Matt Serra goes to Albany
By Zach Arnold | May 6, 2008
Well, it’s not exactly Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but Matt Serra is getting plenty of ink in various broadsheets for appearing in Albany (New York’s state capital) on Tuesday to lobby on behalf of MMA regulation in the state.
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Not much news happening…
By Zach Arnold | May 6, 2008
If anyone can find me an RSS feed for the articles Josh Gross writes on SI, I’ll add it to our page.
The one ‘interesting’ story of the day is Matt Lindland reportedly threatening to file a lawsuit against the ex-wife of politician Bob Packwood.
- Sports Illustrated: While the UFC dodges worry, EXC isn’t as lucky
- Charles Jay: UFC 86 – who is for real?
- Daily Star (UK): Chris Leben – caged fighter
- Canadian Press: Herschel Walker wants to put together an MMA stable to challenge UFC fighters
- 411 Mania: Drew “The Massacre” McFedries
- SI: Nick Diaz pulled off DREAM card
- The Sun (UK): Mandy Moore dating GSP?
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Media notes: Steve Sievert
By Zach Arnold | May 5, 2008
Steve Sievert, who covered MMA for The Houston Chronicle, has left the newspaper and is now with MMA Junkie. Replacing Steve at the Chronicle is Jared Barnes.
I can’t say enough good things about Steve and his writing ability.
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Today’s chalkboard (5/5/08)
By Zach Arnold | May 4, 2008
I’m not dead, but mainstream media coverage of MMA sure has been the past couple of weeks. I expect that to dramatically change in the next week, as we will see the heat-up for Sherk vs. Penn and also the upcoming EXC show at the end of this month.
Onto today’s headlines.
- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: UFC champions Antonio Nogueira, Anderson Silva partnering on fight academy in downtown Miami
- The Toronto Sun: 18-year old Gavin Clark fighting for MMA glory
- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Parents advocate their kids involvement in MMA and are not concerned about too much violence
- The Boston Herald: Joe Lauzon rolls with punches
- MMA Junkie: MMA wagering – beating closing lines
- The LA Times: UFC targets show for Latino audience
- Bloody Elbow: Affliction fumbles again
- Seattle PI: Breakdown of Sean Sherk vs. BJ Penn fight coming up
- Setanta Sports (UK): The Prodigy’s got no bottle – Sean Sherk
- The Dayton Daily News (Ohio): First impressions crucial to EXC’s debut on CBS
- The Fall River Herald-News (MA): Head to the library, not the dojo
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Today’s chalkboard (5/1/08)
By Zach Arnold | May 1, 2008
- Reuters: CBS honcho rips network’s extreme fight plan
- Bloody Elbow: EXC on CBS – ‘not socially responsible’
- Sherdog: Chris Leben turns himself in
- New York Newsday: Rights for UFC sought for bigger market in NY
- Ben Fowlkes: Mac Danzig – reality star or professional athlete?
- AOL Fanhouse: Sherk, Penn pass drug tests, but ‘there’s more drug usage in MMA than boxing’
- The Sun (UK): Tito Ortiz Q & A
- The Canadian Press: ‘Redbelt’ is an oddly intriguing MMA film by David Mamet
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Chaos with DREAM
By Zach Arnold | April 29, 2008
Too long to translate, but the summary is that between fighters like Masakatsu Funaki losing and Kiyoshi Tamura suffering a finger injury, everything is in a state of flux right now with both DREAM GP tournaments. In other words, expect some past fighters (like JZ Calvan) to be possibly re-booked as replacements in the tournament format.
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DREAM 2 (4/29 Saitama Super Arena)
By Zach Arnold | April 29, 2008
Results here. Multimedia clips from the show here. Show commentary here. MMA Predictions breakdown here.
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Today’s chalkboard (4/28/08)
By Zach Arnold | April 28, 2008
- The Canadian Press: Matt Hughes to meet Thiago Alves at UFC 85 in London
- Ice News: A holistic approach to violence in Sweden
- The Ottawa Citizen: Ultimate fighters are, in fact, trained athletes
- The Winnipeg Sun: Great (Jason) Day, great night
- The Orange County Register: Rick Bassman tells about his fight in MMA
- The Liverpool Echo (UK): Caged and fighting – a new sport for women
- The Ottawa Citizen: 5 charged for prize fight held on Ontario reserve
- Press release: UFC joins forces with StubHub and RazorGator in secondary ticket market
- Bloody Elbow: Coming soon – Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson
- The Sun (UK): Michael Bisping says Travis Lutter was unprofessional
- Setanta Sports: Michael Bisping says he could have beaten anyone
- DC Sports Box: UWC ‘invasion’ storms the D.C. Area at the Patriot Center
- 411 Mania: Interview with IFL CEO Jay Larkin
- Dann Stupp: Dayton, Ohio is the perfect city to host a UFC event
- The New York Daily News: David Mamet’s film inspirations for ‘Redbelt’
- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: MMA gear punching up sporting good sales
- Ground and Pound: Interview with BodogFight veteran Aleksander Shlemenko
- MMA Predictions: Understanding MMA after 66 events on MMAPredictions.com
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Fight Opinion Radio #80: Josh Barnett & Shayna Baszler
By Zach Arnold | April 27, 2008
We decided to go with a different format for this radio show. This time around, the guests are the co-hosts… and it made for some interesting radio. Listen to Mr. Barnett discuss his philosophy on catch wrestling (in relation to jiu-jitsu) and his pointed comments towards Eddie Bravo. Shayna discusses her future with Elite XC and what she really thinks of Gina Carano. Plus, Josh & Shayna close out the show with an embarassing segment sure to draw a high quarter-hour rating, Shayna’s Secrets. How could this possibly go wrong?
The 80th edition of Fight Opinion Radio is now online and available to download. Download this week’s show here.
Continue reading this article here…
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Maxboxing talks about the CSAC
By Zach Arnold | April 24, 2008
Steve Kim has a three-part article series (here, here, and here).
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NABC sues HDNet
By Zach Arnold | April 24, 2008
Press release
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Debating the impact of Chuck Liddell’s injury
By Zach Arnold | April 23, 2008
- AOL Fanhouse: Without Chuck Liddell, UFC 85 won’t sell on PPV
- Fox Sports: Rich Clementi will take Rob Emerson’s place at UFC 84
- MMA Junkie: Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel at UFC 86
- The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star (VA): Ultimate Warrior Challenge brings MMA to the Patriot Center this weekend
- The Daily Egyptian (Southern Illinois): Battle at the Blast III features UFC veteran’s students
- The Lafayette Advertiser (LA): TUF enough? Tim Credeur advances on The Ultimate Fighter
- Bloody Elbow: Funny, I like Iron Ring
- Todd Martin (CBS Sports): HDNet targets growing MMA television audience
- KSBY 6 Action News: AS Exclusive – Chuck Liddell comments on his hamstring injury
- Press release: Royce Gracie to appear at Log Cabin-Delaney house wedding and banquet with CT Gracie jiu-jitsu black belt Jim Hughes
- ESPN’s Page 2: Dave Mamet brings MMA to the big screen
- The Sandy Post (OR): Matt Lindland – ‘we all have the same values’
- MMA Memories: Talking MMA with Ed Fishman (always an interesting interview)
- TKO Xtreme: Video of Dana White on Off The Record
- MMA Analyst: Network television, the critics, and the rise of MMA
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Tony Reali of ESPN talks MMA
By Zach Arnold | April 22, 2008
In an interview with Michael David Smith of AOL Fanhouse:
I’m really interested to see how MMA does this year on network TV. My gut tells me we have to get MMA. If somebody asked you 10 years ago would ESPN put poker on you’d have said no. There’s a resistance right now from an older generation, not just at ESPN but my grandfather was a huge boxing fan, I don’t know if he’d be taking to MMA.
I know how Tony and Michael feel, which is that it’s too brutal to put on television. We’ve talked about putting Rampage Jackson on PTI and what happens in the end is they can’t get past the brutality of it. I don’t know that it’s really more brutal than boxing, there are long-term injuries in boxing. I think it’s compelling. When you watch it you can see what the appeal is, and I think it will be a ratings success on network TV.
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