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Monday, June 25th, 2007By David Ditch It’s no secret that business is bad for the ‘fight business’ in Japan. On the MMA side, PRIDE is in rough shape and K-1 is far from healthy. On the pro wrestling side, promotions are either downsizing or playing to half-full venues. The top wrestler, Kenta Kobashi, has been out for a […]
Tuesday headlines: UFC Fight Night
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Yes, there is indeed a UFC event on Spike TV tonight. Time for you to predict the rating. Give us your prediction for the cable TV rating in the comments section (and fight predictions, if interested). Greg Sirb, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, has been sued. The lawsuit alleges that Sirb interfered […]
Monday media notes: Tommy Morrison storylines
Monday, June 11th, 2007Adam Morgan’s article about Tommy Morrison has officially made the rounds. When we mean made the rounds, we’re talking about USA Today’s Sports Scope. To the folks at USA Today — don’t be strangers, come by often. Norm Frauenheim in The Arizona Republic has a column about Tommy Morrison. He once again claims that Morrison’s […]
Wednesday media wrath: MMA’s mainstream growing pains
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007MMA California’s not-official image character, Yoda, cheerleads for Fedor Tim Dahlberg, who is a top boxing writer for the Associated Press, rips into UFC with a new column titled UFC could have used a good fight to back up the hype. He rips into the fans who paid to watch UFC 71 as “not-so-rich-and-famous” (someone […]
Fight Opinion Radio #48: Karo Parisyan
Thursday, May 10th, 2007A 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, 2007There 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 […]
Monday media meltdown: More angry media mavens
Sunday, May 6th, 2007Jim Lampley’s verbal attack on MMA was noted in USA Today on Monday. Will’s Lampley verbal blunder be the biggest headline coming out of this weekend’s events? Tokyo Sports claims that Josh Barnett will participate on the first IGF (Inoki Genome Federation) show on June 29th in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan. The Kakutolog link also […]
Fight Opinion Weekly: Boxing’s all Mixed up in Martial Arts
Sunday, May 6th, 2007By Zach Arnold Printable version of article here. In the mid-1970s, Japanese pro-wrestling legend Antonio Inoki had a plan to make himself and his company, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, famous worldwide. Inoki embarked on a series of worked fights against martial artists called the “world of kakutougi (fight skill)” series. The goal of the program was […]
Wednesday headlines: No child’s play
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold Take a look at photos today for an angle ran by Hustle Entertainment (aka Hustle, the pro-wrestling product produced by Dream Stage Entertainment). Hustle, which DSE claims was transferred to a new company called Hustle Entertainment (tickets for Hustle’s 5/9 Korakuen Hall show are still being sold officially by DSE), is using […]
Friday notes: UFC’s plans for PRIDE
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Sherdog.com to provide content for ESPN. An update on Operation Cleanup 3. IFL 6/16 Las Vegas event poster. Vernon “Tiger” White vs. Mike Whitehead a top match on the show. Here is this week’s edition of the Fox Fight Game.
Thursday trash talk: Proxy wars in Japan
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007By Zach Arnold Gryphon has more details on Motoichiro Takasu’s story about Ken Imai causing a scene at the BodogFight 4/14 Russia event. The IFL stock jumped up nearly 70 cents/share to close at $4.59. Is there some good financial news about the IFL that hasn’t been said publicly? And what is this?
Uncertain futures for PRIDE fighters
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Nikkan Sports has a headline grabber today, claiming that Hidehiko Yoshida will fight at 205 pounds in the future (for a run at the UFC Light Heavyweight division). The article claims that Yoshida’s 5/20 Saitama Super Arena fight will be preparation for him fighting in UFC later this Summer. Daily Sports has an article claiming […]
Tuesday turkey talk: More debate about PRIDE sold or not sold
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007Greg Savage and Josh Gross on the latest with the UFC/PRIDE rumors. The bottom part of the article is the one that I’ve focused on, which is that unless Zuffa buys DSE Inc. itself it’s going to be very difficult to enforce any of those Japanese fight contracts. Plus, a lot of the top guys […]
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