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Saturday fight slate: Josh Barnett wins again in Japan
By Zach Arnold | December 22, 2007
K-1 announced Yoshihisa Inoue vs. Takashi Tachikawa (former Chiba Lotte Marines baseball player) for their 12/31 Osaka Dome event.
Results from today’s Pancrase event in Tokyo at Differ Ariake:
- Kei’ichiro Yamamiya defeated Ryo Kawamura after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision (30-29 and 30-28 twice)
- Shoji defeated Takafumi Ito after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision (30-29, 30-28, 30-27)
- Josh Barnett defeated Hikaru Sato in R1 in 4′27 by TKO (choke sleeper) in a Catch Wrestling rules match (check out the photo gallery)
- Kenji Arai defeated Kaku Sajin in R1 in 1′17 by submission with the juji-gatame
- Gadzhiev Alavutdin defeated Masahiro Toryu in R1 in 57 seconds by TKO (referee stoppage)
- Miki Shida defeated Jameel “The Sargeant” Massouh after 2R by a 3-0 judges’ decision (20-19 three times)
- Yuichi Ikari defeated Takumi Yano in R1 in 1′51 by TKO
- Tatsuya So defeated Hayato Shimizu in R2 in 3′30 with a choke sleeper hold
On The Versus Network this Wednesday (12/26), there will be an 8-hour WEC marathon programming block on the TV channel (5 PM-1 AM EST or 2-10 PM PST).
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wanna see that barnett match. looks like he dropped his opponent on his head
Barnett has less then 2 weeks until he is out of any credible MMA Rankings. That will be when he hasn’t competed in a MMA fight for over 1 year.
Barnett looked liked he outweighed his opponent by a hundred pounds. I’m not knocking him, just stating that his opponent looked a bit small for him.
I read Barnett managed to get a STF and a double arm suplex on his opponent. I wanna see that.
To quote Dana White, I’m not sure if Josh Barnett “wants to be a fuckin fighter.” He seems more interested in Japanese pro wrestling than in actually ensuring his legacy in fighting.
Dana White talks down some good fighters, but I have to agree with his stance on Josh Barnett.
Not sure what grappling an undersized opponent really does for anybodies career.
Let’s see… he has a title belt in Pancrase, so it might behoove him to actually take some dates for the promotion.
UFC isn’t interested in his services and it doesn’t appear that the other North American promoters are, either. His value is in Japan.
Barnett hasn’t defended the title in years. What, they’re gonna strip it from him now for the not defending in 48 months rule?
If the UFC wont sign Barnett what do people expect him to do? Just sit at home waiting for the phone to ring.
There’s a recent interview with monte cox where he says Barnett’s manager hasn’t even returned his calls. He also says he’s heard that Barnett may be close to signing with EliteXC.
Why isn’t Barnett fighting on NYE? Obviously Fedor’s people only want him to fight cans, but there are other opponents out there for Barnett to fight…Now that Aoki needs an opponent, Barnett can step right in, Aoki is in the weight class Barnett seems most comfortable competing against..
There is seemingly a small group of hardcore fans who think a figher should be more concerned with securing his place in their personal MMA Rankings than securing a paycheck and making a living.
Dana White would rather promote a name with zero experience (Lesnar) than a legit heavyweight (Barnett) – so what are you gonna do? Go where the money is, and as Zach said, where your value lies.