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Monday, October 1st, 2007Kazuhiro Nakamura ended up being the only fighter (so far) from the UFC 76 show suspended for failing a drug test (marijuana). Anthony Johnson, Rich Clementi, Thiago Tavares, Tyson Griffin, and Ryoto Machida tested negative for anabolics, masking agents, diuretics, or drugs of abuse. A third batch of testing results from fighters on the show […]
Fight Opinion Radio #63: Frank Shamrock
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007A big two-hour radio show this week. First, we are joined by Tomer Chen to talk about the fallout from UFC 76. Our focus is on how the current North American MMA judges could be trained better and what ways could be implemented to improve the effectiveness of the 10-point must system. Second, we have […]
UFC 76 – the aftermath
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports attended the UFC 76 post-fight press conference. Some highlights: White launched into a tirade against the PRIDE fan boys and the Internet sites he said who encourage them to denigrate the UFC. “I want to say something and everybody knows how I’ve felt for years about these goofy Internet websites,” […]
Heat-up for UFC 76
Friday, September 21st, 2007First, more bad news for boxing fans. Mark Cuban made an appearance on The Mike Tirico Show Friday to talk about UFC and MMA (starting at the 15 minute mark – audio here). Here is a report claiming that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter gave Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz a tour of The White House. […]
Thursday trash talk: Will the IFL take center stage?
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Tickets are still available for UFC 76. Three new SEC filings by Pro Elite (here, here, and here). The Vancouver Province newspaper printed an editorial today speaking out against a possible ban of MMA in the city. Plus, the latest on attempts to ban MMA in Perth, Australia. Alex Marvez is reporting that the IFL […]
Cage Rage ‘Contenders’ Set For Welsh Expansion
Thursday, September 20th, 2007By Mark Pickering Cage Rage’s popular feeder series ‘Contenders’ is set for pastures new and a domestic expansion with their next installment set for the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales, on the 18th November. ‘Celtic Uprising’ will become Cage Rage’s first event in Wales and is reportedly being funded by local businessmen who are producing the […]
Pro Elite pays big for KOTC & Cage Rage
Monday, September 17th, 2007MMA Predictions talks about consolidation in the industry. So, what did it take for Pro Elite to buy out King of the Cage? Now we know. Pursuant to an agreement dated September 12, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”) among King of the Cage, Inc. (“KOTC”), Terry Trebilcock (“Trebilcock”) and Juliemae Trebilcock, the shareholders of KOTC (the […]
Tuesday headlines: Referees gone wild
Monday, September 17th, 2007Our good friend Tetsuya Sano participated in an amateur shootboxing event in Tokyo this past weekend. Check out his matches here, here, and here. The event was covered by Sports Navigator. The Deseret News in Utah is reporting that Brigham Young University (BYU) has banned The Versus Network on campus because the channel airs MMA […]
Sunday news review: Half-full or half-empty?
Sunday, September 16th, 2007Dayton Morinaga of The Honolulu Advertiser reported that the crowd size for the Elite XC show in Hawaii on Saturday was around 5,000 at Blaisdell Arena, or around half-full. The mystery MMA show that took place at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday night had a shooting incident take place in the building. More […]
Charges of fabrication made against Fox Sports
Thursday, September 13th, 2007By Zach Arnold Score one for the commenters of the Fight Opinion web site. On Thursday morning, I linked to a Fox Sports article by Ben Cohen titled Bisping’s blow-up bad for UFC. The article made claims about Michael Bisping’s beligerent behavior at the UFC 75 post-fight press conference. However, a funny thing happened. Both […]
Thursday trash talk: Like your MMA in 3D?
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Another failed drug test in MMA. Photo of the day. Over at Fox Sports, a new article titled Bisping’s blow-up bad for UFC. I also have an article on this topic over at Boxing Scene. Gregg Doyel at CBS Sportsline says Friends of MMA, unite against that awful stench. A debate about who the casual […]
UFC 75 draws huge numbers
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007UFC’s home page says it all – UFC 75 on Spike TV is the most-watched UFC event in history. The event drew a 3.1 rating. It’s an excellent rating for the show overall. Even better for UFC is that the ratings numbers grew for each fight on the show incrementally, meaning people did not turn […]
Tuesday turmoil: More on UFC 75 and Bisping/Hamill
Monday, September 10th, 2007Real live MMA and fighting happening in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Surely, Jordan Breen is on the case. K-1 announced Sergey Kharitonov vs. Alistair Overeem and Fabio Silva vs. Melvin Manhoef for their 9/17 Yokohama Arena event. Kharitonov was promoted in Japan today as being associated with Volk Han. Sports Illustrated has an article claiming that […]
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