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Thursday, September 27th, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: I made an appearance on Fight Network Radio (audio here) on Thursday to discuss the Nakamura situation and how it’s playing out in Japan. J-ROCK, the management team of Kazuhiro Nakamura, fired back at the California State Athletic Commission in the Japanese press on Thursday. The company released a statement on […]
New Fedor interview (9/26)
Thursday, September 27th, 2007There is a new video interview that Fedor did on 9/26. Here is the full translation (thanks to M-1) of the interview. (Interview performed by Dmitry Kibkalov from M-1 and translated by someone else)
Thursday trash talk: How will the Japanese media cover Nakamura’s failed drug test?
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007There are multiple news reports that Kazuhiro Nakamura tested positive for marijuana. By North American standards, this would be just looked upon as stupid. However, by Japanese standards, this will be a story of much larger importance given their cultural standards on marijuana usage (hint: it’s really considered bad in Japan). There’s two ways this […]
Fight Opinion Radio #63: Frank Shamrock
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007A big two-hour radio show this week. First, we are joined by Tomer Chen to talk about the fallout from UFC 76. Our focus is on how the current North American MMA judges could be trained better and what ways could be implemented to improve the effectiveness of the 10-point must system. Second, we have […]
Wednesday war room: Where’s my PRIDE?
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007The opponent Akihiro Gono will be fighting at UFC 78 is Tamden McCrory. Information on the next ShoXC card. How much did it cost Pro Elite to buy out Future Fight Productions, Inc. (Icon Sport) of Hawaii? The data can be found here and here. In total: $350,000 USD in cash, 200,000 restricted PE shares […]
Tuesday turmoil: Mainstream media questions if Liddell was all hype and no substance
Monday, September 24th, 2007Does anyone know of alternates to Feedity for creating RSS feeds that does not require creating an account or going through the hassle of registration? Chuck Liddell = $500,000 USD. Keith Jardine = $14,000 USD. Well. Useless stat of the day – if you combine the listed fight purse money for the main event, Chuck […]
Monday madness: Will Chuck Liddell retire?
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007I have a lot of site work to catch up on today, so we’ll go with an unconventional style here on the news update. USA Today is asking if Chuck Liddell is going to retire. A fascinating article on UFC’s branding efforts in the marketplace. “Football is the NFL,” said Paul McGuire, vice president, integrated […]
UFC 76 – the aftermath
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports attended the UFC 76 post-fight press conference. Some highlights: White launched into a tirade against the PRIDE fan boys and the Internet sites he said who encourage them to denigrate the UFC. “I want to say something and everybody knows how I’ve felt for years about these goofy Internet websites,” […]
UFC 76
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007Event reports: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | UFC Mania | MMA on Tap | Sprawl ‘n Brawl | Steve Sievert | Observer | Yahoo Sports | Steve Cofield | F4W Online Post all comments, spoilers, etc. here.
Heat-up for UFC 76
Friday, September 21st, 2007First, more bad news for boxing fans. Mark Cuban made an appearance on The Mike Tirico Show Friday to talk about UFC and MMA (starting at the 15 minute mark – audio here). Here is a report claiming that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter gave Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz a tour of The White House. […]
Friday headlines: Mainstream blowback against MMA
Friday, September 21st, 2007Vancouver has officially banned MMA. More details in The Vancouver Province and CBC News. Rex Richards is fighting in the semi-main event slot of the next Art of War show in Tunica, MS. If you want to sponsor him, contact Brad Barnes at [email protected]. A mundane article on MMA in Reason Magazine, featuring this doozy […]
Thursday trash talk: Will the IFL take center stage?
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Tickets are still available for UFC 76. Three new SEC filings by Pro Elite (here, here, and here). The Vancouver Province newspaper printed an editorial today speaking out against a possible ban of MMA in the city. Plus, the latest on attempts to ban MMA in Perth, Australia. Alex Marvez is reporting that the IFL […]
UFC Fight Night 11 & new TUF
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007UFN 11 results: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | UFC Mania | Bloody Elbow | MMA on Tap | MMA HQ | MMA Madness | Observer | Steve Sievert | Yahoo Sports | CBS Sportsline TUF reviews/notes: Sprawl ‘n Brawl | Dave Doyle | Steve Cofield interviews Joe Scarola | Fight Report | […]
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