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Nino “Elvis” Schembri Leaves Chute Boxe

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

By Mark Pickering PRIDE veteran and BJJ ace Nino “Elvis” Schembri has left the Chute Boxe team in Curitiba, according to GracieMag.com. The colourful Brazilian has ended a two-year affiliation with Rudimar Fedrigo’s academy to return to his hometown of Rio. Consequently, Schembri has been recruited by acting manager Rogerio Camoes, trainer Jorge Guimaraes and […]

Latest Man Festival card

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

PRIDE Heavyweight Title Match: Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Hunt Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Ikuhisa Minowa Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez Shin’ya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen Mauricio Shogun vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida

Mirko not fighting on NYE

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Here are the article links. Anyone who knows Croatian and can translate could help us out in a big way. MMA Weekly: Mirko Cro Cop gone from PRIDE 12/31 Saitama event Vecernji List: Mirko out due to ligament injury Jutarnji: Key word for Mirko absence is ‘ligament’ Plus, here’s the post that has set off […]

Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 35

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

We waste no time this week talking about the politics of the two major Japanese MMA events on NYE. How much heat will there be on Fedor & Cro Cop by various Japanese power brokers given their recent business manuevers? Our special guest this week is Josh Barnett, who addresses fact from fiction as far […]

Updated Man Festival card line-up

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

PRIDE Heavyweight Title match: Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Hunt Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Mauricio Shogun Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez Joachim Hansen vs. Shin’ya Aoki Comments closed

The MMA media is…

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Finding out how rough the online reaction is from the hardcore PRIDE fans when any sort of bad news is said about their promotion, which is treated more or less like a religion rather than a fight promotion. My sentiments to the outlets covering PRIDE troubles: Be even-handed, but do your job right. And you […]

Updated Man Festival card

Monday, December 4th, 2006

PRIDE Heavyweight Title Match: Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Hunt Shin’ya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen Gilbert Melendez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri

Russia becomes the hot spot

Monday, December 4th, 2006

By Zach Arnold The last few days have been quite interesting in regards to Fedor and Bodog. Bodog and MFC are planning to run an event in St. Petersburg, Russia on 3/3. Fedor is scheduled to appear. This news, much like Gilbert Melendez announcing that he would face Tatsuya Kawajiri (instead of Shin’ya Aoki), appeared […]

PRIDE for sale

Monday, December 4th, 2006

By Stephan Marceau Well I dont have detailed access to Wrestling Observer, I came across this on the Underground, a thread smartly enough called “The Dream is Over: PRIDE for sale”. From the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter (http://www.wrestlingobserver.com): “According to several different sources in both Japan and the United States, Dream Stage Entertainment has talked […]

Monday morning media-tion

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Wacky talk about Mirko Cro Cop in UFC, Emelianenko Fedor in Bodog & PRIDE, K-1 drawing good TV ratings for the World GP, and reaction to the TUF 5 tryouts in Florida.

Sunday media special

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

For the last 48 hours, I have been suffering from an amazing amount of information overload as far as media coverage. Don’t suffer the same fate, but do keep yourself updated on the latest MMA news & notes. Full-post view will do the trick. Also, if you haven’t already, listen to our newest edition of […]

Report: Fedor will fight for BoDog

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

By Zach Arnold Japanese version here. On October 25th, I wrote an intriguing post about the possibility of Emelianenko Fedor signing to fight for the BodogFight group in Russia. Read the link first to catch up on all the politics involved. Then read this carefully to get a complete understanding.

Friday media guide

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

More Nick Diaz fights coming up, Dr. 90210 meets the Gracies, Gilbert Melendez announces his next PRIDE fight (and it’s not against Aoki), more controversy over Nastula’s alleged failed drug test, and more fun with Dana White.

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