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Sunday, March 8th, 2009Fighters who didn’t fight at UFC 96 made more news than the combatants who fought Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio.
Hidehiko Yoshida will continue fighting and not retire from competition
Saturday, February 14th, 2009Hidehiko Yoshida says that he will continue fighting in MMA and not retire any time soon.
Shin’ya Aoki, Hayato Sakurai booked for DREAM Welterweight GP
Thursday, February 12th, 2009Shin’ya Aoki will be making the move up from 70kg to 76kg and participating in the upcoming DREAM Welterweight GP tournament.
A mysterious Japanese scandal that could even top what happened to PRIDE
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009What is it about the Japanese fight business having such a powerful attraction to the ‘dark world’?
Sengoku 1/4 Saitama Super Arena results
Sunday, January 4th, 2009Both Takanori Gomi and Hidehiko Yoshida lost. Enough said.
Kohaku reaches 40% average rating on NYE 2008
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Ratings coming soon for K-1’s NYE event on Tokyo Broadcasting System…
Why wearing a mask during a fight is a bad idea
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Akihito Tanaka should have asked for advice from Jushin Liger on how to fight with a mask on during a fight.
K-1 Dynamite 12/31 Saitama Super Arena
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008A big NYE event from Saitama Super Arena.
UFC sends K-1 a big ‘screw you’ message with Satoshi Ishii
Sunday, December 28th, 2008UFC is playing an interesting game of one-upsmanship with K-1 by touting that Zuffa will enter into ‘exclusive negotiations’ with Satoshi Ishii.
K-1 12/31/08 Dynamite card line-up
Sunday, December 28th, 2008K-1 has produced an 18-fight card line-up for their New Year’s Eve event at Saitama Super Arena.
Tetsuya Sano wins MVP award at The Outsider event in Tokyo
Saturday, December 20th, 2008Japanese fight writer and amateur shootboxer Tetsuya Sano won the MVP award at today’s Outsider event (promoted by Akira Maeda) in Tokyo at Differ Ariake.
Is Satoshi Ishii going to be UFC’s trojan horse into Japan?
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Daily Sports newspaper in Japan has everyone buzzing about the possibility of Satoshi Ishii signing with Zuffa instead of with DREAM. The paper’s angle is that if Ishii signs with UFC, he won’t be fighting in Japan.
The press talks to Enson Inoue’s former wife about his drug arrest
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Miyu Yamamoto, the sister of MMA star Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto and the ex-wife of MMA fighter Enson Inoue, was asked questions by members of the Japanese press about the arrest of Inoue for possession of marijuana. In an interview with MMA Junkie, Inoue broke his silence for the first time publicly about his recent arrest.
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