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Monday, October 23rd, 2006On November 17th in Culver City, California, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, the Professional Submission League will hold a big event with Randy “The Natural” Couture, Jake Shields, and many other big names in MMA. The event consists of singles matches on a tatame platform. More information is available at prosubleague.com.
K-1 Dynamite main event announced
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. Also announced: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto, Genki Sudo, Akebono, Musashi, Kaoru Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Katsuhiko Nagata, & Ken Kaneko. Meanwhile, Tokyo Sports is reporting that PRIDE is interested in Kazuyuki Fujita as Mike Tyson’s exhibition boxing opponent for the Macau Dome show on 12/31.
Is WWE getting into the MMA business?
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE US announcer Mauro Ranallo did interviews on both the Observer Live and Live Audio Wrestling radio shows on Sunday. According to this post, Ranallo indicated on the LAW interview that WWE is interested in getting involved in promoting MMA. You can read my thoughts about this in full-post view. Update: One […]
Japanese media reaction to PRIDE event
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006Now fully updated. Plus quick transcribing/notes from the post-show press conference. Which match would you rather see in PRIDE on New Year’s Eve? Fedor vs. Barnett Fedor vs. Cro Cop Fedor vs. Nogueira Fedor vs. Shogun Free polls from Pollhost.com
PRIDE 10/21 Las Vegas open post
Saturday, October 21st, 2006Butterbean versus Sean O’Haire (image credit: Burning Spirit) Results/coverage: Sherdog | Observer | F4W Online Now that the show is over, let’s look at the very mixed media reaction to this event. Whaledog – “I have to say, it was not a bad show.” Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): Fedor wins in PRIDE’s US debut […]
Friday-Saturday media outpost of links
Friday, October 20th, 2006Ed Fishman (Photo credit: Burning Spirit) North Jersey Media Group: Mike Tyson’s promoter confirms that he will do a boxing match in Macau for PRIDE’s 12/31 New Year’s Eve event Las Vegas Review-Journal: Murder-for-hire plot alleged (man with ties to bodybuilder Craig Titus charged) Las Vegas Review-Journal Base pay for Fedor’s 10/21 Vegas fight is […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 28 (Gareb Shamus)
Friday, October 20th, 2006With a busy weekend ahead, make sure you get caught up with the events in the world of MMA. This week, our special guest is Gareb Shamus from the IFL. Check out the IFL’s HP at http://www.ifl.tv for more information. We discuss what the Ken vs. Tito III 3.1 TV rating means, whether or not […]
Thursday media notes
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Fight Report: PRIDE’s watered down Las Vegas show The Weekly Tapout (FoxSports.com): PRIDE set for U.S. debut NHB News (Japan): Was Shogun’s public workout in Las Vegas stopped by a doctor? (inference from a PRIDE Japanese HP official report) UNLV Rebel Yell: PRIDE will be ‘quite surprised when a half-empty Thomas & Mack greets them […]
Wednesday media links
Thursday, October 19th, 2006I realize there is another Wednesday media links post. This is just links left over from Wednesday night. Fresh media links coming on Thursday. Wrestling Observer – Dave Meltzer claims PRIDE has sold 10,000 tickets in Las Vegas (we could not get independent confirmation on this) Nevada State Athletic Commission – DSE has plans for […]
PRIDE’s main Las Vegas show sponsor
Thursday, October 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update II: Here is a big article from ITWeek about how Gravity sued Kim Jung-Ryool for allegedly siphoning off $9.1 million USD from the company. (Article: Gravity gaming giant sues founder.) This article also explains the NASDAQ troubles and how auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers missed millions of dollars in fees and royalties that had […]
Wednesday fight media round-up
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Mike Tyson only wants to entertain you This post will be updated throughout the day. Yahoo Japan HP: Akebono’s mother, Janice, dies The unfortunate lead story is that Akebono’s mother, 60-year old Janice Rowan, died in a Hawaiian hospital at 12:49 AM on the 17th due to respiratory failure.
Hunt & Eastman canceled from PRIDE card
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Sherdog reports that Mark Hunt & Marvin Eastman will not appear on PRIDE’s 10/21 Las Vegas card. Instead, we will get Butterbean vs. Sean O’Haire in a match of former gaijin who worked in K-1. The new opponent for Kazuhiro Nakamura, according to PRIDE’s Japanese HP, is Travis Galbraith. On the HP, PRIDE is pushing […]
Updated K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome card line-up
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Here it is. No particular match order. Peter Aerts vs. Musashi Ray Sefo vs. Choi Hong-Man Badr Hari vs. X (to be announced) World GP 2006 Tournament Matches Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner Ernesto Hoost vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab Ruslan Karaev vs. Glaube Feitosa Remy Bonjasky vs. Stefan Leko Semi-finals and finals
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