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Saturday, December 1st, 2007The Fight Network is reporting tonight that Houston-area fighter Sammy Vasquez has died. Our condolences go out to the Vasquez family. Luke Thomas comments. MMA Opinion comments. Adam Swift comments. Steve Sievert comments.
Cage Force 12/1 Differ Ariake event results
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Results from today’s event at Differ Ariake in Tokyo: Middleweights: Yukiya Naito defeated Takenori Sato in R1 in 4’45 by TKO. Lightweights: ISE and Takahito Iida went to a draw after 2R. Takeya Mizugaki defeated Seiji Otsuka after 2R by a 3-0 judges’ decision. Bantamweights: Kenji Osawa defeated Punchy Yamauchi after 2R by a 3-0 […]
UFC and corporate sponsorship
Saturday, December 1st, 2007There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that, according to an article in Broadcasting & Cable, Spike TV is helping UFC attract some corporate sponsors. The network has found a gentlemanly solution. A subset of its sales force is now devoted to making the league more palatable to those advertisers. A […]
Saturday headlines: The future of Marcelo Garcia
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Sad news, as Sam Vasquez has reportedly been moved to Hospice in the Houston area. There is a big story developing, involving Marcelo Garcia. The Palm Beach Post is reporting that no charges will be filed against Din Thomas for hosting illegal cage fights at his school have been dropped. Oleg Taktarov won his comeback […]
Pro Elite inks deal with IMG Media
Friday, November 30th, 2007In a story that went under the media radar on Thursday, Pro Elite issued a press release announcing a new content distribution deal with IMG Media. Under the terms of the deal, IMG will help utilize ProElite’s vast live and archived MMA video content offerings, including live television rights to future events as well as […]
Quote of the Day – Japanese MMA
Friday, November 30th, 2007You don’t say… My perception of the Japanese fight game over the last half decade has always been one of a culture of smiling and bowing short men in black suites lying to foreigners and their own people for some bizarre pleasure while fronting organized crime. I’ve often thought of writing Dave Meltzer after reading […]
Friday fight notes: More CSAC drug suspensions
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Sober analysis (audio here) about the MMA business this year. Plus, the IFL’s stock price continues to plunge, as it is now down to $0.15 USD/share. This is going to be a very busy weekend for MMA events. There will be a big MMA show tonight at the Patriot Center (George Mason University). Kit Cope […]
Thursday trash talk: Is Mayweather the king of PPV?
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007News of the day is Kid Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya apparently being booked for K-1’s 12/31 Osaka Dome event. The London Free Press has a feature article on Shawn Tompkins. Just who is calling Chris Horodecki the Sidney Crosby of fighting (other than the writer of the linked column)? Bad news on the Canadian front […]
TMZ stirs the pot with Rampage Jackson
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold TMZ.com has an interview with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, talking about the death of Washington Redskins’ safety Sean Taylor. Brandt at MMA Opinion is not happy with Jackson’s comments.
Dana White on CNBC
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold Tonight on CNBC, Dana White made an appearance on the Conversations with Michael Eisner show. Some of the focus of the interview was on UFC’s new Octagon pricy picture book. Watching the duo of Eisner and White together was quite the odd combination, but intriguing television to watch. During the interview, CNBC […]
Report: Zuffa’s credit rating goes down
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Adam Swift of MMA Payout fame has a new report on Sherdog talking about Standard & Poor’s cutting Zuffa LLC’s credit rating from BB to BB-. We’ve discussed Zuffa’s credit rating recently on the web site and with Adam Swift on past editions of Fight Opinion Radio. Here’s an interesting paragraph from Adam’s story on […]
Crisis management seminar held for K-1 employees
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold A couple of days ago in a site news update, we alluded to the fact that K-1 was going to read the riot act to both fighters and company staff regarding personal conduct both in and out of the workplace. Two recent incidents involving Masaaki Miyamoto (going to jail for marijuana) and […]
Wednesday war room: The politics of Japan
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007DSE/Yarennoka announced Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan and Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Calvan, of course, is a K-1 fighter and two-time HERO’s Middleweight tournament champion. A lot of people in Japan were wondering if we were going to see Takanori Gomi vs. Calvan on NYE for […]
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