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PRIDE continues big talk

Friday, July 7th, 2006

By Zach Arnold The PRIDE office is pushing a story in the media (Nikkan Sports report here) that they are aiming to get Olympic Greco-Roman 120 kg Russian wrestler Khassan Baroev to work a match for their Otoko Matsuri (Man Festival) show (if they have the event take place). Baroev made news a few years […]

The Arashi drug bust

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Nikkan Sports HP: Arashi arrested for possession of marijuana Yahoo Japan HP: Pro-wrestler Arashi arrested for marijuana Copy of story from Puroresu Power down below.

Major speech coming on Monday

Friday, July 7th, 2006

By Zach Arnold Bob Sapp will be making a big appearance at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on Monday to address the media as to what happened between him and K-1. The press conference (Bob Sapp and attorney Michael Connette) will last one hour (10:30 AM-11:30 AM). (Hat tip: Gryphon.) Update: Shukan Gendai, the […]

Media link wrap-up

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Complete Vale Tudo Access – More details on Inoki 9/1 Budokan event Fight Biz – Critical Countdown not so critical Whaledog – Is the talent pool for MMA too thin right now? Flying Python – Comparing UFC vs. PRIDE FIFA World Cup – Tito Ortiz says US & Mexico will be good in 2010 A […]

More arguments in the Sapp vs. K-1 war of words

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

By Zach Arnold American attorney Michael Connette, who is based out of Tokyo and has experience practicing law in California, sent a press release to the fight media on Monday claiming of inaccuracies in statements made by K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa last week. Tanigawa issued a public reply to a FAX that Bob Sapp sent […]

Inoki 9/1 Budokan show

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

By Zach Arnold An update on the 30th anniversary Inoki vs. Ali themed Nippon Budokan show in Tokyo. It is scheduled for September 1st and will be titled “INOKI GENOME.” Nikkan Sports notes that Inoki’s camp is floating the names of Josh Barnett, Brock Lesnar, and Naoya Ogawa as potential names appearing in an 8-man […]

PRIDE 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show results

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

Click on the post link to display the results. DSE claimed an attendance of 44,606.

K-1 World MAX World Championship Final

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Results from today’s event at Yokohama Arena. Yodsanklai Fairtex defeated Kamal El Amrani after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision (30-26 three times). Reserve fight: Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine) defeated Rayen Simson (Holland) after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision. Tournament: Masato defeated Takayuki Kohiruimaki after 3R by a 3-0 judges’ decision (30-28 three times). Tournament: […]

1,000 concerned stockholders

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

By Zach Arnold The first media report (Asahi Shimbun) coming out of the stockholder’s meeting for Fuji TV at the Le Meridien Hotel Grand Pacific on Thursday is that nearly 1,000 stockholders showed up for the meeting at 9 AM. The major issue on the table was how Fuji TV would restructure given the failed […]

War between Sapp & K-1 continues

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

By Zach Arnold On Tuesday, a FAX was sent to the mass media in Japan on behalf of Bob Sapp (through a Japanese lawyer), explaining what happened at the infamous K-1 Amsterdam show and why he didn’t fight Ernesto Hoost. In short, Sapp said that he was threatened. (English summary of Sapp’s argument in the […]

Fuji TV stockholders meeting

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

By Zach Arnold Shareholders of Fuji TV stock will meet at the TV network’s annual shareholder’s meeting at the Le Meridien Hotel Grand Pacific. The stockholder activist groups are preparing to put the heat on Fuji TV management for several issues, and one activist site (Labor Net Japan) has the PRIDE scandal listed as a […]

Inoki returns

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Sports Nippon reports that there will be a special show on 9/1 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali fight that took place on June 26, 1976. Sankei Sports notes that the 9/1 Budokan show will be a “new kakutougi (MMA) event” for Inoki, the […]

Match order for PRIDE 7/1 show

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Pawel Nastula vs. Edson Drago Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Lee Eun-Su Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Alistair Overeem Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Evangelista Cyborg Open-Weight GP 2nd Round: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Intermission Open-Weight GP 2nd Round: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Vanderlei Silva Open-Weight GP 2nd Round: Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt […]

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