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Sunday, January 13th, 2008I was reading the boxing page and saw the BBC headline stating that Joe Calzaghe vs. Bernard Hopkins is supposedly finalized. April in Las Vegas, apparently. Plus, discussion of De La Hoya vs. Mayweather re-matching. The whole story behind the canceled WCO event in San Diego over the weekend. An interview with Frankie Edgar.
Bob Sapp to fight at Strikeforce Tacoma event
Monday, December 10th, 2007According to a Strikeforce press release, Bob Sapp will headline the promotion’s February event at the Tacoma Dome. Also announced for the card is Maurice Smith vs. Rick Roufus.
Tuesday chalkboard: In their own words
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007The StrikeForce 9/29 Playboy Mansion event on Yahoo.com reportedly drew a lot of eyeballs. In the immortal words of one Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?” Apparently not: I felt like puking. Boxing promoter Lou DiBella once lashed out against MMA, calling it – predictably – “a human cockfight.” What an insult to […]
Wednesday war room: Some big turkeys in MMA
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, let us remind you that there is more than UFC on Spike TV. Oh yes, there is. Boxer Jeff Lacy thinks MMA is a fad and not a sport. Solar, a channel in the Philippines, has found its request to air UFC programming rejected. The only way […]
Monday media notes: Fallout from Strikeforce event in San Jose
Monday, November 19th, 2007Mike Tyson sentenced to jail for 24 hours. Joe Doerksen has a broken orbital bone. MMA California has two articles (here and here) talking about last Friday’s StrikeForce event in San Jose. Dave Meltzer has an article about Cung Le’s win. Meltzer says the SF show drew 8,233 fans at the old San Jose Arena […]
Saturday headlines: Media heat-up for UFC 78
Saturday, November 17th, 2007If anyone reading this has high-quality photos available (.TIF format, preferred) for either of the PRIDE Las Vegas events or the Kimbo Slice/Ray Mercer fight that you own the copyrights to, please e-mail me and let’s talk. Thanks. BJ Penn compares Sean Sherk to Marion Jones. Franklin McNeil sat down with Steve Cofield to talk […]
Friday fight notes: Fedor coming to Japan
Friday, November 16th, 2007If you have not listened to the latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio, go download the show. Dana White says that he will meet with Randy Couture next week. Alex Marvez has more information. There has been strong rumors about an MMA event happening at Saitama Super Arena on NYE (it would allegedly happen at […]
Monday media notes: The MMA world outside of UFC
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Today is the 14th anniversary of the first UFC show produced. Jess Liaudin says that he will KO Marcus Davis at UFC 80. Another reason for Mike Pyle to be upset – ABC News has an article about the role of women in MMA. The San Antonio MMA event (promoted by Jesse James Leija) drew […]
Wednesday war room: UFC winning the PR battle?
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Well, we know the Couture vs. White feud has jumped the shark when Time Magazine starts covering it. Here is the video of ESPN’s E:60 TV segment yesterday covering Miletich Fighting systems. Trevor Prangley talks about the upcoming Strikeforce Middleweight tournament in November. Here’s an interview with Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua. Meet Matt Gudgeon, who is […]
Tuesday turmoil: More war games
Monday, October 29th, 2007Mike Sawyer & Oliver Copp have a new edition of Tough Talk radio w/ guest Brad Imes. Kevin Iole praises Frank Warren. There’s a brand new MMA statistical site called FightMetric.com. Good news – Windy Tomomi is coming back. Yet another press conference about the Randy Couture/Dana White situation, this time on the UFC side. […]
Monday media notes: Setting the agenda
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Yahoo has officially separated it’s boxing and MMA pages. You can access their MMA home page here. Sam Caplan means business. BBC Sports is reporting that Joe Calzaghe will be retiring within the next 12 months. Taking a look at upcoming fights and challenges in UFC for 2008. Fightlinker needs your help with WordPress issues. […]
Monday media review: More reaction to couture’s departure from UFC
Monday, October 15th, 2007File this under the category of ‘hideous’ – an ex-boxer wants to apply sanctioning body-style politics to book Couture vs. Fedor. Daiki Kameda has been suspended for a year by the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission). This news completely overshadowed the World Victory Road Inc. announcement in the Japanese press. Your image of the day: The […]
Fight Opinion Radio #64: Steve Sievert
Friday, October 5th, 2007This week’s one-hour show features special guest Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle to talk about the latest happenings in UFC. Is UFC starting to suffer negative effects from oversaturation of shows in the MMA marketplace? Plus, discussion about the future of The Ultimate Fighter reality TV program. We are pleased to announce of the […]
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