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Friday, March 14th, 2008Denis Martins: Paulo Fliho in rehab, out of WEC fight WEC HP: Company statement on Paulo Filho Mike Coughlin: Thoughts on the DREAM debut event The Princeton Daily Clarion (Indiana): Ex-PCHS grappler John Turner dreams of ultimate fighting crown The Daily Record (UK): Cage fighters look for respect despite ‘cockfighting’ claims The News & Observer: […]
Thursday trash talk (3/13/08)
Thursday, March 13th, 2008MMA Junkie reports that NBC & Strikeforce are close to announcing a TV deal. The Fightworks Podcast will be at the BJJ Pan-Ams on March 30th in Carson, California. Join Caleb and his super-high listenership of 600,000 for breakfast that day at R & R Soul Food Restaurant. Friendly reminder — make sure to listen […]
Order of fights for DREAM debut event
Thursday, March 13th, 2008As it stands right now: Minowaman vs. Mr. X Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidetaka Monma LGP R1: Kotetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen LGP R1: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Luiz Buscape LGP R1: Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Artur Umakhanov LGP R1: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Jung Bu-Kyung Mirko Cro Cop vs. Tatsuya Mizuno LGP R1: Andre Dida vs. Eddie […]
Media watch (3/12/08)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008A big announcement on the boxing interwebs today, as MaxBoxing and Boxing Scene are merging their two sites together. Also, I saw that coverage of the Anderson Silva/Roy Jones Jr. story hit the airwaves on ESPN. Jim Rome credited the news to MMA Weekly on-air. Congratulations to the MMA Weekly guys.
Wednesday weekly review: Matt Lindland wants your vote
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The big story of the day is that Matt Lindland is attempting a run at political office. KPIC CBS 4 is reporting that Lindland has thrown his name into the Oregon primary race in an attempt to become the Republican nominee for a local House seat. The Canadian Press: The Road Warrior looks forward to […]
Tuesday reading material (3/11/08)
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Slow news cycle today, but here are the news items I have for you. Here’s an interesting news item regarding Elite XC getting a new CEO. I don’t know if the company’s CFO leaving is a good thing or a bad thing. Josh Barnett: Learn the Fitness by Barnett program Steve Cofield: Jon Koppenhaver checks […]
No soccer ball kicks and foot stomps in DREAM
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Yuji Shimada said that the DREAM promotion would aim to not have either soccer ball kicks or foot stomps in fights that take place in the DREAM ring. More on this story here and here. Mirko Cro Cop will face U-FILE camp member Tatsuya Mizuno at the DREAM 3/15 Saitama Super Arena event.
Fight Opinion Radio #78: Oleg Taktarov & Jeremy Lappen
Monday, March 10th, 2008This week, we have two special interviews for you. First, we have an interview with Elite XC matchmaker Jeremy Lappen. Jeremy stops by to talk about the new EXC/CBS deal and clarifies or disproves some of the rumors floating on the Internet about the business aspects of the new relationship. Second, we have an interview […]
Monday news & notes (3/10/08)
Monday, March 10th, 2008The big story of the day is this New York Times article talking about UFC’s upcoming campaign to get MMA legalized in New York state. Apparently, UFC will have a new web site called MMA Facts to try to positively persuade public opinion about the business. The Dayton Daily News (OH): Diego Saraiva has impressive […]
Sunday news review (3/9/08)
Sunday, March 9th, 2008If you haven’t read my article previewing the DREAM project, go read it. New radio show should be available by tonight or tomorrow morning. The Cincinnati Enquirer: For Rich Franklin, fighting only part of the agenda The Ottawa Sun: Jason Day drops the hammer Great Reporter: Body by choke hold The Sweet Science: End of […]
Doom
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Ken Shamrock lost today. Video here.
DREAM debut event photos
Saturday, March 8th, 2008At next week’s event at Saitama Super Arena, there will be a photographer taking pictures on behalf of MMA Opinion. The photographer is interested and willing to sell any of the event photographs (including editing). If you’re interested in getting some photos of the event for your web site (and/or magazine), contact Brandt DeLorenzo at […]
Update on Xyience vs. Bergeron lawsuit (3/8)
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Even though Xyience’s legal team (the third different team appointed since the company filed suit against Rich Bergeron) got their time extension granted (making the next hearing in the case on 4/3 — two days after Xyience heads to bankruptcy auction for sale), Clark County court records show that Mr. Bergeron filed several motions this […]
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