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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold
Trying to market anything in the United States, especially if you are a foreigner, is always tough. In countries such as Japan and the Dominican Republic, home country vs. the world themes sell big. It’s why the upcoming World Baseball Classic means a lot more in foreign countries than it does [...]
The arrests are starting
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold
This morning at 3 AM in Japan, four members of Yamaguchi-gumi’s top committee were arrested in relations to events surrounding the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 12/31/2003 Kobe Wing Stadium show. The arrests made were in relation to events concerning Mirko Cro Cop’s non-appearance on the event, and also attempts to stop Emelianenko Fedor from [...]
K-1 ASIA Tournament 2/25 Busan, South Korea Lineup
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006Saturday February 25 2006
BEXCO, Busan, South Korea
The K-1 ASIA Tournament takes place this Saturday in Busan, South Korea, with the winner of the tournament earning a spot in the K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament on April 5th 2006 in Tokyo, Japan.
Reserve Fight: Jung Hwan Jung × ?
ASIA Tournament Quater Final // K-1 Rules: Chi [...]
MARS 2/4 Show Airing 2/25 On Tokyo MXTV
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006GCM Communications have announced that their MARS 2/4 show, held at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, will air this Saturday afternoon February 25th 2006 at 3:00pm on Japanese television station Tokyo MXTV. Currently the show is being advertised as an hour-long episode. No news regarding whether or not the entire event will be shown in [...]
“UFC: All Access” Tonight! UFC Programming Replays
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006UFC: All Access will debut tonight on Spike TV at 10:00pm eastern time. Presented by UFC ring girl Rachelle Leah, the show will follow UFC middleweight champion, Rich Franklin, as he trains for his fight with David Loiseau at UFC 58: USA vs. Canada on March 4th 2006. If you miss the show tonight, repeats [...]
K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006First stage for the card line-up of the 4/5 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show (5:30 PM):
Round one: Masato vs. Remigijus Morkevicius
Round one: Yoshihiro Sato vs. Mike Zambidis
Round one: Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Virgil Kalakoda
TATSUJI vs. Nick “The Ghost” Gonzales
Also scheduled: Andy Souwer, Takayuki Kohiruimaki, and Albert Kraus
Bandwidth backbreaker
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Fighters vs. Promoters
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold
When I created the PPH (Puroresu Power Hour) radio show three years ago, Dr. Keith Lipinski was a matchmaker/booker for guests. Ever since the show started, he and the PPH have had a great relationship in terms of getting interviews with the UFC promotion. We’ve had Dana White on for a [...]
ACF 2/24 Denver card line-up
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006Press release
Genesis is the debut event of American Championship Fighting (ACF), a new mixed martial arts promotion based in Denver, Colorado. ACF: Genesis is scheduled for this Friday night, February 24, at the historic Denver Coliseum. All tickets are $29.00 and are available at all Front Range King Soopers locations, by calling 866-464-2626 or on-line [...]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 8 (The Mutiny)
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006PRIDE 31 takes place this weekend at Saitama Super Arena, and Zach Arnold has a one-on-one interview with Josh Barnett in Los Angeles, California. Barnett is preparing for his open-weight fight against heavy underdog Kazuhiro Nakamura. In addition, a brand new set of hosts on the Fight Opinion radio show.
The eighth edition of [...]
PRIDE 31 match order
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006Here’s the match order for the 2/26 Saitama Super Arena card:
Pedro Rizzo vs. Roman Zentsov
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Yoon Dong Sik
John Olav Einemo vs. Fabricio Werdum
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. Mario Sperry
Sergey Kharitonov vs. Alistair Overeem
Josh Barnett vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
Mauricio Shogun vs. Mark Coleman
Mark Hunt vs. Yosuke Nishijima
Cage or ring?
Monday, February 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold
Eric Fredericks at PNW MMA has brought up the issue about whether or not MMA promoters should be using a cage or a pro-wrestling ring. Read his argument here.
I’ve been anticipating (and dreading) the pro-cage argument for some time. Here is a link to an article I wrote on [...]
Horror story in Kawasaki
Sunday, February 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold
Expect this story (via Livedoor News) to pick up some attention in Japan. A 24-year old man in Kawasaki city was arrested for killing his 22-year old wife after applying an arm-lock on her. According to police statements, the man was emulating some of his favorite MMA moves that he saw [...]