Comments on: Chaos with DREAM

By: white ninja

white ninja — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:20:39 +0000

Jeremy – there are over 1 million people of Korean origin in Japan. They are certainly documented and there is official and unofficial discrimination against them; but there are also many success stories – Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank is the best known (sponsor of K1’s US event)

But on the other hand, they also form the majority of the ranks of the yakuza and funnily enough, the Japanese right wing groups (read yakuza)

Native Japanese view them with suspicion and Korean promotions and products are not successful in Japan (except in a few cases- such as talent/athletes). For example, you wont find a Japanese buying a Hyundai or a Samsung. IN fact you are hard pressed to find Korean consumer products in Japan

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:33:47 +0000

I’ve always kind of wondered how these Korean promotions are viewed in Japan.

Is it like Mexican pro wrestling on US TV? There are a lot of Koreans in Japan, enough to form a massive undocumented stateless underclass thanks to Japan’s citizenship policies…

By: white ninja

white ninja — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:53:52 +0000

Korean TV revenue wont mean the difference between DREAM surviving or failing – but it is more than Japanese and US PPVs; it is less than event sponsors and ticket sales – so, in the ranking of revenue streams for a japanese promoter, Korean TV is behind Japanese TV, event sponsors and ticket sales but is a bigger number than PPVs (japanese and US) and the pittance made of merchandising

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:19:22 +0000

Is the Korean TV revenue worth talking about?

By: white ninja

white ninja — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:03:08 +0000

well, being off prime time means less $$$ for Dream/FEG. the cut price production (compared to Pride) and sudden withdrawals by the marquee fighters from “injuries” or “lack of interest” leads me to believe that Dream/FEG is working on a tight budget – Aoki’s replacement JZ pulled out of the offered entry into the GP cause they couldnt reach agreement on $$$

problem is that this is a bit of death spriral –

loss of marquee fighters = less general interest = low ratings = worse slots = less money

Sasahara is not helping things with his shitty performance as executive EP (calling out Trigg, failing to keep marquee fighters in etc)

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:04:23 +0000

It’s in my household.

MMA spreads like wildfire over the internet anyway. Anyone interested in seeing it is able to within 24 hours.

By: joeblow

joeblow — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:06:23 +0000

Personally, I don’t care. Just put some good fights on the card and I’ll be happy. The belts, the trophies, etc… are just hype.

By: David

David — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:37:03 +0000

Couture vs Emelianenko could be the biggest fight in MMA history; however, what would the media distribution look like? HDNets is not in every household is it?

Thoughts?

By: SB

SB — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:09:41 +0000

Aoki out, JZ was to be replacement but declinded according to sherdog. DREAM = NIGHTMARE

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