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Friday, November 9th, 2007MMA HQ has a preview for this weekend’s EXC event. An update on Josh Koscheck. Eddie Goldman analyzes the latest sanctioning body attempt in MMA. Evan Tanner in UFC. An about-face about the CSAC from UFC. A British take on the UFC. Doogan says that the current sports editor at the Sunday Times refuses to […]
Thursday random notes (11/8)
Thursday, November 8th, 2007Hotmail has changed over to its new Windows Live format (which is hideous). Does anyone know how to turn off the “rich text” format for e-mails and go to a text-based format? I didn’t see it anywhere in the options panel. From the CSAC: Jennifer Tate, who last competed for Pro Elite on October 26, […]
Wednesday war room: Sean Sherk put on hold, again
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007Jeff Thaler & Zach Arnold appeared at the first annual Jarry Park MMA awards. Well, as much as you can appear on an Internet radio show. Ken Shamrock made an appearance on Fight Network Radio (audio here). Spike TV is home to UFC and Takeru Kobayashi of Major League Eating. (Hat tip: Mikeinformer.) Todd Martin […]
Tuesday evening notes (11/6)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Don Frye is no longer a coach in the IFL. An interview with Bas Rutten. UFC insists that their UFC 80 event will happen on 1/19. Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau coming at UFC 81. M-1 denies that Fedor will fight on NYE. An update on Jonathan Goulet. The IFL drew a 0.4 rating for […]
Tuesday news and notes (11/6)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Your tabloid headline of the day. Pramit Mohapatra has a brand new article at Sports Illustrated talking about Kimbo Slice. Dan Henderson is coming to Winnipeg on November 30th. Dave Meltzer has two new articles on Yahoo (here and here) talking about last week’s CSAC appeals hearing. An interview with Big John McCarthy. Plus, an […]
Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir
Monday, November 5th, 2007So sayeth Dave Meltzer. The fight will happen on February 2nd. UFC press release here.
NJACB UFC 78 assignments
Monday, November 5th, 2007UFC 78 NOVEMBER 17,2007 PRUDENTIAL CENTER NEWARK, NEW JERSEY NJSACB ASSIGNMENTS Listings can be seen in full-page view.
Fight Opinion Radio #67: Adam Swift
Monday, November 5th, 2007Adam Swift of MMAPayout.com and Sherdog.com has been a busy man lately. Last week, he published an article talking about what a standard Zuffa contract looks like. Therefore, we had to bring him on the show to further elaborate on his article and the North American MMA scene in general. Do other promoters use similar-type […]
Monday musings: Zuffa & Xyience
Monday, November 5th, 2007For the MMA insiders and hardcore fans, today’s big news item is a report that Xyience and Zuffa are supposedly linked together much more closely than apparently first thought. Luke Thomas elaborates on why this is an important story to follow. The one thing I don’t understand is that if the report is true that […]
Saturday headlines: Steroids and birth defects
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007The negative effects of using performance-enhancing drugs and how it effects the children of users. The Fight Network has reached a deal with K-1 and Fuji TV to air the 12/8 World GP Yokohama Arena event live. Luke Thomas talks about Phil Baroni’s appeal with the CSAC board. Kevin Iole has more comments about UFC […]
Quote of the week
Friday, November 2nd, 2007On the next edition of Fight Opinion Radio, we discuss the masterful job of public relations that Zuffa has done in the last week in regards to their contractual dispute with Randy Couture. As I argued in my latest Bloody Elbow column, the mainstream media focus and portrayal of Randy Couture right now is of […]
UFC will not strip Sean Sherk of Lightweight title
Friday, November 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports is reporting that Dana White will not strip Sean Sherk of his UFC Lightweight title. Sean Sherk is going to remain the UFC’s lightweight champion, but B.J. Penn and Joe Stevenson will fight for a lightweight belt at UFC 80 in January in Newcastle, England, UFC president […]
Friday fight news: IFL GP is tomorrow
Friday, November 2nd, 2007New MMA figurines. Jens Pulver and Frankie Edgar will be participating in a charity event in Trenton (New Jersey) on 11/7. Rashad Evens garnering headlines in The Sun. Tomorrow is the IFL’s live television event (MyNetworkTV). American viewers will see one hour live, while Canadian viewers will get to watch two hours of live programming. […]
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