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Friday media fix – Another Japanese love call for UFC

By Zach Arnold | April 6, 2007

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K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa issued a challenge to have a re-match between Royce Gracie and Matt Hughes for the LA Coliseum June 2nd event. The underlying theme of the challenge is Tanigawa provoking Dana White after Dana said on March 27th at Roppongi Hills Arena that any MMA group outside of UFC & PRIDE is a joke.

Fight Game video preview of UFC 69.

  1. Yahoo Asia News: Sumo association, chairman sue Kodansha & Shukan Gendai (put this in contrast to the claims by Sakakibara that he would file a criminal complaint against Gendai)
  2. The Houston Chronicle: Diego Sanchez – bout with marijuana “won’t happen again”
  3. The Boston Herald (Joe Lauzon): TUF Week One: No love lost
  4. The Baltimore Sun: UFC 69 preview – Battle of the nicknames
  5. The Oregonian: MMA notebook – Portland’s Haynes is key to UFC 69
  6. The Daily Iowan: Union’s fight night a big hit
  7. The Vancouver Sun: Merger means more kicks for fans (he’s talking about UFC buying out the PRIDE assets – frustrating article to read)
  8. WCVB TV: Residents eye Ultimate Fighting to curb violence
  9. Fox Sports: Stevenson, Florian climbing lightweight ladder
  10. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin: TV show helps BJ Penn put losses in the past
  11. The Fightworks Podcast: Marcelo Garcia no longer on GFC card
  12. Site announcement: Welcome to Komikazee MMA
  13. China Combat: QQ.com MMA Portal
  14. The Canadian Press (via CBC Sports): Joe Stevenson makes short work of Melvin Guillard
  15. CBS Sportsline: Five Ounces of Pain – UFC 69 preview
  16. The Canadian Press: Mike Swick looks to return to basics for fight against Yushin Okami
  17. Fox Sports: Welterweight showdowns highlight UFC 69
  18. Boxing Scene (via Fox Sports): Roy Jones Jr. avoids Anthony Hanshaw with text message
  19. Charles Jay: I got nothin’ to do with Roy
  20. The Orange County Register: UFC 69 event preview

Topics: All Topics, Boxing, HERO's, Japan, K-1, Media, MMA, PRIDE, UFC, Yakuza, Zach Arnold | 9 Comments » | Permalink | Trackback |

9 Responses to “Friday media fix – Another Japanese love call for UFC”

  1. Euthyphro says:

    Seeing things like Tanigawa’s challenge make me think that the Japanese view of the American fighting spirit comes from watching Back to the Future. Call someone a chicken, and they will automatically fall into your trap.

  2. Zach Arnold says:

    His challenge is really just an ordinary call from the Japanese pro-wrestling playbook. Basic 101 material. He saw that Royce vs. Hughes drew well, so he figures he’ll try to embarass Dana and get him agitated to create a conflict that doesn’t exist fully.

  3. D. Capitated says:

    So, Dana will be embarassed/agitated by this guy trying to pursue a rematch of a total mismatch that he televised last year? I don’t think that will work too well. Maybe Ken Shamrock can call out Tito Ortiz again.

  4. Zack says:

    Havent you guys heard that being chicken is a good thing? Ask Ogawa.

  5. Matt Boone says:

    We got a new exclusive interview with Brock Lesnar up at http://www.mmanews.com

  6. JThue says:

    So GFC basically announced Garcia without having him signed. In that case, I guess we should get ready for Sims “pulling out” as well.

  7. Chuck says:

    I just read that Vancouver Sun article, and my GOD it sucked! That man should put down the pom-poms ASAP!!!

  8. Scott White says:

    Screw Royce and K-1. There is absolutely no reason for this fight to happen. What good does it do K-1 having their guy get shredded by Matt Hughes AGAIN.

  9. xx2000xx says:

    MMAWeekly just updated their rumor page for UFC72.

    -Rich Franklin vs. Martin Kampmann
    -Forrest Griffin vs. Hector Ramirez
    -Tyson Griffin vs. Clay Guida
    -Jorge Gurgel vs. TBA

    Ouch!

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