Archive for 2006
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Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold A week after Fuji TV canceled their television deal with PRIDE, the Japanese broadsheets continue to analyze the decision. Asahi Shimbun had a fair and complete review of the story in their newspaper, talking about Fuji TV’s “Dear John” letter to DSE. The article points out that PRIDE was an excellent money-making […]
No final decision by SkyPerfecTV
Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports reports that there is more internal debate to come regarding the future of Hustle & PRIDE PPV telecasts on SkyPerfecTV. No 100% final decision has been made yet. Yomiuri Hochi has a report quoting a SkyPerfecTV official stating that no changes have been made to the schedule yet, but that […]
Open thread
Sunday, June 11th, 2006Talk about anything fight-related that you want to in the comments section of this thread. Here’s a few topics to peruse: Hopkins dominates Tarver in career finale (FightReport: Hopkins humiliates Tarver) Fox Sports: Cotto batters Malignaggi in impressive fight Inside Bay Area: Strikeforce a hot brand of mayhem Honolulu Advertiser: Moreno steps in with big […]
SkyPerfecTV announcement on Monday
Saturday, June 10th, 2006Yomiuri Hochi reports that the board of directors for SkyPerfect Communications (Shibuya, Tokyo) will make an announcement on Monday regarding DSE programming on SkyPerfecTV PPV.
Overeem beats Belfort at Strikeforce
Friday, June 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold The listed attendance for tonight’s show was 10,374, almost 8,000 less than the previous full-house gate at the HP Pavilion (San Jose Arena). The main controversial moment from the show involved James Irvin and Bobby Southworth, with Irvin falling out of the cage (through the cage door). Results here. Newspaper reports from […]
Finding a bright spot in crisis
Friday, June 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold 24 hours ago, Nobuhiko Takada gave one of his most inspired attempts on the microphone in order to put on a strong front for DSE in front of 600 fans and representatives from every single media outlet in Japan. View the Nippon TV video clip here. Image credit: Sports Navigator (Yahoo Japan) […]
Media wrap-up: Sakakibara, Fuji, and PRIDE
Friday, June 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold As you could imagine today, there was a giant fallout in media reaction (newspapers, TV, etc.) in regards to the Thursday press conference that DSE management held at the Prince Hotel in Tokyo. We will take a look at some of the reaction from the press (both from English and Japanese sources). […]
Weekly magazines focus on DSE situation
Thursday, June 8th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: “Complete denial of ‘Black Association’ by PRIDE” By Zach Arnold At yesterday’s press conference, DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara vociferously defended his company and denied all allegations of ties to the yakuza. He specifically named Shukan Gendai as a publication that damaged his company and caused the cancelation of the Fuji TV deal. […]
Will PRIDE 7/1 Saitama show make it to PPV?
Thursday, June 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold The big question on everyone’s mind right now with Fuji TV canceling PRIDE is whether or not DSE will be able to stay on SkyPerfecTV PPV in Japan and be able to run PPVs internationally. This is a very complex issue, and one that will really test the company. On the InDemand […]
DSE press conference notes
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: “DSE interview about PRIDE broadcasting cancellation” By Zach Arnold Video Link(s): Nippon TV coverage | TV Tokyo (that’s what it was labeled as being from) The Nippon TV is a 4+ minute clip, and the second clip is 30 seconds. The Nippon TV clip covered the press conference, Fuji TV’s cancellation of […]
PRIDE 7/1 Saitama Super Arena card line-up
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Mirko Cro Cop and Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Vanderlei Silva was announced for the 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show. In addition, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt were also announced as matches taking place.
Yoshimoto, HG disassociate from Hustle
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: “Yoshimoto, HG leave Hustle” By Zach Arnold Nikkan Sports (via Yahoo Japan) reports that Razor Ramon HG is about to leave Hustle due to orders from his bosses at Yoshimoto Kogyo. With the news of Fuji TV blacklisting anyone associated with DSE/PRIDE, this has sent shockwaves throughout the industry. Nikkan Sports says […]