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Thursday, July 13th, 2006The promotion announced Mirko Cro Cop vs. Vanderlei Silva and Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira as the semi-finals of the open-weight GP tournament, which take place on 9/10 at Saitama Super Arena.
K-1 Revenge 2006
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006Update: K-1 announced on Friday that Bobby Ologun would participate on the 7/30 Sapporo show. 7/30 Sapporo, Makomanai Ice Arena card line-up: Akebono vs. Choi Hong-Man Remy Bonjasky vs. Mighty Mo Glaube Feitosa vs. Musashi Peter Aerts vs. Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge Poul Slowinski vs. Tatsufumi Tomihira Bjorn Bregy vs. Tsuyoshi Nakasako Yusuke Fujimoto vs. […]
UFC 61 medical suspensions
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Information courtesy of the Nevada State Athletic Commission PDF filing: Andrei Arlovski suspended until 9/7, Tim Sylvia suspended until he is cleared by a doctor Ken Shamrock suspended until 8/8 Josh Burkman suspended until 1/5/07 (nasal fracture & big right toe injury) unless a doctor clears him, Josh Neer suspended until 8/23 Dan Christison suspended […]
Shukan Playboy: The bubble is bursting
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold This week’s edition of Shukan Playboy has a four-page spread titled who killed martial art movement? in English next to Japanese text asking what killed the Japanese kakutougi (MMA) boom. It’s a fairly complete article in terms of writing, with numerous sportswriters being quoted and all the facts being accurate. The main […]
Boston Globe article on UFC
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Jeff Thaler responds. Ron Borges, one of the more famous mainstream media boxing writers, attended the UFC 61 show and filed a report in the Boston Globe newspaper. (A second article by Borges can be found here.) For those who have been frustrated about the way the media covers the “transformation” […]
Being dealt a bad hand
Monday, July 10th, 2006There are wire reports today that state that American legislators are going to attempt to stop the flow of money to offshore companies that provide online gambling services to American citizens. The LA Times reports has more on this story. If such legislation is passed, it would deal a blow to people who are involved […]
Josh Barnett comments
Monday, July 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold Here are some comments that PRIDE heavyweight fighter Josh Barnett gave to me in a brief Q & A session.
Sapp – “I was betrayed by K-1”
Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold Bob Sapp held a press conference on Monday morning (Nikkan Sports report here with comments from Sapp’s lawyer, Michael Connette) at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Sapp told the press that he did not run away from fighting and that he wanted the fans to know the truth. He went […]
PRIDE comments on UFC
Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold While Dana White was allegedly busy having security escort WFA President Jeremy Lappen out of the Mandalay Bay Events Center, PRIDE was busy posting a report on their web site about Vanderlei Silva’s appearance in the UFC octagon. PRIDE’s report clearly states “PRIDE x UFC” as a full-out promotional war, and raises […]
UFC vs. PRIDE 2
Sunday, July 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold My previous post on UFC vs. PRIDE can be found here. Reflecting upon the latest news developments with Vanderlei Silva apparently signing a 3-fight deal with UFC, one has to wonder what exactly is going to happen with both UFC & PRIDE in the future. There are a few possibilities on the […]
The reviews are coming in
Saturday, July 8th, 2006On the UFC 61 PPV: Observer – Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock is up next. This came off badly. Ortiz slammed Shamrock hard and was hammering him and hit five elbows. Ken wasn’t doing much to defend, well actually nothing, and it was stopped. Ken got right back up. Really Ken likely wasn’t getting up, […]
UFC vs. PRIDE
Saturday, July 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold UFC President Dana White announced Chuck Liddell vs. Vanderlei Silva to happen in November. Internet response to this story: Eddie Goldman | Whaledog | MMA HQ | Ivan Trembow Update: Commenter Torn Victor points out a report on Fox Sports that Vanderlei Silva has signed a 3-fight deal with the UFC. This […]
PRIDE continues big talk
Friday, July 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold The PRIDE office is pushing a story in the media (Nikkan Sports report here) that they are aiming to get Olympic Greco-Roman 120 kg Russian wrestler Khassan Baroev to work a match for their Otoko Matsuri (Man Festival) show (if they have the event take place). Baroev made news a few years […]
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