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Saturday, August 4th, 2007A big 90-minute show this week. First, we go through the MMA calendar this month and preview some of the upcoming big fights in WEC & UFC. Second, we take a look at some of the absurd claims that Dana White made in a recent ESPN The Magazine interview. Our stance is pretty clear in […]
Another drive-by attack on MMA by the Grand Rapids Press
Friday, August 3rd, 2007By Zach Arnold On June 4th, we highlighted an article by Brian VanOchten in the Grand Rapids Press that was a baseless attack on MMA and the industry’s supporters. It drew so much heat online (at Sherdog, Fight Opinion, etc.) that the newspaper staff was flooded with angry responses in return. One of our site […]
Saturday headlines: MMA at the Mansion
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Medical suspensions issued from the NJACB coming out of the IFL show this past Thursday night: Gerald Harris suspended 30 days and needs neurological examination, Bryan Vetell pending x-ray of left foot and opthamalogical exam of left eye, Tim Boetsch pending xray of right hand, David Phillips 60 days and needs neurological examination, Chris Clements […]
Friday fight notes: Just say no… to many things
Friday, August 3rd, 2007I’ve had a few readers who use the Safari browser state that they are having trouble loading this site. I’m not sure what is happening, but one trick to loading the site is to remove the www out of the URL. Try this instead and you should be fine. UFC and J-ROCK make a package […]
Thursday trash talk: North Carolina ready to regulate MMA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The IFL enters into $12.7 million USD financing. Update: The stock went down to $0.65 USD/share the morning after this news was released. Here are the weigh-in results for the IFL show that will take place tonight in New Jersey. If you haven’t already done so, head on over to MMA Predictions and make your […]
Wednesday war room: 9/19 UFC Fight Night card finalized
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007Travis Lutter not fighting at UFC 74. Yokozuna Asashoryu suspended for playing soccer. More on the story here. Josh Gross defends his open letter to Dana White on Fight Network Radio. Ivan Canello has video of Fabio Silva vs. Ryo Kawamura. Here is the fight card for the 9/19 UFC Fight Night event. Bad news […]
CBS Sportsline article: MMA’s drug culture, part two
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007This article was originally scheduled to appear on CBS Sportsline. It is part two of the MMA drug culture article series that I wrote for that web site. You can read part one of the article series by clicking here. On Tuesday, Dana White stated in an ESPN interview the following: There was one event […]
Dana White talks about fighters using steroids
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007By Zach Arnold First, Kalib Starnes comments on marijuana and steroids. For a perfect summation of my feelings about MMA’s drug culture, read Fightlinker’s entry today. My argument has never been one about morality (athletes are athletes — they are always looking for an edge), but rather about the health of the fighters. Time in […]
Tuesday headlines: Catch wrestling fever
Monday, July 30th, 2007Kendall Grove prepares for UFC 74. A message from Antonio Inoki’s MySpace account (there is one for the IGF) on the death of Karl Gotch. Simon Inoki also released a statement. Josh Barnett also posted a statement. John Wood also has a post about Gotch. Here’s some information pertaining to the politics surrounding catch wrestling […]
Monday media marks: Fedor must make concessions for UFC?
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Quote of the day from 411 Mania: With due respect to both sides, this is really a bunch of needless whining. I’m sure the UFC would like nothing more than to throw a couple hundred thousand dollars at Fedor and have the number one fighter in the world in their pocket, and at the same […]
Sunday media slate: Gamblers love Kimbo/Tank
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Beach wrestling with Gomi & KID. Kenny Florian wants more stringent drug testing in MMA. Jake Rossen talks about the impact of Title IX on MMA. The Fightworks Podcast has an interview with Xande Ribeiro.
Saturday headlines: WWE versus Congress
Saturday, July 28th, 2007If you haven’t already subscribed to Fight Opinion Radio via iTunes, go subscribe here. Both Koki Kameda and Daiki Kameda won their fights today in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. The results of both fights were unanimous decision wins. ShootBoxing had their event today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Top matches featured Adam Higson (King of […]
Round two of UFC and Ricky Hatton
Friday, July 27th, 2007Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports reported on Friday night that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas on December 8th. Eastside Boxing reports that the MGM Grand Garden Arena is being discussed as a possible host for the event. Why is it possibly news-of-concern for UFC? December 8th is when UFC is […]
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