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Thursday, January 24th, 2008CBS Sports (Sam Caplan): Q & A with WEC VP Peter Dropick The Orange County Register: UFC 81 conference call audio clips The Seattle Times: Bob Sapp returns to Washington, ready to mix it up Hardcore Sports Radio: Bob Sapp audio interview ESPN Video: Randy Couture video interview Yahoo Sports: Roy Jones Jr. vs. Felix […]
UFC Fight Night Live – Play By Play
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008UFC Fight Night Live, from The Palms in Las Vegas, NV Televised Card: Diaz vs. Robinson Omigawa vs. Tavares McFedries vs. Cote Swick vs. Burkman
Previewing tonight’s UFN event on Spike TV
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008There’s some show called Ultimate Fight Night live happening tonight on Spike TV. Weigh-in results. Jesse Holland of MMA Mania appeared on Jarry Park’s radio show to preview tonight’s event. Make sure to get your predictions for the show in at MMA Predictions. Here are Bloody Elbow’s predictions. Patrick Cote is looking for his fourth […]
Report: Xyience files for Chapter 11 protection
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008UFC’s largest corporate sponsor in 2007, Xyience, has filed for bankruptcy (according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal). The meat of this story comes on allegations that Xyience founder Russell Pike supposedly threatened Xyience management. Given the close nature between UFC and Xyience, it is important that Zuffa makes a public statement about this matter. It […]
Strange, ugly heavyweight match-ups arising in 2008
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008According to The Sun in the UK, Brock Lesnar will headline UFC’s June event at the 02 Arena in London. The Sun has a ton of MMA articles, but no RSS feed. If someone can find or produce an RSS feed of Sun MMA articles, please let me know. Bob Sapp vs. Jan “The Giant” […]
Sunday news review (1/20/08)
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Yeo Jong-Hoon reports that Choi Hong-Man made his national TV debut as a singer in South Korea. His first single is “Beast and Beauty,” which you can see here. Oscar De La Hoya will have a retirement tour in 2008. Check out more stories on this topic on the boxing page.
UFC 80 (Newcastle, England)
Saturday, January 19th, 2008Steve Cofield has some audio interviews with John McCarthy, Sam Caplan, and Loretta Hunt. Previews/news: MMA HQ | Mike Coughlin | MMA Betting | MMA Analyst | Pramit Mohapatra interviews Dana White | Harley Davidson signs deal with UFC | Is UFC 80 a Dana White rip-off? Reports: Sherdog | Observer | The Fight Network […]
Friday headlines (1/18/2008)
Thursday, January 17th, 2008First, I wanted to let everyone know about a new site called MMA Memories. Check it out. Onto today’s headlines: Yahoo Sports (Dave Meltzer): Gonzaga vs. Werdum a battle for position The Honolulu Star-Bulletin: UFC is not coming to Hawaii until at least 2009 The Liverpool Echo (UK): Meet Paul Kelly CBS Sports: UFC 80 […]
About that pro-wrestling crossover…
Thursday, January 17th, 2008If you don’t think UFC takes pro-wrestling’s cross-over appeal seriously, well… TNA has made a business deal with UFC regarding promotion of UFC’s 2/2 PPV show, and in particular the Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir match. Next week’s Impact will include a Brock Lesnar training package, as well as a Kurt Angle interview, where he […]
Thursday news and notes (1/17/2008)
Thursday, January 17th, 200815 Rounds: Conference call quotes from Kimbo Slice, Tank Abbott, and Gary Shaw The Belfast Telegraph: Slog on the Tyne – Colin Robinson Sports Illustrated (Pramit Mohapatra): Fight Night in the UK Yahoo Sports (Kevin Iole): Maturing BJ Penn ready to claim crown KSBY 6 Action News (San Luis Obispo, CA): Hackelman’s Dream Team helps […]
Report: Stefan Leko out 7 months due to knee injury
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Pro Fight Store is reporting that Stefan Leko will be out of action for 7 months due to knee surgery. Leko fought this past weekend. Mauro Ranallo and Don King interview each other. Heaven help us all. Frank Trigg was the color commentator for yet another Fox Sports Net Best Damn Toughman presentation on Monday […]
UFC sues Randy Couture
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008According to The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Zuffa LLC (the parent company of UFC) filed a lawsuit on Monday against Randy Couture in Clark County District Court. UFC claims that Couture’s statements about the company last year caused ‘irreparable damage’ and that he breached his UFC contract. This is alluding to the fact that Couture now […]
Does anyone care about a Mayweather/De La Hoya re-match?
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.
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