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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Results from today’s K-1 World MAX show in Tokyo at Nippon Budokan. Carter Williams tested positive for cocaine. Melvin Guillard now has some company with him. Josh Barnett’s contract with DSE will end in October.
Wednesday fight notes: More angry boxers
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Boxing trainer Tommy Gallagher quoted in a BoxingScene.com article: Gallagher has obviously seen it all in a lifetime spent in the hardest game. He’s disappointed with what he sees these days and he wonders if boxing can make it. “The commissioners are ruinin’ this business,” he laments. “The UFC lets ‘em wear condoms on their […]
MMA, wrestling, and regulation
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: Jim Rome devoted most of his radio show today on the topic of Chris Benoit and professional wrestling’s place in American culture. Michael David Smith says that perhaps the health risks of pro-wrestling have been overstated. Here are the comments I will make on the Chris Benoit story and why I […]
TUF 5 finale draws 2.0 rating
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007A very good cable rating for UFC this past weekend. More details here: Overall The Ultimate Fighter 5 finale reached 2.6 million people with a 3.0 rating in Men 18-34 (834,000), 2.6 rating in Men 18-49 (1.4 million), and a 2.00 HH rating. The telecast peaked with 3.4 million people at 11:30pm for the Penn-Pulver […]
Chris Benoit news updates
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Comments are now closed. Mauro Ranallo, John Pollock, and Bryan Alvarez discussed Chris Benoit’s death today on the radio. TMZ is reporting the following (more here): Benoit strangled his wife, Nancy, on Saturday. Benoit smothered his son, Daniel, in his bed on Sunday. Benoit hung himself on Monday in a weight-room. WWE.com also has a […]
IFL fudges numbers?
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007By Zach Arnold When the IFL held their June 16th event at the Las Vegas Hilton (in the facility’s ballroom), they stated the following in a press release: LAS VEGAS, June 16, 2007 – The New York Pitbulls and host Nevada Lions claimed victories in the final 2007 regular-season International Fight League matches for each […]
Tuesday headlines: K-1 signs a big deal
Monday, June 25th, 2007The top story of the day from Japan is K-1 doing a business tie-up with the Kyoei boxing gym, with the focus on K-1 using Russian boxing and MMA talent. K-1 hopes that it creates a big impact on all of their various shows in terms of boosting talent. Medical suspensions coming out of this […]
Chris Benoit dead at age 40
Monday, June 25th, 2007By Zach Arnold More on Benoit’s death can be found at SLAM! Sports, The Edmonton Sun, WWE HP, and ABC News. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WAGA-TV has further updates. Even Gambling 911 has an update. Fox News has an update with a very sad graphic photo. More details at the Observer. TMZ is also covering […]
Cage Fury FC 5 event official results
Monday, June 25th, 2007NJSACB Official Weights, Results, Suspensions and Attendance Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5 Promoter: Felix Martinez June 23, 2007 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ Paid Attendance: 7,286 Exhibition Result Kimbo Slice (239.4lbs) vs. Ray Mercer – (241.9lbs) Slice via guillotine choke submission at 1:12 of Round One. Referee: Dan Miragliotta
Monday MMA headlines: Kimbo’s next project
Sunday, June 24th, 2007The Associated Press is reporting that ESPN is including MMA fighters as nominees in their Best Fighter category, which originally used to be ‘Best Boxer.’ Somehow, I don’t think Kid Yamamoto and Fedor are going to be nominated any time soon. NHB News (Japanese) reports that the K-1 Holland event drew a 10.9% TV rating […]
Takada: PRIDE will return on 10/11
Sunday, June 24th, 2007By Zach Arnold Daily Sports quotes Nobuhiko Takada today as stating that PRIDE will return in Japan on October 11th, which is the 10th anniversary of the promotion’s first event (10/11/1997 at the Tokyo Dome with Takada vs. Rickson Gracie). He promised to deliver an all-star cast of fighters for the event. Whether he is […]
Sunday morning media: Kimbo Slice’s fan appeal
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Don’t make Joe Rogan angry… Results from our last site poll question: Who will become the double-crown 205 pound champion? Quinton Jackson – 59% Dan Henderson – 41% Relatively speaking, those results would suggest setting the odds at Jackson -180 and Henderson +120 going into their September 8th fight. We’ve added a new poll on […]
Super Saturday
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007TUF 5 Finale results: Observer | MMA Weekly | Sherdog | UFC Junkie | UFC Mania | MMA on Tap | Fight Report | The Fanhouse | The Sweet Science | Gambling 911 | The Canadian Press | Yahoo Sports | The Houston Chronicle | The Honolulu Star-Bulletin | Yahoo Sports II | UFC HP […]
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