Whaledog.com has an excellent sit-down interview with WFA CEO Jeremy Lappen. Take a minute and listen.
Archive for June, 2006
Interview with WFA CEO Jeremy Lappen
June 30th, 2006
Who’s Next for “Ace”
June 30th, 2006
We all know that UFC 61 is right around the corner, but as usual, I always like to look ahead to the future. Sherdog.com writer, Greg Savage listed the following in one of his articles this past week:
Georges St. Pierre will finally get his chance for redemption on September 23 when rematches Matt Hughes [...]
UFC and the Media
June 28th, 2006
The topic of how the UFC handles the “internet media” with regards to press credentials and interview requests has become a topic of discussion again recently. Since I consider myself to be a member of the online MMA media community, I always take notice with topics such as this.
After The Ultimate Fighter 3 finale [...]
Ultimate Fight Night 5 Predictions
June 27th, 2006
After my success with my Ultimate Fighter 3 finale predictions (I went 8-1), I hope I can be as accurate again for this Wednesday’s Ultimate Fight Night event. The UFC is really putting out these shows rapid-fire lately with the TUF 3 finale, this Ultimate Fight Night 5, and UFC 61 next Saturday; three [...]
TUF 3 Finale Predictions
June 23rd, 2006
Tomorrow night marks the end of The Ultimate Fighter season 3, with two new UFC contracts being awarded in both the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. I’m not the biggest fan of making predictions, especially for an event like this with some pretty unknown fighters, but here goes anyways.
Light Heavyweight Final
Michael Bisping comes in [...]
Little Evil Returns
June 23rd, 2006
Jens Pulver is finally back in the UFC. Carlos Arias, a reporter for the Orange County Register, is to first to report this story, and it has not been officially announced by the UFC.
In a prior story about the return of Hermes Franca to the UFC, I mentioned that the lightweight belt was vacated [...]
Bushido on FSN?
June 22nd, 2006
Fox Sports Net has taken quite an attraction to MMA is the recent months. With the Pride FC specials hosted by Jay Glazer and Frank Trigg, and the International Fight League contract showing IFL MMA events, FSN is bringing MMA to the free TV market, depite sister-station Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly taking issue with [...]
