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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold Take a look at photos today for an angle ran by Hustle Entertainment (aka Hustle, the pro-wrestling product produced by Dream Stage Entertainment). Hustle, which DSE claims was transferred to a new company called Hustle Entertainment (tickets for Hustle’s 5/9 Korakuen Hall show are still being sold officially by DSE), is using […]
Tuesday headlines: Deadline Day
Monday, April 30th, 2007Today is supposed to be the day that the PRIDE asset transaction sale between DSE Inc. and Zuffa LLC occurs. The Idaho Statesman is reporting that Mike Kyle will be facing Patrick Smith on May 12th at Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho. Does anyone know if Kyle’s suspension from the California State Athletic Commission has […]
Saturday squash: Newspaper calls for Iowa MMA ban
Saturday, April 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold A typical, boilerplate article on MMA in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune called Ultimate fighting: bloody but popular. The one interesting aspect to the article is that it was Toughman-style promoters using MMA as their gimmick is what has led to the heavy criticism of MMA in the state. This is what we are […]
Exclusive: Big names listed for Fishman deposition
Friday, April 27th, 2007By Zach Arnold According to a source with information related to the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. lawsuit filed in Clark County, Nevada, Fishman Companies lawyers are reportedly preparing a list of witnesses for future deposition. The source claims that the list has over 50 big-named players in the MMA industry, including all top players […]
Friday notes: UFC’s plans for PRIDE
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Sherdog.com to provide content for ESPN. An update on Operation Cleanup 3. IFL 6/16 Las Vegas event poster. Vernon “Tiger” White vs. Mike Whitehead a top match on the show. Here is this week’s edition of the Fox Fight Game.
Update on Ed Fishman lawsuit (4/26)
Thursday, April 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold Quick notes from the latest legal proceedings this week in the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. lawsuit: A meeting set last week (scheduled for Wednesday) was held in regards to the plantiff’s motion for a hearing on waiving compliance. In short, Fishman Companies attorney Lawrence Semenza III is arguing to the court […]
Thursday trash talk: Proxy wars in Japan
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007By Zach Arnold Gryphon has more details on Motoichiro Takasu’s story about Ken Imai causing a scene at the BodogFight 4/14 Russia event. The IFL stock jumped up nearly 70 cents/share to close at $4.59. Is there some good financial news about the IFL that hasn’t been said publicly? And what is this?
A bad year for Ken Imai
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007By Zach Arnold Ken Imai is the famous Japanese agent for Mirko Cro Cop. He was the wirepuller who brought Cro Cop from K-1 to PRIDE, essentially getting Cro Cop away from power agent Miro Mijatovic (who had both Mirko and Fedor as clients). Imai became close to DSE (Sakakibara) and with the PRIDE assets […]
Monday review: The Gabriel Gonzaga Show
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007By Zach Arnold I saw a Japanese article at innolife talking about a recent 5 vs. 5 series with South Korean vs. ATT fighters. Is there any more information available about that event? Gambling 911 on the Dana/Fedor contract dispute, if you want to call it that. Plus, they acknowledge some of the questions we’ve […]
Sunday slam: Mirko’s loss and the PRIDE name
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Our latest site poll results for the following question: Which league do you see surviving the longest? PRIDE – 66% Elite XC – 26% IFL – 8% A new poll has been added to the right side of the page. On all of the major international news wire services, Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga […]
Update on Ed Fishman lawsuit
Friday, April 20th, 2007By Zach Arnold Last Monday, the next court-approved meeting for the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. was originally set for May 17th at 9 AM PST in Clark County (Las Vegas), Nevada. However, there is a new hearing scheduled for Wednesday, April 25th at 9:30 AM PST. For the 4/25 hearing, the lawyer for the […]
Friday media flash: The heat-up for UFC 70
Friday, April 20th, 2007There is a report that UFC has signed a major advertising deal with Feather Brooksbank in the UK. On Thursday, officials from the anti-yakuza task force of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police had a JBC-sanctioned meeting with 56 people associated with boxing gyms in Tokyo. The meeting was the first in a series of lectures of […]
Fight Opinion Radio #46: The world of Zuffa
Thursday, April 19th, 2007This week’s 60-minute show covers the main stories in the past week of MMA, including the fallout from the Dana White/Tito Ortiz ‘Bad Blood’ docudrama that Spike TV aired last week. Did Tito Ortiz’s career suffer damage due to the show? What exactly was the payoff? Begrudgingly, we discuss these issues. Also, we talk about […]
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