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Thursday, June 22nd, 2006In a press release on Friday, the Japan Diet Academy issued a statement talking about their newest and most high-profile client, Akebono. The PR starts out by stating that Akebono was advised to join the Diet Academy by Kazuyoshi Ishii, and that the goal is for Akebono to lose 50 kg (105-110 pounds). Before Akebono […]
HERO’s 8/5 Ariake Colosseum notes
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006The promotion held a press conference today to announce the participation of Kazushi Sakuraba, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Rodrigo Gracie, Carlos Newton, Melvin Manhoef, Shungo Oyama, and Kestutis Smirnovas (RINGS Lithuania) in the HERO’s 2006 Middleweight & Light Heavyweight tournaments. Akira Maeda mentioned at the press conference that negotiations with BJ Penn were being finalized and that […]
Full PRIDE 7/1 Saitama card line-up
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Pawel Nastula vs. Edson Drago Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Lee Eun-Su (South Korea) Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Evangelista Cyborg Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort Open-Weight GP 2nd Round Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Vanderlei Silva Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Mirko Cro Cop
K-1 7/30 Sapporo line-up
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006The event is taking place at the Makomanai Ice Arena. Card line-up: Glaube Feitosa vs. Musashi Peter Aerts vs. Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge Poul Slowinski vs. Tatsufumi Tomihira Bjorn Bregy vs. Tsuyoshi Nakasako Yusuke Fujimoto vs. Yuki Niimura Freddy Kemayo vs. Hiromi Amada
K-1 mythology continues
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports continues to push hard the claimed number by K-1 that the UFC 60 PPV with Royce Gracie vs. Matt Hughes did 800,000 buys and $32 million dollars, despite reports that contradict this. The Sankei article I linked to is a puff piece about HERO’s now having a show air on […]
Grueling training session = competitive eating
Saturday, June 17th, 2006Photo credit: Sports Nippon Some fighters prefer to train in exhausting workout sessions in deserted places. And then there is Ikuhisa Minowa, who prefers to train by participating in the Japanese qualifying tournament round of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Tokyo. Minowa was able to get 6 hot dogs in 12 minutes, while […]
K-1 gets knocked publicly
Saturday, June 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold For those who have spent years covering K-1, one thing is for sure — they can tell some great stories in the press (such as their multiple accounts of trying to book Mike Tyson), but don’t put your life savings on the claims always being 100% accurate. On May 31st, I noted […]
So I go to PRIDE arena…
Friday, June 16th, 2006By Tetsuya Sano ã“ã“ã«PRIDE無差別級ＧＰ二回戦ã®ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãŒã‚る。 7月1æ—¥ã€åƒ•ã¯å‹äººé”ã¨å…±ã«ã•ã„ãŸã¾ã‚¹ãƒ¼ãƒ‘ーアリーナã«è¶³ã‚’é‹ã¶ã€‚ There is a ticket of PRIDE open weight GP 2nd round. On July 1st, I will go to Saitama Super Arena with friends. フジテレビãŒï¼°ï¼²ï¼©ï¼¤ï¼¥ã¨ç¸ã‚’切ã£ãŸã®ã¯åƒ•é”ファンã«å‡„ã¾ã˜ã„ショックを与ãˆãŸã€‚ ã„ã‚„ã€ãƒ•ã‚¡ãƒ³ã ã‘ã§ã¯ãªãæ ¼é—˜æŠ€ã« ãã‚Œã»ã©é–¢å¿ƒã®ãªã„人々ã«ã¾ã§ãã®ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒƒã‚¯ã¯åºƒãŒã£ãŸã€‚ フジテレビ以外ã®åœ°ä¸Šæ³¢å±€ã®å¤•æ–¹ã®ãƒ‹ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹ã€yahooã€livedoorãªã©ã®ãƒˆãƒƒãƒ—を飾り ã¾ã•ã«ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹æ ¼é—˜æŠ€ç•Œã«ã¨ã£ã¦æœªæ›¾æœ‰ã®ä¸€å¤§äº‹ä»¶ã¨è¨€ãˆã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã€‚ PRIDE-FujiTV affair gave us, Japanese fans, a huge shock. And this is a huge impact for general public too. TV networks (without […]
PRIDE 7/1 Saitama card gets two new matches
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006PRIDE announced Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Cyborg and Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort as undercard matches for their 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show. The promotion also announced the participation of Yoshihiro Nakao, who was made somewhat famous after his “kiss incident” with Heath Herring at the K-1 12/31/05 Osaka Dome show. Nakao is playing up that […]
AERA, Playboy, and Gendai talk about Fuji TV & DSE
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold This week’s edition of AERA, a weekly magazine produced by Asahi Shimbun, had a one-page article about the PRIDE press conference from last week. The focus was on what Hidehiko Yoshida & Emelianenko Fedor would do next in their careers. It starts off by talking about Yoshida in the PRIDE 2006 open-weight […]
Broadsheets reflect upon Fuji TV’s decision
Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold A week after Fuji TV canceled their television deal with PRIDE, the Japanese broadsheets continue to analyze the decision. Asahi Shimbun had a fair and complete review of the story in their newspaper, talking about Fuji TV’s “Dear John” letter to DSE. The article points out that PRIDE was an excellent money-making […]
No final decision by SkyPerfecTV
Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports reports that there is more internal debate to come regarding the future of Hustle & PRIDE PPV telecasts on SkyPerfecTV. No 100% final decision has been made yet. Yomiuri Hochi has a report quoting a SkyPerfecTV official stating that no changes have been made to the schedule yet, but that […]
SkyPerfecTV announcement on Monday
Saturday, June 10th, 2006Yomiuri Hochi reports that the board of directors for SkyPerfect Communications (Shibuya, Tokyo) will make an announcement on Monday regarding DSE programming on SkyPerfecTV PPV.
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