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Friday, August 24th, 2007I’m opening a separate post because there are a ton of MMA media links today. A busy day for the MMA writers. Luke Thomas was in a car accident and Adam Morgan once again was on the radio beat. ESPN practically ran a five-minute infomercial, I mean “cooler talk” segment with Joe Rogan on SportsCenter […]
Monday maintenance: Lots of activity in the UK
Monday, August 20th, 2007K-1 announced Masato vs. Buakaw Por Pramuk for their 10/3 K-1 World MAX tournament show in Tokyo at Nippon Budokan. Just an embarassing article in Advertising Age parroting The Zuffa Myth. The author’s e-mail address is here. Here is the Cage Rage 23 card line-up, set for 9/22 in London. IFL TV is coming to […]
Sunday news review: Shooto lands in Orange County
Saturday, August 18th, 2007In the next couple of days, we will be launching a new site design. I expect a mixture of both positive and negative feedback to the re-design, but I feel that the new look will help our readers gather more information quickly on a daily basis. Because the new site format will be pulling links […]
Thursday trash talk: Say no, Sakuraba-san…
Thursday, August 16th, 2007A message to the guys at Komikazee – send me the files today that you tried to send earlier in the week (but didn’t work due to broken links). We’re opening up the mailbox for this week’s radio show. Any MMA-related topic on your mind that you want us to talk about during our mailbag […]
Monday media marks: HBO > Spike TV for UFC
Sunday, August 12th, 2007In Japanese media circles, Ed Fishman’s appearance at the K-1 Las Vegas event on Saturday night drew some buzz. Ed said he received an invitation from K-1 to watch the show, so he did. It looks like K-1 is going to find a way to get Musashi onto the World GP show on 9/29 in […]
Sunday media stroll: Alexander wants to reach out to you
Saturday, August 11th, 2007Fightlinker needs some help with WordPress. E-mail him if you can help him out. Main results from tonight’s K-1 Las Vegas show: Stefan Leko defeated Mighty Mo after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision (30-27 scores), Bjorn Bregy defeated Ray Sefo after 3R by a 2-1 judges’ decision, and Doug Viney (the New Zealander who […]
Saturday afternoon media special
Saturday, August 4th, 2007There’s a surprising amount of MMA media coverage today. The zone is flooded with content. Here’s our Saturday morning news update. On Any Given Saturday today, Luke Thomas interviewed Sherdog writer Jake Rossen. Show audio here. Also, Luke is also looking for guest bloggers next week to help fill in for him at Bloody Elbow. […]
Saturday headlines: MMA at the Mansion
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Medical suspensions issued from the NJACB coming out of the IFL show this past Thursday night: Gerald Harris suspended 30 days and needs neurological examination, Bryan Vetell pending x-ray of left foot and opthamalogical exam of left eye, Tim Boetsch pending xray of right hand, David Phillips 60 days and needs neurological examination, Chris Clements […]
Thursday trash talk: North Carolina ready to regulate MMA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007The IFL enters into $12.7 million USD financing. Update: The stock went down to $0.65 USD/share the morning after this news was released. Here are the weigh-in results for the IFL show that will take place tonight in New Jersey. If you haven’t already done so, head on over to MMA Predictions and make your […]
Tuesday headlines: Catch wrestling fever
Monday, July 30th, 2007Kendall Grove prepares for UFC 74. A message from Antonio Inoki’s MySpace account (there is one for the IGF) on the death of Karl Gotch. Simon Inoki also released a statement. Josh Barnett also posted a statement. John Wood also has a post about Gotch. Here’s some information pertaining to the politics surrounding catch wrestling […]
Round two of UFC and Ricky Hatton
Friday, July 27th, 2007Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports reported on Friday night that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas on December 8th. Eastside Boxing reports that the MGM Grand Garden Arena is being discussed as a possible host for the event. Why is it possibly news-of-concern for UFC? December 8th is when UFC is […]
Wednesday war room: From the horse’s mouth
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Pro Elite puts money into Cage Rage. Not a bad plan. Plus, Nick Diaz returns September 15th in Hawaii. Kevin Iole is reading your letters and responding back. To e-mail him with MMA-related topics, use [email protected]. Plus, he made an appearance Tuesday on Fight Network Radio. Audio here. Lots of interesting odds and ends in […]
Friday fight notes: Bonnar and Griffin to train together
Thursday, July 19th, 2007I have no idea what to make of this. Professionalism 101? Why not. “Ken Pavia, my new manager, called me yesterday and asked me to fight Mike Swick in place of Chris Leben,” Goulet said. “He called me back two hours later and said Mike Swick didn’t accept [the fight], but I don’t think it […]
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