Entries from October 2007

IFL Chief Larkin Promises Big Changes in 2008 Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Yesterday the IFL’s newest executive addition, former Showtime boxing producer Jay Larkin, held a media conference call to discuss the goings-on in the IFL. As most of the readers of this blog know, I am employed by the IFL. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t spent much of the past year getting frustrated […]

UFC, White to Hold Another Press Conference Today Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The UFC has announced that they will hold yet another press conference at 4 pm EST today - this one to be streamed live on UFC.com - and Zuffa co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta will join UFC president Dana White to address statements made by Randy Couture last week. I don’t know about the rest of […]

Pithy Thoughts For a Monday Morning Monday, October 29th, 2007

The new edition of my weekly column is live at Crave Online . It focuses, naturally, on the issue of the moment regarding Dana White and Randy Couture. While I thoroughly enjoyed the back and forth between these two last week, I’m still baffled by some of White’s comments. Did he really […]

Dueling Press Conferences: Dana White vs. Randy Couture Friday, October 26th, 2007

When Dana White announced that he would hold a press conference on the same day as the one already announced by departed UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture, it wasn’t hard to see what he had in mind. When he scheduled his media conference call to begin just thirty minutes before Couture’s Las Vegas media […]

TUF Boosted By Best Fight of the Season Thursday, October 25th, 2007

This week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter was undoubtedly the best so far of season six, primarily because for the first time it spent a significant portion of the show on the actual fight.  Team Serra’s Ben Saunders and Team Hughes’ Dan Barrera put on quite a show, even if the ending was a tad […]

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It’s Official: Liddell-Silva at UFC 79 Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

The long-awaited match between former UFC champion Chuck Liddell and former Pride champion Wanderlei Silva will finally take place in December, UFC president Dana White announced at last night’s Spike TV Scream 2007 award show.
One can only assume that pressure from Spike, which is the UFC’s cable TV home, led to the announcement (deemed a […]

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Filed under Chuck Liddell, MMA, Matt Hughes, Matt Serra, Sports, UFC, Wanderlei Silva

In A Posh Manhattan Loft, Fedor Meets the U.S. Media Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

A strange thing happened last night. Through some twist of fate, I found myself sitting in fashion designer Marc Ecko’s posh 23rd Street loft, surrounded by other members of the MMA media, sitting just a few feet from Fedor Emelianenko.
Now that I think about it, strange doesn’t quite explain the situation. Bizarre is […]

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Championship Questions Abound for the UFC Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Anderson Silva’s title defense at UFC 77 on Saturday night got me thinking.  The fight was one-sided from the beginning, but it was a satisfying event nonetheless mainly because a championship belt was at stake.  That makes everything more interesting.  Even if it seems like a mismatch (the way Franklin-Quarry was, or the way St. […]

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Silva Looks Flawless at UFC 77 Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Anderson Silva isn’t just the best middleweight in the UFC. He’s an artist. He has so many different weapons at his disposal, it must be hard for him to choose which to employ from one moment to the next.
Just ask Rich Franklin, who began last night with high hopes for winning […]

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Fun With Betting Odds for UFC 77 Friday, October 19th, 2007

So you say you have some disposable income and you don’t know what to do with it? You’re looking for a good time this Saturday night and you’re tired of helping that one stripper at the Foxxx Club “work her way through college”, especially now that it’s been like six years and you’re starting […]

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