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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Dave Doyle is starting to write columns over at Yahoo Sports on MMA. The RSS feed for his columns is here. The RSS feed for Kevin Iole’s columns is here. Here are the odds over at Bodog for the UFC 73 event. The obvious odd that sticks out is Marquardt at +140. Ortiz comes into […]
Wednesday war room: Mirko brings in the artillery
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007The guys at profightstore.com are reporting that Sergey Kharitonov will arrive in Croatia on July 20th to train with Mirko Cro Cop (for Mirko’s upcoming fight against Cheick Kongo). How anxious is the media for more dirt on the Chris Benoit story? Read here. Sadaharu Tanigawa supposedly said that Armando Garcia told him that Choi […]
Regulating professional wrestling
Monday, July 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold I’ve written a new article over at CBS Sportsline regarding the issue of whether or not regulation (state and/or federal) of professional wrestling is feasible. I was able to talk to a couple of athletic commissions and was hopefully able to paint an accurate picture as to whether or not regulation would […]
Sunday news review: Sakakibara hanging around
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Antonio Inoki rap song from the IGF show The Feds went after Al Capone on taxes. The Nevada State Athletic Commission reportedly wants their tax money from DSE, this according to The Fight Network. The commission is threatening license revocation. That’s it?
Saturday media slum: Dumpster diving
Friday, June 29th, 2007Royal Burnell has a report about an upcoming Art Dore “Extreme Cage Combat” event in Michigan in which Royal claims that fighters are using the dumpster area of a Hooter’s restaurant to set up a ‘locker room.’ Royal’s report includes pictures. Get ready for Congress to start asking WWE some questions — The Associated Press […]
Fight Opinion Radio #54: Ken Shamrock speaks out
Friday, June 29th, 2007Dana White recently stated that he released Ken Shamrock from his UFC contract because he didn’t feel that Shamrock could be competitive in the UFC. However, Ken Shamrock and his manager/attorney Rod Donohoo dispute this claim. On this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio, both men appear on our show to talk about the supposed […]
Friday fight notes: Dana White’s media messages
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Peter Aerts vs. Bob Sapp last weekend from Amsterdam Dana White sends a message to Jeff Sherwood. Also, The Oregonian reports on the war featuring UFC vs. Sherdog and Internet MMA web sites. More thoughts here. Ken Shamrock also got a media message from Dana White and he’s not happy about it. We’ll be hearing […]
WAGA TV: Benoit’s doctor’s office raided
Thursday, June 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold WAGA TV (My FOX 5 in Atlanta) is reporting that Federal authorities (Drug Enforcement Agency) have raided the office of Dr. Phil Astin, Chris Benoit’s personal doctor. Astin publicly told the Associated Press that he saw Benoit last Friday and had prescribed testosterone. And yet another bizarre twist to this story. I […]
Thursday trash talk: The drug culture
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Results from today’s K-1 World MAX show in Tokyo at Nippon Budokan. Carter Williams tested positive for cocaine. Melvin Guillard now has some company with him. Josh Barnett’s contract with DSE will end in October.
Wednesday fight notes: More angry boxers
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Boxing trainer Tommy Gallagher quoted in a BoxingScene.com article: Gallagher has obviously seen it all in a lifetime spent in the hardest game. He’s disappointed with what he sees these days and he wonders if boxing can make it. “The commissioners are ruinin’ this business,” he laments. “The UFC lets ‘em wear condoms on their […]
MMA, wrestling, and regulation
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: Jim Rome devoted most of his radio show today on the topic of Chris Benoit and professional wrestling’s place in American culture. Michael David Smith says that perhaps the health risks of pro-wrestling have been overstated. Here are the comments I will make on the Chris Benoit story and why I […]
Chris Benoit news updates
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Comments are now closed. Mauro Ranallo, John Pollock, and Bryan Alvarez discussed Chris Benoit’s death today on the radio. TMZ is reporting the following (more here): Benoit strangled his wife, Nancy, on Saturday. Benoit smothered his son, Daniel, in his bed on Sunday. Benoit hung himself on Monday in a weight-room. WWE.com also has a […]
Chris Benoit dead at age 40
Monday, June 25th, 2007By Zach Arnold More on Benoit’s death can be found at SLAM! Sports, The Edmonton Sun, WWE HP, and ABC News. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WAGA-TV has further updates. Even Gambling 911 has an update. Fox News has an update with a very sad graphic photo. More details at the Observer. TMZ is also covering […]
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