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Monday, May 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold TV Week has an extraordinary article, talking about various American cable networks jumping on the MMA bandwagon. And, as you would expect with some network executives, their view of what MMA is produces some wacky, but unfortunate results. BET, MTV2, Oxygen and Fox Sports are betting the popularity of ultimate fighting will […]
Online ticket auction
Sunday, May 28th, 2006We got a note from correspondent Michael Blechman about an auction taking place to help benefit Brian Olsen, the fighter who got stuck with an ambulance bill after Mike Kyle kicked him in the face in their WEC fight. Link to the auction site. For the auction, two cage side seats (Section C, Row 1, […]
Gendai: Fuji TV not to renew PRIDE TV deal?
Sunday, May 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold As noted yesterday on the message board, Shukan Gendai came out with a page article in this week’s magazine, proclaiming that their campaign against DSE for being an alleged yakuza group is showing some effects. They claim that the TV deal between DSE/PRIDE & Fuji TV is up in September, and that […]
IFL 5/28 TV report
Sunday, May 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold Flashback: IFL debut TV show on Fox Sports Net The TV intro package is the same as last week. We see a review of the Silverbacks’ domination of the Anacondas, with tonight featuring Renzo Gracie’s Pitbulls vs. Maurice Smith’s Tiger Sharks.
UFC mania in Japan
Sunday, May 28th, 2006Photo credit: Sankei Sports By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports has two articles today (here and here). The first one talks about the photo-op that Kazushi Sakuraba, K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa, and UFC President Dana White had. The hope is that Sakuraba will work in UFC soon. The second article talks about Ryo Chonan training with […]
Goldberg in MMA?
Saturday, May 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold Matt Boone reports that MMA Hawaii’s X-2 show in Oakland, California on June 3rd may have a surprise. Boone claims that X-2 is in preliminary negotiations to book Bill Goldberg vs. Tank Abbott.
UFC 60 Results
Saturday, May 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold Results links: W. Observer | Sherdog | MMA Weekly | Fox Sports | CP | MMA Snark | Long Beach Press-Telegram | FightReport.net Post your show thoughts here, or in the comments section of this post.
Sakuraba to attend UFC show?
Friday, May 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports reports that Kazushi Sakuraba may be in attendance for the UFC 60 show on Saturday night (Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie). The article speculates that Sakuraba may end up participating in UFC (given the current business relationship between UFC & K-1 with BJ Penn & Royce Gracie).
Baroni placed in Bushido main event
Friday, May 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE announced the match order of the 6/4 Saitama Super Arena card line-up. It is as follows: Jason Black vs. Eoh Won Jin Welterweight Tournament: Murilo Bustamante vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight Tournament: Paulo Filho vs. Yoon Dong Sik Welterweight Tournament: Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor Welterweight Tournament: Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi […]
UFC’s expansion plans
Thursday, May 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold There is a great Whaledog editorial about Dana White’s comments to The Long Beach Press-Telegram about expanding the UFC into Europe, Canada, and other markets. One comment that struck me in particular was Mr. White stating that the NFL has had trouble exporting their product overseas, but that UFC could export their […]
Newsday interviews Royce
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Joe Fernandez of New York’s Newsday did an interview with Royce Gracie for their Thursday newspaper edition. Two interesting notes from the interview: Joe Fernandez: How did you get signed for this match? Royce Gracie: It’s an agreement between UFC and K-1 because I’m under contract with K-1. K-1 called me up […]
“The biochemists”
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold In recent interviews that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has done with various media outlets (transcript here), Jackson has talked about having to deal with DSE’s “US office,” which is really just an office space in Los Angeles with Turi Altavilla (who used to work for King of the Cage, and is a hard […]
American money in China’s MMA scene
Monday, May 22nd, 2006The Voice of San Diego has an article about former American football player Rashaan Salaam being the force (money and investors) behind the Art of War promotion in Beijing, China.
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