Comments on: Fedor Not Fighting on New Year’s Eve, Won’t Fight Barnett at “Day of Reckoning”

By: E. Young

E. Young — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:18:51 +0000

Any fight promotion that Andrei Arlovski on it, will have my attention and money. I am a die hard Arlovski fan, and I hope that this fight does happen. I believe Arlovski is back on his game, and Fedor is going to be an explosive fight. Probably the hardest fighter that Arlovski fought in a long time.

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:43:51 +0000

While there are some decent options out there to create a mobile site, most phones are moving towards full featured browsers and I do not want to remove functionality for those users, which would almost certainly happen if I introduced a mobile version of the site. I’ll definitely look into it to see if there’s a suitable option for creating a mobile friendly site, though right now my priority is on tweaking the main site design since that’s where nearly all our traffic comes from.

By: DBiz

DBiz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:41:03 +0000

Above comment was sent from Blackberry, to be clear.

FR702, I would check some of your browser options. If you want to hit me off this board, onecheapgeek at gmail dot com

By: DBiz

DBiz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:32:43 +0000

I can see everything ok on my BlackBerry 8210. In fact the site looks pretty clean on this screen.

Any thoughts on a true wap interface based on browser agent string?

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:58:54 +0000

Well the comment came through, though I’m not sure what would cause the text not to show up. The comment text shows up on my iPhone, which is the only mobile platform I have to test with but I’ll try to find a Blackberry emulator and see if I can’t solve the issue.

Thanks for giving me a heads up!

By: FR702

FR702 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:24:05 +0000

@Kris, my issue or whatevr is the BlackBerry thing like rightnow I cannot even see what I’m typing in the comment box soo I guess I will just press submit and see what hahappends

By: DBiz

DBiz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:03:59 +0000

Alright Kris, we get it. You rule. Now pick which of your minions is going to bear your child and get it over with.

By: SlickKid

SlickKid — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:32:40 +0000

Yeah well Fedor would mess anyone up, plus arlovski versus fedor is so much better for business, i mean barnett will have to man up and not pull a brandon vera, but until then andrei is a great fight, also i think gonzaga would be great for the affliction organization, the ufc is putting his talent to waste.

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:27:25 +0000

Speaking of getting bigger and bigger if you want a sneak peak of one of the features we’ve got coming up check out northcarolina.mmafrenzy.com. It’s not quite finished yet but will be live tomorrow afternoon with a series of brief interviews with fighters competing on this weekends Carolina Crown card in Raleigh.

This is our very first “local” blog but in the coming months I’m hoping to have one for every state as well as sites for the major MMA countries outside of the US including the UK, Japan, and the like.

Thanks for reading the site everyone!

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:23:45 +0000

Anyone else having issues with the site looking funky or any other issues with the new design? This design is far from finished but I can only test so much and haven’t run into any problems but if anyone has any questions or comments just send them to mmafrenzy [AT] gmail.com.

Thanks!

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:22:23 +0000

The Gunslinger and Dietrich - I’ll have a poll up by the end of the week.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:17:15 +0000

Yes, I too love this site. I have not had any word wrapping problems.

By: Dietrich

Dietrich — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:52:57 +0000

Second…

By: The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:37:48 +0000

seriously though this site keeps getting bigger and bigger…this could be bigger than sherdog some that would be awesome….i just thought of something mmafrenzy needs…a daily poll that would be awesome i love this site

By: The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:34:49 +0000

i nominate KOuch for the mmafrenzy ambassador/representitive of the citizens of mmafrenzy..who else could represt the people in the democracy that is mmafrenzy

By: Dietrich

Dietrich — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:05:54 +0000

Holy KJ Noons…That line gets better and better…:)

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:44:59 +0000

DBiz - When I roll out the additional features in the next week or so I’ll have the ability to assign trusted users with more responsibilities on the site so what you mentioned is just on the horizon.

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:36:07 +0000

Dannyboy - Are you noticing the text issues on a specific post, sporadically, or all the time? I’ll try to troubleshoot it to see if we can’t figure out what’s causing it so I can get rid of it.

I just had some issues with the text not wrapping properly on the homepage in Internet Explorer (I typically use Firefox) but a refresh got rid of it and I can’t seem to replicate it yet.

Any info you can give me helps. Thanks!

By: ucares?

ucares? — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:55:03 +0000

Fade-or is not capitalizing on his stay here in the US . he needs to be on display in the best way possible and AFFLICTION is not it . Sure he is good now , but time passes all athletes at some point or another .If he came out swinging like he did against sylvia there are a few guys who could beat him to the punch and flatten him .even a guy like tyson hasa chance if the standup game was how they opened . matt lindland almost had him in bodog…… and he is a middleweight by nature .so as far as him being unbeatable , he cant begin to believe this or it will result in a vicious KO highlight of a once invincible guy and he doesnt want to be the next “Fedor Slice”

By: JOHNBOY

JOHNBOY — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:52:54 +0000

i hope this means fedor is comeing to the ufc, something like this would never happen to the ufc so fedor see sence and come fight for dana an please us ufc natzi

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:50:27 +0000

Anyone else having the issue of comments not wrapping properly? I have to scroll to the side to see longer comments now.

By: DBiz

DBiz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:41:21 +0000

Not lobbying either. I’m neither long term nor trustworthy… heh.

By: DBiz

DBiz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:40:53 +0000

Hey Kris, have you given any thought to letting some of the trustworthy, longer-term guys approve posts taht are flagged as possibly spam (i.e. lots o links)? This could actually have a twofold benefit for the site.

It would lessen the burden on you, especially as the site grows in popularity and you do more back-end work. It would also reward those who have handled themselves right for long periods of time and make it feel more like “their” site, you know?

Just an idea. I gave up running forums when development/moderation got to be too much work and not enough fun. Hate to see you burn out at all the same way.

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:22:03 +0000

No problem, just wanted to make sure everyone was aware that it’s the system filtering the comments with links out. I generally don’t mind the sharing of relevant links but it might take a few hours before I get around to approving them, that’s all.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:12:48 +0000

Thanks Kris, I’ll keep that in mind in the future.

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Justin - The comment is up now. Any comment with more than 2 links is automatically held for manual approval to cut down on spam.

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:39:40 +0000

DannyBoy - The social features are still upcoming (I’m actually working on them as I write this) and will be up by next weekend at the latest, but I’ll probably have an early version online sometime this week.

By: The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:02:55 +0000

affliction claims they let fighters fight…but they dont there just as controling as the ufc i have loved watching th japan new years eve shows for ever and fedor always fights on them i officially hate affliction even more i will now have nothing to do with them unless maynard is on the card

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:03:33 +0000

DBiz,
Thanks for clearing up the win bonus thing, I know a lot of the other guys get them. The fact still remains that whenever the whole Couture contract dispute came about I read where Liddell was making +2 mil for his fights as the highest paid fighter in the UFC, and Randy was making 1-1.5mil per fight as the second highest paid fighter in the UFC. Again, that doesn’t account for the money he makes in endorsements and what not, just what the UFC writes him a check for.

By: DBiz

DBiz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:55:28 +0000

Usually once you’re show-up is around 250k, they don’t pay a win bonus and if they do it isn’t doubled. I suspect Liddell hasn’t gotten a win bonus in a couple years. And not just because he’s been losing.

Fedor’s biggest gripe (besides money, I think) is that the UFC wouldn’t do a one-fight deal and they won’t allow him to fight for other promotions while he’s under contract.

Some will say it’s because they want to be the only ones profiting off his image but it goes beyond that. They don’t want him doing his poor punch technique and (yet again) breaking bones in his hand in a fight in Japan while he’s under contract with them. And I can not fault them for that.

In regards to the poor punching technique I referenced….he doesn’t land punches straight on, making it more likely his metacarpals will snap (especially if he still doesn’t tape under the gloves) - Try to break a toothpick by squeezing straight down vs a little sideways pressure in the middle. Then see the broken hand in the Sylvia fight and the reason he went for the back rather than pounding.

By: Dietrich

Dietrich — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:49:08 +0000

Time to channel Oliver Stone…
They are broke…and the writing is on the wall…They are holding/protecting Fedor with an extended contract to allow Dana time to have this 4 man tourney which has a byproduct of building Fedor’s worth.When there is “only one”(Thank you Highlander for putting that into the English lexicon) foe Zuffa has to make the purchase/deal of/with (XC/Affliction/Fedor’s contract ) for a decent price. Any taker’s

B.T.W. It was more fun last time doing this with IF’s

By: B Free

B Free — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:39:05 +0000

Who are Fedors managers? It seems like he is managed by Don King of the USSR. I heard that when Dana tried to get Fedor all attempts were silenced by his mangagers. Sounds like Fedor needs to speak for himself for a change. Maybe Russia needs Fedor take over another ex soviet union country

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:34:11 +0000

also RE: and if the ufc was not so tight on there fighter contracts and actually pay what he’s worth then they would have Fedor, but they dont! but its only a matter of time till the ufc smarts up

The top draws get 300-500k guaranteed for showing up, that is doubled as a win bonus, if they win (I think). Plus 30-60k if they are KO, Sub, or Fight of the night. Then they also get a percentage of the gate, and a percentage of PPV buys, so in the end, Chuck Liddell, with a win, even though he only gets “500k” for a fight can actually make +2mil for a win. Then you account for the fact that UFC now has a contract with JC Penny for merchandising, which the fighters are allowed to sign into. This contract is also non exclusive, therefore a UFC fighter can get paid for having his face/name on a shirt sold at JC Penny, and still get paid to have his face/name on a shirt for another brand (Tapout, One More Round, American Fighter, etc) as long as they do not require an exclusive contract. Also, the UFC is working on non-exclusive merchandising deals for fighters involving action figures. Not to mention guys will probably get something for being in the upcoming game.

By: DBiz

DBiz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:24:38 +0000

M3 said:

and if the ufc was not so tight on there fighter contracts and actually pay what he’s worth then they would have Fedor, but they dont! but its only a matter of time till the ufc smarts up

Yeah, because 300-500K per fight for the top draws is really unfair. Perhaps Fedor is just overly greedy and should have gone for boxing to make his unwarranted salary demands. I mean, word is he asked 2 million for the Randy fight from the UFC. Is he a good fighter? Hell yes. Is he enough of a draw to shell out 2 mill for a single fight when he won’t commit to NOT fight somewhere else? Never in a million years.

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:23:37 +0000

karo wasnt scared. joe rogan said he needed surgery awhile ago and neva got it so now when he flexs his leg it makes a divet in his hamstring. but i believe yoshida is schedualed to fight kos for the troops. should b a good test for both fighters. as for him fightin gsp hes got a long way to go cuz theres a certain pitbull whos standin in the way of that

By: ucares?

ucares? — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:05:59 +0000

Just on a GSP note here ……. I want him to fight Penn next but if there was a different opponent awaiting it would be yoshida . yoshida is a tough son of a b!tch and may have the stuff to beat them both .He obviously scared the crap out of karo .

By: M3

M3 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:05:35 +0000

That sucks man Affliction better do something here i hope they dont try and stop Fedor Emelianenko from fighting in DREAM he was there at Dream 6 not fighting but more of a things to come sort of deal.
i think he should fight Alistair Overeem that would be a good fight
and if the ufc was not so tight on there fighter contracts and actually pay what he’s worth then they would have Fedor, but they dont! but its only a matter of time till the ufc smarts up

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:50:49 +0000

never mind i just found the whole it was paperwork not hep b my apologies

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:47:51 +0000

diego i kno it turned out to b staph but i dont remember hearin bout aleks not havin hep b

By: timcat

timcat — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:46:51 +0000

Fedor is saving himself for the Couture fight for UFC 100 imo.

By: huertarogerhuerta

huertarogerhuerta — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:44:08 +0000

i kno it ended up bein staph for diego but i remember the rumor that he wasnt gonna fight kos cuz he had hepititas.
“UFC President Dana White dropped that bomb today, unveiling that the 25-year-old welterweight contender was battling a mysterious illness prior to UFC 69 that was — at one point — diagnosed as hepatitis C.”

and this is the last i heard bout the aleksander hep b situation

“A source close to the situation…explained that the blood tests came back right before Aleks and Buentello were scheduled to weigh in and that is why there was so much confusion around the stage and why the fighters did not weigh in. Gary Goodridge ended up stepping up on extremely short notice and filling in for the Russian heavyweight.

The tests were positive for Hepatitis B which resulted in the CSAC cancelling the fight.”

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

hmmm…as a result of links in my last comment, it is awaiting moderation, hopefully Kris will get it up soon.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:41:01 +0000

“(Sanchez?)” was more to make sure he wasn’t talking about another Diego that I didn’t know about.

On Aleksander…
http://www.google.com/search?q=alexander+emelianenko+hepatitis+b&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
http://www.redsweat.com/aleksander-emelianenko-tests-positive-for-hepatitis-b/
http://www.google.com/search?q=alexander+emelianenko+hepatitis+b&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:39:18 +0000

Oh and before I hear it from everyone, yes I look like a Douchebag. I was lucky enough to find a beautiful woman who prefers Douche over Vinegar & Water. It probably helps that I make decent money too. haha

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:37:26 +0000

Dannyboy,
I think your Gravatar has shown up now. And they may have someone to do that, or they may just have a standing agreement with YouTube. I could be wrong about it having to be someone officially linked to the company.

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:37:19 +0000

Sanchez is right, Justin. I also thought it was completely unfair that Aleksander was amidst Hepatitis scandals when it wasn’t the case, a while back. I may have missed the retraction, but wasn’t Aleksander cleared of his supposed Hepatitis infection? Kind of a shady thing to do to someone who just didn’t have the paperwork handy.

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:34:56 +0000

Okay nevermind it just showed up for some reason. Sheesh, sorry for the spam everyone.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:34:51 +0000

huertarogerhuerat,
Diego (Sanchez?) had a staph infection. This is curable with antibiotics and time. I haven’t heard anything about Aleksander having anything, I did a google search to try to find anything out before posting that and didn’t find anything about upcoming fights, or reasons he is not fighting. He was scheduled to fight at Affliction: Banned, but it seems that did not take place, I don’t know why.

Also, thanks for the Avatar comment.

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:34:26 +0000

Well pooh, I was hoping my Gravatar pic would show up. Am I missing something? I’ve signed up and added the pic but perhaps I need to do something on this site to allow it to show? Any help would be great, thanks!

By: Dannyboy

Dannyboy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:32:01 +0000

Justin,

Well to be fair it was a youtube based entry.

Thanks for the info, though. I always wondered how items got ‘banned’ and the like.

So are you of the opinion that UFC has a YouTube staffer that searches the site to ensure no UFC material is uploaded? And if it is, they are on it like stink on sh*t?