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Friday, November 24th, 2006Fox Sports: The Weekly Tapout – King Georges is crowned New York Times: A Boxing Regulator Changes Corners (article about Marc Ratner) UFC HP: Three new fights added to UFC 66 12/30 Las Vegas event Manila Bulletin (Philippines): Manny Pacquiao advised to go freelance (and not sign with a specific promoter) Boxing Scene: Mike Tyson […]
NYE TV schedule
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006Burning Spirit notes a news item from the January 2007 edition of The Television magazine. The magazine published the New Year’s Eve TV schedule. For TV-Asahi, the following is listed: Doraemon Special (18:00-20:00), TV Tackle Nagata-cho Special (20:00-on). For Nippon TV: Weekender Special (19:00-21:00). TV-Tokyo will have a Gaea year-end party special. None of the […]
Turkey of the Year
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006We talked about this on our radio show this week. Now it’s your turn Strictly either picking a promoter, a fighter, or a promotion, pick your Turkey of the Year (the worst) and give your reasons why you chose your selection. Any selections outside of the noted criteria will be deleted. Here are the choices […]
The scandal that never dies
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Comments off No, the title of this post isn’t referring to the PRIDE vs. Shukan Gendai yakuza allegations war of words. We’re talking about the infamous K-1 corporate tax scandal under the tenure of Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 33 (Thanksgiving Special)
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006Our show this week is themed (mostly) about UFC in celebration of Thanksgiving and the American MMA scene. Dave Doyle of FoxSports.com joins us to give a live show perspective of UFC 65. The first 20 minutes of the show is a general summary of what happened at UFC 65 and the main stories coming […]
The Wednesday blotter
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006MMA HQ: Who’s next for GSP? Maxboxing: Why promoter Gary Shaw must be thinking MMA is better than boxing more and more as each day passes MMA California: Strikeforce Triple Threat FSN Countdown show review Gong Kakutougi interview with PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara (via Burning Spirit): 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show will have an “All-Star […]
Fedor vs. Hunt
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006That is your main event for the PRIDE Heavyweight Title on 12/31 at Saitama Super Arena. What is your first reaction to the announcement of Fedor vs. Hunt on NYE? This is the best match possible Wanted to see Fedor vs. Mirko Wanted to see Fedor vs. Barnett Wanted to see Fedor vs. Nogueira Wanted […]
Monday media summary
Monday, November 20th, 2006Jake Rossen: Hilarious commentary on the UFC 65 show Video: UFC 65 post-show press conference Press Release: The Media Group has secured PPV distribution rights for BoDog’s 12/2 Vancouver PPV event MMA Weekly: Cesar Gracie backs out of The World Fighter promotion Press Release: IFL announces rosters for 12/29 Connecticut show Ivan Trembow: Vitor Belfort […]
Holyfield could fight for a title soon
Monday, November 20th, 2006Two interesting news items regarding boxer Evander Holyfield. First, the San Antonio Express reports that former Minnesota Vikings NFL owner Red McCombs is interested in booking a show at the Alamodome in 2007 with Evander Holyfield fighting for a world title. Second, frequent site commenter Mr. Roadblock pointed out to us that Holyfield is scheduled […]
WWE posts details on PRIDE meeting
Sunday, November 19th, 2006On the WWE HP, the article discusses Vince McMahon talking with DSE officials about Hustle. Hustle Mania takes place this Thursday at Yokohama Arena with HG’s retirement match from pro-wrestling. How can you not love Generalissimo Takada and HG on the same stage together. We can’t forget about Ogawa, either.
Report: Noboru Yamaguchi out
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Comments off Consider this insider baseball-style news. It is intriguing news, however, if you follow the inside politics of DSE and the Japanese fight industry. NHB News has an item claiming that Noboru Yamaguchi, main editor of Kami no Puroresu (a magazine very much supportive of PRIDE, and sometimes K-1 on a smaller scale), is […]
UFC 65 post-show open thread
Saturday, November 18th, 2006All mainstream/broadsheet post-UFC event coverage links will be added to this post continuously. Use full-post view to see the links. Event recaps: F4W Online | Observer | Fox Sports | Houston Chronicle | Fight Report Plus, feel free to discuss the Pacquiao/Morales boxing fight (which, to the chagrin of some readers who hate seeing re-matches […]
Saturday afternoon media links
Saturday, November 18th, 2006This is the last-minute media run-up before the UFC 65 event. If you haven’t yet, please listen to our latest radio show. Also, note how much mass media coverage there has been for Hughes vs. GSP. It’s really insane.
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