Evan Tanner’s new blog on Spike.com
By Zach Arnold | June 12, 2008
His first entry is right here. It might be wise for the folks at Spike to create an RSS feed for Evan’s posts, or at the very least a syndication feed for all of their MMA-related specific content…
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Match order for DREAM 4 event
By Zach Arnold | June 12, 2008
As of today in terms of fight order:
6/15 Yokohama Arena (5 PM JST)
- Lightweight GP round two: Shin’ya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata
- Heavyweights: Alistair Overeem vs. Lee Tae-Hyun
- Light Heavyweights: Ralek Gracie vs. Alavutdin Gadzhiyev
- Featherweights: Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama
- Middleweight GP round two: Gegard Mousasi vs. Yoon Dong-Sik
- Middleweight GP round two: Zelg Galesic vs. Kin Tai Ei
- Middleweight GP round two: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Jason “Mayhem” Miller
- Middleweight GP round two: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Melvin Manhoef
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The latest in MMA politics
By Zach Arnold | June 12, 2008
Sam Caplan at CBS Sports has a new article about officiating in MMA, with Big John McCarthy giving his thoughts on recent controversies in the business.
ESPN the Magazine is reporting that Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans is tentatively set for UFC’s Atlanta event this September.
Continue reading this article here…
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Press release from Sportgenic on MMA advertising
By Zach Arnold | June 12, 2008
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A lack of heat for Rampage Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
By Zach Arnold | June 12, 2008
Everything you need to know about the upcoming DREAM 4 card can be found right here. Jack Encarnacao has a great article on Jason “Mayhem” Miller and his philosophy in the fight business.
ESPN asks a big question today on their web site in regards to whether or not MMA will become an Olympic sport.
Todd Martin at CBS Sports argues that even following his most recent loss, Matt Hughes’ legacy remains rock solid. Todd also has a new article talking about the complete lack of heat for the upcoming Rampage Jackson/Forrest Griffin fight. This is a point that both Caleb and I emphasized on the latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio. On paper, it sounded like a sure-fire, can’t-miss idea. Instead, the execution has been totally flat.
Speaking of Caleb, here is some original reporting from him. As opposed to the ridiculous reporting circus about Dana White’s so-called big announcement. Enough already.
- USA Today: Can judo stars find success across the spectrum in MMA?
- 2TheAdvocate (Baton Rouge, LA): MMA is not grandpa’s boxing
- MMA California (Erin Bucknell): Matdaddy.com Grappling Tournament information
- MMA on Tap: The resurrection of Yves Edwards
- ADCC News: Bart Palaszewski talks Jeff Cox, Adrenaline show
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Choi Hong-Man has successful surgery to remove tumor
By Zach Arnold | June 10, 2008
Nikkan Sports published a story today claiming that Choi Hong-Man had a successful operation to remove the tumor in his pituitary gland that caused him to be blocked from fighting in California at the LA Coliseum last year. Hong-Man is expected to be in the hospital for about a week in recovery and may appear at K-1’s 9/27 World GP event in Seoul. A few days ago, The Korea Times reported that Choi received an exemption from serving in the military.
Onto today’s headlines.
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K-1 7/13 Taipei card line-up
By Zach Arnold | June 10, 2008
- World GP: Ruslan Karaev vs. Tatsufumi Tomihira
- World GP: Young Hyun-Kim vs. Saiseelek Nor-Seepun (Thailand)
- World GP: Aleksandr Pichkunov vs. Nobu Hayashi
- World GP: Qing Jun Zhang vs. Yong-Soo Park
- Remy Bonjasky vs. Volk Atajev
- Ray Sefo vs. Zabit Samedov
- Jun’ichi Sawayashiki vs. Catalin Morosanu
- Makoto Uehara vs. Song Bingnan
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Writers wanted for Fight Opinion
By Zach Arnold | June 10, 2008
We need to add some talent to the mix, but I am only looking for dependable writers. The track record in the past of us bringing on writers usually ended in one of the following manners:
1) Burned out quickly after writing an initial flurry of content or
2) Got bored and wanted to have their own web site
Past writing experience preferred, and I would be more than happy to bring on other MMA bloggers who have their own sites or want to move onto Fight Opinion. Use the contact form to get a hold of me if you are interested. Many thanks.
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Josh Barnett profiled on NHK
By Zach Arnold | June 9, 2008
NHK recently did a profile of Josh Barnett. His favorite word? Fight.
- The Fightworks Podcast: Your turn to interview Xande Ribeiro, BJJ world champion
- USA Today: Jeff Monson pulled off of this Saturday’s Adrenaline MMA event
- The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat (CA): There will be blood… and when there is, fight doctor Gary Furness will be there to clean it up (very good article to read)
- KHNL NBC 8 (Hawaii): UFC champ BJ Penn humbled by fans
- Steve Sievert: Rejuvenated Yves Edwards earns long-awaited title shot
- Ben Fowlkes (Sports Illustrated): MMA doesn’t need rules, it needs the right interpretation
- Luke Thomas: Does MMA need instant replay?
- Dave Meltzer: Officials under scrutiny after controversies
- The Boston Herald: Bloody sport of MMA grows in popularity
- Fox News Fight Game (video): Caged marines
- UFC HP: Jon Fitch – the wait is over
- Jared Barnes (Houston Chronicle): Matt Hughes by the numbers and the greatest UFC fighters ever
- TKO Xtreme: Wes Sims vs. Bosse recap (video)
- Sherdog: The making of a superstar in South Korea
- Charles Jay: Floyd Mayweather to UFC – would it be a master stroke?
- MMA Opinion: Rumors on Dana White’s big announcement
- The Pacific Daily News (Guam): Bill introduced to more-tightly regulate MMA in Guam
- The Oklahoman: MMA notebook – former OSU wrestler Jack Jensen
- Sherdog: Big John McCarthy, Association of Boxing Commissions to review ‘grounded knees’
- The Las Vegas Review-Journal: Affliction MMA aiming to push UFC – Trump-backed company’s debut card loaded
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K-1 June & July 2008 cards
By Zach Arnold | June 9, 2008
6/29 Fukuoka, Marine Messe (3 PM JST)
Card as of today:
- Heavyweight title match: Badr Hari vs. Glaube Feitosa
- Super Heavyweight title match: Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner
- Takashi Tachikawa vs. Shinkyu Kawano
- Peter Aerts vs. Jan “The Giant” Nortje
- Japan GP: Musashi vs. Keijiro Maeda
- Japan GP: Takumi Sato vs. Mitsugu Noda
- Japan GP: Tsutomu Takahagi vs. Ewerton Teixeira
- Japan GP: Tsuyoshi Nakasako vs. Bernard Ackah
- Japan GP Reserve fight: Keigo Takamori vs. Taisei Ko
Also, the 7/7 Nippon Budokan card line-up for the upcoming World MAX 2008 final 8 tournament.
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Monday media review (6/9/08)
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2008
WVR has booked Saitama Super Arena for 8/24. BTW, not a single Japanese media outlet is giving the paid number of fans for the Sengoku III show that happened yesterday in Saitama. I’ve never seen that happen before. Usually at least one outlet will go with a worked number.
- Matt Stewart (F4W Online): Kimbo Slice’s uncommon fairy tale
- The Dayton Daily News (OH): Retirement isn’t Matt Hughes’ only option
- The Sun (UK): Legend Hughes hits crossroads
- Sports Illustrated (Josh Gross): MMA legend Matt Hughes fading away
- Fox Sports (Steve Cofield): Matt Hughes showing not what he used to be
- The Telegraph (UK): Explosive Michael Bisping on course for showdown with Anderson Silva
- The Sun (UK): Anderson Silva beckons for Michael Bisping
- The Lancashire Telegraph (UK): Michael Bisping on a mission for gold
- TSN (Canada): List of challengers for Georges St. Pierre growing
- The Honolulu Advertiser: In UFC, nothing is mighter than the Penn – BJ signs over 1,000 autographs in Honolulu
- New York Newsday: Kimbo Slice vs. Mike Tyson – could it happen?
- Brandweek Magazine: Q & A with Everlast President Adam Geilser
- The Sunday Sun (UK): Cage fighter Ian Freeman to battle tax man
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Fight Opinion Radio #82: Coffee talk on major MMA issues
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2008
We are joined this week by Caleb of The Fightworks Podcast and MMA Predictions to talk about many of the bigger issues that the MMA industry is going to face in the reminder of the 2008 calendar year. This show features a different format than past shows in that it’s more in free-flow form, but we think that you will enjoy it nonetheless.
The 82nd edition of Fight Opinion Radio is now online and available to download. Download this week’s show here.
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Sengoku III (6/8 Saitama Super Arena)
By Zach Arnold | June 8, 2008
Results here and here. I’ll have further event notes later on in the day.
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