Steve Green of the Las Vegas Sun reports that the management of Station Casinos have reached a deal in principal with key lenders that will allow them to reorganize and retain control of the company. While the company didn’t disclose details, the arrangement with lenders holding $2.475 billion of debt secured by four of Station’s […]
Archives for March 2010
Strikeforce-CBS Partnership May Depend on 4/17
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer divulges that Strikeforce: Nashville may determine the fate of MMA – or at the very least Strikeforce – on CBS Primetime. The history of MMA on CBS has been two successes on the backs of Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano; a lukewarm success on a show built around Emelianenko; […]
MMAterial Facts (03/04/10): UFC and Strikeforce on Collision Course
UFC and Strikeforce Gearing for 4/17 Collision DirecTV deal report ‘not true’ according to Versus Canadian Update: MFC Event Canceled, Kaufman Celebrated, Armageddon FC Lands TV Deal Coker: Relationship with M-1 Global strong, Emelianenko news expected “in a couple of days” Herschel Walker’s network static UFC Helping State with Census Count UFC and Strikeforce Gearing […]
Who Should Toney Fight?
Mike Chiappetta of MMAFighting.com asks the question, who might get the first shot at the UFC’s newest light heavyweight signee – and former boxing champion – James Toney. There is a set of assumptions we can make about a prospective opponent. First, rather than risk a promising young fighter losing to Toney and losing momentum, […]
WEC Coming to Canada
Keith Greinke of TopMMANews is reporting that World Extreme Cagefighting has officially booked June 20th for a show in Calgary, Alberta. As reported in January, Zuffa was planning to bring the WEC to Calgary this summer. At the time, WEC Vice-President Peter Dropick said, “It looks like we’re going to Calgary.” Now, Top MMA News […]