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Red meat Saturday

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

Fun video of the day – a young Akira Maeda vs. Giant Haystacks I lead off today’s news update with two interesting links. First, in honor of our beloved PizzaChef, I found this just for you. Second, there is an article at Boxing Scene titled The Great Debate – Boxing vs. MMA. I want you […]

Fight Opinion Radio #42: Power brokers

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

We are back after a long break to catch up on a ton of hot MMA news topics. Expect some controversy coming out of this show. Our two big guests this week are Jeremy Lappen (former WFA boss, now working for Elite XC) and Jimmy Greninger of Soldier Fight Gear. Jeremy talks about his role […]

Wednesday hot topics

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

The top story today in Japanese media circles and also in the US wrestling press is the death of Bad News Allen (Allen Coage, who more famously worked as Bad News Brown in the then-WWF). Coage worked a pretty famous Judo Jacket match against Seiji Sakaguchi in New Japan Pro-Wrestling during the time that Inoki […]

It’s true, it’s damn true

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

ESPN is reporting that Kurt Angle, famous pro-wrestler who wants to fight everyone in MMA, is allegedly on a client list for Applied Pharmacy, which the Feds allege is connected to an online steroids purchasing investigation. Here’s the original SI article. More details at PW Torch and at the Observer. Also true is famous Boston […]

The Hall of Fame game

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

By Tomer Chen On December 7, 2006, the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) announced their 2007 class of inductees, with legends Roberto Duran, Pernell Whitaker & Ricardo Lopez as the living inductees (there were 13 total inductees from various eras and categories). On September 25, 2006, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Mixed Martial Arts Hall […]

Fight Opinion Radio: The Christmas Show

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Six big MMA guests, five days of taping, four radio team members producing, three guest co-hosts for a segment, two weeks to produce, and one large three-plus hour-long Christmas radio show. An emergency room visit, a visit to the mental institution, armlocks in an American football scrum, Christmas shopping at the mall, and coming home […]

Open thread Monday

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Admittedly, it’s been a slow news cycle the last couple of days. Consider this an open-thread for MMA, pro-wrestling, or boxing-related talk in the comments section. I’ll throw a few discussion points out there and see if there’s any interest in talking about them. The Fight Network reports that Jason “Mayhem” Miller, who is facing […]

Tito Ortiz’s manager recruiting girls for WWE

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

By Zach Arnold The headline says it all. With WWE management happy with the performance of model Kelly Kelly’s success (real name: Barbie Blank), WWE is now looking to recruit more model-type girls (even if they have limited or no wrestling knowledge). Ken Pavia, who is the agent of Team Punishment, issued the following bulletin […]

WWE posts details on PRIDE meeting

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

On the WWE HP, the article discusses Vince McMahon talking with DSE officials about Hustle. Hustle Mania takes place this Thursday at Yokohama Arena with HG’s retirement match from pro-wrestling. How can you not love Generalissimo Takada and HG on the same stage together. We can’t forget about Ogawa, either.

Kiyoshi Tamura appreciation day

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

The obstinent man in red pants. A man who calls his daily journal the Full Nude Blog. It’s impossible to hate him. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (UWF-International) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (6/27/1998 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall – RINGS promotion) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Frank Shamrock (4/23/1999 Osaka Prefectural Gym – RINGS promotion) Kiyoshi […]

Is WWE getting into the MMA business?

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

By Zach Arnold PRIDE US announcer Mauro Ranallo did interviews on both the Observer Live and Live Audio Wrestling radio shows on Sunday. According to this post, Ranallo indicated on the LAW interview that WWE is interested in getting involved in promoting MMA. You can read my thoughts about this in full-post view. Update: One […]

Fight Opinion goes to the movies

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

OK, not really. We just find a lot of mass media article links about John Cena’s new movie, The Marine, and let you read them. You’re going to want to, for sure. I am daring you, Erin, to go see this movie and give us your thoughts. For that matter, anyone reading this who has […]

Similar Histories: UFC and WWE

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

By Luke Nicholson To some people the similarities between UFC and WWE might just be coincidence, or maybe there are small little details that separate them, and to an extent that might be true. But, the fact that these two promotions are following such a similar timeline, and given the similar personalities that run both […]

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