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Sunday, October 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold The five major free TV networks in Japan (Tokyo Broadcasting System, TV-Tokyo, Nippon TV, Fuji TV, & TV-Asahi) are starting to get their New Year’s Eve programming plans ready. Based on what is publicly known, here is the information that we know of so far: TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting) – K-1 Dynamite!! Fuji […]
Drug test failures draw no Japanese media attention
Friday, October 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold When news broke that both Vitor Belfort & Pawel Nastula apparently failed the NSAC-sanctioned drug tests, it was certainly a story with some traction on the various English MMA web sites. However, the story is a completely different one in regards to the Japanese press.
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 29 (PRIDE in Las Vegas)
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Right after we taped our newest show (reviewing the PRIDE Las Vegas event), news broke that both Vitor Belfort and Pawel Nastula failed their drug tests (issued by the NSAC). Will the company recognize the drug testing suspensions worldwide? We’ll have a lot more on this story on next week’s show. On this week’s show, […]
NSAC releases PRIDE Gate Figures.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006By Luke Nicholson The NSAC recently released PRIDE’s live gate numbers on their website yesterday. It turns out the paid attendance was 8,079 for a gate total of 2,056,440, which ranks them sixth in all-time attendance in Nevada for MMA events. For a first time event, the number is always high due to the curiosity […]
Will BoDog be able to book Fedor away from PRIDE?
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Gryphon comments on the story. Emelianenko Fedor, the PRIDE Heavyweight champion, is certainly one of the most coveted fighters in the industry today. In 2003, when Miro Mijatovic was his agent in Japan, he worked the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 event at Kobe Wing Stadium. That event became part of the larger […]
Wednesday media round-up
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006Dave Doyle: Showbiz and MMA (a fantastic article about Vince McMahon’s past failures and what it would mean in MMA) UFC HP: Nick Diaz prepares to fight at UFC 65 near his hometown Complete Vale Tudo Access: Pancrase 10/25 Korakuen Hall event results Nevada State Athletic Commission: Medical suspensions coming of PRIDE 32 event (take […]
The Echo Chamber
Monday, October 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold I realize that by writing this article, it is going to draw significant heat with a lot of PRIDE fans. I accept that premise going into this. However, this article has to be written because a few things need to be pointed out about PRIDE’s Las Vegas event that haven’t been mentioned […]
Is WWE getting into the MMA business?
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE US announcer Mauro Ranallo did interviews on both the Observer Live and Live Audio Wrestling radio shows on Sunday. According to this post, Ranallo indicated on the LAW interview that WWE is interested in getting involved in promoting MMA. You can read my thoughts about this in full-post view. Update: One […]
Japanese media reaction to PRIDE event
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006Now fully updated. Plus quick transcribing/notes from the post-show press conference. Which match would you rather see in PRIDE on New Year’s Eve? Fedor vs. Barnett Fedor vs. Cro Cop Fedor vs. Nogueira Fedor vs. Shogun Free polls from Pollhost.com
PRIDE 10/21 Las Vegas open post
Saturday, October 21st, 2006Butterbean versus Sean O’Haire (image credit: Burning Spirit) Results/coverage: Sherdog | Observer | F4W Online Now that the show is over, let’s look at the very mixed media reaction to this event. Whaledog – “I have to say, it was not a bad show.” Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): Fedor wins in PRIDE’s US debut […]
Friday-Saturday media outpost of links
Friday, October 20th, 2006Ed Fishman (Photo credit: Burning Spirit) North Jersey Media Group: Mike Tyson’s promoter confirms that he will do a boxing match in Macau for PRIDE’s 12/31 New Year’s Eve event Las Vegas Review-Journal: Murder-for-hire plot alleged (man with ties to bodybuilder Craig Titus charged) Las Vegas Review-Journal Base pay for Fedor’s 10/21 Vegas fight is […]
PRIDE’s main Las Vegas show sponsor
Thursday, October 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update II: Here is a big article from ITWeek about how Gravity sued Kim Jung-Ryool for allegedly siphoning off $9.1 million USD from the company. (Article: Gravity gaming giant sues founder.) This article also explains the NASDAQ troubles and how auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers missed millions of dollars in fees and royalties that had […]
Hunt & Eastman canceled from PRIDE card
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Sherdog reports that Mark Hunt & Marvin Eastman will not appear on PRIDE’s 10/21 Las Vegas card. Instead, we will get Butterbean vs. Sean O’Haire in a match of former gaijin who worked in K-1. The new opponent for Kazuhiro Nakamura, according to PRIDE’s Japanese HP, is Travis Galbraith. On the HP, PRIDE is pushing […]
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