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Friday, September 19th, 2008Released today: Middleweight GP 2008 Reserve Match: Yoon Dong-Sik vs. Andrews Nakahara Middleweight GP 2008 Tournament: Melvin Manhoef vs. Gegard Mousasi Middleweight GP 2008 Tournament: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Zelg Galesic Lightweights: K-taro Nakamura vs. Adriano Martins Heavyweights: Sergey Kharitonov vs. Mighty Mo Featherweights: Hideo Tokoro vs. Atsushi Yamamoto Middleweights: Minowaman vs. Masakatsu Funaki Welterweights: […]
Report: Several DREAM fighters allegedly owed money
Friday, September 12th, 2008Assist in reporting from Yeo Jong-Hoon According to a report at Sports Seoul, there is growing criticism about FEG delaying or not giving fighters money that they owed. “Fighter A” claimed in the article that he didn’t receive money for his last two fights, and “Fighter B” who is preparing for an upcoming fight also […]
DREAM 9/23 Saitama full card line-up
Thursday, September 11th, 2008Finalized today. 9/23 Saitama Super Arena (4 PM JST) Middleweights: Masanori Tonooka vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama Heavywights: Mirko Cro Cop vs. Alistair Overeem Middleweights: Minowaman vs. Masakatsu Funaki Welterweights: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka Lightweights: K-taro Nakamura vs. Adriano Martins Featherweights: Hideo Tokoro vs. Atsushi Yamamoto Middleweight GP 2008 (Reserve match): Yoon Dong-Sik vs. Andrews […]
Quote of the Day – Dave Meltzer
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008From the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer: It is very possible, and possibly even likely, that in the not too distant future, Elite, Affliction and DREAM will be gone, and UFC will be able to pick up any top fighter they want, and to do so without changing their current pay scale.
DREAM 9/23 Saitama Super Arena card line-up
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008The card: Mirko Cro Cop vs. Alistair Overeem Sergey Kharitonov vs. Mighty Mo Yoon Dong-Sik vs. Andrews Nakahara Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Zelg Galesic Melvin Manhoef vs. Gegard Mousasi Hideo Tokoro vs. Atsushi Yamamoto I made the mistake in the past of saying this show would take place at Yokohama Arena. I’m starting to think […]
Fight Opinion Radio #89: The state of MMA outside UFC
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Consider this a group therapy session, as we spend this week’s show trying to figure out what the landscape of the MMA business is outside of UFC. Warning: You may get very depressed and fast. We discuss virtually every issue on the table and also talk about which newcomers to the sport have ‘superstar’ potential […]
Kid Yamamoto has successful knee surgery
Monday, August 4th, 2008Sports Navigator (Yahoo Japan) reports that Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto had successful knee surgery on Monday. According to the report, two doctors examined Yamamoto’s knee and found out that he had a complete ligament tear as opposed to a partial tear. Therefore, surgery was required for healing. Yamamoto will not be available to fight for the […]
DREAM coverage in Japan
Monday, July 21st, 2008The top headline in the major newspapers is the fact that the fans at the show heavily booed Yoshihiro Akiyama. The claimed attendance was 11,986. There is discussion of Kiyoshi Tamura working the DREAM 6 show on 9/23 at Saitama Super Arena. The ‘golden time’ telecast reportedly drew a 10.0 rating overall, with the highest […]
Today’s chalkboard (7/21/08)
Monday, July 21st, 2008If you aren’t a friend on our MySpace page, go ahead and add us. We’re going to try to make more of an effort to add content over there when possible. Sherdog (Jake Rossen): UFC Fight Night & Affliction minute by minute The Alexandria Town Talk (LA): A shot at the top for Kalvin “Hot […]
Joachim Hansen wins DREAM Lightweight GP tournament
Monday, July 21st, 2008He beat Shin’ya Aoki in the finals. Hansen won his reserve fight over Black Mamba, and Hansen stepped in for Eddie Alvarez (who beat Kawajiri but couldn’t continue due to an eye injury). If I recall correctly, on BetUS you could have bet on ‘the field’ as the winner of the GP tournament and gotten […]
Shukan Gendai story on Kid Yamamoto
Friday, July 18th, 2008They went after PRIDE and caused massive headaches for the company’s backers. Now they’re aiming their sights on Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto. In the newest edition of Shukan Gendai, the publication has a six-page article (p. 16 ~ 22) with allegations that Yamamoto is involved in “marijuana parties” with a famous actor. The article claims that […]
Curses! Aleksander, Yamamoto pulled off MMA cards
Friday, July 18th, 2008Two of the most entertaining bouts scheduled this weekend (Aleksandr Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello and Kid Yamamoto vs. Joseph Benavidez) have been canceled. Gary Goodridge will now replace Aleksander in the Buentello fight.
Hideo Tokoro involved in car accident
Thursday, July 17th, 200830-year old Hideo Tokoro, who was booked to fight 31-year old Takeshi Yamazaki on this Monday’s DREAM 5 event at Osaka Castle Hall in a fight billed as an ‘ikemen (hot guy) match’, was involved in a minor car accident at 2:20 PM on the 16th in Machida, Tokyo. His car was rear-ended. A decision […]
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