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Thursday, August 30th, 2007By Zach Arnold Luke Thomas wrote-up an excellent summary of the UFC 75 conference call. My first thoughts after reading the summary: Renato Babalu was fired from UFC for holding a choke hold on David Heath for around 3-4 seconds after the referee asked him to let go. Babalu’s firing sounds more designed for Public […]
Whatever happened to… Mark Hall
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007By Zach Arnold If you’re an old UFC and MMA fan, the name Mark Hall brings back some interesting memories. I haven’t heard his name mentioned much in the last few years, but today his name surfaced in a media report — and it’s not great publicity, either. The Press-Enterprise (Southern California) is reporting that […]
Wednesday war room: What’s in a name?
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007It is not a good day in the world of Bodog. You, too, can buy Mike Tyson’s poop. If Kevin Iole called his critics last week “keyboard warriors,” I can only imagine what he is going to say after reading this. Luke Thomas has some words for Iole. Both Frank Trigg and Joe Stevenson think […]
Tuesday headlines: Rickson Gracie is returning
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007There is a brand new SEC filing by Pro Elite. Any new information in the filing? I did notice this gem on page 15: The material weaknesses noted were: (1) the Company inadequately maintained accounting records, (2) accounting policies and procedures were not formally documented, and (3) the accounting department did not have sufficient technical […]
UFC plays hardball with Arlovski
Monday, August 27th, 2007By Zach Arnold Most hardcore MMA fans online generally understand how Zuffa LLC, the parent company of UFC, does business — especially when fighters have one fight left remaining on their contract. So, it should be of no surprise that UFC matchmaker Joe Silva indicated to Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle that Andrei Arlovski […]
Monday medical notes: Several fighters at UFC 74 injured
Monday, August 27th, 2007Quote of the day on ESPN TV: Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon stating that he wants to see Randy Couture take on Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, nothing more or nothing less. In other words, Wilbon doesn’t want to see Randy fight anyone else. In a strange and funny way, he may have stumbled onto an […]
Dana White admits that PRIDE is dead
Sunday, August 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: One point that I forgot to mention in the initial point is that White’s public quote that the PRIDE assets are ‘tainted’ is going to perhaps raise some interest from the Nevada Gaming Commission. If there is one thing that the NGC does not like, it is any sort of connection […]
UFC 74
Saturday, August 25th, 2007Live show reports: The Fight Network | Sherdog | MMA Weekly | UFC Junkie | F4W Online | UFC Mania | MMA on Tap | Irish Whip Fighting | Steve Sievert | The Observer | Yahoo Sports | Alex Marvez Non-UFC note: The Fernando Vargas/Ricardo Mayorga fight has been postponed. Kevin Iole – Renato Babalu […]
Saturday update: The road to UFC 74
Saturday, August 25th, 2007This is a primer for you to read before UFC 74 takes place. NPR (National Public Radio) did an article on MMA that was… well… it was what it was. The New York State Athletic Commission once again came out against MMA and in favor of boxing. The article also shamelessly parrots The Zuffa Myth. […]
Friday fight notes: Heat-up for UFC 74, round two
Friday, August 24th, 2007I’m opening a separate post because there are a ton of MMA media links today. A busy day for the MMA writers. Luke Thomas was in a car accident and Adam Morgan once again was on the radio beat. ESPN practically ran a five-minute infomercial, I mean “cooler talk” segment with Joe Rogan on SportsCenter […]
Friday fight notes: More steroid comments from Dana White
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Weekly Pro is reporting that Erik Paulson has been booked for the upcoming IGF (Inoki Genome Federation) event in Nagoya. Josh Barnett, Don Frye, Kiyoshi Tamura, Mark Coleman, and other MMA names are also scheduled to appear. Dana White continues his defense of Sean Sherk: “I don’t think he’s a liar,” said UFC president Dana […]
Fight Opinion Radio #60: Mauro Ranallo
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007The views and opinions expressed by guests on the Fight Opinion Radio show are those of the guests and not necessarily those expressed by the staff of Fight Opinion Radio. Red meat radio. Need I say more? This week’s show is high-quality entertainment. Our first guest this week is Mauro Ranallo (from The Fight Network). […]
Dana White talks to Yahoo Sports
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Dana White is a fan of rabbits. At first glance, I wasn’t all that intrigued by what Dana White had to say to Kevin Iole in the Yahoo Sports Q & A session on Tuesday. However, as the case with a lot of what Mr. White says, you have to pay close […]
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