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Friday, September 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Dave Meltzer notes that Kurt Angle is now being buried by the WWE. Either this is a strange angle or else they are really concerned that he is going to work in fact for TNA. In response to a Dave Ditch article about the former Olympian’s future in the fight game, […]
First the Zuffa myth, now the Fuji TV myth
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold There is a story by Fred Varcoe (writer’s apparent background here and here) that basically is a pro-PRIDE article about their upcoming shows in Saitama and Las Vegas. It reads exactly like what a PRIDE fan would write.
Kawamata loses in court
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold For reference to the whole yakuza scandal and 3-way 2003 MMA wars in Japan, use this link. Seiya Kawamata, who had filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Nippon TV for improper annulment of payment from the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye TV contract in 2003, has apparently lost his court case. The court […]
Sakuraba will fight in October
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold The HERO’s promotion announced that Kazushi Sakuraba has been cleared to fight on the promotion’s 10/9 Yokohama Arena show. This was the show that was rumored to feature the debut of Brock Lesnar, but no mention of Lesnar fighting so far. Akebono & Kazuyuki Miyata were announced as participants for the 10/9 […]
Worldwide media notes
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold I find interesting news items, and you comment on them. Updated at 12:45 PM EST.
Media quote of the day
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006From boxing promoter Bob Arum: The reason Arum feels the UFC has not hurt boxing is simply, the audience makeup is different. He feels that the UFC audience is made up of mostly white males, while boxing caters to Hispanics, African-Americans and “a few whites.” “We have a totally different audience. The demographic of UFC […]
Updated K-1 9/30 Osaka GP card
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Here is the newest card line-up: Ray Sefo vs. Stefan “Blitz” Leko Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari Glaube Feitosa vs. Paul Slowinski Jerome Le Banner vs. Choi Hong-Man Peter Aerts vs. Remy Bonjasky Semmy Schilt vs. Bjorn Bregy Ernesto Hoost vs. Yusuke Fujimoto Musashi vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab
UFC’s low payroll attracts media focus
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Neil Davidson, the main MMA writer for CP (Canadian Press), calls out UFC today in a news wire article (companion article link here) for the low pay that undercard fighters in the promotion receive. Davidson’s article has hard numbers of what each fighter got paid, including the shocking $21,000 USD amount for […]
Updated PRIDE 9/10 Saitama card line-up
Monday, August 28th, 2006Here it is: Mauricio Shogun vs. The Snake (France/Team BOON!) Ricardo Arona vs. Alistair Overeem Yosuke Nishijima vs. Evangelista Cyborg Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao Alternate Match: Sergey Kharitonov vs. Emelianenko Alexander Open-Weight GP: Vanderlei Silva vs. Mirko Cro Cop Open-Weight GP: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett
Bushido 8/26 Nagoya event on FSN TV
Sunday, August 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold The good, the bad, and the rest — reviewed.
UFC 62 recap
Saturday, August 26th, 2006Online reviews: Observer | Sherdog | F4W Online | Knockout Zone | MMA HQ | Canadian Press
PRIDE Bushido 8/26 Nagoya event results
Saturday, August 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold Full results from the show can be seen by using the full-page view of this posting. Special thanks to Burning Spirit for the fight times.
UFC hype machine on Spike TV
Friday, August 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold Tonight on Spike TV, UFC had the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s fight with Chuck Liddell and Renato “Babalu” Sobral. Weigh-in stats here. More interestingly, the show announced that Tito Ortiz would face Ken Shamrock on Spike TV for October 10th at the Hard Rock Casino in Florida. Press release here. Ortiz had a […]
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