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Monday, November 5th, 2007For the MMA insiders and hardcore fans, today’s big news item is a report that Xyience and Zuffa are supposedly linked together much more closely than apparently first thought. Luke Thomas elaborates on why this is an important story to follow. The one thing I don’t understand is that if the report is true that […]
Friday fight news: IFL GP is tomorrow
Friday, November 2nd, 2007New MMA figurines. Jens Pulver and Frankie Edgar will be participating in a charity event in Trenton (New Jersey) on 11/7. Rashad Evens garnering headlines in The Sun. Tomorrow is the IFL’s live television event (MyNetworkTV). American viewers will see one hour live, while Canadian viewers will get to watch two hours of live programming. […]
Thursday trash talk: Japan’s tough guys
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Todd Martin took on a big task in writing his new CBS Sports column, which is talking about the evolution of MMA in Japan. There are two points that I felt Todd missed talking about in the article: 1) The infamous ‘cement’ (cement is a term that the Japanese use for a ‘shoot’) incident between […]
Wednesday war room: UFC winning the PR battle?
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Well, we know the Couture vs. White feud has jumped the shark when Time Magazine starts covering it. Here is the video of ESPN’s E:60 TV segment yesterday covering Miletich Fighting systems. Trevor Prangley talks about the upcoming Strikeforce Middleweight tournament in November. Here’s an interview with Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua. Meet Matt Gudgeon, who is […]
Wednesday war room: Do you care about Liddell vs. Silva?
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007I want to send my regards to Jeff Comstock, who will moving a lot of his columns over to Bloody Elbow. You can check out Jeff’s latest BE article here. The IFL stock this morning has plunged down to $0.33/share. The UFC 77 payscale. Bleacher Report calls Randy Couture a joke. The author continues to […]
Monday afternoon news update (10/22)
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Jeff Comstock will be working on a longer article tonight for the site about the new backers of M-1. What a strange situation that is. To prepare you for Jeff’s longer article, here are the news developments from today: Monte Cox, agent of a lot of MMA stars, will be the company’s CEO. MMA Analyst […]
A weekend full of great MMA action includes free webcast from Ireland
Friday, October 19th, 2007On a weekend full of great MMA action, I thought I’d let Fight Opinion readers know that http://www.cagewars.co.uk is planning on providing a free webcast for their Cage Wars 8: Celtic Rage Northern Ireland vs. USA event. MAX Entertainment present: Cage Wars live from the Kings Hall Belfast free on the web! On Saturday October […]
Friday fight notes: Dana White has a lot to say
Thursday, October 18th, 2007If you’ve experienced any problems lately with the site loading slowly or not loading at all, you’re not alone. There’s been a lot of traffic hitting our server as of late. Make sure to get your picks in for the Hardcore Championship Fighting show over at MMA Predictions. Just asking… If Monte Cox is going […]
Thursday trash talk: Marc Ecko supporting M-1?
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007If you have not yet signed up for the brand new MMA HQ Fighter Rankings site, go sign up. First-day turn out was great and I want to see as many readers as possible sign up. I think Dr. J is building an excellent project here. Just asking… Monte Cox was pretty quick in publicly […]
Wednesday war room: More turmoil for the IFL
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Ben Rothwell and Mike Whitehead are out of the IFL GP tournament. Money quote from The Fight Network: According to the IFL’s Web site, both fighters’ exclusions from the tournament resulted from failure to sign contract extensions which would have also locked them in for the promotion’s 2008 season. Kurt Otto is not happy: “We’re […]
Tuesday news & notes: UFC has more money than you
Monday, October 8th, 2007If you haven’t listened to the latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio yet, go listen. Meeting Takanori Gomi: Regarding the unified rules, a thoughtful Gomi continues, “America is a very rich country, so it seems to me as if their standards are very high. I think the rules in American MMA and the UFC focus […]
Sunday news review (10/7)
Sunday, October 7th, 2007An update on the Tadao Yasuda story: Nikkan Sports has a new article today on Yasuda’s condition. An initial MRI examination showed no significant brain damage for Yasuda, but he is still suffering from the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. It will be about two or three weeks at the earliest before he can be […]
Saturday quick hits: Roger Hollett’s latest opponent announced
Saturday, October 6th, 2007Roger Hollett will face Lew Polley (ATT) on October 20th at the Halifax Forum in Nova Scotia. Lots of odds and ends news-wise, so let’s get to today’s headlines. Some entertaining reading content.
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