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Friday, September 21st, 2007First, more bad news for boxing fans. Mark Cuban made an appearance on The Mike Tirico Show Friday to talk about UFC and MMA (starting at the 15 minute mark – audio here). Here is a report claiming that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter gave Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz a tour of The White House. […]
K-1 feeling heat in South Korean media
Friday, September 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Famous Japanese blogger Gryphon pointed out a major negative TV story in South Korean media about K-1. Please read Gryphon’s post first. After you read his post, you will notice that he had a site commenter named MD Han who said that he watched the show in question. He then sent Gryphon […]
Friday headlines: Mainstream blowback against MMA
Friday, September 21st, 2007Vancouver has officially banned MMA. More details in The Vancouver Province and CBC News. Rex Richards is fighting in the semi-main event slot of the next Art of War show in Tunica, MS. If you want to sponsor him, contact Brad Barnes at [email protected]. A mundane article on MMA in Reason Magazine, featuring this doozy […]
K-1 10/3 Nippon Budokan card line-up
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Thursday trash talk: Will the IFL take center stage?
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Tickets are still available for UFC 76. Three new SEC filings by Pro Elite (here, here, and here). The Vancouver Province newspaper printed an editorial today speaking out against a possible ban of MMA in the city. Plus, the latest on attempts to ban MMA in Perth, Australia. Alex Marvez is reporting that the IFL […]
UFC Fight Night 11 & new TUF
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007UFN 11 results: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA Junkie | UFC Mania | Bloody Elbow | MMA on Tap | MMA HQ | MMA Madness | Observer | Steve Sievert | Yahoo Sports | CBS Sportsline TUF reviews/notes: Sprawl ‘n Brawl | Dave Doyle | Steve Cofield interviews Joe Scarola | Fight Report | […]
Wednesday war room: Heat-up for UFC Fight Night
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Weigh-in results for the UFC Fight Night show that will take place Wednesday night in Las Vegas. A complete event preview is here. The Vancouver Sun says that the city council will ponder future of ‘human cockfighting.’ The paper claims that the city council will have a report claiming MMA is more violent than boxing. […]
Pro Elite pays big for KOTC & Cage Rage
Monday, September 17th, 2007MMA Predictions talks about consolidation in the industry. So, what did it take for Pro Elite to buy out King of the Cage? Now we know. Pursuant to an agreement dated September 12, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”) among King of the Cage, Inc. (“KOTC”), Terry Trebilcock (“Trebilcock”) and Juliemae Trebilcock, the shareholders of KOTC (the […]
Tuesday headlines: Referees gone wild
Monday, September 17th, 2007Our good friend Tetsuya Sano participated in an amateur shootboxing event in Tokyo this past weekend. Check out his matches here, here, and here. The event was covered by Sports Navigator. The Deseret News in Utah is reporting that Brigham Young University (BYU) has banned The Versus Network on campus because the channel airs MMA […]
HERO’s 9/17 Yokohama Arena
Sunday, September 16th, 2007JZ Calvan repeats as Middleweight champion. Claimed attendance was 12,310 at Yokohama Arena. Some more news and notes here. Official results here. How the event played out in the Japanese media… Sankei Sports notes that the event was a nice springboard for New Year’s Eve, with the major names likely being Sakuraba, Yamamoto, Akiyama, and […]
Sunday news review: Half-full or half-empty?
Sunday, September 16th, 2007Dayton Morinaga of The Honolulu Advertiser reported that the crowd size for the Elite XC show in Hawaii on Saturday was around 5,000 at Blaisdell Arena, or around half-full. The mystery MMA show that took place at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Saturday night had a shooting incident take place in the building. More […]
HERO’s 9/16 Yokohama Arena presser
Sunday, September 16th, 2007First interesting item is that Shaolin failed making weight the first time around, being 1.3 kg over the weight limit for his fight against JZ Calvan. The promotion announced that Rickson Gracie will appear at the 9/17 Yokohama Arena event. The official match-order for tomorrow’s show: Middleweight Tournament reserve fight: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Harvey Harra […]
Elite XC 9/15 Hawaii
Saturday, September 15th, 2007Event reports: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | MMA Madness | Observer | (here and here) | Fox Sports | Fight Report | CBS Sportsline | F4W Online | Honolulu Star-Bulletin | Honolulu Advertiser Dave Doyle: Diaz took scores of 30-27 and 29-28, while Aina won by a count of 29-28 on one judge’s scorecard. Y! […]
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