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Update: Here’s a scan of Tokyo Sports today that Kakutolog has posted. The big question raised now is whether or not Big Japan tried to cover-up the incident. The newspaper speculates on whether criminal charges will be filed. Update II: Kanemura’s bookings on two upcoming LOCK-UP shows (2/24 Korakuen Hall & 2/29 Osaka, IMP [...]

In today’s Miami Herald newspaper: Instead, I watched the boxing match between Jermaine Taylor and Kelly Pavlik, a fight in which cuts were treated, consciousness was encouraged and the only time you considered someone would die was when ”guest judge” Harold Lederman got a little too excited while giving his round-by-round scoring. And that’s where the hesitation [...]

MMA Predictions (radio): The rumors of WWE purchasing the UFC MMA Fight Weekly (MSNBC): Tito Ortiz done with UFC The Hurricane Online (Miami): Kimbo slices up opponent, rallies passionate fans Black Athlete: Kimbo ‘Slices up’ Abbott The Miami Herald: Kimbo ‘Slice of life’ MMA Madness: The Beard & The Rapture - what’s next for [...]

First, John G. Edwards has a lengthy article in the Las Vegas Business Press about last week’s Xyience bankruptcy court hearing. It’s a longer version of John’s article last week in the Review-Journal, with more details about the opposition against the Fertitta Brothers in the Xyience Chapter 11 proceedings. The article touches upon [...]

That was the obvious conclusion after watching tonight’s angle on RAW with The Big Show. If the rumor is true that Mayweather broke Big Show’s nose yesterday in Las Vegas, then I have to give credit to Show for putting up with that physical abuse. I chuckled at the fact that WWE crowds in both [...]

Talk about being out of touch with what American MMA fans want. Franklin McNeil, whose work for The Newark Star-Ledger is usually pretty solid, veers into hardcore MMA purist territory with these comments in his new ESPN article about Kimbo Slice’s win over Tank Abbott: Share This

Update: More details added to the post. For most hardcore MMA fans who don’t follow professional wrestling, Yuji Nagata is known as the poor guy who got his clock cleaned by Mirko Cro Cop on NYE 2001 at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye show in Saitama and by Fedor on NYE 2003 at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye event at [...]

Event results: MMA Weekly | Sherdog | The Fight Network | MMA Junkie | MMA Mania | Five Ounces of Pain | 411 Mania Meanwhile, Kelly Pavlik defeated Jermain Taylor in their re-match tonight in Las Vegas. Share This

There’s a new site called http://www.intheguard.tv that has been launched. Check it out. Sherdog: Cuban’s HDNet Fights enters Couture-UFC war UFC HP: Tim Boetsch vs. Matt Hamill added to UFN 4/2 card (full card line-up here) MMA California: 2008 California State Pankration Championships 15 Rounds (Gary Herman): EXC Miami event predictions Fox Sports: Kimbo, [...]

Jeff Thaler and Thaler family members join us this week to recap the WEC 32 event from Wednesday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Does Carlos Condit deserve the praise that he is receiving online? Where does he stand in terms of worldwide rankings in his weight class? Plus, what’s the best sports [...]

Listen to the audio here. The interview is 100 minutes long. At the 70 minute mark, Bergeron starts making claims of Zuffa engaging in fraud. It will be interesting to see how UFC responds to Bergeron’s various claims in this controversial, in-depth interview. An update on the Bergeron vs. Xyience Inc. court case: In addition [...]

The latest IFL SEC filing. KSBY 6 Action News: Knockout crowd shows up in San Luis Obispo to meet Chuck Liddell at book appearance The Canadian Press: Scalpers move in to fill demand for UFC 83 tickets in Montreal MMA Betting Blog: Kimbo or Tank? Find out where the smart money is going The Barrie [...]

John Edwards in The Las Vegas Review-Journal this morning is reporting that Zyen LLC, one company that The Fertitta Brothers have used to help finance Xyience, has won a battle in bankruptcy court to loan more money to Xyience. According to Edwards, Zyen LLC can now loan up to $2.6 million USD to Xyience. Share [...]

Event results: MMA Weekly | The Fight Network | Sherdog | MMA Mania | Yahoo Sports Steve Sievert was right - that is a packed house in Albuquerque. This is a fantastic show. Chase Beebe got schooled by Miguel Torres and Jamie Varner frustrated Rob McCullough in a fight that featured some heavy punching in round [...]

The answer as to why our server has had trouble lately. More on this later. Share This

A big press conference was held today in Tokyo at the Metropolitan Edmont hotel with 500 fans in attendance to announce a new promotion called DREAM. Mirko Cro Cop was in attendance and was quoted by the Japanese press as saying that “cage fighting doesn’t suit me” and that Japan is really his second [...]

On the eve of what appears to be Mirko Cro Cop showing up in Tokyo for the K-1/DSE joint press-conference in Japan to announce their new promotion, I thought that I would take a brief respite here and put on my historian cap to talk about a certain individual. To understand the various scandals and seismic [...]

Start at the 16 minute, 30 second mark (audio here) and listen. Cross-reference: Two-part interview with Tadashi Tanaka (part one and part two) In our earlier news post today, we linked to an article that Charles Jay wrote about regarding UFC’s lawsuit against Dream Stage Entertainment over the PRIDE asset sale deal. MMA Memories, [...]

Rich Bergeron: Xyience co-CEOs Adam Frank and Kirk Sanford are done with the company (Bergeron makes more claims about The Fertitta Brothers) MMA Payout: Report that UFC 80 drew 225,000 PPV buys Charles Jay: Operation Clean-up — They knew… don’t let UFC’s lawsuit against DSE fool you The Fightworks Podcast: Episode #103 - BJJ [...]

We’ve now officially reached the point where Judge Jeff Thaler may become a weekly segment on our radio show, thanks to the millions of MMA-related lawsuits being filed in the United States. This week, the Judge takes a close look at PRIDE FC Worldwide’s lawsuit against Dream Stage Entertainment. What are some of [...]