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Sunday, June 10th, 2007A UFC 72 card in Ireland without “Irish” Jake O’Brien? The Tommy Morrison ‘fight’ on Saturday night in Arizona is being portrayed as his MMA debut in the media, despite the fact that it was a glorified boxing match. The Arizona Republic is billing this as Morrison’s MMA debut. The writer (Norm Frauenheim) is from […]
Saturday media slate: A paper trail of tickets
Friday, June 8th, 2007Lance Pugmire in the LA Times has an article about the crowd numbers for the K-1 Dynamite show. During the lead-up to the show at the LA Coliseum, the most prolific pontificator in the press coverage was K-1/Royce Gracie employee Mike Kogan. He made plenty of bluster and was quoted in both in The LA […]
Column: Michigan MMA legislation not up to par
Friday, June 8th, 2007By Zach Arnold The Grand Rapids Press newspaper has taken a beating this week over an anti-MMA article published by writer Brian VanOchten, who has been ridiculed across-the-board by both MMA writers and fans. However, the newspaper has published a new article today by author David Mayo titled Safety ignored in rush to OK ultimate […]
Friday fight notes: Heat-up for Baroni/Shamrock
Thursday, June 7th, 2007Sam Caplan on the K-1 Dynamite attendance numbers. More notes at The Fight Network. More K-1 show numbers analysis from The Long Beach Press-Telegram. MMA Weekly breaks down all the information. In short, the amount of paid tickets not bought by K-1 was 3,674. The amount of paid tickets bought by K-1 to distribute was […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, Episode 10
Thursday, June 7th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Nate Diaz talks about how he likes Corey Hill, but is concentrating on winning. He feels that he needs to train with BJ’s team as the person that he is fighting, Corey, is on his Team Jens as well. Corey seems to be losing his mind in the sauna, including talking to […]
Eating crow
Thursday, June 7th, 2007By Adam Morgan Two days ago I ripped Dana White for allowing Noah Thomas and Marlon Sims to not only compete in the UFC but allowing them to fight one another as the live opener for The Ultimate Fighter Finale on June 23rd. It now seems I owe Dana an apology. Whether or not Dana […]
Rampage wins title, Liddell still garners attention
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007By Adam Morgan Rampage on ESPN Hotlist 05.29.07Uploaded by kaminoko Hours after UFC 71, I posted at Sprawl ‘n Brawl the reasons why Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson is good for the UFC. To summarize, he is naturally marketable. Every interview he does is humorous. And as many have pointed out, he appeals to an African-American market […]
Thursday trash talk: Bad behavior does not pay
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Best Chute Boxe Highlight ever !Uploaded by IvanCanello “The Stephen Quadros Show” on Sherdog makes its debut on Tuesday, June 12th at 12 PM PST. Steve Sievert of The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Marlon Sims and Noah Thomas have been kicked out of the UFC. Read Steve’s post in its entirety. This has not […]
Claim: UFC rejects web site sponsorship for Jon Fitch
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007By Zach Arnold Related posts at Lay and Pray and Cage Today. UFCMania.com announced that UFC has told Jon Fitch to cancel his sponsorship deal with UFCMania.com. If the facts in this story are true, it is an outrageous PR blunder on the part of Zuffa. UFCJunkie.com helped sponsor Sean Salmon and both parties in […]
Wednesday notes: Tito Ortiz talks (again)
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Post updated with Dana White’s comments made today on The Jim Rome Show on radio. WEC drew a 0.39 rating on its live debut on The Versus network. Hey, look, another energy drink sponsoring an MMA company. Actually, the fact that Steele Cage Promotions thinks they should create a sanctioning body within a promotion (the […]
Dana White: Coke needs us, we don’t need them
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007By Zach Arnold Yesterday, I wrote a post about the situation with sponsors in the UFC. The primary focus was to point out that two of the four main UFC sponsors, Amp’d Mobile and Xyience, are in reported trouble. The other two, Toyo Tires and Mickey’s malt liquor, are not the biggest of corporate names […]
Street Fights: The new way to promote MMA?
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007By Adam Morgan Related post — Bloody Elbow. In this video please notice the advertisements for Cage Fury Fighting Championship (CFFC) before and after the Kimbo Slice street fight. This really strikes a nerve with me. I understand that CFFC has to promote their fighters and I understand that Kimbo is best known for being […]
Media notebook: The evils of MMA
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007All the latest on the IFL here and here. Frank Warren (British boxing promoter) claims that the UFC offered a commentating job to BBC personality (and boxing writer) Steve Bunce, but he turned it down due to it not being enough money. Read the post for Warren’s anti-UFC rant as well. Luke Thomas at Bloody […]
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