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Monday, October 6th, 2008A taste of what’s to come from the American sports media in regards to Kimbo Slice losing on CBS Saturday night. Jay Mariotti and Kevin Blackistone (a major boxing supporter and anti-MMA guy) were having fun ripping on MMA today on ESPN over the Kimbo situation. They both portrayed Kimbo Slice as the ‘face of […]
Today’s media chalkboard (10/6/08)
Monday, October 6th, 2008The Los Angeles Times: Somewhere out there, Dana White is probably smiling The Baltimore Sun: The Kimbo saga is over Sports Illustrated (Josh Gross): Kimbo Slice overrated — the star that never was Darren Rovell (CNBC): Elite XC gets ‘sliced’ The problem is that mixed martial arts is not a viable business, just like professional […]
The words “conflict of interest” come to mind
Monday, October 6th, 2008Could you imagine the uproar in mainstream media circles if it was found out that a sports agent like Scott Boras owned a sports media web site (like a Yahoo or SI) that purported to give news and information about athletes, including a lot of his own clients? Boras would be getting killed for this […]
Elite XC’s FSN/Comcast Sportsnet TV deal
Sunday, October 5th, 2008I’m watching their show right now featuring Cage Rage footage with Anderson Silva fighting. Other than perhaps a rights fee, what is the point of this FSN TV show for Elite XC?
Just another day in the Japanese combat sports world
Sunday, October 5th, 2008First, Asashoryu denied allegations of match-fixing in Sumo in Tokyo District Court. Meanwhile, all eyes are on Satoshi Ishii after he skipped participation in a team Judo competition at Tokyo Budokan (not to be mistaken with Nippon Budokan). The explanation is injury. Media reports continue to swirl about whether or not Ishii will fight in […]
Headline of the Day – Kimbo Slice
Sunday, October 5th, 2008“Kimbo exposed as farce” has been the screaming headline on Yahoo’s main page all day long. The author of the article is Dan Wetzel, not exactly a rocket scientist when it comes to MMA coverage. Dave Meltzer he is not. Just think — Wetzel gets paid to cover and write on MMA occasionally and you […]
Report: Elite XC 10/4 CBS show drew same ratings as May event
Sunday, October 5th, 2008Ratings breakdown here. The good news? Ratings are back up. The bad news? It’s clear that the ratings are all contingent upon Kimbo Slice, with the only excuse available being that Gina Carano fought on both cards. Of course, they didn’t push her fights as the main events, either. The ugly news? CBS nearly finished […]
Media headlines coming out of EXC Florida event
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Every major sports site online tonight you visit (Google News, ESPN, etc.), the headline of Seth Petruzelli beating Kimbo Slice is being mentioned prominently. Unfortunately for Petruzelli, most of the major sports sites are refusing to use his name in the headline and instead are going with generic headlines like “replacement quickly KOs Kimbo,” “Kimbo […]
The meltdown of Kimbo Slice and Elite XC
Saturday, October 4th, 2008It managed to meltdown our server. Per usual for this web hosting company. Seth Petruzelli destroyed him in 11 seconds. Now, the question on my mind — could Ken Shamrock actually have beaten Kimbo Slice in a stand-up fight? I’m actually curious about this! Dave Meltzer: There is a Tyson feel to Kimbo as he […]
No more Ken vs. Kimbo…
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Rumor mill here. Consider this your post for EXC 10/4 Florida event coverage. Post all comments, links, reports here. Or maybe the fight will happen… or not. Frank Shamrock, all dressed to announce, is awaiting word as it is very possible he will face Slice. Slice’s people had not agreed to Seth Petruzelli as of […]
That nutritionist really paid off for Gina Carano
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Professional. Update: Denny Burkholder of CBS Sports has a report on the Carano weigh-in debacle. He further adds the following: Suffice it to say, she looked absolutely terrible. I’d go so far as to say she looked sick. She clearly needs to either stop cutting to 140, or figure out a safer way to do […]
Media heat-up for EXC 10/4 Florida event
Friday, October 3rd, 2008With both pro-football (Dolphins at home vs. San Diego Chargers) & college football (Florida State vs. Miami) dominating the Miami sports this scene this weekend, let’s see what kind of oxygen Elite XC can get with Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock. Sherdog: The Kimbo Slice bubble Stated plainly: EliteXC’s survival is contingent upon Slice in […]
K-1 10/1 Tokyo, Nippon Budokan
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Event results here. Ratings news: 12.6% rating, with a peak rating of 18.5% for Masato vs. Yoshihiro Sato. Claimed attendance for the show was 15,231. Videos of the fights can be found here.
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