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Monday, July 10th, 2006There are wire reports today that state that American legislators are going to attempt to stop the flow of money to offshore companies that provide online gambling services to American citizens. The LA Times reports has more on this story. If such legislation is passed, it would deal a blow to people who are involved […]
PRIDE vs. UFC heading toward all-out war
Monday, July 10th, 2006By Stephan Marceau I didn’t make this title up, this comes from this article on the PRIDE web site. Well, if you missed Saturday’s UFC, the big news, Wanderlei Silva is to fight Chuck Liddell! Apparently Chuck has been asking for this matchup. So, I wasn’t exactly sure why Wanderlei Silva was wearing a Pride […]
Josh Barnett comments
Monday, July 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold Here are some comments that PRIDE heavyweight fighter Josh Barnett gave to me in a brief Q & A session.
PRIDE comments on UFC
Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold While Dana White was allegedly busy having security escort WFA President Jeremy Lappen out of the Mandalay Bay Events Center, PRIDE was busy posting a report on their web site about Vanderlei Silva’s appearance in the UFC octagon. PRIDE’s report clearly states “PRIDE x UFC” as a full-out promotional war, and raises […]
UFC vs. PRIDE 2
Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold My previous post on UFC vs. PRIDE can be found here. Reflecting upon the latest news developments with Vanderlei Silva apparently signing a 3-fight deal with UFC, one has to wonder what exactly is going to happen with both UFC & PRIDE in the future. There are a few possibilities on the […]
The reviews are coming in
Saturday, July 8th, 2006On the UFC 61 PPV: Observer – Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock is up next. This came off badly. Ortiz slammed Shamrock hard and was hammering him and hit five elbows. Ken wasn’t doing much to defend, well actually nothing, and it was stopped. Ken got right back up. Really Ken likely wasn’t getting up, […]
UFC vs. PRIDE
Saturday, July 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold UFC President Dana White announced Chuck Liddell vs. Vanderlei Silva to happen in November. Internet response to this story: Eddie Goldman | Whaledog | MMA HQ | Ivan Trembow Update: Commenter Torn Victor points out a report on Fox Sports that Vanderlei Silva has signed a 3-fight deal with the UFC. This […]
Rogan out, Couture in at UFC 61.
Saturday, July 8th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson I guess this has been known for months, although I had no idea, that Joe Rogan has a gig at a comedy show in Boston tonight and won’t be available to do colour commentary for UFC 61 tonight. It delights me to say that Randy Couture will replace him tonight. I’m hoping […]
PRIDE continues big talk
Friday, July 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold The PRIDE office is pushing a story in the media (Nikkan Sports report here) that they are aiming to get Olympic Greco-Roman 120 kg Russian wrestler Khassan Baroev to work a match for their Otoko Matsuri (Man Festival) show (if they have the event take place). Baroev made news a few years […]
UFC 61 – here’s the buzz
Friday, July 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold So I wrote a post a few days ago asking where the buzz was for the UFC 61 show. To be fair, here’s the mainstream coverage that the show is getting: Washington Post | CBC (Canada) | Newsday | Fox Sports
WFA preview show on Showtime
Friday, July 7th, 2006Press Release Showtime to Air “WFA: King of the Streets” Countdown Special Nationally in Advance of World Fighting Alliance MMA Pay-Per-View Event on July 22nd From Los Angeles, CA The World Fighting Alliance (WFA), a recently launched national mixed martial arts (MMA) organization featuring some of the sport’s biggest names, reached an agreement today with […]
Dana White interview
Friday, July 7th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson Recently, Alex Marvez of the Florida Sun-Sentenial did an interview with Dana White that was posted on wrestlingobserver.com. Dana White makes some interesting remarks regarding, TNA, mainstream press, and potential UFC expansion. The most interesting thing that came up, was with regards to UFC expanding, and getting into scripted television. Thats right, […]
Major speech coming on Monday
Friday, July 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Bob Sapp will be making a big appearance at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on Monday to address the media as to what happened between him and K-1. The press conference (Bob Sapp and attorney Michael Connette) will last one hour (10:30 AM-11:30 AM). (Hat tip: Gryphon.) Update: Shukan Gendai, the […]
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