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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 […]
Monday headlines: Rampant stupidity
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Gina Carano reportedly will be a character on the new American Gladiators show, which features Hulk Hogan doing commentary. She’s running wild on all of us, brother. An interview with Georges St. Pierre. Joachim Hansen is not a fan of Zuffa: “I just hope people understand that the problems [with Zuffa] weren’t about the money,” […]
Sunday news review: Recapping the weekend’s action
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007RSS Wish List – Part 2 I am looking for any and all RSS feeds relating to UK MMA news or European MMA news. On most of the UK MMA sites, I have not been able to find any feeds at all. I want some RSS feeds covering this scene. Today’s news Thomas Hauser of […]
UFC and corporate sponsorship
Saturday, December 1st, 2007There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that, according to an article in Broadcasting & Cable, Spike TV is helping UFC attract some corporate sponsors. The network has found a gentlemanly solution. A subset of its sales force is now devoted to making the league more palatable to those advertisers. A […]
Saturday headlines: The future of Marcelo Garcia
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Sad news, as Sam Vasquez has reportedly been moved to Hospice in the Houston area. There is a big story developing, involving Marcelo Garcia. The Palm Beach Post is reporting that no charges will be filed against Din Thomas for hosting illegal cage fights at his school have been dropped. Oleg Taktarov won his comeback […]
Friday fight notes: More CSAC drug suspensions
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Sober analysis (audio here) about the MMA business this year. Plus, the IFL’s stock price continues to plunge, as it is now down to $0.15 USD/share. This is going to be a very busy weekend for MMA events. There will be a big MMA show tonight at the Patriot Center (George Mason University). Kit Cope […]
Thursday trash talk: Is Mayweather the king of PPV?
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007News of the day is Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya apparently being booked for K-1’s 12/31 Osaka Dome event. The London Free Press has a feature article on Shawn Tompkins. Just who is calling Chris Horodecki the Sidney Crosby of fighting (other than the writer of the linked column)? Bad news on the Canadian front […]
TMZ stirs the pot with Rampage Jackson
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold TMZ.com has an interview with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, talking about the death of Washington Redskins’ safety Sean Taylor. Brandt at MMA Opinion is not happy with Jackson’s comments.
Dana White on CNBC
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold Tonight on CNBC, Dana White made an appearance on the Conversations with Michael Eisner show. Some of the focus of the interview was on UFC’s new Octagon pricy picture book. Watching the duo of Eisner and White together was quite the odd combination, but intriguing television to watch. During the interview, CNBC […]
Report: Zuffa’s credit rating goes down
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Adam Swift of MMA Payout fame has a new report on Sherdog talking about Standard & Poor’s cutting Zuffa LLC’s credit rating from BB to BB-. We’ve discussed Zuffa’s credit rating recently on the web site and with Adam Swift on past editions of Fight Opinion Radio. Here’s an interesting paragraph from Adam’s story on […]
Wednesday war room: The politics of Japan
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007DSE/Yarennoka announced Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan and Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Calvan, of course, is a K-1 fighter and two-time HERO’s Middleweight tournament champion. A lot of people in Japan were wondering if we were going to see Takanori Gomi vs. Calvan on NYE for […]
Quote of the day – Kevin Iole on Matt Lindland
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Kevin Iole does not like Matt Lindland: I don’t think the chances are good of Lindland returning to the UFC. Lindland’s not what I call an exciting fighter. I guess that’s what you happens when you’re stuck watching that pitiful Ravens offense for so long, you begin to think Lindland is exciting. And to say […]
Tuesday headlines: UFC says GSP saved Christmas
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007If you use WordPress for your MMA site, read this. Rich Franklin and Tiffany (Amber) Thiessen will be involved in the filming of a new movie called “Weapon.” In “Weapon,” a lonely U.S. border patrol agent (Thiessen) apprehends a genetically engineered super-soldier (Franklin) and experiences the ride of her life when the soldier’s creator (Greenwood) […]
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