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Friday, September 3rd, 2010Mr. Toshiro Igari may have been found dead, but there is one last piece of unfinished business via a new book that will be published by Kodansha that could cause a lot of commotion.
The curious death of anti-yakuza lawyer Toshiro Igari
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010The death of one of Japan’s most prominent anti-yakuza lawyers has a lot of eyebrows raised.
Will UFC 114 draw one million PPV buys? Plus: Is UFC on the same level as PRIDE in making superstars?
Friday, May 14th, 2010With a surge of ex-PRIDE fighters now rising to the top in UFC, it’s interesting to ask the question — does UFC match up on the same level of PRIDE when it comes to making new superstars? We have one of PRIDE’s gaijin aces, Quinton Jackson, headlining the UFC 114 PPV against Rashad Evans. Will that show draw one million PPV buys?
The second anniversary of PRIDE’s last show
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Today is the second anniversary of the last PRIDE event that took place in Japan.
Josh Stein’s PRIDE history series: The Power Vacuum in the East (Part 4)
Monday, April 6th, 2009There is something to be said for the metaphor of the Japanese Sengoku Period, in the fifteenth century, a way of expressing the vacuum created by the removal of the Japanese titan.
Josh Stein’s PRIDE history series: Free Agents & Mercenaries (Part 2)
Monday, April 6th, 2009Before the fall of PRIDE, a fighter who was ranked in the top ten was a fighter who had a contract, simply by virtue of his position. Fighters were built into their organizations, branded like ten thousand cattle. If a fighter was any good, organizations would bite the head off of anyone trying to change that athlete’s allegiance.
The second anniversary of PRIDE’s death
Friday, March 27th, 2009It’s the second anniversary of PRIDE’s death and the landscape of the MMA business has changed dramatically — both online and offline.
UFC’s Dana White: Movie director in South Boston
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008The Boston Globe has a profile article on UFC President Dana White in South Boston as he is directing the filming of a two-hour TV pilot for Spike TV that is based around the mafia scene in Boston.
Update on PRIDE FC WW vs. Sakakibara lawsuit
Monday, November 24th, 2008The latest update on the lawsuit filed by PRIDE FC Worldwide Holdings LLC management (Zuffa/UFC) against Dream Stage Entertainment (Nobuyuki Sakakibara) in regards to the notorious PRIDE asset sale agreement.
Kamipro writer: UFC can’t do business their own way in other countries
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008The editor of Kamipro magazine in Japan warns the public about how UFC wants to do business on their own terms, while trying to publicly needle UFC management for approaching Kamipro staff members on how to contact Yoshihiro Akiyama’s management.
Russian Top Team boss dies in plane crash
Monday, September 15th, 2008Vladimir Pogodin, who was the boss of the Russian Top Team army of MMA fighters that had great influence on the Japanese MMA scene in the late 1990s and early part of this decade, has reportedly died in a plane crash in Russia. RTT once held a stable of fighters that included Fedor, Sergey Kharitonov, […]
Dana White’s curious admission about Mirko Cro Cop
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Read this item about what Dana White said in regards to the motives of UFC signing Mirko Cro Cop. Maybe White is telling his version of the truth as he sees it. Who knows? What’s interesting about the story is the timeline. Remember, PRIDE lost their Fuji TV deal in June of ’06. They ran […]
Quote of the Week: Rampage Jackson on how UFC is treating him
Friday, June 13th, 2008From an interview with Gary Herman: I am happy with how the UFC is treating me. They are treating me better than the organization I came from – PRIDE. I can’t complain. Money can always be better. Fighters have to fight each other. We are the ones that have to train hard and fight each […]
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