Archive for April, 2006
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Thursday, April 6th, 2006DSE announced a 16-man Welterweight tournament format for the Bushido series. The three Japanese top names of the tournament will be Akihiro Gono, Makoto Takimoto, & Ryo Chonan. The promotion announced the next Bushido show taking place at Saitama Super Arena on 6/4. Dan Henderson (Welterweight champion), Murilo Bustamante, Dennis Kang, Phil Baroni, & Paulo […]
TUF3 – SEASON PREMIERE~! Review.
Thursday, April 6th, 2006The Ultimate Fighter – Season Three SEASON PREMIERE~! Review By: Luke Nicholson The show starts with Dana White introducing the coaches. OH YEAH~! Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock are introduced. Dana then recaps the seemingly life-long feud between the two. Including the fight at UFC 40, and Shamrock’s face, which was churned into ground beef […]
Quick media round-up
Thursday, April 6th, 2006By Zach Arnold A very interesting article in The Hippo publication, talking about why New Hampshire is about to experience a big MMA boom because of difficulties between promoters and the Massachusetts athletic commission. Thanks to everyone who has listened to the new FOR show. If you haven’t already, now is the time to do […]
More on 5/5 Osaka Dome show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006DSE’s US web site has a posting claiming that Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mirko Cro Cop and Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander have been signed as fights for the 5/5 Osaka Dome show. What’s odd about his announcement is that PRIDE’s US web site has this listed, but their Japanese web site (which always makes announcements […]
Kawamata interviewed in Shukan Gendai
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold Since the release of three Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza members last month, many insiders in the Japanese fight industry have been wanting to hear the reaction from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. This week’s edition of Shukan Gendai is the first part of a long series in which the magazine talks to Mr. […]
Masato, Kohiruimaki win fights at World MAX show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006K-1 ran their World MAX show in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I, with Masato getting a big win over the tough Lithuanian, Remigijus Morkevicius. Results from today’s show. Update: The show drew a 15.1% rating on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), with Masato’s TKO win over Morkevicius reaching a high mark of 20.6%.
Mainstream media round-up
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold Marilla Stephenson in The Chronicle Herald, the Halifax (Nova Scotia) newspaper which has been mostly negative towards the upcoming 4/29 MMA event in the area, wrote an incredulous column about why cage-fighting should be banned in the region. We’re working on trying to invite her for an interview on our radio show. […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 13 (Tuesday Night Takedowns)
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006This week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio is the first of two UFC-themed shows, as we preview the upcoming Ultimate Fight Night show on Thursday (4/6) with our special guest, Brad “Hillbilly Heartthrob” Imes. He will talk about his upcoming fight and how life has changed since being on The Ultimate Fighter: Season 2. In […]
PRIDE’s 5/5 Osaka Dome plans
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE announced Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima as the top match for their 5/5 Osaka Dome show. The announcement garnered some media attention, but ran against the weigh-ins of fighters for the K-1 4/5 World MAX show. Masato’s weigh-in was the dominant story in the Japanese press on Wednesday. The 5/5 Osaka […]
Jason Tan Interview
Monday, April 3rd, 2006By Mark Pickering Jason Tan is a promising welterweight prospect from Liverpool, England who is set to pursue the sport on a full-time basis. Tan has a perfect record of 4-0 with his most recent victory coming against Cage Rage’s top ranked middleweight Alex Reid at WCFC No Guts No Glory on March 18th.
Victor Quinones dead at age 46
Monday, April 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Long-time pro-wrestling businessman Victor Quinones died at the age of 46 in Puerto Rico over the weekend. Quinones was a mainstay in the Japanese independent scene in the early 90s (first with Atsushi Onita in the reincarnation of the Bruiser Brody murder angle in Puerto Rico, second as a booker with Kiyoshi […]
IFC: Caged Combat 4/1
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006By Erin Bucknell I was in attendance for the IFC Caged Combat show at Arco Arena in Sacramento on 4/1. I went into the this not expecting a whole lot in terms of a great show as several matches had already been cancelled/rearranged. The fact that the show started an hour late did not help […]
Mainstream media malfeasance – again
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Last week, we linked to an article in USA Today that lumped Toughman boxing with MMA. It hit a real nerve with readers, and I was afraid that the USA Today would snowball into more stupidity. And it has. Today’s USA Today editorial/opinion feedback section has a letter from “Bud Stuart” of […]
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