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Monday, May 26th, 2008Josh Barnett is booked for two upcoming Inoki Genome shows in Japan — 6/23 Tsukisamu Green Dome (Sapporo) and 8/15 in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan. I added the RSS feed for The Long Beach Press-Telegram on the site. For some reason, the RSS feed doesn’t work on the clickthroughs. Not sure why it’s broken. Onto […]
UFC 84 discussion
Saturday, May 24th, 2008Quick sidenote: Our friend, Erin Bucknell, is looking for new writers/photographers to bring onto the MMACalifornia.net web site. If you’re in the state and can help her out, please contact her. Thanks. Results in full-page mode. Plus, Luke Thomas has an audio recap covering the UFC 84 event (audio here). Also added: Media headlines covering […]
A new game to play: Where in the world is Dana White
Saturday, May 24th, 2008The Canadian Press: Bad blood and good fighters highlight UFC 84 card in Las Vegas Fox Sports: Breaking down UFC 84 – Sherk vs. Penn The Washington Post: Sean Sherk faces both BJ Penn and steroid issue The Dayton Daily News: Can Sean Sherk become the world’s top lightweight? The LA Times: Tito Ortiz’s UFC […]
Steroid talk dominates media heat-up for UFC 84 event
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Sherdog is bringing in a lot of new and veteran writing talent on their site now (including Loretta Hunt and Brian Knapp of TFN fame). It is definitely a positive move in the right direction. Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Coleman is officially canceled. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Melvin Manhoef has been booked for 6/15 at Yokohama […]
Fight Opinion Radio #81: UFC 84 preview and sabermetrics in MMA
Friday, May 23rd, 2008We are joined this week by the man behind FightMetric.com to preview this Saturday’s UFC 84 event. We have predictions for all the major fights on the show, which includes usage of data from the Fight Metric web site. Plus, an interesting question is posed on the show about the future role of sabermetrics and […]
Today’s chalkboard (5/22/08)
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008We should have an audio preview of this upcoming UFC event either available tonight or early tomorrow morning. New Hampshire is preparing for MMA legislation. Onto today’s headlines. The Las Vegas Sun: The art in UFC’s violence – fighters, emotion, blood captured in book, exhibit The Las Vegas Sun: Glorified jock posters or art, project […]
Will Affliction draw serious money promoting events?
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008The upcoming Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Maurice Smith fight for Sengoku 3 on 6/8 at Saitama Super Arena is being pushed in the Japanese media as a battle between two fighters who are a combined 85 years old. Onto today’s headlines. The Long Beach Press-Telegram: Affliction throws itself into the mix (note the comment about not […]
Gus Johnson is ready to run wild, brother
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Intriguingly, Gus Johnson of CBS Sports will be the play-by-play man for the Elite XC debut show on CBS. I have ribbed Mauro Ranallo about this in the past, but make no mistake about it – Johnson (in an interview with Bill Simmons on ESPN) was very serious about getting into MMA. You can’t go […]
Welcome to the fight business
Saturday, May 17th, 2008There is some controversy growing about a cancelation of Anderson Silva’s seminar in the Houston area. Jared Barnes has all the details right here. What makes the story interesting is that in a May 5th news update on our site, we posted a link to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel news article titled UFC champions Antonio […]
Ortiz/White feud continues to draw media attention
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Todd Martin: BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk showdown should be classic grudge match The Sun (UK): BJ Penn hits back at Sean Sherk Michael Bisping: It’s doomsday for Jason Day ESPN The Magazine: MMA submission – Kung Fu Panda Kevin Iole: Mike Tyson fight or no, Kimbo Slice is no freakshow Sam Caplan: ‘TUF’ coaches […]
Today’s chalkboard (5/16/08)
Friday, May 16th, 2008I have been busy working on various projects, which have kept me preoccupied for a while now. I am hopeful that within the next month, order will be restored and that I will be able to write some op-eds and give more analysis on what is currently happening in the MMA business. For the time […]
Today’s chalkboard (4/14/08)
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Fox Sports: Tito Ortiz — ‘I plan on fighting for three more years’ Fox Sports: IFL is seeking buyers for the troubled league Sherdog: IFL changes while seeking a future Fight Hype: Christopher Bell — ‘What’s really the big deal about steroids?’ Setanta Sports (UK): Keith Jardine – legend slayer The Calgary Sun: Workout with […]
Interested in Mayhem vs. Sakuraba?
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008DREAM 4 is set for June 15th at Yokohama Arena. Any desire to see Mayhem Miller vs. Kazushi Sakuraba in a fight? The claimed paid attendance for DREAM 3 at Saitama Super Arena on the 11th was 21,789. USA Today: Interview with Josh Barnett PR: Nonprofit organizes May 15th run in Vegas to raise funds […]
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