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Thursday, June 5th, 2008Besides the mystery Sengoku III event at Saitama Super Arena, we have an under-the-radar UFC event in London with some pretty intriguing match-ups. Here’s a preview of upcoming attractions: MMA Betting Blog: UFC 85 odds – Matt Hughes vs. Thiago Alves MMA Junkie: Performify’s picks for UFC 85 MMA Analyst: UFC 85 betting preview MMA […]
The Donald says yes to bankrolling Affliction
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Dana White recently mocked the upstart Affliction promotion, stating the obvious – how or why would a t-shirt guy start promoting MMA? Well, maybe it’s because Donald Trump is financially backing him, that’s why. Which could lead to Tito Ortiz signing with this new promotion. That would be bad news for Gary Shaw & Elite […]
Kimbo Slice vs. Brett Rogers is coming soon
Thursday, June 5th, 2008Trusty report here. I like it. In bizzaro pop-culture world, Ray Ratto injects the name of Kimbo Slice into one of his articles. The Nevada Appeal: Forget about drafts and boxing, give us Kimbo-Tyson The Las Vegas Sun: Much ado about prime-time MMA The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: Ultimate fighting’s network debut? Pass the popcorn
Dana White channels the spirit of Vince McMahon, once again
Thursday, June 5th, 2008From an interview with ESPN the Magazine: I gotta tell you, I was very, very disappointed in ESPN this past weekend. A 15-minute feature on SportsCenter about Kimbo Slice? That is embarrassing. It’s so bad I can’t even tell you. Then that show goes off. That guy he fought is a joke, and he went […]
Feeding the beast: The media can’t stop talking about Kimbo Slice
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Bryan Burwell (NBC Sports & St. Louis Post-Dispatch): With Kimbo-mania, CBS has jumped into the abyss of human cockfighting Mike Chiappetta (NBC Sports): Some MMA coverage deserving of beatdown The Missoulian (MT): Kimbo, CBS don’t put new sport’s best fist forward The Dayton Daily News (OH): The demand for MMA doesn’t justify airing it The […]
Mystery Sengoku show this weekend
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008If you haven’t heard anything about the event, you’re not alone. Card line-up for the show: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Maurice Smith Kazuo Misaki vs. Logan Clark Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Travis Wiuff Fabio Sliva vs. Yoshiki Takahashi Choi Mu-Bae vs. Marcio “Pé de Pano” Cruz Nick Thompson vs. Michael Costa Chris Rice vs. Sanae Kikuta Rodrigo […]
A strange ratings list
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Right here. Let’s just say there’s quite a few missing fights on that list that drew nearly, oh, four-to-five times those ratings.
TV ratings for WEC Sacramento event
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Details here. Good news.
Another round of Kimbo Slice talk
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008The Miami Herald: Kimbo Slice outdraws playoff hockey AOL Fanhouse: Bas Rutten thinks the Kimbo fight should have been stopped in the second round The Kansas City Star: MMA meltdown Defamer: Kimbo and Regis Philbin slug it out for the soul of weekend television E! Online: Kimbo Slice puts best foot, fist forward ABC Action […]
MMA blogger blowback to The New York Times
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Message sent. Will it be received? More NYT anger. Another dose here.
Addressing the notion of Kimbo Slice as a boxer
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Josh Alper at AOL Fanhouse got the ball rolling with this post yesterday about such prospects, given that Gary Shaw has EXC champion KJ Noons under a similar situation (as a boxer & MMA fighter). This morning, Santos Perez in The Miami Herald brings up the idea of Kimbo in boxing and thinks that it […]
Quote of the Week – Bill Simmons on Mauro Ranallo
Monday, June 2nd, 2008Mauro is not getting any love from ESPN or The New York Times, which is unfortunate to say the least: Bill Simmons: (12:34 PM ET ) Obviously I was in heaven with GuJo announcing an MMA event, I have been pining for this for years (either MMA, boxing, wrestling or the Real World/Road Rules Challenge […]
The New York Times is watching you, MMA bloggers
Monday, June 2nd, 2008MMA Predictions has released a Google Gadget that will deliver a new MMA fighter to your Google HP each morning. It’s a unique way to be exposed to certain fighters you may not be familiar with yet. Here is the link to the gadget. The New York Times has two articles today talking about the […]
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