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Sunday, October 15th, 2006In no specific match order. Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Denis Kang Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho Welterweight GP Reserve Match: Gegard Mousasi vs. Hector Lombard Lightweight Title Match: Takanori Gomi vs. Marcus Aurelio Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mike Barton Shin’ya Aoki vs. Gilbert Melendez Nobuhiro Obiya vs. Luis Buscape Murilo Bustamante vs. Yoon […]
Saturday MMA media notes
Saturday, October 7th, 2006Update: PRIDE 11/5 Bushido card line-up added to this article (view it in full-post mode). Post updated at 5:45 PM EST. The MMA calendar for October is off the charts in terms of activity. There has been a full-court press this last week (and going into the weekend) for the HERO’s event that will take […]
Super Challenge 10/7 Brazil event
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Denis Martins is an MMA writer based in Brazil. If you would like to contact him with writing opportunities or just for feedback to this article, e-mail him at [email protected]. Has a premier organization been created in Brazil? This is the striking question when I think about the Super Challenge event that will take place […]
Tito Ortiz: Put boxing match with Dana on PPV
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Dave Doyle at Fox Sports has a very good interview/article piece on Tito Ortiz. Dave also gives his thoughts on the promoting styles of both UFC & PRIDE: UFC models itself after boxing promotions. PRIDE’s roots trace back to pro wrestling. Rarely has this been more obvious than in the buildup to PRIDE’s The Real […]
PRIDE 10/21 Las Vegas card – updated
Monday, October 2nd, 2006Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Marvin Eastman Joey Villasenor vs. Robbie Lawler Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort Mark Hunt vs. Butterbean Josh Barnett vs. Pawel Nastula Mauricio Shogun vs. Kevin Randleman Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Coleman
PRIDE’s triangulation
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a definitive article about what I thought PRIDE’s attempted business plan would be in regards to Las Vegas and China. You can read that article here. Read it first, as it lays the ground work for what was reported in Daily Sports on Thursday. The […]
PRIDE trashes UFC in Japanese media
Monday, September 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara mocks Dana White and accuses Tim Sylvia of running away from Emelianenko Fedor. Here is more information about PRIDE tying up with Entriq, the same company that MTV & WWE uses for DRM video technology. My commentary on this can viewed in full-post mode.
Dana White vs. Jerry Millen
Friday, September 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold If the name Jerry Millen doesn’t sound familiar to you, then here’s a brief description of him. He’s based out of Detroit, made his name in television production, has done some stints in Hollywood, and does all of PRIDE’s American video editing. With this in mind, here’s quite a news item (from […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 25 (Interview with Brian Ebersole)
Thursday, September 21st, 2006Despite having a slow news week for MMA content, Fight Opinion Radio is back with another interesting show that we anticipate you will enjoy listening to. This week, our feature guest is fighter Brian Ebersole, who recently gained attention for being accused by the California State Athletic Commission for fixing a fight with perennial MMA […]
PRIDE Bushido 11/5 Yokohama event
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006The promotion announced Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho and Denis Kang vs. Akihiro Gono for their Welterweight tournament show on November 5th at Yokohama Arena.
Kurt Angle indicates MMA is in his future
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you’ve been a regular reader of this site, you have read our reports (here and here) about the chances of Kurt Angle working in MMA. All signs point to Japan, the country with promoters who can offer the most money (and a country with no commission). Today, Angle released a statement […]
PRIDE’s latest idea for UFC
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Daily Sports reports on comments made by PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara in regards to UFC. Sakakibara stated that Mirko Cro Cop would be a suitable replacement for Vanderlei Silva to send to UFC to fight this November. Sakakibara said that despite Mirko’s name and image being printed for PRIDE’s 10/21 Las Vegas show poster, he […]
PRIDE’s big picture
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Note: As stated after PRIDE’s 9/10 Saitama event, the promotion will run their New Year’s Eve show at Saitama Super Arena. The idea with Mike Tyson is to have him fight in another country. That country is now thought to be Macau. For those who have followed PRIDE’s m.o. on a business […]
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