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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 […]
Tuesday headlines: UFC says GSP saved Christmas
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007If you use WordPress for your MMA site, read this. Rich Franklin and Tiffany (Amber) Thiessen will be involved in the filming of a new movie called “Weapon.” In “Weapon,” a lonely U.S. border patrol agent (Thiessen) apprehends a genetically engineered super-soldier (Franklin) and experiences the ride of her life when the soldier’s creator (Greenwood) […]
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 […]
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 […]
Who Showtime almost hired for Elite XC
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007By Zach Arnold In an interview with ESPN’s Bill Simmons, Gus Johnson (NFL on CBS & MSG sports announcer) revealed to Simmons (audio starts at the 29 minute mark) that he had/has aspirations to do play-by-play for MMA events. In fact, according to Johnson, he was scheduled to be the original play-by-play guy for Showtime […]
Pro Elite 10Q SEC report for Q3 2007
Monday, November 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold The SEC just published the Q3 2007 quarterly financial report for Pro Elite Inc. There is a lot of data to read, so if you are up for the task, have at it and post thoughts in the comments section. Although the Company has approximately $10.5 million of cash at September 30, […]
Friday fight notes: Fedor coming to Japan
Friday, November 16th, 2007If you have not listened to the latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio, go download the show. Dana White says that he will meet with Randy Couture next week. Alex Marvez has more information. There has been strong rumors about an MMA event happening at Saitama Super Arena on NYE (it would allegedly happen at […]
Fight Opinion Radio #68: Shayna Baszler & Ken Shamrock
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007We have a special edition of Fight Opinion Radio for you this week, as we are teaming up with The Fightworks Podcast to produce this episode. Expect more co-promotion with TFP and MMA Predictions in the near future. Our special guests this week on the show are Shayna Baszler and Ken Shamrock (w/ Rod Donohoo). […]
Monday evening update (11/12)
Monday, November 12th, 2007Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp are back with a new edition of their MMA radio show. Video of Joachim Hansen vs. Eiji Mitsuoka. The folks at Fightmetric want your feedback. Notes from today’s UFC 78 conference call. Dana White’s decided that if Sherk loses his appeal with the CSAC, he’ll strip him of the title. […]
Monday media notes: The MMA world outside of UFC
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Today is the 14th anniversary of the first UFC show produced. Jess Liaudin says that he will KO Marcus Davis at UFC 80. Another reason for Mike Pyle to be upset – ABC News has an article about the role of women in MMA. The San Antonio MMA event (promoted by Jesse James Leija) drew […]
Sunday news review: Defending UFC 78’s main event
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Hikaru Sato vs. Josh Barnett was announced by Pancrase for the promotion’s 12/22 Differ Ariake show in Tokyo. The fight will be under catch wrestling rules (two 5-minute rounds). Sato seems interested in costume play. Dana White defending the booking of Michael Bisping vs. Rashad Evans: “Chuck Liddell is the biggest superstar in mixed martial […]
Big Saturday (11/10)
Saturday, November 10th, 2007We’ll add play-by-play links for both the EXC show in Corpus Christi and the boxing event at MSG. Post all thoughts, spoilers, and criticisms in the comments section. EXC event: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA on Tap | The Fight Network | Bloody Elbow | Observer Interesting results from MMAPrediction.com users regarding who they […]
Saturday fight slate: Boxing & MMA take center stage
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Dave Meltzer talks about how Elite XC hired Kimbo Slice. Plus, weigh-in notes from Corpus Christi. Jake Shields has signed a new deal with EXC. Here is another event preview for Saturday’s EXC event in Texas. Make sure to get your EXC event predictions in at MMA Predictions. Two articles in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times […]
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