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Report: Kurt Angle to work on K-1 Dynamite event

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Tokyo Sports newspaper is reporting that K-1 and Kurt Angle are in negotiations for a deal which would allow Angle to have his first MMA match on 12/31 at the Osaka Dome. The three opponent candidates listed by the newspaper for Angle’s debut match are: Brock Lesnar, Akebono, and Choi Hong-Man. Dynamite!!に超目玉 元WWE王者カート・アングル K-1参戦へ 対戦相手にレスナー、曙、ホンマン浮上/新日本も獲得に動く/金子賢が対戦熱望ほか 

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 26 (with Total-MMA.com staff)

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

It has been a very busy week for MMA news, and we cover all of it in this week’s edition of FOR. Our special guest is Iain Liddle from Total-MMA.com, who previews the upcoming big Cage Rage event (Mark Pickering has a preview of the event on our site). Show update: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Marvin […]

Cage Rage 18 “Battleground” Preview

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

By Mark Pickering Coming off a stellar second installment of feeder event Cage Rage: Contenders, the London-based promotion returns with their premiere pugilists and “Battleground” on Saturday, September 30th, at the new Wembley Arena. The marquee match-up features an all-English affair as Britain’s most celebrated fighter Ian Freeman challenges Cage Rage British Light-Heavyweight Champion, heavy […]

The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 7

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

By Erin Bucknell Recap of last week including Rich Franklin’s visit and the first appearance of Captain Miserable. Franklin points out that while he is helping train them; he will end up fighting someone so he may be doing a bit of spying. He also seems to be a bit grossed out by the Staph. […]

Frank Shamrock to sue CSAC?

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

By Zach Arnold For those of you who don’t recall the story regarding Armando Garcia and the California State Athletic Commission suspending fighter Brian Ebersole for “fixing” his match against MMA jobber Shannon Ritch, you can read about it (here and here) or you can hear our radio show from last week that featured an […]

K-1 may have reduced role on New Year’s Eve

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

By Zach Arnold There are at least two reports (from Jiji Press and Asahi Shimbun) that discuss rumors of Tokyo Broadcasting System trimming down K-1’s role on the TV network for New Year’s Eve. The reason? The reports claim that TBS wants to build their New Year’s Eve programming around the theme of “Kameda Matsuri” […]

PRIDE’s triangulation

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

By Zach Arnold A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a definitive article about what I thought PRIDE’s attempted business plan would be in regards to Las Vegas and China. You can read that article here. Read it first, as it lays the ground work for what was reported in Daily Sports on Thursday. The […]

Media round-up

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Updated on Thursday at 6:00 AM EST. California Chronicle: Don Perata’s bill to reform California State Athletic Commission signed Chronicle Herald: December 2nd Halifax MMA event will have elbow strikes allowed PR Newswire: Kenny Florian gets a new sponsor Honolulu Advertiser: Penn injures rib in loss (to Hughes) Long Beach Press-Telegram: Hughes bullies past Penn […]

Sakuraba in hospital?

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Tokyo Sports reports on their front page that Kazushi Sakuraba was urgently taken to the hospital after training (collapsing). The paper raises the question as to whether or not Sakuraba will have his last fight on October 9th for HERO’s at Yokohama Arena. If you can read Japanese, keep your eyes open to the thread […]

PRIDE trashes UFC in Japanese media

Monday, September 25th, 2006

By Zach Arnold PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara mocks Dana White and accuses Tim Sylvia of running away from Emelianenko Fedor. Here is more information about PRIDE tying up with Entriq, the same company that MTV & WWE uses for DRM video technology. My commentary on this can viewed in full-post mode.

UFC: Used For Cash?

Monday, September 25th, 2006

By Dave Ditch UFC is the cool kid everybody wants to be around. Some get to be real friends, while others just want the rub of popularity. PRIDE has been looking for the rub. Kurt Angle’s reference of UFC several months ago on ECW was an attempt to get some rub. Was Kurt Angle’s inference […]

Shelby Walker found dead

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

Female boxer & MMA fighter Shelby Walker (information on her can be found here, here, here, and here) was found dead due to a suspected overdose of pain medication.

Renzo beats Miletich in the IFL

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

9/23 Moline, Illinois event results here. In-depth report here. A live event report from the show. Maybe the IFL can sign Yves Edwards soon. I couldn’t find any mainstream media/newspaper coverage coming out of the show. Update: I just watched the first of the Portland-taped IFL shows on FSN. This show featured Bas Rutten’s Anacondas […]

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