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Monday, April 7th, 2008Hayato “Mach” Sakurai will face David Baron in Shooto on 5/3 in Tokyo at JCB Hall (Tokyo Dome City). Also booked for the show is Lion Takeshi vs. Rumina Sato. The circus between Nobuyuki Sakakibara and UFC continues to grow. Luke Thomas does therapy. Eurosport: Michael Bisping’s blood is boiling Fox Sports: Kendall Grove, Evan […]
Today’s chalkboard (4/6/08)
Sunday, April 6th, 2008Sherdog: More controversy at a ShoXC event The Boston Herald: Kenny Florian ready for all comers Jack Encarnacao: Kenny Florian sets himself apart The Boston Globe: Team Link puts BJJ on the map The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: UFC on Spike TV has strong ratings MMA Junkie: Kim Couture wins in MMA debut Fox Sports: Champions […]
MMA’s moneyball era coming soon?
Saturday, April 5th, 2008AOL Fanhouse: Is MMA ready for the moneyball era? (a great interview with Fight Metric) The Winnipeg Sun: Top 10 Canuck fighters The Quad City Times: Commenters take UFC to the mat The Canadian Press: Sam Stout to get love from crowd at UFC 83 Dave Meltzer: Frank Shamrock still relevant in big picture The […]
DREAM & Sengoku card updates
Friday, April 4th, 2008K-1 has set the table for the next two DREAM events (DREAM 2 on 4/29 and DREAM 3 on 5/11 at Saitama Super Arena). The 5/11 Saitama card features Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Buscape, Kaoru Uno vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida, Joachim Hansen vs. Eddie Alvarez, and Katsuhiko Nagata vs. the winner of JZ Calvan/Shin’ya Aoki II […]
How the AP’s story on “MMA for kids” has caused a firestorm
Friday, April 4th, 2008I have noticed a big amount of local newspaper editorials across the nation today in regards to that Associated Press article last week talking about kids doing ‘ultimate fighting.’ That AP article did some major damage. CBS 13 in Sacramento has an article on the situation. The story has gotten so over-the-top that in Missouri, […]
This has been a great week for fight fans
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Save your arguments about pro-wrestling for another time. If you are a pro-wrestling fan or an MMA fan, this has been a hell of a week for you. On Monday night, the greatest television segment in the history of American professional wrestling happened on WWE TV with Ric Flair’s farewell address. There is no one […]
Lauzon vs. Florian and new season of TUF is tonight
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Make sure to get your predictions in today for tonight’s UFN card. There has been a lot of media coverage leading up to this event, so Lauzon vs. Florian definitely has a big-match feel to it. Xyience has been officially sold: The sale price will cover only part of the secured debt at Xyience, debtor […]
April Fool’s: Does Chuck Liddell think Kimbo Slice is one?
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Chuck Liddell says Kimbo Slice is overrated, at least according to The Sun newspaper today. Expect this to pick up some steam on the blogs, no doubt. Here is the BetUS preview for this Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night event. Todd Martin has an article talking about the upcoming match between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. […]
Namedropping: Bob Sapp & BALCO
Monday, March 31st, 2008(Hat tip: Mikeinformer.) As if things couldn’t get any worse for the giant from Seattle: Novitzky said 30 athletes were called to testify before the grand jury in 2003. Novitzky didn’t identify any of the athletes, but testified there was “some evidence” that professional wrestler Bob Sapp — who briefly played in the NFL — […]
Shamrock vs. Le attracts huge media coverage
Monday, March 31st, 2008Takashi Hasegawa of Pancrase will be fighting Musse Hasselvall in Stockholm, Sweden on April 5th in an under 60kg fight at Superior Challenge. The Las Vegas Review-Journal has an article on Xyience today, titled Having it all but seeing it fall. Tomorrow is supposed to be the date of the auction for the company. This […]
The one-year anniversary of PRIDE’s death
Sunday, March 30th, 2008It was a year ago when the death of PRIDE, Japan’s largest MMA play, became a reality. A company that was ultimately sunk by charges of corruption eventually met its fate. That fate is still playing out in a Clark County, Nevada courtroom with PRIDE FC Worldwide Holdings LLC suing Nobuyuki Sakakibara and his production […]
Cung Le beats Frank Shamrock in San Jose
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Interesting show tonight. Full results here. Plus, a broken forearm. Some people must have won decent money betting on Le to win. Adam Swift labels the main event as ‘an instant classic.’ Also, Frank’s wife went to the hospital.
Leonard Garcia is in hot water with authorities
Friday, March 28th, 2008The big story of the day is that WEC fighter Leonard Garcia has been arrested by police in a major cocaine trafficking ring that allegedly extended from Lubbock to El Paso, Texas. The Fight Network: Tim Sylvia may be set to announce he’s leaving UFC Sherdog: Nick Diaz speaks on CSAC The Long Beach Press-Telegram: […]
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