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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007The link is here. Alternate link here. The IFL stock is at $8.50 USD/share today. We have some financial wizards who are site readers. Have at it with the analysis in the comments section. Some of my personal thoughts about this filing can be viewed in full-page mode. Update: At closing time, the stock price […]
Tuesday news turnover: UFC dominates headlines
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Dana White, quote machine: “Or, even better, I’ll put up a million dollars of my own money if Floyd Mayweather can sell more than 10 tickets without Oscar De La Hoya.” Jake Shannon has set up a new web site called UWF Bushido that will have all 75 episodes of the UWF-International documentary “Bushido: Way […]
Quote of the Year
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Dana White quoted by The Fight Network (in regards to PRIDE): Though it was announced at last week’s press conference in Japan that the newly-formed PRIDE Worldwide Holdings LLC. would be run separately from the UFC, White conceded he’ll have some say in its direction. “I run everything,†White quipped, explaining the company will keep […]
Good cop, bad cop
Monday, April 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Yesterday, we alluded to Dana White playing ‘good cop’ in Daily Sports newspaper by openly discussing PRIDE needing their own rules. Today, we have Marc Ratner playing ‘bad cop’ in MMA Weekly by openly discussing how PRIDE fighters will need to adjust to the Unified rules (10-point must scoring system, no more […]
Monday mayhem: Thoughts on Shukan Gendai article
Monday, April 2nd, 2007By Zach Arnold Comments off Printable version over at BoxingScene.com First, if you haven’t listened to the brand new edition of FOR, go listen. It is an entertaining show that should fly by for 2 hours when you hear it. Everyone did great on the show. Second, make sure to read the latest Shukan Gendai […]
Shukan Gendai: Yakuza owner & problematic employee
Sunday, April 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold Printable version over at BoxingScene.com Kakutolog also read the Shukan Gendai article. Motoichiro Takasu also has thoughts about the subject (in Japanese). Today’s edition of Shukan Gendai (pages 34-37, no author byline) has a three-page article about the sale of PRIDE assets by Dream Stage Entertainment to Zuffa LLC/UFC. The title of […]
Fight Opinion Radio #44: Judo chop
Sunday, April 1st, 2007Two interesting interviews and guests this week on our two-hour program. First, the legendary “Judo” Gene LeBell stops by to talk about his Judo career, how he transitioned into pro-wrestling, and his world-famous encyclopedic hold books. Second, ProElite.com CEO Kelly Perdew stops by to talk about what plans Pro Elite and Elite XC have in […]
April Fool’s: Dana wants PRIDE rules?
Sunday, April 1st, 2007By Zach Arnold Does anyone have an event report or results from the Panther Fight League Genesis event that happened in Miami on Saturday? Dana White gave an ‘exclusive’ interview with Daily Sports newspaper in Japan on Saturday. The theme was a “kakutougi (MMA) Super Bowl.” The article says that Dana wants UFC and PRIDE […]
Video of the day – early history of PRIDE
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Link mania
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Time to get everyone to advertise their own MMA-related blogs or sites that they visit. Post URLs, RSS feed links, etc. right here.
Saturday side suplex: Contracts not assignable for you!
Friday, March 30th, 2007The Sioux City Journal reports that Marc Ratner is not happy about the Iowa Senate’s decision to deregulate MMA. The bill’s top sponsor says he passed it because politicians couldn’t agree on whether or not to ban MMA in the state. A very interesting card lined up by DEEP for their 4/13 Korakuen Hall show […]
Friday fence grabbing: The new PRIDE
Friday, March 30th, 2007Humorless, nutty, and screwed by the mainstream media — a description of UFC fans. Ed. — The default setting is comments off. I just turned them on now. Sorry. Mad Squabbles: Cage Rage and Sky TV The San Mateo County Times (California): Pacifica fighters to mix it up in ‘ultimate’ weekend event The Chicago Sun […]
Thursday trash talk: UFC gets major media coverage
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007Kakutolog: Nobuyuki Sakakibara interview in Kami no Puroresu For those who understand Japanese, here’s some video of comments from Nobuyuki Sakakibara about the PRIDE asset sale agreement. Also, site commenter Body Shots posted this over at Sherdog. IFL: UFC/PRIDE merger good for us So says Gareb Shamus in an interview with the North Jersey Media […]
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