PRIDE
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Thursday trash talk: Dynamite dud or surprise?
Thursday, May 31st, 2007K-1 has come up with an ingenious idea to promote star power at their upcoming Dynamite show at the LA Coliseum this weekend – give a media push to Dennis Rodman. Sports Navigator reports that they would like to see Rodman compete in MMA, as early as late June in Holland. Yes, the Japanese report […]
Tuesday afternoon notes: More UFC 71 media skepticism
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007CNBC’s Darren Rovell has been critical of UFC in the past, stating that the company and its fighters are not attracting major blue-chip sponsors yet. Today, he deemed the UFC 71 event an ‘ultimate embarrassment’. The talented Adam Morgan pointed out this Concepts Marketing post to me about UFC. Notice that all of this traffic […]
A shining moment for Mike Goldberg
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Mike Goldberg has taken his fair share of criticism from hardcore MMA fans online for his announcing work. Some of it is fair and some of it is not fair. However, this video clip illustrates a big blunder by Goldberg during the ring introductions for the Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell fight. About two […]
Tuesday TNT: Dynamite headlines
Monday, May 28th, 2007If you are wondering about the TBS TV advertising in Japan for the K-1 Dynamite show, the network is still advertising Brock Lesnar vs. Choi Hong-Man and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie. On the K-1-produced Sakuraba web site, the latest entry shows Sakuraba at the Chute Boxe USA academy training. Furthermore, K-1 (on their HERO’s […]
Monday headlines: Casual fans react to UFC 71
Monday, May 28th, 2007Dana White predicts 1 million PPV buys for UFC 71. MMA On Tap is compiling a list of online radio MMA shows. Tim Duncan talks UFC. Over at The Fanhouse, another critic lays in on Rampage/Liddell. I’ve been keeping my eye on what I call the ‘casual bloggers’ that Technorati indexes. They are generally more […]
Sunday media stroll: UFC on a Rampage
Sunday, May 27th, 2007By Zach Arnold In the last media post, I mentioned how a newspaper writer in Syracuse tried to lump in dogfighting allegations against NFL QB Michael Vick in comparison to UFC. That was supposed to carry a negative connotation. Today, ESPN interviewed an anonymous source claiming that Vick was involved in dogfighting — and tried […]
UFC 71 Open Discussion
Saturday, May 26th, 2007UFC 71 PBP links: Observer | AOL Sports Blog | Sherdog | UFC Junkie All pre-UFC 71, during-UFC 71, and post-UFC 71 discussion goes here. Someone claims that Comcast is having trouble handling orders for the UFC 71 event. Is this true? Dana White claims that the PRIDE asset sale has been finalized.
Saturday media splash: UFC the hottest topic in US media circles
Friday, May 25th, 2007If you haven’t already, make sure to listen to our latest radio show (previewing the UFC 71 event) before watching Rampage vs. Liddell.
Friday headlines: The heat-up for UFC 71
Thursday, May 24th, 2007If you would like to help us out and donate to the site, use this link. Any donation would be much appreciated. On Friday, DSE announced that the PRIDE Lightweight GP tournament show for July in Nagoya was officially canceled and that ticket refunds would be available. The notice also asks fans to remain patient […]
Fight Opinion Radio #50: Big UFC 71 event preview
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Major UFC 71 Rampage vs. Liddell preview show this week on Fight Opinion Radio. Our special guests this week are: Ken Pishna of MMAWeekly.com, Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle, and Luke Thomas of BloodyElbow.com. All six show personalities this week are split 50/50 across the board on who will win the big UFC 71 […]
Thursday night notes: UFC floods the media zone
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Dear Don has more advice for you, the reader at home. Are we going to see some PRIDE fighters wrestle for Hustle in June? The Fight Network reports that Brock Lesnar is still the only fighter scheduled for the K-1 Dynamite show with his paperwork cleared with the California SAC. Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio […]
Report: PRIDE fighters sue DSE
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007By Zach Arnold MMA Weekly has the latest twist in what is amounting to a complete implosion of Dream Stage Entertainment Inc. and the PRIDE asset sale. According to sources, DSE requested that Pride fighters assign their contracts to “Pride FC Worldwide†(the new company created in the wake of Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta’s proposed […]
High stakes at K-1 Dynamite
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Loretta Hunt has more details about what is turning out to be a major implosion of the K-1 Dynamite show. For those of you who studied the DSE yakuza scandal carefully, compare and contrast the way DSE & K-1 do business. Two hours following the story, the CSAC says they received documents […]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »