Order of fights for DREAM debut event
By Zach Arnold | March 13, 2008
As it stands right now:
- Minowaman vs. Mr. X
- Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidetaka Monma
- LGP R1: Kotetsu Boku vs. Joachim Hansen
- LGP R1: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Luiz Buscape
- LGP R1: Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Artur Umakhanov
- LGP R1: Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Jung Bu-Kyung
- Mirko Cro Cop vs. Tatsuya Mizuno
- LGP R1: Andre Dida vs. Eddie Alvarez
- LGP R1: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Black Mamba
- LGP R1: Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan
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Fallout from Cage Rage 25 event
By Zach Arnold | March 13, 2008
Written by Adam Underhill
At long last the dust has ultimately settled from the sudden collision of Heavyweight rivals and veteran fighters that the nation witnessed this past Saturday night in London, England. Cage Rage presented yet another flourishing evening of mixed martial arts action to a sell-out crowd at the Wembley Arena with little disappointment. Regarded by many as Britain’s top mixed martial arts organisation, in association with ProElite Inc., Cage Rage offered its twenty-fifth event to the apprehensive residents of London with eleven extremely fast-paced and remarkable bouts. With only two of the fights going to the judge’s decision and the rest ending in the very first round, the fans undeniably experienced a thrilling night of ultimate fighting action.
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Media watch (3/12/08)
By Zach Arnold | March 12, 2008
A big announcement on the boxing interwebs today, as MaxBoxing and Boxing Scene are merging their two sites together.
Also, I saw that coverage of the Anderson Silva/Roy Jones Jr. story hit the airwaves on ESPN. Jim Rome credited the news to MMA Weekly on-air. Congratulations to the MMA Weekly guys.
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Using Matt Lindland To Break New York
By Iain Liddle | March 12, 2008
Despite his status as a former Olympic medallist and the fact that he is widely regarded top five middleweight in the sport, the UFC appears to have no interest in recalling Matt Lindland to compete in their octagon. They seem to have no such qualms though in using his pedigree as a competitor to reflect beneficially on themselves.
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Wednesday weekly review: Matt Lindland wants your vote
By Zach Arnold | March 12, 2008
The big story of the day is that Matt Lindland is attempting a run at political office. KPIC CBS 4 is reporting that Lindland has thrown his name into the Oregon primary race in an attempt to become the Republican nominee for a local House seat.
- The Canadian Press: The Road Warrior looks forward to fighting at home in Montreal at UFC 83
- The Canadian Press: Ed “Short Fuse” Herman to light up at UFC 83
- Fox Sports: Jake Shields will get a crack at welterweight crown
- The Associated Press: Georgia will regulate MMA with boxing commission (pro-wrestling has been spared from regulation)
- The Sun (UK): Anderson Silva challenges Roy Jones Jr.
- Fightlinker: Hi, I’m Anderson Silva’s ego!
- MMA Weekly: Nathan Marquardt vs. Thales Leites booked for UFC 85 in London
- MMA Memories: Talking MMA with Rico Chiapparelli
- Total MMA: The UFC’s perfect ten – the light heavyweights
- MMA Analyst: Pro Elite & CBS – sink or swim?
- Five Ounces of Pain: Interview with Josh Koscheck
- Jarry Park (Audio): Interview with Yves Edwards
- Fight Network Radio (Audio): Interview with David Loiseau
- MMA Junkie: WEC’s Doug Marshall training intensely, hoping for California fight
- Japan MMA: Mark Hunt to fight in DREAM
- Awful Announcing: How Jay Glazer knowing Randy Couture helped him break the Brett Favre retirement story
- Silicon Alleys: Frank Shamrock arena
- Setanta Sports (UK): Chuck Liddell comments on Rashad Evans
- CBS Sports: Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou sees MMA up close for new movie
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Tuesday reading material (3/11/08)
By Zach Arnold | March 11, 2008
Slow news cycle today, but here are the news items I have for you.
Here’s an interesting news item regarding Elite XC getting a new CEO. I don’t know if the company’s CFO leaving is a good thing or a bad thing.
- Josh Barnett: Learn the Fitness by Barnett program
- Steve Cofield: Jon Koppenhaver checks in?
- Fightlinker: Josh Barnett – ultimo geeko
- Dave Meltzer: Tito Ortiz and others could leave the UFC
- Charles Jay: Between a (Sham)Rock and a Hard Place
- Jarry Park (audio): Interview with Tito Ortiz
- Fight Metric: Calling shenanigans on Chuck Norris
- MMA BJJ: A bunch of videos about DREAM
- MMA Betting Blog: MMA and UFC betting sites for Canadians
- Seeking Alpha: WWE’s MMA potential
- Press Release: BET’s new MMA series debuts next week
- MMA Payout: Effect of EXC-CBS deal on fighter sponsorships
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No soccer ball kicks and foot stomps in DREAM
By Zach Arnold | March 11, 2008
Yuji Shimada said that the DREAM promotion would aim to not have either soccer ball kicks or foot stomps in fights that take place in the DREAM ring. More on this story here and here.
Mirko Cro Cop will face U-FILE camp member Tatsuya Mizuno at the DREAM 3/15 Saitama Super Arena event.
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Fight Opinion Radio #78: Oleg Taktarov & Jeremy Lappen
By Zach Arnold | March 10, 2008
This week, we have two special interviews for you. First, we have an interview with Elite XC matchmaker Jeremy Lappen. Jeremy stops by to talk about the new EXC/CBS deal and clarifies or disproves some of the rumors floating on the Internet about the business aspects of the new relationship. Second, we have an interview with Oleg Taktarov. Oleg stops by to talk about his upcoming Yamma Pit Fighting match against Don Frye and to tell the full story about how he got lost in Africa. Plus, his thoughts on why the pioneers of MMA still appeal to the fans today and why some of the newer MMA fighters are boring to him.
To close out the show, Judge Jeff Thaler makes his return to discuss yet another wacky MMA-related legal situation. On the docket this week is the situation regarding Fightlinker’s now-famous parody about Luke Cummo failing a drug test in Ohio due to too much caffeine intake. On what possible grounds could anyone go after Fightlinker legally for the parody? Judge Jeff breaks down this amusing situation for you.
The 78th edition of Fight Opinion Radio is now online and available to download. Download this week’s show here.
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Monday news & notes (3/10/08)
By Zach Arnold | March 10, 2008
The big story of the day is this New York Times article talking about UFC’s upcoming campaign to get MMA legalized in New York state. Apparently, UFC will have a new web site called MMA Facts to try to positively persuade public opinion about the business.
- The Dayton Daily News (OH): Diego Saraiva has impressive showing to garner first AFL lightweight title
- Steve Sievert: WEC remains content going solo
- Total MMA: Ken Shamrock is a fraud
- Fightlinker: Roy Nelson knows more about chokes than Dan Henderson
- Fight Metric: Total Performance Report for Cage Rage 25 event last Saturday
- Jarry Park (Audio): Interview with KJ Noons
- The Fightworks Podcast (Audio): Interview with Wellington “Megaton” Dias
- Jake Rossen: Red and Green – The Fedor Fiasco
- Sam Caplan: What will CBS think about the Melvin Costa situation?
- MMA California: Miletich seminar in San Jose
- MMA Payout: Ready for prime time? EXC on CBS
- MMA Analyst: Chuck Liddell thinks he can defeat Fedor… sigh
- Compustrike: Stats for ROC 3/7 event carried on HDNet
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SLAMM!! ‘Nederland vs. Thailand IV’ road report
By Zach Arnold | March 9, 2008
Written by Adam Underhill
SLAMM!! “Nederland vs. Thailand IV”
IN ASSOCIATION WITH M-1 GLOBAL
02/03/08 START 13:00
In the small ever-developing borough of Almere, thousands of fight fans from across the world attended the Topsportcentrum in the desolate lands of this uninhabited Dutch town, to watch the biggest show on the kick-boxing calendar in the Netherlands. Holland’s biggest fight promotion ‘SLAMM!!’ held their fourth instalment of their ‘Nederland vs. Thailand’ series alongside upstart MMA promotion M-1 Global in what would be an arduous ten-hour marathon of mixed martial arts and kick-boxing action. The majority of the card was occupied by the Dutch regulars and the top Muay Thai boxers from Thailand, while the M-1 portion contained fighters from all over the Continent in what would be the inaugural ‘M-1 Challenge’ series of events. We certainly received our money’s worth, if you’re counting Euros or dollars per fight, that’s for sure!
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Sunday news review (3/9/08)
By Zach Arnold | March 9, 2008
If you haven’t read my article previewing the DREAM project, go read it.
New radio show should be available by tonight or tomorrow morning.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer: For Rich Franklin, fighting only part of the agenda
- The Ottawa Sun: Jason Day drops the hammer
- Great Reporter: Body by choke hold
- The Sweet Science: End of the road? Ken Shamrock loses in London
- Sam Caplan: Ken Shamrock looked old last night
- THe Orange County Register: Toe-to-toe with UFC President Dana White
- The Boston Herald: What, Dana White worry?
- The Frederick News-Post (Maryland): Maryland has a chance to help MMA go mainstream
- The Southern Poverty Law Center: The last word – racists active in MMA
- MMA Opinion: Hating convention – for those MMA fans who reject the mainstream
- Eddie Goldman (Audio): Mike Chapman on Frank Gotch Day and when pro-wrestling was real
- Xtreme Couture: Dr. Martin Kampmann
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Doom
By Zach Arnold | March 8, 2008
Ken Shamrock lost today. Video here.
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DREAM debut event photos
By Zach Arnold | March 8, 2008
At next week’s event at Saitama Super Arena, there will be a photographer taking pictures on behalf of MMA Opinion. The photographer is interested and willing to sell any of the event photographs (including editing). If you’re interested in getting some photos of the event for your web site (and/or magazine), contact Brandt DeLorenzo at [email protected].
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