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Sunday, September 24th, 20069/23 Moline, Illinois event results here. In-depth report here. A live event report from the show. Maybe the IFL can sign Yves Edwards soon. I couldn’t find any mainstream media/newspaper coverage coming out of the show. Update: I just watched the first of the Portland-taped IFL shows on FSN. This show featured Bas Rutten’s Anacondas […]
Japanese arrest happening soon?
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006Apparently, the last editions of Weekly Fight are going out with a bang. Over at NHB News, they’re talking about a claim in WF that someone associated (how tight or loose the association is not said) around the Japanese MMA industry is about to get arrested soon. The question is whom it will be. Update: […]
Dana White vs. Jerry Millen
Friday, September 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold If the name Jerry Millen doesn’t sound familiar to you, then here’s a brief description of him. He’s based out of Detroit, made his name in television production, has done some stints in Hollywood, and does all of PRIDE’s American video editing. With this in mind, here’s quite a news item (from […]
MMA media circus
Thursday, September 21st, 2006Los Angles Times – Altering the Perception (about UFC 63) Fox Sports – Hughes-Penn rematch two years in the making and UFC 63 predictions Canadian Press (via CBC Sports) – Hawaii meets country as BJ Penn tackles UFC champion Matt Hughes and The Fight Network attempts to expand into the American marketplace Kurt Angle quits […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 25 (Interview with Brian Ebersole)
Thursday, September 21st, 2006Despite having a slow news week for MMA content, Fight Opinion Radio is back with another interesting show that we anticipate you will enjoy listening to. This week, our feature guest is fighter Brian Ebersole, who recently gained attention for being accused by the California State Athletic Commission for fixing a fight with perennial MMA […]
PRIDE Bushido 11/5 Yokohama event
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006The promotion announced Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho and Denis Kang vs. Akihiro Gono for their Welterweight tournament show on November 5th at Yokohama Arena.
Kurt Angle indicates MMA is in his future
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you’ve been a regular reader of this site, you have read our reports (here and here) about the chances of Kurt Angle working in MMA. All signs point to Japan, the country with promoters who can offer the most money (and a country with no commission). Today, Angle released a statement […]
UFC-related media articles
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006Hometown Source – An interview with Sean Sherk Long Beach Press-Telegram – An interview/profile article with David Loiseau Canadian Press – Another profile article on David Loiseau Long Beach Press-Telegram –
UFC media round-up
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006Hometown Source – An interview with Sean Sherk Long Beach Press-Telegram – An interview/profile article with David Loiseau Canadian Press – Another profile article on David Loiseau Long Beach Press-Telegram –
PRIDE’s latest idea for UFC
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Daily Sports reports on comments made by PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara in regards to UFC. Sakakibara stated that Mirko Cro Cop would be a suitable replacement for Vanderlei Silva to send to UFC to fight this November. Sakakibara said that despite Mirko’s name and image being printed for PRIDE’s 10/21 Las Vegas show poster, he […]
PRIDE’s big picture
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Note: As stated after PRIDE’s 9/10 Saitama event, the promotion will run their New Year’s Eve show at Saitama Super Arena. The idea with Mike Tyson is to have him fight in another country. That country is now thought to be Macau. For those who have followed PRIDE’s m.o. on a business […]
Quick media notes
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006There is a report that Calvin Ayre (under the BoDog banner) is going to be a sponsor for Scott Coker’s Strikeforce show on October 7th in Fresno, California. Here are two reports (here and here) on the new BoDog MMA show. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports that Frank Trigg will fight Jason “Mayhem” Miller for the […]
PRIDE 10/21 Las Vegas card
Monday, September 18th, 2006According to PRIDE’s web site: Josh Barnett vs. Pawel Nastula Mark Hunt vs. Eric “Butterbean” Esch Emelianenko Fedor vs. Mark Coleman Kevin Randleman vs. Mauricio Shogun
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