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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006After last year’s debacles in Boston and Taunton, MA. to try to ban MMA (along with the troubles in the Dakotas), this year provides us with larger areas trying to ban the industry. First, it was Eugene (Oregon). Second, it was Kentucky. Now, it’s Louisiana, a state that once featured a UFC event in Lake […]
Media notes
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006We peruse various media outlets to find some interesting news items. MMA in Japan: HERO’s October 9th show will have lots of underworld ties On the Mat: An interview with Gesias “JZ Calvan” Calvancanti The Oregonian: Team concept comes to the fights (IFL) SLAM! Sports: Is UFC stealing away pro-wrestling fans? Houston Chronicle: Thoughts on […]
Eugene moves forward for MMA ban
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Last Saturday night, the IFL drew over 5,300 paid at The Rose Quarter in Portland, Oregon. Oregon maintains a very good record nationally for their grass-roots support and training of MMA fighters, specifically with Team Quest. However, a major city in Oregon has been debating for the last few months about banning […]
Random PRIDE thoughts
Monday, September 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Thoughts after watching the Saitama event…
Malice at the Palace Sept 9th results
Sunday, September 10th, 2006Update: On Monday, the California State Athletic Commission claims that one of the fights was fixed. The fighters and promoters involved in the show deny the charges. Big thanks to the Full Contact Promotions people for haveing me out, especially Jeff and Eric who were increadably nice. For those that are interested in my more […]
IFL: Lindland vs. Horn Results
Sunday, September 10th, 2006By Mark Pickering In addition to a domestic superfight pitting Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland against Jeremy Horn, two new teams graced the International Fight League on September 9th at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon (aka The Rose Quarter). The event drew over 5,300 fans. F4W Online has a live show report. Headliner Lindland […]
PRIDE 9/10 Saitama results
Saturday, September 9th, 2006Click on full-post link to read results. Special thanks to Burning Spirit for specific match times. A more detailed report of show results can be found here. The claimed paid attendance was 47,410. Post updated at 6:30 PM EST on 9/10.
The mass media exodus continues
Friday, September 8th, 2006First, it was the Torch. Now, it’s 1wrestling.com.
Pride Final Conflict Absolute 2006: analysis and predictions
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Stephan Marceau I enjoy doing these reviews, but I’m no expert, just a fan! If you want a more qualified review, check out a great preview by Stephen Quadros. First of all, wow, what an amazing card! I really hope that Pride survives, they do have the best fighters. Here are the fights that […]
World Wide Cage Network Formed
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering GCM Communications, parent company of Japan’s only cage fighting organisation D.O.G have announced the formation of a World Wide Cage Network. The network features promotions who have nurtured fighters and worked tirelessly towards the development of the sport. Five promotions have been announced for the provisionally named initiative – England’s Cage Warriors, […]
Cage Gladiators 2 – ‘Next Generation’ Results
Friday, September 8th, 2006By Mark Pickering The fledgling Cage Gladiators promotion which superseded the Cage Fighting Championship presented ‘The Next Generation’ on Sunday, September 3rd, at the Liverpool Olympia, England. Liverpudlian Jason Tan competed before a partisan crowd in the main event against fellow welterweight standout Jim Wallhead in an eagerly awaited bout to crown the first Cage […]
PRIDE event in Saitama
Thursday, September 7th, 2006Time to get predictions from everyone on the Grand Prix tournament fights. a) Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira – pick a winner b) Mirko Cro Cop vs. vanderlei Silva – pick a winner c) winner of a vs. winner of b – your tournament winner? Jeff Thaler commented on his site that the PRIDE […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 4
Thursday, September 7th, 2006By Erin Bucknell Recap of Team Mojo’s asskickery from the past three episodes. And the really odd submission from last week. Patrick Cote and his large Canadian Leafed hat say that he is ready to be the next fighter. Team No Love picks up on this and McCarthy says that he’s ready to fight. I’m […]
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