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Monday notes: Drug testing at UFC 72

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio celebrated the ESPN/Sherdog tie-up on his show today. Audio clip here (start around the 8 minute mark). Results from our last site poll question: Do you care about ethical business dealings in MMA? Yes – 77% No – 23% New poll question added to the right side of the page.

Friday flame wars: Boxing vs. MMA argument won’t die

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

The fact that the Miami Herald and a couple of other newspapers (according to Google News) picked up this ridiculous article on MMA amazes me (author e-mail is here).

Fight Opinion Radio #48: Karo Parisyan

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

A compact 45-minute show this week debating a hard-hitting topic: Who would win in a match between Josh Barnett and “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan? This week’s show is brought to you by Monster Wrestling Rings and Kakuto Store. The 48th edition of Fight Opinion Radio is now online and available to download. Here are your options […]

Wild Wednesday – MMA overload

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

There is a Mil Mascaras self-defense course available now for purchase? The first Hustle event under the Hustle Entertainment banner happened today in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall. Naoya Ogawa, under the ‘Celeb Ogawa’ gimmick w/ Yuji Shimada as heel manager, defeated Ryoji Sai with a school-boy roll-up. K-1 is inviting the UFC owners to watch […]

Thursday trash talk: Angry media writers

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

From Dave Meltzer: Mike Freeman, the CBS Sportsline writer who did that ridiculous column on UFC as compared to boxing yesterday, was the subject of news himself in 2004 when he was fired by the Indianapolis Star for falsifying his resume. Freeman, after being told to resign three days before he was going to start […]

Barnett: No fight in place for HERO’s

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

By Zach Arnold In a direct conversation with Josh Barnett on Tuesday, he stated that the reports of him fighting Sergey Kharitonov at the Dynamite event at the LA Coliseum on June 2nd are not true. Barnett further stated that there is no verbal or written agreement for him having a fight against Kharitonov at […]

Wednesday headlines: Yakuza mania and PRIDE news

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

By Zach Arnold Roger Gracie vs. Ricardo Arona announced for ADCC 2007. Frank Trigg states that he will unlikely be associated with the ‘new’ PRIDE. Choi Hong-Man has been booked against Mike Malone for K-1’s 4/28 Neal Blaisdell Arena show in Honolulu. A new release of the NHB MMA simulator.

Tuesday notes: Tito Ortiz is still talking

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Keep your eyes open on the IFL stock. It’s down to $4.20/share. New poll added to the right side of the page. Make sure to also listen to our latest radio show.

Friday update: Heat-up for Lindland vs. Fedor

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Pawel Nastula is training with Mirko Cro Cop. Satoru Kitaoka submitted Fabricio “Pitbull” Monteiro at today’s DEEP Korakuen Hall event to earn a spot in the PRIDE Lightweight GP tournament (starting on 5/20 at Saitama Super Arena). Also at the DEEP event, Murilo Bustamante defeated Ryuta Sakurai by KO in 3’50 of R1. On the […]

Tuesday headlines: Encountering troublemakers

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Yomiuri Online has a story getting national attention in the Japanese media. The story details a new relationship established between the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police department to try to keep the boryokudan (yakuza) out of the sport of Japanese boxing. An estimated 300 boxing gyms will be part of an […]

Fight Opinion Radio #44: Judo chop

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Two interesting interviews and guests this week on our two-hour program. First, the legendary “Judo” Gene LeBell stops by to talk about his Judo career, how he transitioned into pro-wrestling, and his world-famous encyclopedic hold books. Second, ProElite.com CEO Kelly Perdew stops by to talk about what plans Pro Elite and Elite XC have in […]

Friday fence grabbing: The new PRIDE

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Humorless, nutty, and screwed by the mainstream media — a description of UFC fans. Ed. — The default setting is comments off. I just turned them on now. Sorry. Mad Squabbles: Cage Rage and Sky TV The San Mateo County Times (California): Pacifica fighters to mix it up in ‘ultimate’ weekend event The Chicago Sun […]

Wacky Wednesday: Zuffa takes over the world

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

The IFL did a 0.8 rating for week three on My Network TV. 0.8, 0.7, and 0.8 for the first three weeks. I receive little to no feedback at all from readers about the IFL Battleground show. If you watch it, give me your thoughts about the program. Softbank’s sponsorship tie-up with K-1 is drawing […]

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