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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007The guys at profightstore.com are reporting that Sergey Kharitonov will arrive in Croatia on July 20th to train with Mirko Cro Cop (for Mirko’s upcoming fight against Cheick Kongo). How anxious is the media for more dirt on the Chris Benoit story? Read here. Sadaharu Tanigawa supposedly said that Armando Garcia told him that Choi […]
Phil Baroni suspended by the CSAC
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007And here I’ve been talking to people today on the phone who say that MMA doesn’t have a major drug culture… Phil has been suspended for allegedly taking two types of steroids (including boldenone, which a horse steroid that strangely seems popular with MMA fighters). MMA Weekly has reaction from Baroni’s camp.
A message to all commenters
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007Perhaps I have not communicated enough what kind of ground rules there are for people who post site commenters here. Therefore, I want to make a few things clear. Don’t attack people for their personal looks. Don’t threaten to release personal information on individuals (soc. security number, home address, credit record, etc.). Use common sense. […]
Tuesday headlines: MMA and drug testing
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Well, no title unification on September 8th in London for Quinton Jackson vs. Dan Henderson. Interesting manuever that UFC is not pushing the PRIDE belts. Sounds to me like UFC will not be recognizing either of Henderson’s PRIDE title belts. Reminds me of yesteryear in 1991 when Ric Flair came into WWE with “the real […]
Regulating professional wrestling
Monday, July 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold I’ve written a new article over at CBS Sportsline regarding the issue of whether or not regulation (state and/or federal) of professional wrestling is feasible. I was able to talk to a couple of athletic commissions and was hopefully able to paint an accurate picture as to whether or not regulation would […]
Monday morning media: Kid Yamamoto returns
Monday, July 2nd, 2007This is a great satire piece because you could clearly picture Spike TV coming up with a gimmick like this. Updated HERO’s 7/16 Yokohama Arena card line-up: Middleweight Tournament (70 kg, 3R at 5 mins): Kaoru Uno vs. Katsuhiko Nagata Middleweight Tournament (70 kg, 3R at 5 mins): Hideo Tokoro vs. Black Mamba Middleweight Tournament […]
Sunday news review: Sakakibara hanging around
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Antonio Inoki rap song from the IGF show The Feds went after Al Capone on taxes. The Nevada State Athletic Commission reportedly wants their tax money from DSE, this according to The Fight Network. The commission is threatening license revocation. That’s it?
Saturday media slum: Dumpster diving
Friday, June 29th, 2007Royal Burnell has a report about an upcoming Art Dore “Extreme Cage Combat” event in Michigan in which Royal claims that fighters are using the dumpster area of a Hooter’s restaurant to set up a ‘locker room.’ Royal’s report includes pictures. Get ready for Congress to start asking WWE some questions — The Associated Press […]
Pro Elite’s SEC 10QSB quarterly report
Friday, June 29th, 2007Breaking down the numbers in full detail. Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/e/070628/pele.pk10qsb.html
Fight Opinion Radio #54: Ken Shamrock speaks out
Friday, June 29th, 2007Dana White recently stated that he released Ken Shamrock from his UFC contract because he didn’t feel that Shamrock could be competitive in the UFC. However, Ken Shamrock and his manager/attorney Rod Donohoo dispute this claim. On this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio, both men appear on our show to talk about the supposed […]
Friday fight notes: Dana White’s media messages
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Peter Aerts vs. Bob Sapp last weekend from Amsterdam Dana White sends a message to Jeff Sherwood. Also, The Oregonian reports on the war featuring UFC vs. Sherdog and Internet MMA web sites. More thoughts here. Ken Shamrock also got a media message from Dana White and he’s not happy about it. We’ll be hearing […]
Getting the PRIDE story straight
Thursday, June 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold Dana White made some rather interesting comments today about PRIDE in the UFC 73 conference call. …explain the situation pertaining to the PRIDE contracts and whether they can be transferred to the UFC. He said the old PRIDE contracts are valid with PRIDE Worldwide, the new company that owns PRIDE. However, the […]
WAGA TV: Benoit’s doctor’s office raided
Thursday, June 28th, 2007By Zach Arnold WAGA TV (My FOX 5 in Atlanta) is reporting that Federal authorities (Drug Enforcement Agency) have raided the office of Dr. Phil Astin, Chris Benoit’s personal doctor. Astin publicly told the Associated Press that he saw Benoit last Friday and had prescribed testosterone. And yet another bizarre twist to this story. I […]
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