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Sunday, August 24th, 2008The curse of the IFL continues, as Ryan Schultz lost to Mizuto Hirota by KO today. Eiji Mitsuoka pulled off a big win over Rodrigo Damm, and Satoru Kitaoka made Clay French submit. Full event results here and here. Keep your eye on this post for videos from today’s event. Update: For a second straight […]
Report: UFC wants to run shows in Japan… again
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Dave Meltzer reporting: That’s only the first wave of planned expansion. Fertitta leaving his post as the highest-paid casino executive in Las Vegas to work full-time for UFC was with the goal of trying to duplicate the company’s U.S. success on a worldwide basis. There are even serious talks of running a regular schedule of […]
Sengoku 4 this weekend at Saitama Super Arena
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Amazingly quiet and little press coverage going into this weekend’s big show for World Victory Road. We know that the promotion has a show booked in Yoyogi for late September, but this weekend’s SSA event is critical for the promotion’s long-term financial health. They need to build momentum fast. Heavyweights: Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Valentijn Overeem […]
IGF today at Ryogoku
Friday, August 15th, 2008Announced crowd ws 7,288 paid. Josh Barnett won his main event match against Tank Abbott in 4’55 with an ankle hold. Naoya Ogawa defeated Montanha Silva in 9’16 by submission, and Bobby Lashley defeated The Predator in 10’54 with a spear.
IGF 8/15 Ryogoku Kokugikan (Tokyo)
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Announced for the show: Josh Barnett vs. Tank Abbott and The Predator vs. Bobby Lashley.
Today’s chalkboard (8/12/2008)
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008A slow news day, so this counts as the the top headline of the day: A little birdie says Ultimate Fighting Championship officials weren’t pleased about the 10 percent tax on their show that drew 15,082 to Target Center on Saturday, and if they return to the Twin Cities next year, the Xcel Energy Center […]
Sengoku 9/28 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I
Friday, August 8th, 2008Announced for the event are: Kazuhiro Nakamura, Evangelista Cyborg, Jorge Santiago, and Siyar Bahadurzada.
Dana White’s curious admission about Mirko Cro Cop
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Read this item about what Dana White said in regards to the motives of UFC signing Mirko Cro Cop. Maybe White is telling his version of the truth as he sees it. Who knows? What’s interesting about the story is the timeline. Remember, PRIDE lost their Fuji TV deal in June of ’06. They ran […]
Report: Kazuyoshi Ishii released from prison
Thursday, August 7th, 2008(If you read Japanese, pay attention to the Hiroshi Nielsen blog for further updates.) There is a report in the OH! CYBER PAPARAZZI publication today that K-1’s Godfather, Kazuyoshi Ishii, has been released from a Shizuoka prison at 5:30 AM JST. The report claims that Ishii was considered a ‘model citizen’ in prison and that […]
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 […]
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