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Saturday, February 4th, 2006Link mania is running wild, brother. On the UFC site, Andrei Arlovski says that he has been training with Randy Couture. K-1 Official web site: 2/4 Saitama Super Arena coverage (including a photo gallery for each fight) San Francisco Chronicle: Mixed martial arts knocks down state barriers (California) San Luis Obispo Tribune: Liddell meets his […]
MMA: Super Saturday
Saturday, February 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you’re looking for the K-1 results from today’s Saitama Super Arena show, click here. Over at the Burning Spirit site, Caitsith has been filing a live show report on the MARS event that took place on Saturday in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. Also, Yunta Jimura at his Lutalivre Japanese blog has […]
Techno Goliath headed to the military
Friday, February 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Digital Chosun has an article about Choi Hong-Man’s dilemma in regards to South Korea’s laws regarding mandatory military service. The article states that Hong-Man’s plan is to try to postpone the mandatory service date to 2008 (meaning he would have two years left to fight in K-1, then go into the military). […]
Hollywood Tito
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Tito Ortiz, according to IMDB.com, has a limited role in the upcoming controversial film Valley of the Wolves Iraq. It is a Turkish film that is expected to do good business in several countries, but may not get such a heartwarming reaction in America. Money quotes: “The scenario is great,” Istanbul Mayor […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 5
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006This week’s show features special guest analyst Rob Sayers, along with co-hosts Adam Summers & Mike Sempervive, discussing the story of the legendary Carlson Gracie Sr. dying on Wednesday. Plus, Rob helps Adam & Mike preview the upcoming UFC 57 show. In addition, Adam & Mike have a two-part discussion on boxing (the heavyweights in the first segment, the lighter weight classes in the second segment).
Report: Carlson Gracie dies
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Denis Martins (writer for ADCC) contacted me from Brazil today and reported to me that Carlson Gracie died this morning in America. This news comes shortly after an OntheMat report of Gracie being taken to a Chicago-area hospital due to a liver infection. Update: Rafael Werneck of Gracie Magazine posted the following […]
MMA News round-up
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Gryphon has a report about K-1 wanting to establish a promotional connection with UFC. The most interesting note is that K-1 is managing the booking for Royce Gracie in UFC. The quotes from Gryphon’s report come from God Bless the Ring (Burning Spirit has more in Japanese). The Japanese fans wonder if […]
Belfort canceled from Cage Rage event
Monday, January 30th, 2006Vitor Belfort has been canceled from this weekend’s card at the Wembley Conference center near London. Cage Rage’s event this weekend is one of at least 5 mega MMA shows taking place this weekend, and Belfort was scheduled to face Melvin Manhoef. Related links: Belfort to face Manhoef at CR 15: Adrenalin Rush!
Fedor out for six months
Monday, January 30th, 2006Emelianenko Fedor’s official Japanese home page reports that he had a 90-minute operation/surgery on his right hand on 1/26 in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. Doctors & specialists have told him that he needs six months of time off for the hand to fully heal. If Fedor sticks to the doctor’s advice, that would prevent him from […]
Legislation proposed to ban MMA in Hawaii
Sunday, January 29th, 2006Peter Boylan reports in the Honolulu Advertiser that Democratic state representative Tommy Waters has introduced legislation to ban MMA on the island of Hawaii. Waters, D-51st (Waimanalo, Lanikai), has introduced a House bill calling for a ban on all forms of extreme combat. He said he wrote the bill after attending neighborhood board meetings in […]
iTunes mania
Sunday, January 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold With our Fight Opinion radio show now added to the iTunes directory, I started browsing through the various podcasts available for download/subscription through the service. While the MMA & Pro-wrestling categories seem somewhat limited (in terms of organization), I found a few MMA podcasts that I had not heard of and decided […]
Update on the Bobby Ologun situation
Sunday, January 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you remember our report from a couple of days ago on the Fight Opinion site, you know what we are referring to. If not, click on this link to refresh your memory. After a few days of more Japanese media reports, some of the facts regarding the incident are being noted. […]
House Cleaning Notes
Saturday, January 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you have not seen the announcement yet, the Fight Opinion radio show is now available to download on iTunes. Thanks to superstar code monkey Rob Sayers, we now have a feed on this web site that automatically updates when new shows are made available to the public. If you use iTunes, […]
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