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Thursday, February 28th, 2008Sherdog report here. MMA Junkie was the outlet that first reported the news. Meanwhile, Bloody Elbow has discussion about the rapid competition that is coming UFC’s way shortly. Adam Swift has an update about the latest legal manueverings between Zuffa & Randy Couture. Update: Here is the CBS/EXC joint press release. Adam Swift brings up […]
Xyience responds to Bergeron’s counterclaim
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Isn’t this an interesting response. As things currently stand, a court hearing regarding Bergeron’s motion to dismiss is set for next week (3/5) and his sanctions filing hearing is set for 3/18. Past Xyience posts: Leland Roling – PRIDE, Xyience, Zuffa, and you Bergeron files 90-page counterclaim against Xyience Fightlinker’s interview with Rich Bergeron
Rio Fight Club event tomorrow
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Press release buy the show @ http://www.intheguard.tv/riofc/livePPV.php full card @ http://www.intheguard.tv/riofc/fightcard.php
K-1 World MAX 2008 Final 16
Wednesday, February 27th, 20084/9 Hiroshima Prefectural Gym card line-up: Masato vs. Virgil Kalakoda Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Albert Kraus Andy Souwer vs. Mike Zambidis Yoshihiro Sato vs. Murat Direkci Drago vs. GORI Artur Kyshenko vs. Jordan Tai Rosario Presti vs. Warren Stevelmans Chi Bin-Lim vs. Yasuhiro Kido Plus: Yuya Yamamoto vs. Marfio Canoletti HIROYA vs. Tsukasa Fuji
American presidential politics
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Normally, I hate discussing non-business-related politics on this site. However, given what is happening with the 2008 US election cycle, one of the two finalists in the Presidential race is John McCain. McCain, as all North American MMA fans know, was the main politician to go after UFC during the SEG days when Bob Meyrowitz […]
A DREAM turning into a nightmare
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Gryphon has two news items of interest. First, Kaoru Uno is unlikely to work for the DREAM promotion right now. Second, DREAM backers are in a panic about Bob Sapp losing to Jan “The Giant” Nortje. A panic? Why, our fine fellow readers chided me for making such a suggestion a couple of days ago! […]
Update on UFC vs. Couture lawsuit
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008There was supposed to be a hearing in Clark County court today in front of judge Jennifer Togliatti in regards to a preliminary injunction that Zuffa LLC filed in court (I would assume regarding Xtreme Couture’s team participating in the IFL). According to the Clark County courthouse site, the pleading was amended today with a […]
Klitschko or Kimbo?
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008That was the question asked today by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon on ESPN. The fact is, amongst the various American sportswriters (for better or for worse), Kimbo Slice is the symbol of MMA. Both Kornheiser and Wilbon called MMA “savagery” on TV. Audio here.
YAMMA 4/11 Atlantic City card
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Press release Los Angeles, February 26, 2008 – Today YAMMA Pit Fighting (YPF), a new mixed martial arts (MMA) organization created by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) founder Bob Meyrowitz, announced that their first matchup will pit Russia vs. U.S.A, as Oleg “The Russian Bear” Taktarov and Don “The Predator” Frye will go toe-to-toe in the […]
Tuesday media takedown (2/26/08)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008The brand new web site for the DREAM promotion is DreamOfficial.com. The DREAM web site is basically a modified format from the old DSE web site for PRIDE. The domain name for the web site was registered on behalf of the promotion’s backers by Network Solutions. Card line-up for 3/15 Saitama Super Arena show.
Monday news & notes (2/25/08)
Monday, February 25th, 2008Jan “The Giant” Nortje makes quick work of Bob Sapp For those of you in the Reno area, supposedly there is going to be an MMA event at the Grand Sierra Resort on April 5th. The promoter is High Roller Productions. Anyone have details on this show?
Meet Mini Hong-Man
Sunday, February 24th, 2008The Japanese press calls him “nise Hong-Man,” but his real name is Masayuki Okude and he won his main event fight today on the ZST 16 show in Tokyo at Shinjuku FACE. The swooning is already commencing.
Fight Opinion Radio #77: Court is back in session
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Kimbo Slice proved to be a huge success at the box office and for Showtime’s television ratings. What exactly is driving the Kimbo phenomenon? Is race as big of a factor as it is being made out to be by certain individuals in the MMA community? Court is back in session this week with the […]
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