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Wednesday, May 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold Today’s Nikkan Sports newspaper has a bombastic article talking about an “aggressive” tag team between K-1 & UFC, with both sides starting heavy co-promotional deals. The article talks about Chuck Liddell maybe working the HERO’s 8/5 Ariake Colosseum show in Tokyo (or the August K-1 Las Vegas show), with Kazushi Sakuraba and […]
Bob Sapp’s side of the story
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold The pressure on K-1 has just picked up. Bob Sapp’s side of the story about the K-1 Amsterdam fiasco has been relayed on the MMA Ring Report web site. Compare this report to what the Japanese have been claiming and what Simon Rutz is claiming.
Royce Gracie for Japanese new MMA fan
Monday, May 29th, 2006By Tetsuya Sano 今更僕ãŒè¨€ã†ã¾ã§ã‚‚ãªãホイス・グレイシーã¯ãƒžãƒƒãƒˆãƒ»ãƒ’ューズã«æ•—ã‚ŒãŸã€‚ 完敗ã€æ–‡å—通りã®å®Œæ•—。 ä¼èª¬ã¯ç¾å®Ÿã«å…¨ãã¨ã„ã£ã¦ã„ã„ã»ã©æ•µã‚ãªã‹ã£ãŸã€‚ Royce Gracie lost to Matt Hughes, and that was a totally complete defeat. The legend was no match for reality. ブãƒãƒƒã‚¯ãƒ»ãƒ¬ã‚ºãƒŠãƒ¼ã«è¡€ã‚’åã‹ã•ã‚ŒãŸãƒãƒ«ã‚¯ãƒ»ãƒ›ãƒ¼ã‚¬ãƒ³ã®ã‚ˆã†ã«æ•—ã‚ŒãŸãƒ›ã‚¤ã‚¹ã¯åŠ›ç„¡ã‹ã£ãŸã€‚ Like Hulk Hogan spitting blood by Brock Lesnar. ã ã‹ã‚‰ã¨è¨€ã£ã¦æŸ”è¡“ã€ãã—ã¦ç·åˆæ ¼é—˜æŠ€ã®ãƒ‘イオニアã§ã‚るホイスã®åŠŸç¸¾ã¯ãƒ›ãƒ¼ã‚¬ãƒ³ã®ãã‚ŒåŒæ§˜å…¨ã色ã‚ã›ã‚‹ã“ã¨ã¯ãªã„。 The distinguished service of Royce as the pioneer of kakutougi (MMA) and jiu-jitsu does not fade (similar to Hogan […]
Mach Sakurai makes national headlines
Monday, May 29th, 2006Mach Sakurai story makes front page of Yahoo Japan HP By Zach Arnold Unfortunately for 30-year Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, he didn’t make national headlines in Japanese news circles because of his great fighting career. Instead, he made the news because police arrested 33-year old construction worker Kenichi Sakayori on suspicion of assault (causing an injury). […]
Gendai: Fuji TV not to renew PRIDE TV deal?
Sunday, May 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold As noted yesterday on the message board, Shukan Gendai came out with a page article in this week’s magazine, proclaiming that their campaign against DSE for being an alleged yakuza group is showing some effects. They claim that the TV deal between DSE/PRIDE & Fuji TV is up in September, and that […]
Baroni placed in Bushido main event
Friday, May 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE announced the match order of the 6/4 Saitama Super Arena card line-up. It is as follows: Jason Black vs. Eoh Won Jin Welterweight Tournament: Murilo Bustamante vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight Tournament: Paulo Filho vs. Yoon Dong Sik Welterweight Tournament: Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor Welterweight Tournament: Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi […]
K-1 7/30 Sapporo event
Monday, May 22nd, 2006As noted earlier today on the Puroresu Power page, K-1 announced a World GP show booking for July 30th in Sapporo at Makomanai Ice Arena. Musashi vs. Ernesto Hoost is likely to take place on the show. The more interesting story comes from Nikkan Sports, which notes that Bob Sapp may end up working that […]
Masato vs. Kohiruimaki
Thursday, May 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold K-1 announced the main card line-up for their World MAX 2006 show on 6/30 at Yokohama Arena. Card line-up: Yodsanklai Fairtex (Thailand) vs. Kamal El Amrani (Germany) TATSUJI vs. Yasuhito Shirasu Reserve fight: Rayen Simson (Holland) vs. Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine) Kozo Takeda vs. TBA Tournament: Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Yoshihiro Sato Tournament: […]
Fedor out, Silva in
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE announced that Emelianenko Fedor is off the 7/1 Saitama Super Arena card, and that Vanderlei Silva will be taking his place in the 2nd round of the open-weight tournament.
PRIDE 6/4 Saitama card line-up
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006DSE announced the matches for the show today. Line-up: Welterweight GP: Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi Welterweight GP: Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Hector Lombard Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Phil Baroni Welterweight GP: Denis Kang vs. Murilo Ninja Welterweight GP: Murilo Bustamante vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight GP: Paulo Filho […]
Internet posts on Bob Sapp/K-1 situation
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of interesting links. First, this link on Gary Goodridge’s forum about Bob Sapp allegedly showing up with a DSE lawyer. The post claims that DSE sent a lawyer with Sapp to the Holland show. The second link is a translation of a statement that K-1 Holland promoter Simon Rutz made […]
K-1 vs. PRIDE vs. Fuji TV vs. Sapp
Monday, May 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold On Saturday night in Holland, Bob Sapp bolted before his scheduled main event with Ernesto Hoost, causing a major firestorm in front of 17,500 fans at the Amsterdam Arena. Sankei Sports, the newspaper affiliated with Fuji TV (which broadcasted the K-1 event), declared that “Sapp ran away” from the fight and issued […]
Kameda Brothers become next media target
Monday, May 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold It apparently isn’t only PRIDE that is getting the yakuza scandal treatment. This week’s edition of Shukan Post is promoting a “scoop” story about the alleged ties between the yakuza and the (star) boxing Kameda Brothers. The yakuza spotlight continues to shine in relation to the fight & entertainment worlds. Last week, […]
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