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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007From the Salt Lake Community College Globe on the comparison between boxing and MMA: If you don’t think today’s standards of appropriateness are different than your parents’ standards go to a Blockbuster and buy “Dirty Harry,” an R-rated movie from their generation, and then watch “Saving Private Ryan” (PG-13). Our society has experienced the same […]
Bob Arum’s idea of promoting an event
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007A great article in The Chicago Sun-Times today, filled with quotes from boxing promoter Bob Arum on many topics.
Red meat Wednesday: PRIDE goeth before the fall
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007More ridiculousness about the Tommy Morrison ‘MMA’ debut in The Verde Independent. Speaking of Morrison, he appeared on The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN Radio yesterday. Larry Holmes is not happy about Morrison’s PR blitz. The LA Times is reporting that both James Toney and Danny Batchelder tested positive for steroids. The two men fought […]
UFC Fight Night in Hollywood
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Results: Observer | Sherdog All comments and links on the show go here. A stripper mom at UFC Fight Night.
Tuesday headlines: UFC Fight Night
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Yes, there is indeed a UFC event on Spike TV tonight. Time for you to predict the rating. Give us your prediction for the cable TV rating in the comments section (and fight predictions, if interested). Greg Sirb, the commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, has been sued. The lawsuit alleges that Sirb interfered […]
Notes on Armando Garcia radio interview
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007By Zach Arnold On Monday afternoon, California SAC executive director Armando Garcia did an interview on Sherdog radio. The time mark for the interview is between 55:45-1:25:00. Around 30 minutes long. There were some interesting statements made during the interview, and we’ll highlight them in text form in a recap. Read the full entry.
Tommy Morrison fiasco hits ESPN TV
Monday, June 11th, 2007By Zach Arnold Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse on the Tommy Morrison ‘MMA’ front, they do. As predicted by many writers and readers on this site, ESPN discussed Morrison’s ‘MMA’ debut on Around The Horn on Monday afternoon. Host Tony Reali stated that Morrison’s fight was not ‘MMA’ because ‘it was […]
Fight Opinion Radio #52: Dynamite
Monday, June 11th, 2007Start your week off the right way by listening to this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Our guests this week are Dave Doyle of FoxSports.com and John Alessio of World Extreme Cagefighting. Dave relives his experiences at the K-1 Dynamite show at the LA Coliseum. A bigger question is also asked – did K-1 […]
Monday media notes: Tommy Morrison storylines
Monday, June 11th, 2007Adam Morgan’s article about Tommy Morrison has officially made the rounds. When we mean made the rounds, we’re talking about USA Today’s Sports Scope. To the folks at USA Today — don’t be strangers, come by often. Norm Frauenheim in The Arizona Republic has a column about Tommy Morrison. He once again claims that Morrison’s […]
Paper: Ultimate Fighting is about manhood
Sunday, June 10th, 2007By Zach Arnold Related post at Lay and Pray. The state of Minnesota, financially-motivated, is on its way to legalizing Mixed Martial Arts. So are other states, including Michigan and Tennessee. So, naturally you would expect that more sports writers who come from the stick-and-ball era would start learning more about the sport and wanting […]
Fighter suspended for 16 months
Sunday, June 10th, 2007Last night at the Asbury Park Convention Center in Asbury Park, New Jersey, agent and promoter Monte Cox (of Ultimate Productions) ran his Extreme Challenge 78 event. The biggest headline coming out of the show is Carlos Eduardo using illegal knees to the head on his opponent, Lewis Pascavage. The fight was stopped in under […]
Sunday stupid: Morrison’s definition of ‘MMA’
Sunday, June 10th, 2007A UFC 72 card in Ireland without “Irish” Jake O’Brien? The Tommy Morrison ‘fight’ on Saturday night in Arizona is being portrayed as his MMA debut in the media, despite the fact that it was a glorified boxing match. The Arizona Republic is billing this as Morrison’s MMA debut. The writer (Norm Frauenheim) is from […]
Saturday media slate: A paper trail of tickets
Friday, June 8th, 2007Lance Pugmire in the LA Times has an article about the crowd numbers for the K-1 Dynamite show. During the lead-up to the show at the LA Coliseum, the most prolific pontificator in the press coverage was K-1/Royce Gracie employee Mike Kogan. He made plenty of bluster and was quoted in both in The LA […]
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