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Tuesday, June 20th, 2006The event is taking place at the Makomanai Ice Arena. Card line-up: Glaube Feitosa vs. Musashi Peter Aerts vs. Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge Poul Slowinski vs. Tatsufumi Tomihira Bjorn Bregy vs. Tsuyoshi Nakasako Yusuke Fujimoto vs. Yuki Niimura Freddy Kemayo vs. Hiromi Amada
K-1 mythology continues
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports continues to push hard the claimed number by K-1 that the UFC 60 PPV with Royce Gracie vs. Matt Hughes did 800,000 buys and $32 million dollars, despite reports that contradict this. The Sankei article I linked to is a puff piece about HERO’s now having a show air on […]
WFA 7/22 Los Angeles card line-up
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Lodune Sincaid Rob McCullough vs. Harris Sarmiento Jorge Oliviera (Chute Boxe) vs. Marvin “The Beastman” Eastman Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons vs. TBA Bas Rutten vs. Kimo Ryoto Machida vs. Vernon “Tiger” White Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron “H20” Waterman Ivan Salaverry vs. Art Santore Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Matt Lindland
Mike Barton gets his revenge
Sunday, June 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold Long-time pro-wrestling fans remember Bart Gunn (who worked under the ring name of Mike Barton in All Japan & New Japan) getting destroyed by Eric “Butterbean” Esch in the infamous “Brawl For All” shoot tournament that the WWF ran. Butterbean faced Gunn (the tournament winner) at WrestleMania XV, with Esch destroying his […]
DVD Review – Heroes of World Class
Sunday, June 18th, 2006By Sheldon Goldberg “Heroes of World Class: The Story of the Von Erichs & The Rise & Fall of World Class Championship Wrestling” Perhaps the most compelling story in the modern history of pro wrestling is the story of the Von Erich family and the Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling promotion. In the early 80’s, […]
UFC 61 PPV available online
Saturday, June 17th, 2006The Boston Herald reports that the July 8th event will be available for purchase on the Internet (use this link). Here’s more information about the good numbers UFC is doing on conventional American PPV distribution.
Grueling training session = competitive eating
Saturday, June 17th, 2006Photo credit: Sports Nippon Some fighters prefer to train in exhausting workout sessions in deserted places. And then there is Ikuhisa Minowa, who prefers to train by participating in the Japanese qualifying tournament round of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Tokyo. Minowa was able to get 6 hot dogs in 12 minutes, while […]
K-1 gets knocked publicly
Saturday, June 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold For those who have spent years covering K-1, one thing is for sure — they can tell some great stories in the press (such as their multiple accounts of trying to book Mike Tyson), but don’t put your life savings on the claims always being 100% accurate. On May 31st, I noted […]
So I go to PRIDE arena…
Friday, June 16th, 2006By Tetsuya Sano ã“ã“ã«PRIDE無差別級ＧＰ二回戦ã®ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãŒã‚る。 7月1æ—¥ã€åƒ•ã¯å‹äººé”ã¨å…±ã«ã•ã„ãŸã¾ã‚¹ãƒ¼ãƒ‘ーアリーナã«è¶³ã‚’é‹ã¶ã€‚ There is a ticket of PRIDE open weight GP 2nd round. On July 1st, I will go to Saitama Super Arena with friends. フジテレビãŒï¼°ï¼²ï¼©ï¼¤ï¼¥ã¨ç¸ã‚’切ã£ãŸã®ã¯åƒ•é”ファンã«å‡„ã¾ã˜ã„ショックを与ãˆãŸã€‚ ã„ã‚„ã€ãƒ•ã‚¡ãƒ³ã ã‘ã§ã¯ãªãæ ¼é—˜æŠ€ã« ãã‚Œã»ã©é–¢å¿ƒã®ãªã„人々ã«ã¾ã§ãã®ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒƒã‚¯ã¯åºƒãŒã£ãŸã€‚ フジテレビ以外ã®åœ°ä¸Šæ³¢å±€ã®å¤•æ–¹ã®ãƒ‹ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹ã€yahooã€livedoorãªã©ã®ãƒˆãƒƒãƒ—を飾り ã¾ã•ã«ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹æ ¼é—˜æŠ€ç•Œã«ã¨ã£ã¦æœªæ›¾æœ‰ã®ä¸€å¤§äº‹ä»¶ã¨è¨€ãˆã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã€‚ PRIDE-FujiTV affair gave us, Japanese fans, a huge shock. And this is a huge impact for general public too. TV networks (without […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 21 (Fallout between Fuji TV & PRIDE)
Thursday, June 15th, 2006Sherdogs, Whaledogs, and all sorts of members of the animal kingdom are welcomed on this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Jake Rossen of Real Fighter Magazine and Jeff Thaler join us this week to discuss the falling out between Fuji TV & PRIDE. If you are looking for a 90-minute show that is oriented […]
PRIDE 7/1 Saitama card gets two new matches
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006PRIDE announced Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Cyborg and Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort as undercard matches for their 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show. The promotion also announced the participation of Yoshihiro Nakao, who was made somewhat famous after his “kiss incident” with Heath Herring at the K-1 12/31/05 Osaka Dome show. Nakao is playing up that […]
The Return of ROSS~!
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson This week on The Utimate Fighter, Ross Pointon, the Brit who lost to Kendall Grove back in week three, will return to the show to fight at LHW against Mike Bisping because Matt Hamill was forced out due to injury. Most people aren’t picking Ross to beat Mike, and I don’t think […]
AERA, Playboy, and Gendai talk about Fuji TV & DSE
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold This week’s edition of AERA, a weekly magazine produced by Asahi Shimbun, had a one-page article about the PRIDE press conference from last week. The focus was on what Hidehiko Yoshida & Emelianenko Fedor would do next in their careers. It starts off by talking about Yoshida in the PRIDE 2006 open-weight […]
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