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Friday, September 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Dave Meltzer notes that Kurt Angle is now being buried by the WWE. Either this is a strange angle or else they are really concerned that he is going to work in fact for TNA. In response to a Dave Ditch article about the former Olympian’s future in the fight game, […]
First the Zuffa myth, now the Fuji TV myth
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold There is a story by Fred Varcoe (writer’s apparent background here and here) that basically is a pro-PRIDE article about their upcoming shows in Saitama and Las Vegas. It reads exactly like what a PRIDE fan would write.
Kawamata loses in court
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold For reference to the whole yakuza scandal and 3-way 2003 MMA wars in Japan, use this link. Seiya Kawamata, who had filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against Nippon TV for improper annulment of payment from the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye TV contract in 2003, has apparently lost his court case. The court […]
Sakuraba will fight in October
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold The HERO’s promotion announced that Kazushi Sakuraba has been cleared to fight on the promotion’s 10/9 Yokohama Arena show. This was the show that was rumored to feature the debut of Brock Lesnar, but no mention of Lesnar fighting so far. Akebono & Kazuyuki Miyata were announced as participants for the 10/9 […]
Worldwide media notes
Thursday, August 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold I find interesting news items, and you comment on them. Updated at 12:45 PM EST.
Updated K-1 9/30 Osaka GP card
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006Here is the newest card line-up: Ray Sefo vs. Stefan “Blitz” Leko Ruslan Karaev vs. Badr Hari Glaube Feitosa vs. Paul Slowinski Jerome Le Banner vs. Choi Hong-Man Peter Aerts vs. Remy Bonjasky Semmy Schilt vs. Bjorn Bregy Ernesto Hoost vs. Yusuke Fujimoto Musashi vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab
Updated PRIDE 9/10 Saitama card line-up
Monday, August 28th, 2006Here it is: Mauricio Shogun vs. The Snake (France/Team BOON!) Ricardo Arona vs. Alistair Overeem Yosuke Nishijima vs. Evangelista Cyborg Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao Alternate Match: Sergey Kharitonov vs. Emelianenko Alexander Open-Weight GP: Vanderlei Silva vs. Mirko Cro Cop Open-Weight GP: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett
Bushido 8/26 Nagoya event on FSN TV
Sunday, August 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold The good, the bad, and the rest — reviewed.
PRIDE Bushido 8/26 Nagoya event results
Saturday, August 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold Full results from the show can be seen by using the full-page view of this posting. Special thanks to Burning Spirit for the fight times.
DSE: The contract with Tyson is made
Thursday, August 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold That is the headline on Yahoo Japan’s HP today. PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara is expected to release contract details next week. Tyson’s debut will happen on the 10/21 Las Vegas event.
PRIDE 9/10 Saitama card line-up
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Yosuke Nishijima vs. Evangelista Cyborg Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Yoshihiro “KISS” Nakao Reserve Match: Sergey Kharitonov vs. Emelianenko Alexander Open-Weight GP: Vanderlei Silva vs. Mirko Cro Cop Open-Weight GP: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett At the press conference announcing the new fights, Nishijima indicated that he wanted a chance at Mike Tyson.
K-1 9/30 Osaka Castle Hall card line-up
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006K-1 World GP 2006 in Osaka Jerome Le Banner vs. Choi Hong-Man Peter Aerts vs. Remy Bonjasky Semmy Schilt vs. Bjorn Bregy Ernesto Hoost vs. Yusuke Fujimoto Musashi vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab Plus: Glaube Feitosa, Ray Sefo, Ruslan Karaev, and others. Sidenote: Genki Sudo vs. Ian Schaffa was announced for the promotion’s 9/4 Tokyo, […]
Kameda vs. Landaeta II
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006The big announcement today in Japan is that Koki Kameda, who won a very controversial decision over Juan Jose Landaeta of Venezuela (on 8/2 at Yokohama Arena), will have a re-match with Landaeta in October.
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