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Friday, November 10th, 2006Comments on From Dave Doyle’s weekly Fox Sports column: I’ve heard about some of the things he’s said and I think he’s a piece of s—,” said Sylvia, who defends his title against Monson at UFC 65 at Arco Arena in Sacramento on Nov. 18. “He disrespects our soldiers and our country and our President. […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 31
Friday, November 10th, 2006One guest. One name. Frank Shamrock. This week on Fight Opinion Radio. Additional topics discussed on the show include: Mauro Ranallo leaving PRIDE, Kevin Randleman allegedly fails an NSAC drug test, plus the world-famous Grab Bag (including an explanation on why women love Emelianenko Fedor). And, oh yeah, by the way… Mr. Shamrock says he […]
UFN TUF Finale open-thread
Thursday, November 9th, 2006Comments on Here’s the fight card line-up for this Saturday’s event that will air on Spike TV. Predict the TV rating that the show will draw on Spike TV (I pick 1.2). Make predictions for the main fights (or for all of them). (Admin note: If you submit a comment to any of the threads […]
Thursday media round-up
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Will be updated all day long. Miami Herald: Serra to meet Lytle in Saturday’s The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback finale UFC HP: Travis Lutter back in the spotlight this Saturday New York Newsday: Can’t take the fight out of this Long Islander (Matt Serra) Houston Chronicle: IFL team competition to air throughout November on […]
Jeff Joslin vs Josh Koscheck at UFN in December
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006By Stephan Marceau The big news out of Canada yesterday is that Jeff “The Inferno” Joslin will finally make his UFC debut. To be sure, his start will be a very good test indeed, but a great opportunity to show his skill level. He is set to face Josh Koscheck at the next UFN on […]
Tuesday media highlights
Monday, November 6th, 2006Will be updated throughout the next day. Media round: Erin Bucknell interview Times-Herald Record (New York): Video interview with Matt Serra WBRZ News: Latest news on attempts to ban MMA in Louisiana and determine legality of such events Yahoo (Press Release): BoDogFight will hold a big PPV on 12/2 in Vancouver, Canada at the The […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 12
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006By Erin Bucknell We get a recap of Matt Serra calling out Marc Laimon a couple of weeks ago and Edwin’s Ric Flair impersonation during his last TUF fight. Serra says he’s still proud of Pete Sell, even though he lost as it wasn’t to a knockout or submission.
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 30 (Media Week)
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006This week’s show (presented by Whaledog.com) is a good one if you like to hear the thoughts from writers who cover the MMA business extensively. Our first guest is Eddie Goldman of NHB News (his site’s ATOM feed is here). Eddie shares his thoughts on UFC’s marketing tactics, Dana White’s behavior in public, HBO’s level […]
UFC signs deal to create TV shows in Spanish
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Multichannel News: Fox Sports Espanol gets in UFC ring The exclusive one-year deal includes Spanish-language television and video-on-demand rights to Gladiadores del UFC, a series of six one-hour UFC fight specials that will air over the course of six months. Business Wire: UFC’s press release on the new FSE deal
Sunday & Monday is media fun-day
Sunday, October 29th, 2006Consider this an open post to talk about any stories MMA-related you see in the media or just anything in general MMA-related you want to talk about. Look at the prices on Ticketmaster for tickets for UFC’s TUF 4 Finale show. $175-$495 USD per ticket. Sunday and Monday headlines can be read in full-post view.
Mike Tyson’s PPV value in 2006 is…
Friday, October 27th, 2006Half of what Total Nonstop Action wrestling draws. Oleg Maskaev has his Christmas card ready to send and mail off to Iron Mike now. Even he is laughing at Tyson’s buyrate power. PRIDE looks to be very smart by marketing Tyson in Macau and not in America. If you click on full-post view, you can […]
Monson + St. Pierre = UFC Problem?
Friday, October 27th, 2006By Tom Bones Before we get going, just want to say thanks to the folks at FightOpinion.com for the opportunity to share some of our thoughts on the UFC. We’ll try and contribute as often as possible, but feel free to visit UFCmania if you want a more regular fix. Now let’s get started.
GSP interview on RDS
Friday, October 27th, 2006By Stephan Marceau A great article on RDS. RDS is the French version of TSN, which in turn is the Canadian equivalent to ESPN. Funny enough, RDS covers a lot more sports than TSN. TSN seems to cover mainstream sports only. I thought there would be enough interest to warrant a full translation (right Erin?), […]
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