which will hopefully limit the amount of Drama that we have to deal with. I’m a pretty sympathetic person, but even I’ve seen enough crying to last the whole season. Will you guys Man the @#^&% Up, please? Hey Dana, there is nothing wrong with being a […]
Friday flame wars: Boxing vs. MMA argument won’t die
Thursday, May 10th, 2007The fact that the Miami Herald and a couple of other newspapers (according to Google News) picked up this ridiculous article on MMA amazes me (author e-mail is here).
Fight Opinion Radio #48: Karo Parisyan
Thursday, May 10th, 2007A compact 45-minute show this week debating a hard-hitting topic: Who would win in a match between Josh Barnett and “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan? This week’s show is brought to you by Monster Wrestling Rings and Kakuto Store. The 48th edition of Fight Opinion Radio is now online and available to download. Here are your options […]
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