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Sunday, April 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold Does anyone have an event report or results from the Panther Fight League Genesis event that happened in Miami on Saturday? Dana White gave an ‘exclusive’ interview with Daily Sports newspaper in Japan on Saturday. The theme was a “kakutougi (MMA) Super Bowl.” The article says that Dana wants UFC and PRIDE […]
Saturday side suplex: Contracts not assignable for you!
Friday, March 30th, 2007The Sioux City Journal reports that Marc Ratner is not happy about the Iowa Senate’s decision to deregulate MMA. The bill’s top sponsor says he passed it because politicians couldn’t agree on whether or not to ban MMA in the state. A very interesting card lined up by DEEP for their 4/13 Korakuen Hall show […]
Friday fence grabbing: The new PRIDE
Friday, March 30th, 2007Humorless, nutty, and screwed by the mainstream media — a description of UFC fans. Ed. — The default setting is comments off. I just turned them on now. Sorry. Mad Squabbles: Cage Rage and Sky TV The San Mateo County Times (California): Pacifica fighters to mix it up in ‘ultimate’ weekend event The Chicago Sun […]
Thursday trash talk: UFC gets major media coverage
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007Kakutolog: Nobuyuki Sakakibara interview in Kami no Puroresu For those who understand Japanese, here’s some video of comments from Nobuyuki Sakakibara about the PRIDE asset sale agreement. Also, site commenter Body Shots posted this over at Sherdog. IFL: UFC/PRIDE merger good for us So says Gareb Shamus in an interview with the North Jersey Media […]
Wacky Wednesday: Zuffa takes over the world
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007The IFL did a 0.8 rating for week three on My Network TV. 0.8, 0.7, and 0.8 for the first three weeks. I receive little to no feedback at all from readers about the IFL Battleground show. If you watch it, give me your thoughts about the program. Softbank’s sponsorship tie-up with K-1 is drawing […]
Tuesday media turmoil: MMA wars rage on
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Today, I ask all of you to help out in terms of gathering of stories, videos, links, etc. Please add your contributions in the comments section, especially on the K-1 press conference at the LA Coliseum. That should be an interesting media session. Nobuyuki Sakakibara & Lorenzo Fertitta shake hands. The Associated Press has already […]
PRIDE at Roppongi Hills Arena
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Image credit: Livedoor By Zach Arnold Here’s a picture taken at 5 PM JST outside of Roppongi Hills Arena. The Livedoor article says that all of the seats are already filled up at the media session (and that some fans were waiting in line at 8 AM). Stephen Martinez is at the press conference. MMA […]
Insider hardball – UFC’s options with PRIDE
Monday, March 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports has a report today quoting a DSE employee, denying that UFC has bought PRIDE. The staffer claims that at the Tuesday press conference at Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo, PRIDE will announce a tie-up with UFC. The only thing consistently said throughout the various Japanese newspapers is that DSE’s last […]
Monday media mayhem: Chuck Liddell drug tested
Monday, March 26th, 2007I am begging the fine readers of this site (and those who aren’t) to help us promote our coverage of the PRIDE & K-1 PR sessions to the blogs and other major sites. I’m amazed by the traction that the ‘big boy’ sites (and you know who you exactly are — not you, Jordan) are […]
Nikkan Sports: UFC & PRIDE will be like Raw & Smackdown
Sunday, March 25th, 2007By Zach Arnold Today’s edition of Nikkan Sports has an article titled UFC & PRIDE adopting the WWE method. In short, the article claims that UFC is purchasing PRIDE and that the formula for Zuffa with UFC & PRIDE will be similar to Raw & Smackdown in terms of talent distribution and operations. In other […]
Sunday news grind: Brock Lesnar may draw some fans
Sunday, March 25th, 2007We could all use a vacation. Very interesting comments from Dana White to Sherdog on Saturday night about a PRIDE asset sale. The words to focus on are “not a concrete deal.” While some readers will take a stance that the various Japanese media outlets (like Yomiuri Hochi, Miruhon, etc.) are exaggerating about what will […]
Saturday media slam – Japanese newspapers go wild
Friday, March 23rd, 2007I’m interested in hearing your thoughts on our interview with Ed Fishman. Post a comment if you get the chance. Click full-page view to see what the Japanese newspapers and fight media are saying about UFC’s purchase of PRIDE.
Fight Opinion Radio #43: Ed Fishman
Friday, March 23rd, 2007We have an outstanding interview this week with Ed Fishman, former PRIDE USA President. In this 70-minute interview, Ed discusses the Fishman Companies lawsuit versus Dream Stage Entertainment. There are some very intriguing facts coming out of this interview that you have not heard anywhere else. We have interviewed a lot of power brokers in […]
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