Listen carefully… What’s that you hear in the hallowed halls of mixed martial arts? The sound of silence, since “Announcement Thursday” has come and gone with nothing from Dana White. With the “big announcement” pushed to this coming Tuesday, many have overlooked the significance of this past Tuesday, which had the UFC and IFL making […]
Archives for June 2008
The Handling of Kimbo Slice
Kimbo Slice’s debut on CBS did solid ratings for EliteXC, but it also exposed holes in Slice’s MMA game. Slice is still a relative amateur on the ground, and lacks high level conditioning. Because he won he is likely to retain most of his drawing power, but he is one bad loss away from taking […]
Donald Trump Makes His Move
When the Affliction clothing line announced its Affliction: Banned pay-per-view event, there was a great deal of skepticism. To be blunt, there is no way that the show will be able to make a profit. Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett and Andrei Arlovski have big money contracts, and the ceiling for non-UFC MMA pay-per-views […]
What’s Wrong with The Ultimate Fighter?
The Ultimate Fighter has played a pivotal role in the popularity rise of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The television show has produced a host of major stars and big money fights in the past three and a half years. However, the current season of the show has produced a feeling of general malaise. Ratings are […]
UPDATED: IFL Cancels August Show
Earlier today International Fight League CEO Jay Larkin held a conference call in which he announced the IFL has canceled its planned show for its August 15th show at the IZOD Center in New Jersey due to cash flow issues. “Our cash situation is such that doing an event in August would put the company […]