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Monday, October 2nd, 200610/9 Yokohama Arena event card line-up: Light Heavyweight tournament reserve fight: Tokimitsu Ishizawa (Kendo Ka Shin) vs. Carlos Newton Middleweight tournament reserve fight: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. X Light Heavyweight tournament: Shungo Oyama vs. Melvin Manhoef Light Heavyweight tournament: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kestutis Smirnovas (Lithuania) Middleweight tournament: Kaoru Uno vs. Ivan Menjivar Middleweight tournament: J.Z. Calvan […]
K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome card
Sunday, October 1st, 2006Here it is: Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner Ernesto Hoost vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab Glaube Feitosa vs. Ruslan Karaev Remy Bonjasky vs. Stefan Leko GP semi-finals and finals The 9/30 Osaka Castle Hall event reportedly drew a 16.0% TV rating. It’s lower in comparison to previous years (2005 – 18.2%, 2004 – 19.6%, […]
Kameda vs. Landaeta II postponed
Sunday, October 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Nikkan Sports reports that the Koki Kamda vs. Juan Jose Landaeta rematch that was scheduled for October 18th in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum has now been postponed. The paper claims that the breakdown in scheduling came from Kameda’s camp. There are still plans for a “Kameda Matsuri” event in December, but those […]
K-1 GP in Osaka
Saturday, September 30th, 2006Results here. I would expect the main headlines from the show being that Musashi lost and that Le Banner couldn’t KO Choi Hong-Man. That, and Badr Hari losing fast to Ruslan Karaev. Update: Predictably, Japanese media outlets (such as Sankei Sports) are theming their articles coming out of the show about the fact that there […]
Report: Kurt Angle to work on K-1 Dynamite event
Friday, September 29th, 2006Tokyo Sports newspaper is reporting that K-1 and Kurt Angle are in negotiations for a deal which would allow Angle to have his first MMA match on 12/31 at the Osaka Dome. The three opponent candidates listed by the newspaper for Angle’s debut match are: Brock Lesnar, Akebono, and Choi Hong-Man. Ｄｙｎï½ï½ï½‰ï½”ï½…!!ã«è¶…目玉 元ＷＷＥ王者カート・アングル Ｋï¼ï¼‘å‚戦㸠対戦相手ã«ãƒ¬ã‚¹ãƒŠãƒ¼ã€æ›™ã€ãƒ›ãƒ³ãƒžãƒ³æµ®ä¸Š/新日本もç²å¾—ã«å‹•ã/金åè³¢ãŒå¯¾æˆ¦ç†±æœ›ã»ã‹ã€€
K-1 may have reduced role on New Year’s Eve
Thursday, September 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold There are at least two reports (from Jiji Press and Asahi Shimbun) that discuss rumors of Tokyo Broadcasting System trimming down K-1’s role on the TV network for New Year’s Eve. The reason? The reports claim that TBS wants to build their New Year’s Eve programming around the theme of “Kameda Matsuri” […]
PRIDE’s triangulation
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a definitive article about what I thought PRIDE’s attempted business plan would be in regards to Las Vegas and China. You can read that article here. Read it first, as it lays the ground work for what was reported in Daily Sports on Thursday. The […]
Sakuraba story makes national headlines
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Yahoo Japan: Sakuraba hospitalized, fighter status in doubt Kazushi Sakuraba’s hospital trip is making national headlines on news wires in Japan, as this is mushrooming into a major story that could dominate the fight industry for the rest of this year. Major speculation in the various Japanese media outlets that retirement is impending, but the […]
Sakuraba in hospital?
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Tokyo Sports reports on their front page that Kazushi Sakuraba was urgently taken to the hospital after training (collapsing). The paper raises the question as to whether or not Sakuraba will have his last fight on October 9th for HERO’s at Yokohama Arena. If you can read Japanese, keep your eyes open to the thread […]
PRIDE trashes UFC in Japanese media
Monday, September 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara mocks Dana White and accuses Tim Sylvia of running away from Emelianenko Fedor. Here is more information about PRIDE tying up with Entriq, the same company that MTV & WWE uses for DRM video technology. My commentary on this can viewed in full-post mode.
Japanese arrest happening soon?
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006Apparently, the last editions of Weekly Fight are going out with a bang. Over at NHB News, they’re talking about a claim in WF that someone associated (how tight or loose the association is not said) around the Japanese MMA industry is about to get arrested soon. The question is whom it will be. Update: […]
PRIDE Bushido 11/5 Yokohama event
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006The promotion announced Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho and Denis Kang vs. Akihiro Gono for their Welterweight tournament show on November 5th at Yokohama Arena.
PRIDE’s latest idea for UFC
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Daily Sports reports on comments made by PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara in regards to UFC. Sakakibara stated that Mirko Cro Cop would be a suitable replacement for Vanderlei Silva to send to UFC to fight this November. Sakakibara said that despite Mirko’s name and image being printed for PRIDE’s 10/21 Las Vegas show poster, he […]
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