Pro Elite
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Monday lowlights: A pathetic display by K-1 and the Japanese media
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007By Zach Arnold K1 Dynamite SuckedUploaded by djdocsavage The MySpace page of the K-1 Dynamite DJ? I would copy some text from the following Japanese articles, but apparently WP 2.2 doesn’t support the Japanese text unlike past versions of WP. How the Japanese media covered the K-1 Dynamite show (Part II): Part I discussed how […]
K-1 Dynamite at LA Coliseum
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007Results: Observer | Sherdog | F4W Online | The Fight Network | MMA on Tap Sherdog is reporting that Armando Garcia has indefinitely suspended Johnnie Morton after refusing to take a doping test after his fight. Josh Gross is reporting (as a rumor) on Sherdog radio that if you tried to buy two tickets on […]
Saturday media splash: Only UFC exists
Friday, June 1st, 2007The latest edition of Fight Game on Fox News. More Internet rumors about Xyience. Hope the reporting is solid, because there are some pretty heavy allegations being made there. Today’s Globe & Mail newspaper in Canada has a story called Ultimate Fighting: Blood, guts, and PPV. The author’s e-mail is here. As we’ve discussed on […]
Fight Opinion Radio #51: Post-UFC 71 aftermath
Friday, June 1st, 2007Start your weekend off the right way with Fight Opinion Radio. Returning to the show this week are popular MMA writers Steve Sievert and Luke Thomas. Steve talks about his experience at the UFC 71 show in Las Vegas and how top bosses in the mainstream media are reacting to the American MMA boom. Luke […]
Friday headlines: Japanese PR wars
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Japanese marketing 101. The Los Angeles Times on ticket sales for the K-1 Dynamite event at the LA Coliseum: Kogan said FEG has sold at least 40,000 tickets ranging from $10 to $100. State athletic officials argue that in an outline of ticket distribution plans, FEG officials reported they planned to sell only 10,000 tickets, […]
Thursday trash talk: Dynamite dud or surprise?
Thursday, May 31st, 2007K-1 has come up with an ingenious idea to promote star power at their upcoming Dynamite show at the LA Coliseum this weekend – give a media push to Dennis Rodman. Sports Navigator reports that they would like to see Rodman compete in MMA, as early as late June in Holland. Yes, the Japanese report […]
Tuesday TNT: Dynamite headlines
Monday, May 28th, 2007If you are wondering about the TBS TV advertising in Japan for the K-1 Dynamite show, the network is still advertising Brock Lesnar vs. Choi Hong-Man and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie. On the K-1-produced Sakuraba web site, the latest entry shows Sakuraba at the Chute Boxe USA academy training. Furthermore, K-1 (on their HERO’s […]
Sunday media stroll: UFC on a Rampage
Sunday, May 27th, 2007By Zach Arnold In the last media post, I mentioned how a newspaper writer in Syracuse tried to lump in dogfighting allegations against NFL QB Michael Vick in comparison to UFC. That was supposed to carry a negative connotation. Today, ESPN interviewed an anonymous source claiming that Vick was involved in dogfighting — and tried […]
Friday chalkboard: ESPN’s wall-to-wall UFC coverage
Friday, May 25th, 2007Erin Bucknell reports that the California SAC has granted K-1 a temporary promoter’s license for their Dynamite event next week. The Orange County Register confirms the same information in Erin’s report, but also adds that Lesnar’s opponent could be Kim Min-Soo. On Thursday in Clark County, Nevada court (for the Fishman Companies vs. DSE Inc. […]
Fight Opinion Radio #50: Big UFC 71 event preview
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Major UFC 71 Rampage vs. Liddell preview show this week on Fight Opinion Radio. Our special guests this week are: Ken Pishna of MMAWeekly.com, Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle, and Luke Thomas of BloodyElbow.com. All six show personalities this week are split 50/50 across the board on who will win the big UFC 71 […]
Tuesday talk: Kimbo Slice is Miami’s hottest star
Monday, May 21st, 2007Kimbo Slice gets more big press in Miami, this time with CBS 4 in a piece called Backyard fighter goes legit at South Florida gym. Luke Thomas has a defense of Kimbo Slice in MMA. Michael David Smith over at The Fanhouse will be live-blogging the UFC 71 event. Michael is one of the better […]
Saturday media splash: Another Tito Ortiz PR blunder?
Friday, May 18th, 2007The Andy Wang remix from The Ultimate Fighter Angry Andy Wang discussion between MMA fighters online. Day 54 since the March 27th handshake deal between UFC & DSE for the PRIDE asset sale… with no sale finalized at the moment. Tickets for Hustle’s 6/14 Korakuen Hall show are on sale through ‘Hustle Entertainment’, but the […]
Thursday trash talk: Which sport is more fan friendly – the NBA or UFC?
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007The IFL stock price is declining. On Wednesday night, I was in an irritable mood during the tapings of our latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio. However, I work with talented (nice) professionals like Jeff Thaler and Erin Bucknell who tolerate me every single week. For that, I thank them. With that stated, after my […]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »