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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Elite XC garners more press than the UFC. a) no b) Even if you buy into the author’s premise, the answer is that EXC continues to lose money at a big clip. There’s a difference between getting press coverage and getting effective press coverage. Perfect example: Spike TV preview shows = good, Kimbo Slice PTI […]
Quote of the Week – Dave Meltzer on Affliction
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008He claims that Affliction is paying the fight money for both Andrei Arlovski and Roy Nelson to fight on CBS this Saturday night. Seriously. From the latest Wrestling Observer newsletter… It’s an expensive commercial for Affliction because they are paying for the fight and Arlovski will be earning in the range of seven figures if […]
Quote of the Day – Ken Shamrock’s trainer
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper: “When you’re a fighter, you’re a fighter and sometimes you don’t make all the good decisions, but you make them because of the desire to fight. You want to fight. You’re just not ready,” he said. “I’ve come to a point now where I said if I’m not healthy, I’m not going […]
UFC 93 (1/17/09) news & notes
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Setanta Sports reports that Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson and Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Shogun are fights booked for the promotion’s January 17th event at the O2 Arena in Dublin. UFC official press release here.
Report: UFC 93 set for Ireland
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Eurosport UK is reporting that UFC 93 will take place on January 17th at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Proposed main event? Rich Franklin vs. Chuck Liddell or Mauricio Shogun.
Perception or reality about EXC
Monday, September 29th, 2008It feels like there is zero heat for this Saturday’s EXC show in South Florida with Ken Shamrock vs. Kimbo Slice. Fair assessment or inaccurate? Meanwhile, here’s an interesting SEC filing by Pro Elite today: UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION September 3, 2008 ORDER GRANTING CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 […]
Interested in Xande Ribeiro vs. Hidehiko Yoshida?
Monday, September 29th, 2008Sengoku is teasing that this match could be booked soon. Interestingly enough, the gimmick for the match may revolve around an old “Showa” Japanese pro-wrestling match stipulation from the 1970s era — a ‘jacket match.’ Only back then, they were called Judo Jacket matches.
King Mo and his umbrella
Sunday, September 28th, 2008The pro-wrestling gimmick assigned to him by Sengoku involves him having a ‘beautiful Japanese queen’ at his side at all times. (a King must have a queen. See? See?)
Sengoku 9/28 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I event results
Sunday, September 28th, 2008No attendance was given for this show (this is becoming a tradition for Sengoku). Jorge Masvidal defeated Ryan Schultz in R1 in 1’57 by referee stoppage. Kiuma Kunioku defeated A Sol Kwon after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision. Middleweight GP Series 2008: Siyar Bahadurzada defeated Evangelista Cyborg in R1 in 0’25 by tap-out (injury). […]
K-1 South Korea ratings report
Sunday, September 28th, 2008Report by Yeo Jong-Hoon K-1 aired live at XTM & TVN this past weekend. PM 4:00 ~ 9:40. almost 5 hours. XTM & TVN are popular cable tv channels. CJ Media owns both channels. XTM rating = 3.39% (share 14.79%) No.1 at that time on cable. Peak: Choi Hong-Man vs Badr Hari 3 round’s last […]
K-1 9/27 Seoul World GP 2008 results
Saturday, September 27th, 2008All match results here. Claimed attendance was 15,729. This site has videos of the Seoul fights. 12/6 Yokohama Arena (final eight) GP card line-up: Peter Aerts vs. Badr Hari, Ewerton Teixeira vs. Errol Zimmerman, Gokhan Saki vs. Ruslan Karaev, and Remy Bonjasky vs. Jerome Le Banner.
Article of the Day: Sam Caplan on how to build an MMA promotion
Friday, September 26th, 2008Reading material that will generate a good amount of reaction. Runner up AOTD: Rampage thinks Michael Bisping can beat Dan Henderson and eventually beat Anderson Silva.
Illegal MMA fight club broken up in New York
Thursday, September 25th, 2008In Cortland, New York (reported by Syracuse media).
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