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Saturday, August 4th, 2007A big 90-minute show this week. First, we go through the MMA calendar this month and preview some of the upcoming big fights in WEC & UFC. Second, we take a look at some of the absurd claims that Dana White made in a recent ESPN The Magazine interview. Our stance is pretty clear in […]
Saturday headlines: MMA at the Mansion
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Medical suspensions issued from the NJACB coming out of the IFL show this past Thursday night: Gerald Harris suspended 30 days and needs neurological examination, Bryan Vetell pending x-ray of left foot and opthamalogical exam of left eye, Tim Boetsch pending xray of right hand, David Phillips 60 days and needs neurological examination, Chris Clements […]
Friday fight notes: Just say no… to many things
Friday, August 3rd, 2007I’ve had a few readers who use the Safari browser state that they are having trouble loading this site. I’m not sure what is happening, but one trick to loading the site is to remove the www out of the URL. Try this instead and you should be fine. UFC and J-ROCK make a package […]
Thursday trash talk: North Carolina ready to regulate MMA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The IFL enters into $12.7 million USD financing. Update: The stock went down to $0.65 USD/share the morning after this news was released. Here are the weigh-in results for the IFL show that will take place tonight in New Jersey. If you haven’t already done so, head on over to MMA Predictions and make your […]
Tuesday headlines: Catch wrestling fever
Monday, July 30th, 2007Kendall Grove prepares for UFC 74. A message from Antonio Inoki’s MySpace account (there is one for the IGF) on the death of Karl Gotch. Simon Inoki also released a statement. Josh Barnett also posted a statement. John Wood also has a post about Gotch. Here’s some information pertaining to the politics surrounding catch wrestling […]
Monday media marks: Fedor must make concessions for UFC?
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Quote of the day from 411 Mania: With due respect to both sides, this is really a bunch of needless whining. I’m sure the UFC would like nothing more than to throw a couple hundred thousand dollars at Fedor and have the number one fighter in the world in their pocket, and at the same […]
Karl Gotch dead at age 82
Saturday, July 28th, 2007God of Pro-Wrestling, Mr. Karl Gotch, dies — Yahoo Japan HP Report here. The Sports Navigator report on Yahoo quotes the Observer as its source on the story. It is so important to stress what an important figure Gotch was in the history of Japanese professional wrestling, which led to the transition to Mixed Martial […]
Saturday headlines: WWE versus Congress
Saturday, July 28th, 2007If you haven’t already subscribed to Fight Opinion Radio via iTunes, go subscribe here. Both Koki Kameda and Daiki Kameda won their fights today in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. The results of both fights were unanimous decision wins. ShootBoxing had their event today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Top matches featured Adam Higson (King of […]
Thursday trash talk: Whatcha going do, brother?!
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007QVC is selling the Hulk Hogan Ultimate Grill with Interchangeable Grill, Griddle, & Waffle Plates. The ‘Ultimate Grill’ for $100 USD? Wonder if UFC is paying attention? I feel the need to state that this has been one hell of a July in terms of news. I want to create a poll asking the readers […]
Benoit toxicology report
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007If you aren’t interested, don’t read any further. If you’re interested, post any and all related replies to this post. Information in full-post mode.
Wednesday weekly notes: Reality TV mania
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007About that Mark Burnett reality show for Elite XC… is the recruiting starting? Luke Thomas on the UFC 73 attendance. More at Fightlinker. Kuniyoshi Hironaka announced his blog that he will facing Thiago Alves at Ultimate Fight Night 11 on September 19th at The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas.
Saturday sound bites: UFC 73 in Sacramento
Friday, July 6th, 2007I have a UFC 73 preview write-up over at Fox Sports. Check it out. Also, Brian Kenny on ESPN Radio previews this weekend’s action in combat sports. Also, I made an appearance yesterday on Bryan Alvarez’s Figure Four Daily radio show. One of the topics we discussed was the Chris Benoit murder-suicide story and how […]
Latest updates on Chris Benoit story
Friday, July 6th, 2007I’m putting all Benoit-related articles here in this post so that the MMA-only readers can bypass it easily if they want to. Channel News Asia (Singapore) has an article titled Fans to pay tribute to wrestler Chris Benoit at S’pore show. WWE has a show scheduled at the Indoor Stadium on July 28th. Royal Burnell […]
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