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Thursday, March 8th, 2007Heat. Nuclear heat. I have no idea why the feeds for the radio show are not updating, but I will try to work on it today. Download our newest show here directly rather than wait for the feeds to update. It’s a good show. I give you read meat for what was a slow Friday […]
Deconstructing Jerry Millen
Thursday, March 8th, 2007By Zach Arnold Sam Caplan at CBS Sportsline had an interview with Jerry Millen that just screams for a counter-response. I’ll highlight some of what Millen said in the interview and respond to his claims.
Thursday MMA headlines
Thursday, March 8th, 2007Be afraid, Carlos Mencia Today, I issue a decree stating that if you have an MMA-related web site or blog you want to promote, promote it in the comments section. More importantly, if it has an RSS feed, post a link. I want to add more sites to my daily news gathering cycle.
Fight Opinion Radio #42: Power brokers
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007We are back after a long break to catch up on a ton of hot MMA news topics. Expect some controversy coming out of this show. Our two big guests this week are Jeremy Lappen (former WFA boss, now working for Elite XC) and Jimmy Greninger of Soldier Fight Gear. Jeremy talks about his role […]
Wednesday hot topics
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007The top story today in Japanese media circles and also in the US wrestling press is the death of Bad News Allen (Allen Coage, who more famously worked as Bad News Brown in the then-WWF). Coage worked a pretty famous Judo Jacket match against Seiji Sakaguchi in New Japan Pro-Wrestling during the time that Inoki […]
It’s true, it’s damn true
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007ESPN is reporting that Kurt Angle, famous pro-wrestler who wants to fight everyone in MMA, is allegedly on a client list for Applied Pharmacy, which the Feds allege is connected to an online steroids purchasing investigation. Here’s the original SI article. More details at PW Torch and at the Observer. Also true is famous Boston […]
Tuesday MMA media notes
Monday, March 5th, 2007Enson Inoue talks about PRIDE Lots of content today. See it in full-page view.
Monday news highlights
Monday, March 5th, 2007Well, the Fight Opinion Weekly article I wrote late Sunday night seems to be garnering some discussion. Although I don’t think arguing about the article’s truthfulness is necessarily the right avenue for criticism… One person who does apparently deserve criticism is Nick Diaz for reportedly failing a drug test after fighting on the PRIDE 33 […]
Fight Opinion Weekly: The end game for PRIDE
Monday, March 5th, 2007By Zach Arnold On Saturday, news broke that PRIDE’s next American show on April 28th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada had been cancelled. It capped off a tumultuous week after the PRIDE 33 event on February 24th. Within three days after the PRIDE 33 event (heralded in the media as […]
Putting the ass in ‘no class’
Sunday, March 4th, 2007Surprise! What response would you expect to hate speech being pointed out? Within minutes of posting a nasty thread as a backlash towards this site pointing out hate speech, the poster(s) were immediately backtracking and asking for moderators to delete it. Screen capture here. With news breaking this week that legal action is pending from […]
K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama
Sunday, March 4th, 20073/4 Kanagawa, Yokohama Arena Claimed attendance: 9,650 paid Results in full-page view.
Sunday news special
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007I hear that Randy Couture guy is really popular right now. News and comments from Loretta Hunt on WOL radio (I’m using this link because it’s simpler than me typing the comments out). Here’s the audio. I wanted to highlight one point she made – the point being that she doesn’t think PRIDE will sell. […]
Saturday news splash
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Gryphon: Akira Maeda – married man The News Herald (Ohio): Putting a Dent in Ultimate competition (article about Jason Dent) The Los Angeles Times: UFC 68 title fight is pumping ire SLAM! Sports: Randy Couture would like to see UFC and PRIDE unite The Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): Jason MacDonald steps up in class […]
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