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Monday, December 31st, 2007One of the notable aspects of Saturday night’s UFC 79 event in Las Vegas was that the fact that the promotion did not push Xyience hard. Instead of having the typical Xyience logos on the Octagon mat canvas, they had huge logos for Harley Davidson and Lumber Liquidators (a company that recently went public on […]
Interview: White gave Mirko permission to attend Hustle event
Sunday, December 30th, 2007Tokyo Sports mobile (the newspaper) conducted an interview with Dana White on a number of subjects. The focus was on Takanori Gomi and Mirko Cro Cop. According to the newspaper’s interview, White said that Mirko Cro Cop asked for permission to attend the Hustle event on 12/31 in Saitama and that his request was granted. […]
‘I want NFL Network’ TV ad mocks ‘cage fighting’
Saturday, December 29th, 2007In a thinly-veiled attack on UFC (and WEC), Saturday night’s NFL Network broadcast (simulcasted on NBC and CBS) of the New York Giants vs. New England Patriots featured a TV ad spot for “I want NFL Network.” The ad features actors mocking cable companies that claim people don’t want to pay for the NFL Network, […]
UFC 79 event results
Saturday, December 29th, 2007All thoughts about the show (event recaps, results, liveblogging of the show) will go here in this post. Kevin Iole reports that Liddell will make $500,000 USD for his fight at UFC 79, while his opponent Wanderlei Silva will make $150,000 USD. CompuStrike.com is doing live stats of tonight’s UFC 79 event in Las Vegas. […]
Audio previews of this week’s MMA events
Saturday, December 29th, 2007Check out Mike Coughlin’s new edition of Five Star Radio here. Oliver Copp and Mike Sawyer of Tough Talk Radio went to the IFO show on Friday at the Riviera in Las Vegas. They have a recap of the event in audio form (listen to the show here). Jarry Park has an interview with Damon […]
Friday fight notes: Preparation for NYE MMA in Japan
Friday, December 28th, 2007If anyone is going to be able to record the TV-Tokyo feed of the Hustle show, the Tokyo Broadcasting System feed of the K-1 Dynamite show, or the SkyPerfecTV PPV feed of the DSE show in Saitama, please get a hold of me using the contact form. Thanks. Here is an excerpt from Matt Hughes’ […]
Mother of Drew McFedries found dead
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Story here in The Quad City Times.
Zuffa not happy with CNBC
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Dave Meltzer reports the following news item: There is a big issue today at CNBC regarding the piece on UFC and Bob Meyrowitz’s allegation that Lorenzo Fertitta voted against sanctioning UFC in Nevada in 1999 and then bought the company. Fertitta has said the story isn’t true and CNBC pulled the allegation from subsequent airings […]
Thursday trash talk: Everybody has a price
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Reminder: Listen to our Christmas 2007 radio show. There is some ad space available at Bloody Elbow for anyone interested in sponsoring that site. You should definitely check into it if you can, along with signing up for an account at BlogAds.com. Sports Navigator (Yahoo Japan) is reporting that Shin’ya Aoki will fight judoka Bu-Kyung […]
Quote of the Day – Chuck Liddell & Dana White
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007Kevin Iole says: “It’s kind of funny,” Liddell says of all the attention his partying ways have generated in light of back-to-back losses for the first time in his career. “When I was winning, everything I was doing was OK. But when I lost, they want to act like it was the reason I lost.” […]
The NFL gives UFC a lump of coal
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007The big American sports news story tonight is the decision by the NFL to have the Week 17 game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots simulcasted both on NBC and CBS (along with The NFL Network). As has been reported all week long by Pro Football Talk, Massachussetts senator John Kerry has […]
UFC 79 betting lines
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007From Bodoglife: Chuck Liddell (-105) vs. Wanderlei Silva (-125) Georges St. Pierre (-240) vs. Matt Hughes (+190) Ryoto Machida (-125) vs. Sokoudjou (-105) Melvin Guillard (-260) vs. Rich Clementi (+200) From BetUS: Chuck Liddell (even) vs. Wanderlei Silva (-130) Georges St. Pierre (-240) vs. Matt Hughes (+190) Ryoto Machida (-130) vs. Sokoudjou (even) Both the […]
Fedor does not like UFC contracts
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007A great article at Sherdog, that I recommend reading, is capped off by these two paragraphs: “I never met Dana White, never spoke to him on the phone, never exchanged e-mails,” Fedor said. “However, I did read a lot on the Internet about what he said in regard to me and Vadim []. I also […]
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