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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: […]
Russian Top Team boss dies in plane crash
Monday, September 15th, 2008Vladimir Pogodin, who was the boss of the Russian Top Team army of MMA fighters that had great influence on the Japanese MMA scene in the late 1990s and early part of this decade, has reportedly died in a plane crash in Russia. RTT once held a stable of fighters that included Fedor, Sergey Kharitonov, […]
Sengoku & TV Tokyo
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Nikkan Sports has a report claiming that World Victory Road (the parent company of Sengoku) has signed a deal with TV-Tokyo, the smallest of the free-to-air broadcast TV networks in Japan. This network has recently aired All Japan, ZERO-ONE MAX, Cage Force, and Hustle TV shows. (Personal thought: If past history is any indication, the […]
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 […]
Sengoku 9/28 Tokyo full card line-up
Thursday, September 11th, 20089/28 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I (3 PM JST) Lightweights: Ryan Schultz vs. Jorge Masvidal Lightweights: Kiuma Kunioku vs. A Sol Kwon Light Heavyweights: Xande Ribeiro vs. Takashi Sugiura Heavyweights: Roger Gracie vs. Travis Wiuff Middleweight GP Series: Yuki Kondo vs. Yuki Sasaki Middleweight GP Series: Evangelista Cyborg vs. Siyar Bahadurzada Middleweight GP Series: […]
Reports: Kenta Kobashi has nerve damage in his right arm
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008There are multiple media reports today in Japan (confirmed by NOAH owner Mitsuharu Misawa at a press conference) that legendary pro-wrestler Kenta Kobashi has suffered nerve damage in his right arm due to too many chops and lariats. Technically, the diagnosis is ulnar nerve paralysis. Kobashi is done for the year, if not longer.
K-1 World MAX 10/1 Nippon Budokan card line-up
Monday, September 8th, 2008Tournament Final #1: Masato vs. Yoshihiro Sato Tournament Final #2: Andy Souwer vs. Artur Kyshenko Reserve fight: Albert Kraus vs. Yasuhiro Kido Reserve fight: Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Black Mamba Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs. Joeri Mes (Showtime) Virgil Kalakoda vs. Nieky “The Natural” Holtzken (Golden Glory) Haruaki Otsuki vs. Ryuji Kajiwara Susumi Daiguji vs. Daisuke Uematsu […]
Marijuana isn’t just a problem in Japanese MMA or pro-wrestling
Sunday, September 7th, 2008The usage of the wacky weed in North America doesn’t exactly carry the same kind of negative connotation as it does in Japan. (Go ahead, try and bring some grass through customs at Narita Airport and enjoy your stay in jail.) As we’ve seen in both Japanese MMA and pro-wrestling circles, those who get caught […]
Takashi Sugiura is about to lose badly
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008NOAH pro-wrestler Takashi Sugiura has been booked against Xande Ribeiro on September 28th for Sengoku’s Tokyo event at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I. The bout will take place at 205 pounds. Sengoku 9/28 Tokyo card line-up: Middleweight GP series; Logan Clark vs. Jorge Santiago (ATT) Middleweight GP series: Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Paul Cahoon (Golden Glory […]
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 […]
A lot of nervousness right now
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008So, I’m writing an article that will be posted soon at MMA Memories talking about the state of the MMA industry. Nobody has ever accused me of being Mr. Sunshine, but I can’t recall a more perilous situation for MMA organizations outside of Zuffa LLC as I can right now at this moment. A lot […]
Antonio Inoki is thinking about creating a new star in Japan…
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008… and I’ll give you one guess as far as who he is thinking about. The only surprise is that Inoki thought of this first instead of (Kazuyoshi) Ishii.
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