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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007If you have not yet signed up for the brand new MMA HQ Fighter Rankings site, go sign up. First-day turn out was great and I want to see as many readers as possible sign up. I think Dr. J is building an excellent project here. Just asking… Monte Cox was pretty quick in publicly […]
Tuesday headlines: Kang vs. Akiyama booked
Monday, October 15th, 2007HERO’s 10/28 Seoul, South Korea card line-up: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Denis Kang, Yoon Dong Sik vs. Fabio Silva, Kin Tai Ei vs. Zelg Galesic, Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs. Lee Tae Hyun, Minowaman vs. Kim Min-Soo, Carlos Newton vs. Shungo Oyama, Bernard Ackah vs. Poai Suganuma, and Marcelo Garcia vs. Kim Dae Won. Eddie Goldman has a […]
Fight Opinion Radio #65: Ed Fishman
Saturday, October 13th, 2007This show was recorded on Thursday night. We’ve had many newsmakers on previous editions of Fight Opinion Radio and this week’s show is no exception. Ed Fishman joins us for a 45-minute interview talking about Randy Couture’s depature from UFC, his plans in the MMA business, his thoughts on the M-1 promotion, what the MMA […]
Saturday media slate: Fallout from Couture leaving UFC
Saturday, October 13th, 2007Story of the day in Japan is that Arbocious Tiger, who was scheduled to fight Assuerio Silva on 10/14 in Tokyo at Differ Ariake, is apparently missing according to Pancrase. It was an odd Friday to say the least, as the fallout continues over Randy Couture’s departure from UFC. The Couture situation was discussed on […]
Open post Friday
Friday, October 12th, 2007Any news that breaks today or anything of interest that is MMA-related, post it in the comments section. First, an important site note. Expect a new Fight Opinion Radio show to be online late tonight or early tomorrow morning. We will have a very intriguing guest on to talk about Randy Couture’s departure from UFC […]
Big news day for Pro Elite: Kimbo gets his bread and celebrity MMA TV
Thursday, October 11th, 2007By Jeff Comstock Breaking News from the Fight Network: COUTURE QUITS UFC Back to the title story: ProElite.com has confirmed that legendary street fighter Kimbo Slice has signed a long term deal with Elite XC. This announcement follows the news that Nick Diaz has signed a 2 year extension with the company. Sam Caplan’s Five […]
Thursday trash talk: Questionable business decisions
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Kimbo Slice has reportedly signed a deal with Elite XC. Xyience will remain a main sponsor of UFC for at least the next three years. (Hat tip: Mikeinformer.) In a statement just released by Tito Ortiz, he says the following: I’m currently working very closely with the UFC to plan my next fight, which you […]
Wednesday war room: More turmoil for the IFL
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Ben Rothwell and Mike Whitehead are out of the IFL GP tournament. Money quote from The Fight Network: According to the IFL’s Web site, both fighters’ exclusions from the tournament resulted from failure to sign contract extensions which would have also locked them in for the promotion’s 2008 season. Kurt Otto is not happy: “We’re […]
Wednesday war room: Bickering about UFC’s money
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Adam Swift has a new article about some alleged political tension between Zuffa LLC (UFC) and certain fighters. One thing I will comment on regarding the PRIDE fighters getting paid fairly well for guaranteed money is that the way UFC treated the top PRIDE guys is similar to how Vince McMahon treats outsiders he wants […]
Fight Opinion Radio #63: Frank Shamrock
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007A big two-hour radio show this week. First, we are joined by Tomer Chen to talk about the fallout from UFC 76. Our focus is on how the current North American MMA judges could be trained better and what ways could be implemented to improve the effectiveness of the 10-point must system. Second, we have […]
Wednesday war room: Where’s my PRIDE?
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007The opponent Akihiro Gono will be fighting at UFC 78 is Tamden McCrory. Information on the next ShoXC card. How much did it cost Pro Elite to buy out Future Fight Productions, Inc. (Icon Sport) of Hawaii? The data can be found here and here. In total: $350,000 USD in cash, 200,000 restricted PE shares […]
Tuesday turmoil: Mainstream media questions if Liddell was all hype and no substance
Monday, September 24th, 2007Does anyone know of alternates to Feedity for creating RSS feeds that does not require creating an account or going through the hassle of registration? Chuck Liddell = $500,000 USD. Keith Jardine = $14,000 USD. Well. Useless stat of the day – if you combine the listed fight purse money for the main event, Chuck […]
Monday madness: Will Chuck Liddell retire?
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007I have a lot of site work to catch up on today, so we’ll go with an unconventional style here on the news update. USA Today is asking if Chuck Liddell is going to retire. A fascinating article on UFC’s branding efforts in the marketplace. “Football is the NFL,” said Paul McGuire, vice president, integrated […]
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