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HERO’s admits misjudgement
By Zach Arnold | August 7, 2006
By Zach Arnold
Last week turned out to be bittersweet for Tokyo Broadcasting System, which televised both the Koki Kameda fight (that drew monster ratings) and the HERO’s 8/5 Ariake Colosseum show, featuring the debut of Kazushi Sakuraba in the K-1 MMA ring. Both of those fights had controversy, but there was another fight on the HERO’s show that drew more controversy (the Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kin Tai Ei contest). On Monday, the HERO’s rule director released a statement stating that the referee stoppage by Kenichi Serizawa was improper and that the referee, sub-referee, and judging crews would be further analyzed. A public apology was issued to the fighters and the fans.
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The worst part is that K-1 won’t overturn the loss on Kin’s record.
Out of curiousity Zach…What were the ratings, and it was for TBS, right?