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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007DSE/Yarennoka announced Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan and Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Calvan, of course, is a K-1 fighter and two-time HERO’s Middleweight tournament champion. A lot of people in Japan were wondering if we were going to see Takanori Gomi vs. Calvan on NYE for […]
UFC hires Fox Sports writer alleged of fabricating quotes
Sunday, November 25th, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: Jeremy Lynch asks a fair question. Update II: Ben Cohen responds. On UFC’s home page last Monday, the promotion posted an article claiming that the UFC product is ‘charming the Boxing Brits.’
Black Friday: Matt Serra out of UFC 79
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Just when you thought the momentum was swinging in a negative direction comes news that Matt Serra has had to pull out of his UFC 79 fight against Matt Hughes due to a back injury. The Grinch has made an early appearance to try to ruin Christmas. But don’t worry, Dana White says that Chuck […]
Wednesday war room: Some big turkeys in MMA
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, let us remind you that there is more than UFC on Spike TV. Oh yes, there is. Boxer Jeff Lacy thinks MMA is a fad and not a sport. Solar, a channel in the Philippines, has found its request to air UFC programming rejected. The only way […]
Tuesday headlines: More media reaction to UFC 78
Monday, November 19th, 2007There is a lot of activity this week for MMA events. Eddie Goldman discusses the latest news in the firing of Larry Hazzard from the NJACB. Dave Meltzer on why UFC 78 didn’t validate anyone. MMA Analyst elaborates further. Plus, Fightmetric analysis of Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping. Here is a new edition of Fox […]
Saturday headlines: Media heat-up for UFC 78
Saturday, November 17th, 2007If anyone reading this has high-quality photos available (.TIF format, preferred) for either of the PRIDE Las Vegas events or the Kimbo Slice/Ray Mercer fight that you own the copyrights to, please e-mail me and let’s talk. Thanks. BJ Penn compares Sean Sherk to Marion Jones. Franklin McNeil sat down with Steve Cofield to talk […]
Thursday trash talk: WAMMA gets major media coverage
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007UFC officially announced today the signing of Sokoudjou. He will face Ryoto Machida at UFC 79. The state of Kentucky has now passed legislation to regulate amateur MMA. USA Today has two high-profile MMA articles in its newspaper today. The first is about UFC 78 and the second is about the WAMMA. AM New York […]
Wednesday war room: IFL makes a business pitch to everyone
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007The IFL sent out two press releases on Tuesday. The first release talks about their 12/29 Mohegan Sun Arena card. The second release talks about their video deals with YouTube and Google Ads. Adam Swift analyzes the business deal. Steve Sievert says the promotion still has no live TV deal for the 12/29 show. Thoughts […]
Monday evening update (11/12)
Monday, November 12th, 2007Mike Sawyer and Oliver Copp are back with a new edition of their MMA radio show. Video of Joachim Hansen vs. Eiji Mitsuoka. The folks at Fightmetric want your feedback. Notes from today’s UFC 78 conference call. Dana White’s decided that if Sherk loses his appeal with the CSAC, he’ll strip him of the title. […]
Monday media notes: The MMA world outside of UFC
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Today is the 14th anniversary of the first UFC show produced. Jess Liaudin says that he will KO Marcus Davis at UFC 80. Another reason for Mike Pyle to be upset – ABC News has an article about the role of women in MMA. The San Antonio MMA event (promoted by Jesse James Leija) drew […]
Friday fight notes: What the media thinks of UFC
Friday, November 9th, 2007MMA HQ has a preview for this weekend’s EXC event. An update on Josh Koscheck. Eddie Goldman analyzes the latest sanctioning body attempt in MMA. Evan Tanner in UFC. An about-face about the CSAC from UFC. A British take on the UFC. Doogan says that the current sports editor at the Sunday Times refuses to […]
Tuesday evening notes (11/6)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Don Frye is no longer a coach in the IFL. An interview with Bas Rutten. UFC insists that their UFC 80 event will happen on 1/19. Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau coming at UFC 81. M-1 denies that Fedor will fight on NYE. An update on Jonathan Goulet. The IFL drew a 0.4 rating for […]
Tuesday news and notes (11/6)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Your tabloid headline of the day. Pramit Mohapatra has a brand new article at Sports Illustrated talking about Kimbo Slice. Dan Henderson is coming to Winnipeg on November 30th. Dave Meltzer has two new articles on Yahoo (here and here) talking about last week’s CSAC appeals hearing. An interview with Big John McCarthy. Plus, an […]
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