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Friday, May 19th, 2006By Al Yu Event Date: 05.27.06 Location: Staples Center (Los Angeles, California) Fight Card (In No Particular Order): Jeremy Horn vs Chael Sonnen Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabiano Scherner Alessio Sakara vs Dean Lister Spencer Fisher vs Matt Wiman Melvin Guillard vs Rick Davis Diego Sanchez vs John Alessio Mike Swick vs Joe Riggs Brandon Vera […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 19 (Rampage vs. Lindland)
Friday, May 19th, 2006This week’s 80-minute show is presented by MMACalifornia.net and MonsterWrestlingRings.com. Our special guest is Todd Martin of http://www.wrestlingobserver.com, who was in attendance at the WFA press conference earlier this week. The WFA announced Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Matt Lindland for their July 22nd event. Todd gives us the inside story about the press conference and […]
M-1 & Red Devil coming to South Korea
Friday, May 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold The Dong-A Ilbo is reporting that Emelianenko Fedor, who’s visit to South Korea a few months ago made him very popular (especially his love of eating dog meat), may be influencing a prominent South Korean official to promote M-1 shows in September or October. South Korea has been a desirable market for […]
Gomi on Fox Sports Net
Thursday, May 18th, 2006Source of YouTube video link: Sherdog By Zach Arnold Takanori Gomi made an appearance tonight on The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles. It was a surreal appearance, because the hosts (Chris Rose & Rob Dibble) were asking some interesting questions, with most of them sounding like what a […]
Fedor out, Silva in
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE announced that Emelianenko Fedor is off the 7/1 Saitama Super Arena card, and that Vanderlei Silva will be taking his place in the 2nd round of the open-weight tournament.
Valor Fighting June 9th California event
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006Promoter: Valor Fighting Date: June 9, 2006 Location: Cache Creek Casino (Brooks, California – near Sacramento) Card line-up: Dan Severn vs. Paul O’Keefe Angelo Catsouras vs. Chin Seng Sam Liara vs. Raven Seymon Aric Nelson vs. Jason Bress Carlos Garcia vs. Richard Blake Heavy Craig Wilkerson vs. Adam Macrae Joel Crawford vs. Chris Clifton David […]
PRIDE 6/4 Saitama card line-up
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006DSE announced the matches for the show today. Line-up: Welterweight GP: Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi Welterweight GP: Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Hector Lombard Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Phil Baroni Welterweight GP: Denis Kang vs. Murilo Ninja Welterweight GP: Murilo Bustamante vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight GP: Paulo Filho […]
Internet posts on Bob Sapp/K-1 situation
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of interesting links. First, this link on Gary Goodridge’s forum about Bob Sapp allegedly showing up with a DSE lawyer. The post claims that DSE sent a lawyer with Sapp to the Holland show. The second link is a translation of a statement that K-1 Holland promoter Simon Rutz made […]
Sakuraba and Yamamoto in Guam
Monday, May 15th, 2006The Pacific Daily News in Guam is reporting that Kazushi Sakuraba and Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto are on the island to train 12 fighters for two big tournaments in the Philippines this upcoming weekend.
K-1 vs. PRIDE vs. Fuji TV vs. Sapp
Monday, May 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold On Saturday night in Holland, Bob Sapp bolted before his scheduled main event with Ernesto Hoost, causing a major firestorm in front of 17,500 fans at the Amsterdam Arena. Sankei Sports, the newspaper affiliated with Fuji TV (which broadcasted the K-1 event), declared that “Sapp ran away” from the fight and issued […]
Lennox Lewis getting involved in MMA?
Saturday, May 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold Here are his words in an interview with The Record (based out of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada): I am also getting involved in Super Fighters; it’s a new thing that is launching in Australia. It’s basically like Ultimate Fighting but it’s three, four-minute rounds and you may have three fights in a day.
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 18 (Writer’s Roundtable)
Friday, May 12th, 2006This week’s one-hour show is presented by MMACalifornia.net, a brand new web site focused on the fight scene in the Golden State. Rob Sayers has a special segment this week with amateur fighter Tim Moore. Ever wonder what it’s like to be an amateur fighter? How do you get into the fight game? What kind […]
PRIDE 6/4 Bushido show in Saitama
Thursday, May 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold The promotion announced Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi (Red Devil International) and Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor as the first two matches on the 6/4 Saitama Super Arena show. The fighters slotted for the Welterweight tournament are: Akihiro Gono, Kazuo Misaki, Yoon Dong Sik, Denis Kang, Paulo Filho, Phil Baroni, Murilo Ninja, […]
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