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Saturday, May 9th, 2009Thankfully, ESPN is now putting their MMA Live shows on YouTube. The show is divided up into three weekly segments on the company’s YouTube channel.
Quote of the Day: J-ROCK’s Kokuho on Shin’ya Aoki
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Some interesting comments about the Japanese MMA landscape from the man behind Sengoku.
Photo Gallery of Fedor vs. Aoki exhibition match
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Will Fedor fight on July 20th in Japan?
Is Yoshihiro Akiyama “Mister Hollywood?”
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009For people like Brent Brookhouse who are critical of me using pro-wrestling terminology in my writings and in life in general, I want to introduce you to “Mister Hollywood” and “Mayhem Mascaras.”
The second anniversary of PRIDE’s last show
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Today is the second anniversary of the last PRIDE event that took place in Japan.
Josh Stein’s PRIDE history series: The Power Vacuum in the East (Part 4)
Monday, April 6th, 2009There is something to be said for the metaphor of the Japanese Sengoku Period, in the fifteenth century, a way of expressing the vacuum created by the removal of the Japanese titan.
Josh Stein’s PRIDE history series: Free Agents & Mercenaries (Part 2)
Monday, April 6th, 2009Before the fall of PRIDE, a fighter who was ranked in the top ten was a fighter who had a contract, simply by virtue of his position. Fighters were built into their organizations, branded like ten thousand cattle. If a fighter was any good, organizations would bite the head off of anyone trying to change that athlete’s allegiance.
Monday MMA notebook – April 6, 2009
Monday, April 6th, 2009Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz is coming up this weekend, plus Shin’ya Aoki & Urijah Faber ponder what is next for their respective careers.
Masato will have retirement match on K-1 NYE ’09 show
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009Masato, the highly-popular and decorated K-1 fighter, will have his retirement fight on New Year’s Eve for K-1.
Updated K-1 3/28 Yokohama Arena WGP card
Saturday, March 28th, 2009Are you interested in Melvin Manhoef winning K-1’s Heavyweight tournament and Remy Bonjasky going to war with Alistair Overeem?
The second anniversary of PRIDE’s death
Friday, March 27th, 2009It’s the second anniversary of PRIDE’s death and the landscape of the MMA business has changed dramatically — both online and offline.
K-1 March 2009 event notes
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009You won’t be seeing Alistair Overeem any time soon in Strikeforce or UFC. Plus: Remy Bonjasky is back after his GP win over Badr Hari.
One nightmarish TV rating for DREAM 7
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009You can grab the paddles but the corpse of Japanese mainstream MMA is not going to be resuscitated any time soon. Look out.
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