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Tuesday, October 31st, 2006DJ GOZMA gets the GRABAKA boys in shape So, Bushido is this Sunday at Yokohama Arena. Good card line-up. Denis Martins has an interview with Denis Kang here. Likely a (very) small crowd. Same story for a rather unheralded S-Cup (Shootboxing) event in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan this Friday featuring Andy Souwer and other K-1 […]
PRIDE’s NYE TV options
Sunday, October 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold The five major free TV networks in Japan (Tokyo Broadcasting System, TV-Tokyo, Nippon TV, Fuji TV, & TV-Asahi) are starting to get their New Year’s Eve programming plans ready. Based on what is publicly known, here is the information that we know of so far: TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting) – K-1 Dynamite!! Fuji […]
Kiyoshi Tamura appreciation day
Saturday, October 28th, 2006The obstinent man in red pants. A man who calls his daily journal the Full Nude Blog. It’s impossible to hate him. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (UWF-International) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (6/27/1998 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall – RINGS promotion) Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Frank Shamrock (4/23/1999 Osaka Prefectural Gym – RINGS promotion) Kiyoshi […]
Drug test failures draw no Japanese media attention
Friday, October 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold When news broke that both Vitor Belfort & Pawel Nastula apparently failed the NSAC-sanctioned drug tests, it was certainly a story with some traction on the various English MMA web sites. However, the story is a completely different one in regards to the Japanese press.
NSAC releases PRIDE Gate Figures.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006By Luke Nicholson The NSAC recently released PRIDE’s live gate numbers on their website yesterday. It turns out the paid attendance was 8,079 for a gate total of 2,056,440, which ranks them sixth in all-time attendance in Nevada for MMA events. For a first time event, the number is always high due to the curiosity […]
K-1 Dynamite main event announced
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. Also announced: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto, Genki Sudo, Akebono, Musashi, Kaoru Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Katsuhiko Nagata, & Ken Kaneko. Meanwhile, Tokyo Sports is reporting that PRIDE is interested in Kazuyuki Fujita as Mike Tyson’s exhibition boxing opponent for the Macau Dome show on 12/31.
Japanese media reaction to PRIDE event
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006Now fully updated. Plus quick transcribing/notes from the post-show press conference. Which match would you rather see in PRIDE on New Year’s Eve? Fedor vs. Barnett Fedor vs. Cro Cop Fedor vs. Nogueira Fedor vs. Shogun Free polls from Pollhost.com
PRIDE’s main Las Vegas show sponsor
Thursday, October 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update II: Here is a big article from ITWeek about how Gravity sued Kim Jung-Ryool for allegedly siphoning off $9.1 million USD from the company. (Article: Gravity gaming giant sues founder.) This article also explains the NASDAQ troubles and how auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers missed millions of dollars in fees and royalties that had […]
Updated K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome card line-up
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Here it is. No particular match order. Peter Aerts vs. Musashi Ray Sefo vs. Choi Hong-Man Badr Hari vs. X (to be announced) World GP 2006 Tournament Matches Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner Ernesto Hoost vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab Ruslan Karaev vs. Glaube Feitosa Remy Bonjasky vs. Stefan Leko Semi-finals and finals
Updated Bushido 11/5 Yokohama Arena card line-up
Sunday, October 15th, 2006In no specific match order. Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Denis Kang Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho Welterweight GP Reserve Match: Gegard Mousasi vs. Hector Lombard Lightweight Title Match: Takanori Gomi vs. Marcus Aurelio Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mike Barton Shin’ya Aoki vs. Gilbert Melendez Nobuhiro Obiya vs. Luis Buscape Murilo Bustamante vs. Yoon […]
Tanigawa focuses on Sapp & Melendez
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Gryphon has more details. Here’s a screen capture from Dave Meltzer’s Wednesday news update. Would K-1 use this as evidence in court of a breach of contract? As I noted over at Puroresu Power today, K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa held a press conference to focus on upcoming action the company would […]
HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama event results
Monday, October 9th, 2006The promotion claimed 10,631 paid for the event. A night of surprises. Results can be viewed in full-post mode. Strong ratings for HERO’s Report of Japanese ratings revised by source report. Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan (via Sports Navigator) reports that the HERO’s 10/9 Yokohama Arena show on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) drew an 14.6% […]
Make your HERO’s event predictions
Saturday, October 7th, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: Front page mentions Ken Kaneko Monday features two relatively big shows in Japan (one MMA, one pro-wrestling), with the MMA event being the HERO’s show produced by K-1 at Yokohama Arena. There has been a very high volume of press coverage for this event in the last two weeks, and most of […]
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