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Thursday, July 12th, 2007I never got around to personally thanking each person who helped out with the first round of beta testing of the new design for this web site, so I want to say thank you publicly to everyone who has helped out (especially John and Andy). If you are a beta tester, check out the beta […]
Thursday trash talk: Trigg and Toughman
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Yahoo Sports says the Chuck Liddell/Wanderlei Silva fight will not happen on September 22nd. UFC Junkie Finds White’s claims peculiar. Let me state one thing perfectly clear – both Dann Stupp and Kevin Iole are good writers. They’re guys who do not screw around. I suspect Dana White is going to become a hot topic […]
Wednesday weekly notes: Reality TV mania
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007About that Mark Burnett reality show for Elite XC… is the recruiting starting? Luke Thomas on the UFC 73 attendance. More at Fightlinker. Kuniyoshi Hironaka announced his blog that he will facing Thiago Alves at Ultimate Fight Night 11 on September 19th at The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas.
Dana White can’t keep this story straight?
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007By Zach Arnold That Dana White interview on ESPN.com sure has everyone buzzing. There’s one part of it that I want to focus on because it seemed like a misstep by the UFC President.
BodogFight 7/14 Trenton card
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007At the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey: Featherweights (145 pounds): David Love vs. Eben Oroz Heavyweights (206-265 pounds): Mark Burch vs. Yoshiki Takahashi Middleweights (185 pounds pounds: Amar Suloev vs. Chael Sonnen Welterweights (170 pounds): Yves Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal Heavyweights (206-265 pounds): Roman Zentsov vs. Branden Lee Hinkle Middleweights (185 pounds): Trevor […]
Tuesday talking points: 8,622? 8,622!
Monday, July 9th, 2007Underground cage fighting. Plus, Xyience Training Center Grand Opening. UFC 73 attendance, gate, and purse information. Look at the figures – 8,622 paid. They did a little under 8,000 in Ireland. This may sound like piling on here, but I’ve been saying far and wide in media outlets that once UFC gets out of the […]
Monday newsmakers: UFC or competitive eating?
Sunday, July 8th, 2007On Pedro Fernandez’s Ring Talk radio show on Sunday night, he played audio clips from the UFC 73 show featuring Tito Ortiz, Dana White, and Randy Couture. Ortiz stated that he liked fighting in Las Vegas much better than fighting in California (because he claimed that ‘people’ in Vegas know what they are doing). In […]
Sunday media review: The aftermath from UFC 73
Sunday, July 8th, 2007The Gainesville Sun (FL) has a hell of an article on MMA in today’s newspaper. You should go read it. Dave Meltzer has a recap of UFC 73 at Fox Sports. I was on CBS Sportsline and Fox Sports this week, DM is at The LA Times and Fox Sports (plus all the cable TV […]
UFC 73
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Results & Reviews: Sherdog | UFC Junkie | UFC Mania | MMA on Tap | The Houston Chronicle | Observer | AOL Fanhouse | F4W Online | Prophet Fighting Audio: Any Given Saturday w/ Luke Thomas All comments and thoughts on the event go here.
Saturday sound bites: UFC 73 in Sacramento
Friday, July 6th, 2007I have a UFC 73 preview write-up over at Fox Sports. Check it out. Also, Brian Kenny on ESPN Radio previews this weekend’s action in combat sports. Also, I made an appearance yesterday on Bryan Alvarez’s Figure Four Daily radio show. One of the topics we discussed was the Chris Benoit murder-suicide story and how […]
Latest updates on Chris Benoit story
Friday, July 6th, 2007I’m putting all Benoit-related articles here in this post so that the MMA-only readers can bypass it easily if they want to. Channel News Asia (Singapore) has an article titled Fans to pay tribute to wrestler Chris Benoit at S’pore show. WWE has a show scheduled at the Indoor Stadium on July 28th. Royal Burnell […]
Friday fight notes: The day before UFC 73
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Pawel Nastula says PRIDE is coming back in September. The Oregonian is reporting that the Oregon State Boxing & Wrestling commission will now be named the Oregon State Athletic Commission. Mauro Ranallo previews the upcoming UFC 73 card (audio). Also on the show, Armando Garcia stated that people would be alarmed by the amount of […]
Thursday trash talk: The road to UFC 73
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007Dave Doyle is starting to write columns over at Yahoo Sports on MMA. The RSS feed for his columns is here. The RSS feed for Kevin Iole’s columns is here. Here are the odds over at Bodog for the UFC 73 event. The obvious odd that sticks out is Marquardt at +140. Ortiz comes into […]
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