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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Just when you think the PRIDE yakuza scandal is about to finally die, the tentacles of history’s past are back in mysterious ways. Seiya Kawamata, the admitted yakuza fixer who was a central figure of Shukan Gendai’s negative magazine campaign against PRIDE & Dream Stage Entertainment, is back in business. In a recent column by […]
Friday fight notes: More CSAC drug suspensions
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Sober analysis (audio here) about the MMA business this year. Plus, the IFL’s stock price continues to plunge, as it is now down to $0.15 USD/share. This is going to be a very busy weekend for MMA events. There will be a big MMA show tonight at the Patriot Center (George Mason University). Kit Cope […]
Thursday trash talk: Is Mayweather the king of PPV?
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007News of the day is Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya apparently being booked for K-1’s 12/31 Osaka Dome event. The London Free Press has a feature article on Shawn Tompkins. Just who is calling Chris Horodecki the Sidney Crosby of fighting (other than the writer of the linked column)? Bad news on the Canadian front […]
Wednesday war room: The politics of Japan
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007DSE/Yarennoka announced Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan and Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Calvan, of course, is a K-1 fighter and two-time HERO’s Middleweight tournament champion. A lot of people in Japan were wondering if we were going to see Takanori Gomi vs. Calvan on NYE for […]
Fight Opinion Radio #69: Summary Edition
Monday, November 26th, 2007We taped a lot of material over the last two weeks and decided to summarize it down to a manageable form for you to listen to. Consider it a condensed version of Fight Opinion Radio. Some of the topics covered on this week’s show: – Matt Hughes vs. GSP booked for 12/29 (what it means […]
Saturday headlines: Does Fedor vs. Yoshida appeal to you?
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Brent Brookhouse goes shopping for MMA DVDs. For those of you who use Blogspot and Blogger for your MMA blog, you know that Blogspot uses the ATOM format instead of the RSS format for content syndication. Follow these instructions and convert your ATOM feed to RSS. Why? Because if you make the proper conversion, I […]
Black Friday: Matt Serra out of UFC 79
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Just when you thought the momentum was swinging in a negative direction comes news that Matt Serra has had to pull out of his UFC 79 fight against Matt Hughes due to a back injury. The Grinch has made an early appearance to try to ruin Christmas. But don’t worry, Dana White says that Chuck […]
Thursday trash talk: M-1 loves PRIDE
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Quote of the day from Vadim Finkelstein in Daily Sports newspaper: “I want to work with the old PRIDE staff in America & Russia. PRIDE’s team is the best quality in the world.” The more things change, the more they stay the same. In separate quotes at the press conference, Vadim said that he wants […]
NYE MMA event in Saitama confirmed
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: My post on this topic is now re-written on the M-1 site. A press conference was held today by former PRIDE staff members to announce that there would be an MMA show on 12/31 at Saitama Super Arena. The promoters are labeling the event as being “Yarennoka! supported by M-1 Global […]
Wednesday war room: Some big turkeys in MMA
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, let us remind you that there is more than UFC on Spike TV. Oh yes, there is. Boxer Jeff Lacy thinks MMA is a fad and not a sport. Solar, a channel in the Philippines, has found its request to air UFC programming rejected. The only way […]
Tuesday headlines: More media reaction to UFC 78
Monday, November 19th, 2007There is a lot of activity this week for MMA events. Eddie Goldman discusses the latest news in the firing of Larry Hazzard from the NJACB. Dave Meltzer on why UFC 78 didn’t validate anyone. MMA Analyst elaborates further. Plus, Fightmetric analysis of Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping. Here is a new edition of Fox […]
Wednesday war room: Sean Sherk put on hold, again
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Jeff Thaler & Zach Arnold appeared at the first annual Jarry Park MMA awards. Well, as much as you can appear on an Internet radio show. Ken Shamrock made an appearance on Fight Network Radio (audio here). Spike TV is home to UFC and Takeru Kobayashi of Major League Eating. (Hat tip: Mikeinformer.) Todd Martin […]
Report: Old DSE staff wants to book Fedor in Japan
Sunday, November 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports is reporting that old DSE staff is preparing for a double-header on New Year’s Eve at Saitama Super Arena (with a Hustle pro-wrestling show during the afternoon and an MMA event at night). The paper claims that there is great interest in booking Fedor for the MMA event. The news […]
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