We’ll be posting the major points from Dana’s conference call. He starts with his usual ‘We did everything to get Fedor, he’ll never get paid like this’ disclaimer. The media will lap this up like kittens lapping at a bowl of milk, but with Fedor’s ownership equity in M1 Global and the possible [...]
Here’s the latest installment of the ROH Video Wire with what sure sounds like a retirement speech from the great Lance Storm. Also another incredible Nigel McGuinness promo–he may do the best promos in the business at the moment. You’ll die a little inside watching the Briscoe Brothers get excited over free beer though–just [...]
The latest installment of the MMA journalism roundtable is up at MMA Opinion. Today’s topic–what is news vs. what is ‘gossip’. Go read it:
MMA journalism roundtable: news vs. gossip @ MMA Opinion
Strikeforce has reportedly offered Fedor $500k per fight with ‘incentives’. CBS may or may not be willing to ’sweeten the pot’. The Strikeforce deal would be non-exclusive, something that has been a big issue to Fedor’s side.
Here’s the latest edition of MMA Live:
After reports circulated late yesterday afternoon that the UFC offered Fedor $30 million over 6 fights, a new pony, a few goats and Dana White’s first born many of us in the MMA media suspected complete BS, Zuffa spin or some combination thereof. Turns out we were right. Earlier today AOL Fanhouse–as legit [...]
The latest installment of the MMA Opinion journalism roundtable is up. This was one of my favorite questions, and I wrote a lengthy answer. You can read it here:
MMA Journalism Roundtable: Spin vs. Hype
One of the things we’ve been meaning to do but just haven’t had the time is to cover more of the cool MMA swag on the market–equipment, t-shirts, etc. This is a fascinating component of the MMA boom–the growth of the clothing/fashion/merchandising segment. Plus we hoped we’d get some cool stuff free.
It’s still [...]
We’ll post highlights of the Fedor Emelianenko conference call as we get them:
–Fedor will be the cover fighter of the forthcoming EA Sports videogame. Gegard Mousasi and Renato “Babalu” Sobral will also be in the game.
–Fedor says that the videogame won’t effect his negotiations with the UFC despite what The Dana has said about [...]
The third installment of the MMA journalism roundtable at MMA Opinion has been posted. Today’s topic–breaking news vs. accurate news. Here’s the first part of my response but y’all will just have to go over there to read the rest:
Obviously there should be an effort made to be accurate. Passing vague rumors [...]
