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Sunday, June 8th, 2008WVR has booked Saitama Super Arena for 8/24. BTW, not a single Japanese media outlet is giving the paid number of fans for the Sengoku III show that happened yesterday in Saitama. I’ve never seen that happen before. Usually at least one outlet will go with a worked number. Matt Stewart (F4W Online): Kimbo Slice’s […]
Fight Opinion Radio #82: Coffee talk on major MMA issues
Sunday, June 8th, 2008We are joined this week by Caleb of The Fightworks Podcast and MMA Predictions to talk about many of the bigger issues that the MMA industry is going to face in the reminder of the 2008 calendar year. This show features a different format than past shows in that it’s more in free-flow form, but […]
The Donald says yes to bankrolling Affliction
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Dana White recently mocked the upstart Affliction promotion, stating the obvious – how or why would a t-shirt guy start promoting MMA? Well, maybe it’s because Donald Trump is financially backing him, that’s why. Which could lead to Tito Ortiz signing with this new promotion. That would be bad news for Gary Shaw & Elite […]
Kimbo Slice vs. Brett Rogers is coming soon
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Trusty report here. I like it. In bizzaro pop-culture world, Ray Ratto injects the name of Kimbo Slice into one of his articles. The Nevada Appeal: Forget about drafts and boxing, give us Kimbo-Tyson The Las Vegas Sun: Much ado about prime-time MMA The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: Ultimate fighting’s network debut? Pass the popcorn
Dana White channels the spirit of Vince McMahon, once again
Thursday, June 5th, 2008From an interview with ESPN the Magazine: I gotta tell you, I was very, very disappointed in ESPN this past weekend. A 15-minute feature on SportsCenter about Kimbo Slice? That is embarrassing. It’s so bad I can’t even tell you. Then that show goes off. That guy he fought is a joke, and he went […]
Feeding the beast: The media can’t stop talking about Kimbo Slice
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Bryan Burwell (NBC Sports & St. Louis Post-Dispatch): With Kimbo-mania, CBS has jumped into the abyss of human cockfighting Mike Chiappetta (NBC Sports): Some MMA coverage deserving of beatdown The Missoulian (MT): Kimbo, CBS don’t put new sport’s best fist forward The Dayton Daily News (OH): The demand for MMA doesn’t justify airing it The […]
Another round of Kimbo Slice talk
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The Miami Herald: Kimbo Slice outdraws playoff hockey AOL Fanhouse: Bas Rutten thinks the Kimbo fight should have been stopped in the second round The Kansas City Star: MMA meltdown Defamer: Kimbo and Regis Philbin slug it out for the soul of weekend television E! Online: Kimbo Slice puts best foot, fist forward ABC Action […]
Addressing the notion of Kimbo Slice as a boxer
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Josh Alper at AOL Fanhouse got the ball rolling with this post yesterday about such prospects, given that Gary Shaw has EXC champion KJ Noons under a similar situation (as a boxer & MMA fighter). This morning, Santos Perez in The Miami Herald brings up the idea of Kimbo in boxing and thinks that it […]
Quote of the Week – Bill Simmons on Mauro Ranallo
Monday, June 2nd, 2008Mauro is not getting any love from ESPN or The New York Times, which is unfortunate to say the least: Bill Simmons: (12:34 PM ET ) Obviously I was in heaven with GuJo announcing an MMA event, I have been pining for this for years (either MMA, boxing, wrestling or the Real World/Road Rules Challenge […]
The New York Times is watching you, MMA bloggers
Monday, June 2nd, 2008MMA Predictions has released a Google Gadget that will deliver a new MMA fighter to your Google HP each morning. It’s a unique way to be exposed to certain fighters you may not be familiar with yet. Here is the link to the gadget. The New York Times has two articles today talking about the […]
ESPN personalities rip into Elite XC
Monday, June 2nd, 2008In a sports weekend that featured the Stanley Cup finals (Detroit vs. Pittsburgh) and a preview of the NBA Finals (Celtics vs. Lakers), it was Kimbo Slice’s debut on CBS that garnered top billing on today’s ESPN news-talk programming. And it’s clear that many of ESPN’s top personalities were not impressed with Gary Shaw and […]
Big media reacts to EXC on CBS ratings news
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Before we get to more broadsheet reaction to Kimbo Slice, I want to point out a pretty big article at Barron’s tonight. The article is titled A Money Manager’s Ultimate Fight Game and it goes into great detail about Wallid Ismail’s lawsuit claims against Elite XC, along with details about a European hedge-fund manager who […]
Round two of reaction to EXC & Kimbo on CBS
Sunday, June 1st, 2008If there is one other trend (besides relatively neutral or positive broadsheet media coverage of the EXC show on CBS) to watch for here regarding reaction to last night’s show, it’s that a lot of sports blogs and media outlets that normally would never talk about a UFC event are certainly talking today about MMA. […]
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