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Thursday, July 19th, 2007I have no idea what to make of this. Professionalism 101? Why not. “Ken Pavia, my new manager, called me yesterday and asked me to fight Mike Swick in place of Chris Leben,” Goulet said. “He called me back two hours later and said Mike Swick didn’t accept [the fight], but I don’t think it […]
The steroids mess
Thursday, July 19th, 2007By Zach Arnold After I wrote my post today breaking down the latest drug statistics from the CSAC, I decided to focus my time finalizing a pair of articles on MMA’s drug culture for publication. While my energy was focused on that, news broke that both UFC 155-pound champion Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca tested […]
Dopes caught doping at big rates
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007By Zach Arnold Keep your eyes open for any further reports at MMA California. The California State Athletic Commission released the latest drug test-related suspension figures from the time period of 3/31/2007 to 7/6/2007. Within that three month time-span, there were 28 failed drug tests – 20 of them in MMA plus Johnnie Morton refusing […]
Garbage media
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007By Zach Arnold A couple of months ago, allegations of dogfighting surfaced against NFL QB Michael Vick. I warned that the media would immediately try to lump MMA with dogfighting (examples here and here). With a Federal indictment handed down yesterday against Vick, I suspected that the MMA/dogfighting comparisons would surface – again. I was […]
Wednesday work week: Oregon MMA gets publicity
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007Your article of the day from the Associated Press about Oregon regulating MMA – despite the fact that MMA shows have already taken place in the state, just ask Matt Lindland. Money quote: “To me, it is a brutal and disgusting sport,” said Sen. Alan Bates, D-Ashland, who co-sponsored the bill. “I’ve never been to […]
Benoit toxicology report
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007If you aren’t interested, don’t read any further. If you’re interested, post any and all related replies to this post. Information in full-post mode.
Tuesday TV talk: HERO’s stays the course
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007The HEROs show on Monday at Yokohama Arena reportedly drew a 10.9% rating on Tokyo Broadcasting System. Not a great number by any means, but an accurate reflection on a promotion with no real major star power. Josh Gross says Royce Gracie has his reasons for not filing an appeal with the CSAC about a […]
HEROs 7/16 Yokohama Arena
Monday, July 16th, 2007André Dida x Artur UmakhanovUploaded by IvanCanello Claimed attendance was 11,310. Official results here. Results in full-page mode.
Monday morning quarterback: Back to the future
Monday, July 16th, 2007Is the San Diego Union-Tribune lumping UFC into a story about increased violence with assaults due to punching? Royce Gracie did not end up appealing his drug suspension in California. Steve Sievert reports that UFC 75 will be broadcast on Spike TV. Somehow, I don’t think this is the kind of mugshot that Renato Babalu […]
Sunday media slate: A Saturday full of surprises
Sunday, July 15th, 2007I took a beating over at MMA Predictions on my BodogFight match picks. I ended up picking Yoshiki Takahashi, Amar Suloev, Yves Edwards, and Roman Zentsov to win. Brutal. I did pick Yuki Kondo to lose, however. He paid the price against Trevor Langley. Sam Caplan on the uglyness at the BodogFight show. He says […]
Fight Opinion Radio #55: Aftermath of UFC 73
Saturday, July 14th, 2007Dave Doyle, Yahoo Sports MMA/Boxing managing editor, joins us to discuss the UFC 73 event from last week in Sacramento. He was at Arco Arena and tells us all about the event – what kind of fans showed up, who got superstar reactions and who didn’t, etc. We also spend some time this week discussing […]
Saturday media slate: What’s the UFC 76 main event?
Saturday, July 14th, 2007UFC & Spike TV ink a new deal. Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine as the UFC 76 main event? One word – what? Why not book Liddell vs. Houston Alexander, the guy who beat Jardine? How about Liddell vs. Forrest Griffin, who actually won his last fight?
Friday fight notes: Who will sign Denis Kang?
Friday, July 13th, 2007Bad luck for the IFL – Chris Horodecki has a broken hand and won’t fight Bart Palaszewski on August 2nd in New Jersey. BodogFight tapings are coming to Vancouver soon. John Griffin says that the UFC 73 On Demand service was a horrible experience. The new UFC video game.
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