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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sports Nippon newspaper is reporting that Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto will not appear at the NYAC Open on November 18th in New York. This was supposed to be a big event for Yamamoto to participate in for amateur wrestling as far as his hopes of making the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The newspaper report […]
K-1 Dynamite main event announced
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. Also announced: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto, Genki Sudo, Akebono, Musashi, Kaoru Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Katsuhiko Nagata, & Ken Kaneko. Meanwhile, Tokyo Sports is reporting that PRIDE is interested in Kazuyuki Fujita as Mike Tyson’s exhibition boxing opponent for the Macau Dome show on 12/31.
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 28 (Gareb Shamus)
Friday, October 20th, 2006With a busy weekend ahead, make sure you get caught up with the events in the world of MMA. This week, our special guest is Gareb Shamus from the IFL. Check out the IFL’s HP at http://www.ifl.tv for more information. We discuss what the Ken vs. Tito III 3.1 TV rating means, whether or not […]
Tanigawa focuses on Sapp & Melendez
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Gryphon has more details. Here’s a screen capture from Dave Meltzer’s Wednesday news update. Would K-1 use this as evidence in court of a breach of contract? As I noted over at Puroresu Power today, K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa held a press conference to focus on upcoming action the company would […]
HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama event results
Monday, October 9th, 2006The promotion claimed 10,631 paid for the event. A night of surprises. Results can be viewed in full-post mode. Strong ratings for HERO’s Report of Japanese ratings revised by source report. Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan (via Sports Navigator) reports that the HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama Arena show on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) drew an 14.6% […]
Make your HERO’s event predictions
Saturday, October 7th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: Front page mentions Ken Kaneko Monday features two relatively big shows in Japan (one MMA, one pro-wrestling), with the MMA event being the HERO’s show produced by K-1 at Yokohama Arena. There has been a very high volume of press coverage for this event in the last two weeks, and most of […]
Saturday MMA media notes
Saturday, October 7th, 2006Update: PRIDE 11/5 Bushido card line-up added to this article (view it in full-post mode). Post updated at 5:45 PM EST. The MMA calendar for October is off the charts in terms of activity. There has been a full-court press this last week (and going into the weekend) for the HERO’s event that will take […]
Updated HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama card line-up
Monday, October 2nd, 200610/9 Yokohama Arena event card line-up: Light Heavyweight tournament reserve fight: Tokimitsu Ishizawa (Kendo Ka Shin) vs. Carlos Newton Middleweight tournament reserve fight: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. X Light Heavyweight tournament: Shungo Oyama vs. Melvin Manhoef Light Heavyweight tournament: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kestutis Smirnovas (Lithuania) Middleweight tournament: Kaoru Uno vs. Ivan Menjivar Middleweight tournament: J.Z. Calvan […]
Report: Kurt Angle to work on K-1 Dynamite event
Friday, September 29th, 2006Tokyo Sports newspaper is reporting that K-1 and Kurt Angle are in negotiations for a deal which would allow Angle to have his first MMA match on 12/31 at the Osaka Dome. The three opponent candidates listed by the newspaper for Angle’s debut match are: Brock Lesnar, Akebono, and Choi Hong-Man. Ｄｙｎï½ï½ï½‰ï½”ï½…!!ã«è¶…目玉 元ＷＷＥ王者カート・アングル Ｋï¼ï¼‘å‚戦㸠対戦相手ã«ãƒ¬ã‚¹ãƒŠãƒ¼ã€æ›™ã€ãƒ›ãƒ³ãƒžãƒ³æµ®ä¸Š/新日本もç²å¾—ã«å‹•ã/金åè³¢ãŒå¯¾æˆ¦ç†±æœ›ã»ã‹ã€€
Sakuraba story makes national headlines
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Yahoo Japan: Sakuraba hospitalized, fighter status in doubt Kazushi Sakuraba’s hospital trip is making national headlines on news wires in Japan, as this is mushrooming into a major story that could dominate the fight industry for the rest of this year. Major speculation in the various Japanese media outlets that retirement is impending, but the […]
Sakuraba in hospital?
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Tokyo Sports reports on their front page that Kazushi Sakuraba was urgently taken to the hospital after training (collapsing). The paper raises the question as to whether or not Sakuraba will have his last fight on October 9th for HERO’s at Yokohama Arena. If you can read Japanese, keep your eyes open to the thread […]
Ken Kaneko moves to HERO’s
Monday, September 18th, 2006Livedoor has a report that states that Japanese actor Ken Kaneko, who worked PRIDE’s 2005 New Year’s Eve show against Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett, is going to appear in HERO’s for the promotion’s October 9th event at Yokohama Arena.
Did Jim Ross point the finger at K-1?
Thursday, September 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Several years ago, WWE announcer Jim Ross used to have a weekly column on the WWE site called “The Ross Report” that became controversial for many reasons, with one of those reasons being some of the cryptic comments he made in the reports. No matter what you thought about Ross and his […]
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