Archive for November, 2006
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Sunday, November 5th, 2006The headline on Yahoo Japan says it all. Yomiuri Hochi reports that Masamori Tokuyama will vacate his WBC Super Flyweight Title on Monday to the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission), essentially retiring from boxing to work PRIDE’s 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Gryphon’s thoughts on this developing story. Update: Takanori Gomi publicly commented on the news […]
Bushido 11/5 Yokohama Arena event results
Sunday, November 5th, 2006The Burning Spirit web site says that the first floor (floor seating) of the building is full, but that the second level of seats (second floor) was closed off. The claimed paid attendance for the event was 10,868. Results/spoilers can be read in full-post view. Update: Gryphon has a Japanese post (which echoes what I’ve […]
Boxing round-up
Saturday, November 4th, 2006All links will point to match results & reviews. Will be updated throughout the day. Shannon Briggs vs. Sergei Liakhovich: Associated Press | Boxing Scene | Fight Report Floyd Mayweather vs. Carlos Baldomir: Doghouse Boxing | Associated Press | Fight Report Robert Guerrero vs. Orlando Salido: San Jose Mercury News
JBC will have meeting on Monday
Saturday, November 4th, 2006Daily Sports reports that the Japan Boxing Commission will have a meeting on Monday with boxer Masamori Tokuyama to discuss his future intentions (whether he will continue boxing or go to PRIDE). The commission said that they, along with the WBC, will not continue to license Tokuyama as a boxer if he enters into MMA.
Bushido event line-up
Saturday, November 4th, 2006The matches are listed in order of when they will take place. Welterweight GP Reserve Match: Hector Lombard vs. Gegard Mousasi Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Denis Kang Murilo Bustamante vs. Yoon Dong-Sik Nobuhiro Obiya vs. Luiz Buscape Yoshiro Maeda vs. Joe Pearson Sanae Kikuta vs. Jean Francois […]
Friday news round-up
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006IFL: Promotion will use GP format similar to PRIDE PR Newswire: UFC 11/11 Las Vegas event card set Gryphon: Gomi faces hurdles going into 11/5 match with Aurelio Sherdog: Claims attendance for IFL show in Portland on 11/2 was 7,632 (amidst a report that said free tickets were given out. And didn’t the last show […]
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4, Episode 12
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006By Erin Bucknell We get a recap of Matt Serra calling out Marc Laimon a couple of weeks ago and Edwin’s Ric Flair impersonation during his last TUF fight. Serra says he’s still proud of Pete Sell, even though he lost as it wasn’t to a knockout or submission.
PRIDE tries to grab media headlines
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006Sports Nippon reports that PRIDE is attempting to sign WBC World Super Flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (background information here and here) for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show. The report claims that should Tokuyama work the PRIDE show, the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) would threaten to strip him of his title. Reportedly, the news of […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 30 (Media Week)
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006This week’s show (presented by Whaledog.com) is a good one if you like to hear the thoughts from writers who cover the MMA business extensively. Our first guest is Eddie Goldman of NHB News (his site’s ATOM feed is here). Eddie shares his thoughts on UFC’s marketing tactics, Dana White’s behavior in public, HBO’s level […]
Takanori Gomi cancels media interview
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006According to a Daily Sports report. Gomi was supposed to meet with the media and do a training session for the media on behalf of DSE. He canceled. And the bad news for PRIDE got even worse. Gilbert Melendez is off the Yokohama Arena card due to an injury. Here is a statement from Gilbert […]
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