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Friday, October 20th, 2006With a busy weekend ahead, make sure you get caught up with the events in the world of MMA. This week, our special guest is Gareb Shamus from the IFL. Check out the IFL’s HP at http://www.ifl.tv for more information. We discuss what the Ken vs. Tito III 3.1 TV rating means, whether or not […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 10
Thursday, October 19th, 2006By Erin Bucknell In the “previously on†Serra is annoyed with Laimon, Shonie annoys everyone and Shonie/Serra is set up. Gee, I wonder exactly which two guys this episode will focus on.
Thursday media notes
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Fight Report: PRIDE’s watered down Las Vegas show The Weekly Tapout (FoxSports.com): PRIDE set for U.S. debut NHB News (Japan): Was Shogun’s public workout in Las Vegas stopped by a doctor? (inference from a PRIDE Japanese HP official report) UNLV Rebel Yell: PRIDE will be ‘quite surprised when a half-empty Thomas & Mack greets them […]
Wednesday media links
Thursday, October 19th, 2006I realize there is another Wednesday media links post. This is just links left over from Wednesday night. Fresh media links coming on Thursday. Wrestling Observer – Dave Meltzer claims PRIDE has sold 10,000 tickets in Las Vegas (we could not get independent confirmation on this) Nevada State Athletic Commission – DSE has plans for […]
TUF clone in Germany?
Thursday, October 19th, 2006By Stephan Marceau This post is more of a question to the Fight Opinion readers than really informative. While travelling through Austria/Germany last week and flipping through channels at night, I did come across a few boxing and kickboxing matches on prime tv, but I also came across this show which I believe is called […]
PRIDE’s main Las Vegas show sponsor
Thursday, October 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update II: Here is a big article from ITWeek about how Gravity sued Kim Jung-Ryool for allegedly siphoning off $9.1 million USD from the company. (Article: Gravity gaming giant sues founder.) This article also explains the NASDAQ troubles and how auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers missed millions of dollars in fees and royalties that had […]
Wednesday fight media round-up
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Mike Tyson only wants to entertain you This post will be updated throughout the day. Yahoo Japan HP: Akebono’s mother, Janice, dies The unfortunate lead story is that Akebono’s mother, 60-year old Janice Rowan, died in a Hawaiian hospital at 12:49 AM on the 17th due to respiratory failure.
Hunt & Eastman canceled from PRIDE card
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Sherdog reports that Mark Hunt & Marvin Eastman will not appear on PRIDE’s 10/21 Las Vegas card. Instead, we will get Butterbean vs. Sean O’Haire in a match of former gaijin who worked in K-1. The new opponent for Kazuhiro Nakamura, according to PRIDE’s Japanese HP, is Travis Galbraith. On the HP, PRIDE is pushing […]
UFC Media Links
Monday, October 16th, 2006By Luke Nicholson Here’s a sample of the media coverage UFC is getting today. My favourite is the Couture piece by Neil Davidson of the Canadian Press. The other two are good articles as well, about Silva’s destruction of Rich Franklin, and what it means for UFC’s business. One quick link to point out is […]
Fight Opinion Weekly
Monday, October 16th, 2006By Zach Arnold What an exhausting last week that was if you were an MMA or professional wrestling fan. Oversaturation of good and bad programming, indeed. But don’t worry, relive some of the good, the bad, and ugly highlights from the week that was in the fight industry.
Updated Bushido 11/5 Yokohama Arena card line-up
Sunday, October 15th, 2006In no specific match order. Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Denis Kang Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho Welterweight GP Reserve Match: Gegard Mousasi vs. Hector Lombard Lightweight Title Match: Takanori Gomi vs. Marcus Aurelio Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mike Barton Shin’ya Aoki vs. Gilbert Melendez Nobuhiro Obiya vs. Luis Buscape Murilo Bustamante vs. Yoon […]
Sunday newspaper review
Sunday, October 15th, 2006Update: Mark Pickering reports that K-1 is trying to book retired boxer Vitali Klitschko. Lots of UFC coverage. Lots. This will be updated throughout the day. If you click to read this in full-post view, you will see that we have added a poll question that anyone can vote on. Please vote. Yahoo Japan HP: […]
UFC 64: Unstoppable
Saturday, October 14th, 2006By Erin Bucknell For additional coverage of this event, check out Dave Doyle at FoxSports.com. Spencer Fisher vs. Dan Lauzon Spencer has some very interesting entrance music. Very, umm, subdued. Wow, Lauzon’s a bit of a youngen isn’t he? “The Upgradeâ€? Wow that’s worse than “The Athlete.†(Ed. — At least he didn’t call himself […]
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