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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, let us remind you that there is more than UFC on Spike TV. Oh yes, there is. Boxer Jeff Lacy thinks MMA is a fad and not a sport. Solar, a channel in the Philippines, has found its request to air UFC programming rejected. The only way […]
Cage Force 12/1 Differ Ariake
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007From Sports Navigator (w/ Jordan Breen): Preliminaries Lightweights: Junichi Ota vs. Hiroshi Takita Featherweights: Yuji Arakawa vs. Seiya Kawahara Main card Middleweights: Yukiya Naito vs. Takenori Sato Lightweights: ISE vs. Takahito Iida Bantamweights: Kenji Osawa vs. Punchy Yamauchi 57 kg: Yasuhuri Urushitani vs. Jesse Taitano Lightweights: Mizuto Hirota vs. Sing Do Gi Cage Force Welterweight […]
IFL Q3 2007 conference call recap
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007The conference call was scheduled to start at 10 AM EST, but instead started at 11 AM EST. The archived audio of today’s conference call. Jay Larkin stated off the call talking about Gareb Shamus stepping down from his current position in the IFL. Larkin said that Shamus helped the IFL become a “number two […]
Hiromi Amada facing assault charges
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Mainichi Daily News is reporting that 34-year old Hiromi Amada is facing possible charges of beating up a truck driver after the truck supposedly almost hit him while he was riding his bicycle. What isn’t written in the Mainichi article, at least according to Nikkan Sports, is that Amada was returning home after working at […]
Who Showtime almost hired for Elite XC
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007By Zach Arnold In an interview with ESPN’s Bill Simmons, Gus Johnson (NFL on CBS & MSG sports announcer) revealed to Simmons (audio starts at the 29 minute mark) that he had/has aspirations to do play-by-play for MMA events. In fact, according to Johnson, he was scheduled to be the original play-by-play guy for Showtime […]
Tuesday headlines: More media reaction to UFC 78
Monday, November 19th, 2007There is a lot of activity this week for MMA events. Eddie Goldman discusses the latest news in the firing of Larry Hazzard from the NJACB. Dave Meltzer on why UFC 78 didn’t validate anyone. MMA Analyst elaborates further. Plus, Fightmetric analysis of Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping. Here is a new edition of Fox […]
IFL 10Q report for Q3 2007
Monday, November 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: The archived audio of today’s conference call. Here is the new SEC filing that the IFL processed on Monday afternoon after the end of the trading session. There will be a conference call tomorrow at 10 AM EST to discuss the financials. Audio of that conference call should be available here. […]
Monday media notes: Fallout from Strikeforce event in San Jose
Monday, November 19th, 2007Mike Tyson sentenced to jail for 24 hours. Joe Doerksen has a broken orbital bone. MMA California has two articles (here and here) talking about last Friday’s StrikeForce event in San Jose. Dave Meltzer has an article about Cung Le’s win. Meltzer says the SF show drew 8,233 fans at the old San Jose Arena […]
Pro Elite 10Q SEC report for Q3 2007
Monday, November 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold The SEC just published the Q3 2007 quarterly financial report for Pro Elite Inc. There is a lot of data to read, so if you are up for the task, have at it and post thoughts in the comments section. Although the Company has approximately $10.5 million of cash at September 30, […]
Report: NBC wants MMA programming
Monday, November 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold MediaPost Publications is reporting that NBC is interested in airing MMA programming next year if the writers’ strike continues. The article claims that it is unlikely that UFC would be involved in the mix, as talks between UFC and CBS are heating up. The idea that we could see UFC on CBS […]
Sunday quick notes (11/18)
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Check out the latest edition of The Fightworks Podcast. Here are some multimedia shots of Sean Salmon getting KO’d in San Jose last Friday. Making the case that Michael Bisping won his fight at UFC 78. Tim Smith in The New York Daily News is not happy about Larry Hazzard’s firing from the NJACB. Keith […]
Quotes of the Day
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Kevin Iole says that it is time to bring MMA to New York. This paragraph about UFC 78 is not flattering to his article: The problem was, the card should have been in New York at Madison Square Garden. It deserved to be held on sport’s biggest stage. On the same week that Larry Hazzard […]
UFC 78
Saturday, November 17th, 2007Recaps: Observer | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | Bloody Elbow | MMA on Tap | Fightlinker | Steve Sievert | Kevin Iole | Kevin Iole Pt. 2 | Steve Cofield | MMA Opinion | F4W Online
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