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Friday, April 13th, 2007Jonathan Goulet & Caleb of The Fightworks Podcast join us on this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Check out Jonathan’s site and find out how you can sponsor him for future fights. We have a big two-hour radio show in store for you this week, as we discuss all of the major MMA happenings […]
Friday update: Heat-up for Lindland vs. Fedor
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Pawel Nastula is training with Mirko Cro Cop. Satoru Kitaoka submitted Fabricio “Pitbull” Monteiro at today’s DEEP Korakuen Hall event to earn a spot in the PRIDE Lightweight GP tournament (starting on 5/20 at Saitama Super Arena). Also at the DEEP event, Murilo Bustamante defeated Ryuta Sakurai by KO in 3’50 of R1. On the […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, Episode 2
Thursday, April 12th, 2007By Erin Bucknell I discovered that the reason I automatically like Jens is because he reminds me of pro wrestler Spike Dudley, who’s just awesome. Small, wiry, and kinda dirty looking (this is not an insult by the way), it works. Cole is so happy after his first fight that he practically sobbing. I can […]
Link dump: More coverage of Nick Diaz
Thursday, April 12th, 2007From Denis Martins: Jacare collides with Jeremy Jackson at Gracie FC World BJJ and ADCC champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will be facing UFC veteran Jeremy “The Scorpion” Jackson at Gracie FC: “Evolution” on May 19th. Jackson, a veteran of UFC and WEC events, has a 9-5 resume and the chance to redeem himself from his […]
Link-o-rama: A lot of MMA audio clips
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007My latest article at MMA Insight discusses the natural comparisons between the last episode of WCW Nitro and the PRIDE 34 show. Much like Dana White has told PRIDE fighters, Vince McMahon made a lot of promises to WCW wrestlers after he bought that company out. We know how well that turned out. Speaking of […]
Uncertain futures for PRIDE fighters
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Nikkan Sports has a headline grabber today, claiming that Hidehiko Yoshida will fight at 205 pounds in the future (for a run at the UFC Light Heavyweight division). The article claims that Yoshida’s 5/20 Saitama Super Arena fight will be preparation for him fighting in UFC later this Summer. Daily Sports has an article claiming […]
Tuesday headlines: Encountering troublemakers
Monday, April 9th, 2007Yomiuri Online has a story getting national attention in the Japanese media. The story details a new relationship established between the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police department to try to keep the boryokudan (yakuza) out of the sport of Japanese boxing. An estimated 300 boxing gyms will be part of an […]
Post-PRIDE 34 media coverage
Monday, April 9th, 2007Sankei Sports quoted Nobuyuki Sakakibara stating his desire to see a worldwide MMA commission created, with unified rules and talent exchanges from all promoters. The article claims that Sakakibara is coming to America at the end of the week to meet with Zuffa (Lorenzo Fertitta) to propose the commission idea. Sports Nippon has an article […]
Monday madness: Ayre says Fedor is Bodog 4 Life
Sunday, April 8th, 2007By Zach Arnold Explanation of title post here. Kakutolog notes a Tokyo Sports report claiming that there is consideration of booking Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba for the Tokyo Dome on 10/11, which would be the exact date of the 10th anniversary of PRIDE.
Sunday media sandwich: Matt Serra shakes up gamblers
Sunday, April 8th, 2007This has been quite the red-meat weekend. So here’s some more red meat. A Japanese blogger looked at a pamphlet at the PRIDE 34 show that was promoting the upcoming 5/20 Saitama Super Arena Lightweight GP tournament. The photographs of 12 fighters were apparently on the pamphlet. The fighters supposedly listed were…
UFC 69 – Shootout event review
Saturday, April 7th, 2007By Erin Bucknell Man the UFC is really making the rounds. Ohio, Houston, and Manchester next time, sheesh. Damn, they didn’t show the angle where Diego lands right on his ass after shoving Koscheck. That footage is simply too good for words.
UFC 69 review post
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Event reports: Sherdog | Observer | The Houston Chronicle | F4W Online | UFC Junkie | MMA On Tap ESPN did the hard sell for UFC 69 event coverage on their 1 AM EST Sportscenter show. Linda Cohn and Steve Levy pushed the fact that they would have highlights of the Welterweight title match (GSP […]
Dana White: UFC can replace boxing in the Olympics
Friday, April 6th, 2007NBC Sports has a pretty remarkable interview with UFC President Dana White. He sounds an awful like Vince McMahon here. You must read the interview in full to get a flavor of what other MMA organizations are dealing with in UFC.
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