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Friday, July 18th, 2008They went after PRIDE and caused massive headaches for the company’s backers. Now they’re aiming their sights on Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto. In the newest edition of Shukan Gendai, the publication has a six-page article (p. 16 ~ 22) with allegations that Yamamoto is involved in “marijuana parties” with a famous actor. The article claims that […]
Curses! Aleksander, Yamamoto pulled off MMA cards
Friday, July 18th, 2008Two of the most entertaining bouts scheduled this weekend (Aleksandr Emelianenko vs. Paul Buentello and Kid Yamamoto vs. Joseph Benavidez) have been canceled. Gary Goodridge will now replace Aleksander in the Buentello fight.
Hideo Tokoro involved in car accident
Thursday, July 17th, 200830-year old Hideo Tokoro, who was booked to fight 31-year old Takeshi Yamazaki on this Monday’s DREAM 5 event at Osaka Castle Hall in a fight billed as an ‘ikemen (hot guy) match’, was involved in a minor car accident at 2:20 PM on the 16th in Machida, Tokyo. His car was rear-ended. A decision […]
New details released in media about Rampage Jackson incident
Thursday, July 17th, 2008More details are coming out regarding Quinton Jackson’s alleged hit-and-run incident and they are not pretty at all. As if the story wasn’t strange enough, the folks at Total MMA found this. The Sun in the UK asked Michael Bisping for his thoughts on the situation. Jason Probst: Fight of the Night – UFC vs. […]
Your Shooto super-fantastic preview section
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Did you know there is a Shooto card this weekend? This Friday at Korakuen Hall. Go read the linked preview. Then, check out this profile article on Mamoru and his afro.
M-1 in Japan this Thursday
Sunday, July 13th, 2008DEEP will run an M-1 co-promotional show on Thursday at Korakuen Hall featuring two team challenge themes: America vs. France and Japan vs. Holland. America vs. France 70 kg: Keith Perrigon vs. Samuel Judes 76 kg: Vince Ortiz vs. Farouk Lakebir 84 kg: Jason Bukich vs. Karl Amoussou 93 kg: Bryan Harper vs. Christian M’pumbo […]
DREAM 5 card line-up
Thursday, July 10th, 20087/21 Osaka Castle Hall (3 PM) Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Katsuyori Shibata Mark Hunt vs. Mr. X Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Motoki Miyazawa Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Joseph Benavidez Lightweight GP reserve match: Joachim Hansen vs. Black Mamba Lightweight GP: Eddie Alvarez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri Lightweight GP: Shin’ya Aoki vs. Kaoru Uno Lightweight GP finals
Today’s chalkboard (7/10/08)
Thursday, July 10th, 2008Dan Wetzel (Yahoo Sports): Competition sends Dana White back to basics Luke Thomas: I love Dana White’s ruthlessness Florida Today: MMA hits Brevard County (Joe Silva is quoted) Florida Today: MMA sheds violent image (with quotes from Marc Ratner) Jason Macdonald: Brutal scoring – MMA judging right now is so ridiculous, and something needs to […]
K-1 World MAX (7/7 Nippon Budokan)
Monday, July 7th, 2008A respectable crowd of 11,610 paid. Results here. The obvious headline involves Yoshihiro Sato pulling off the upset over Buakaw Por Pramuk, setting up a Masato/Sato confrontation for October 1st. Interestingly enough, there was a lot of media focus on “salaryman” Hiroyuki Owatari (Seido Kaikan) winning by KO in his K-1 debut.
Today’s chalkboard (7/7/08)
Monday, July 7th, 2008Mirko Cro Cop has canceled his booking for the DREAM 5 card on 7/21 in Osaka. The Guardian (UK): Fighting talk in Vegas as Ultimate ambitions are revealed Fight Metric at AOL Fanhouse: Griffin vs. Jackson – the numbers that matter The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Upset win puts Forrest Griffin among UFC elite WRDW (Georgia): […]
Tank Abbott heading to pro-wrestling
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Simon Inoki announced today that Tank would appear at the Inoki Genome Federation’s 8/15 Tokyo, Ryogoku Kokugikan event.
K-1 2008 Japan GP in Fukuoka (6/29/08)
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Report here. The claimed attendance was 6,927 (not super).
Fight Opinion Radio #83: Writing the IFL’s obituary, and retirement talk for Matt Hughes
Friday, June 20th, 2008On this week’s show, there is absolutely no talk regarding the announcement of Lorenzo Fertitta moving full-time to UFC. You’ll have to wait until next week’s show for that discussion. Instead, we have a length discussion about the recent BJJ Worlds event in Long Beach, a debate about the keyboard warriors who are calling for […]
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