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Sunday, January 13th, 2008We kick off the 2008 MMA season by recapping the major NYE MMA events with Adam Swift of MMA Payout and Mike David, who did a remote with us from Tokyo after watching the K-1 Osaka Dome event in person. Everything you ever wanted to know about the major NYE MMA events and the fallout […]
Saturday headlines (1/12/08)
Saturday, January 12th, 2008An update on the Xyience Inc. vs. Rich Bergeron $25 million USD lawsuit: Pamela R. Lawson, the new attorney for Xyience, has filed an application for a default judgment on 1/8 in Clark County, NV. and also submitted an affidavit in support of the application. Dave Meltzer takes a look at UFC’s Light Heavyweight division. […]
Thursday night notes (1/10/08)
Thursday, January 10th, 2008More on the story of the day in full-page mode (read on)… World Victory Road announced Sanae Kikuta vs. Phil Baroni for their 3/5 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I event. K-1 announced a “World Youth 2008 ~ International Team Competition” format for their 2/2 Nippon Budokan event, with the theme of Japan vs. Holland. […]
Wednesday news update (1/9/08)
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Here are some more details about Larry Hazzard’s lawsuit against New Jersey’s attorney general. Pro Fight Store is reporting that Mirko Cro Cop has hired his old K-1 coach, Marijan Zizanovic. Pramit Mohapatra at Sports Illustrated has a preview of things to come in 2008 in MMA. Pramit also has a Q & A session […]
Tuesday news update (1/8/08)
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Steve Sievert has an update about the proposed Frank Shamrock vs. Ken Shamrock fight. He linked to this web site and wondered if it was real or not. A quick domain search claims that the web site is registered to “Frank Shamrock USA,” using GoDaddy. It was registered on December 21st. Here is a new […]
Monday night news review (1/7/08)
Monday, January 7th, 2008The newest edition of Men’s Fitness magazine has a profile article on “The UFC workout.” Also interviewed in the magazine is Roy Jones Jr. Money quote from the interview: MF: Yes, and the UFC now challenges boxing for pay-per-view buys, revenue, and fans. How do you feel about the mixed martial arts movement? Jones Jr.: […]
Quote of the Day – Dan Henderson
Monday, January 7th, 2008Steve Sievert recently talked to Dan Henderson about his upcoming fight with Anderson Silva: “My strength is the clinch game, and I don’t get out of position there to allow strikes,” said Henderson (22-5), who’s never been knocked out in his 10-year career. “That’s what he (Anderson Silva) thrives on, guys that are out of […]
Sunday news review (1/6/08)
Sunday, January 6th, 2008The Fairbanks Daily News Miner (Alaska): Justin Buchholz makes mark in MMA and is ready to do the same in UFC The Toronto Sun: Fights worthy of UFC on the TTC bus make it on YouTube Yahoo Sports: Wanderlei Silva will not drop down to Middleweight in UFC The Daily Herald (IL): Stratford Square in […]
The media whining about Fedor
Friday, January 4th, 2008For the last month, you’ve probably seen countless articles online from various MMA media writers whining and complaining about Fedor Emelianenko’s career direction. You know about the boilerplate rhetoric — he’s afraid of fighting the best competition, his reputation is taking a hit, etc.
Friday fight notes: IFL’s ambitious schedule
Friday, January 4th, 2008If you have extensive WordPress experience and would be interested in helping me out on a new project, please contact me. Fightlinker supposedly has dirt on Matt Hamill. Look at the amount of big IFL shows on the East Coast in 2008. The Izod Center in East Rutherford (Continental Airlines Arena in the Meadowlands) is […]
Charity events
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008Randy Couture will be hosting a charity poker tournament on January 12th at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas from 1-6 PM. Rashad Evans will participate at Curtis Granderson’s Grand Kids Foundation Celebrity Basketball Game in Auburn Hills (Detroit area) on January 26th.
Quotes of the Day – Lorenzo Fertitta
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008In a sit-down media session with Kevin Iole: One of the greatest successes that we’ve had, for instance, is the last show we did in New Jersey (UFC 78 on Nov. 17). We had a fight being headlined by two guys who had never fought for a championship and, relatively, had never been proven to […]
Quote of the Day – Jake Rossen
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008UFC politics: UFC President Dana White and owners Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta were alleged to be openly ecstatic at cageside over Griffin’s submission win over Rua in September. Matchmaker Joe Silva passed a note to announcer Joe Rogan during Lyoto Machida’s mauling of Sokoudjou on Saturday, saying the bout’s outcome was indicative that “This ain’t […]
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