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Saturday, March 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold Saturday night in America proved to be a good one for business in the MMA industry. In Atlanta, over 3,000 fans showed up (paying $50 and $75 for a ticket) for an MMA event. The Hook ‘n Shoot event at the Evansville Coliseum in Evansville, Indiana had a standing room-only crowd. Hook […]
Politicians versus the people
Saturday, March 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold There was a level of negative feedback for the proposed MMA event in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 4/29. Then, Boxing Canada stepped in and announced their opposition to the event (mainly because it would hurt a local boxing card scheduled in May in Halifax). And now, according to The Chronicle Herald in […]
Tonight’s Hook ‘n Shoot event
Saturday, March 25th, 2006If you’re in the Evansville (Indiana) area, go see the show. The Courier Press in Evansville has an article previewing the show. However, as predicted by the entire Fight Opinion staff (on the radio show this week), last week’s death of local boxer Kevin Payne has put the spotlight on MMA’s track record for safety. […]
Japan’s hottest political scandal
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold For the last month, the biggest political story in Japan has revolved around a phony e-mail. Liberal Democratic Party politician Hisayasu Nagata made the claim that he had an e-mail implicating a financial link between the son of an LDP politician and former Livedoor President Takafumi Horie. See the reports in The […]
A cozy relationship
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Just how tight is the relationship between the UFC and the Nevada State Athletic Comission? Tight enough that the NSAC’s executive director, Marc Ratner, has now signed a deal to become a vice president for UFC. John Ryan in the San Jose Mercury News equates Ratner working for UFC on a similar […]
More mainstream dribble about UFC.
Friday, March 24th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson I was just scanning the news-pack at wrestlingobserver.com today, and I came across a link to a poor mainstream piece regarding UFC, and its health issues compared to boxing. This is worth checking out. And, be sure to e-mail your feedback to the lazy ‘tard who wrote this. Basically, it alleges that […]
IFL aims for free TV
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Dr. J has done everyone a service by providing a summary of an interview that IFL co-owner Kurt Otto did with Eddie Goldman. In the interview, Otto claims that the IFL is on its way to securing a free TV deal for their 4/29 Atlantic City, NJ. show. Dr. J brings up […]
Cage Rage 4/22 Wembley show press release
Friday, March 24th, 20062006 Cage Rage events, all at Wembley Arena: 1st July and 9th Sept 2006 In a landmark move securing Cage Rage’s place as the undisputed King of MMA in the UK, promoters Andy Geer and Dave O’Donnell have secured a deal to hold all future Cage Rage events at Wembley Arena. After months of speculation […]
NPR report on California MMA scene
Friday, March 24th, 2006By Rob Sayers & Zach Arnold Shia Levitt of National Public Radio (USA) has a Thursday audio update (now available on the NPR site) about California legalizing MMA. If you cannot get the Real Media or Windows Media audio file from the NPR site to play on your computer, use this link. This MP3 file […]
Two HERO’s tournaments in 2006
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006Akira Maeda announced two tournaments in HERO’s for 2006 – an 85 kg tournament and a 70 kg tournament. The tournament start will happen on 5/3 in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I. This is the show that Akebono will also work. Tokyo Broadcasting System will carry the events on TV. The 85kg tournament […]
UFC and SpikeTV extend TV Deal.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By: Luke Nicholson The UFC and SpikeTV jointly announced today that they have agreed to a two year extension on their tv contract. The new deal includes three new seasons of “Ultimate Fighter” reality series, ten “Ultimate Fight Night” specials, and 26 more episodes of UFC “Unleashed”. The deal also makes SpikeTV the exclusive home […]
A public service announcement for Sacramento fans
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Erin Bucknell & I had heard rumblings about a big MMA show taking place at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California for a couple of weeks. It turns out that Erin found a notice on Ticketmaster about the IFC promotion running a show on April 1st at the building. So, I decided […]
Ultimate Fight Night live 4/6 card line-up
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006The card looks very intriguing. The event is two weeks away (with the show leading into The Ultimate Fighter w/ Ken Shamrock & Tito Ortiz). Stephan Bonnar vs. Keith Jardine Rashad Evans vs. Sam Hoger Joe Stevenson vs. Josh Neer Chris Leben vs. Luigi Fioravanti Luke Cummo vs. Jason Von Flue Josh Burkman vs. Jon […]
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