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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006New matches announced today by the DSE office for the open-weight tournament: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. James Thompson Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum Add these to the other matches already announced: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima Mirko Cro Cop vs. Ikuhisa Minowa Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander Three more matches need to be booked. Update: On […]
HERO’s 5/3 Yoyogi card line-up
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006Four new matches announced today for the upcoming HERO’s event. Here’s the updated card line-up: 2006 Middleweight Tournament: Hideo Tokoro vs. Black Mamba 2006 Middleweight Tournament: Ryuki Ueyama vs. Gilbert Melendez 2006 Middleweight Tournament: Hidetaka Monma vs. J.Z. (Brazil/ATT) [ed — Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante?] 2006 Middleweight Tournament: Leonardo Franca Nogueira vs. Ivan Menjivar Norifumi “Kid” […]
Gryphon reacts to the yakuza story
Monday, April 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold Gryphon, one of the top Japanese internet writers on the MMA scene, has posted his thoughts on the Shukan Gendai article series. It is interesting to read because it will give you a clear perspective on where the battle lines are going to be drawn. Added to this post is the reaction […]
Summary translation of 4/17 Gendai article
Monday, April 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold This is a summary translation of what was written in today’s newest article published in Shukan Gendai.
Shukan Gendai’s open questionnaire
Sunday, April 16th, 2006The focus from the magazine this week is on the TV networks (Fuji TV & Nippon TV) in relation to their ties to MMA. More details at Burning Spirit (Japanese) and here. NHB News has some reaction to the story (in Japanese). Message board thread about this topic.
More information on yakuza scandal on Monday
Saturday, April 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold A preview for the upcoming edition (this Monday) of Shukan Gendai notes that more information from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye promoter Seiya Kawamata will be coming, this time with the focus on the two major TV networks in Japan (Fuji TV & Nippon TV) in regards to what Kawamata claims is their respective relationships […]
Sakakibara responds to Gendai articles
Thursday, April 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara told the press that the charges made in the Shukan Gendai interview series by Seiya Kawamata are ‘groundless’ in regards to telling the truth. Sakakibara stated that the articles were one-sided pieces and that he wants an inquiry into the truth. He claimed that the contents of the […]
Fujita to return to PRIDE
Thursday, April 13th, 2006He did a photo-op today for DSE to announce his return to the PRIDE ring. Fujita will participate in the open-weight tournament, which starts on May 5th at the Osaka Dome.
DSE links with Pankration team
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Nobuhiko Takada participated in a press briefing at Yamanashi university in Kofu on the 12th to announce the first “Pankration” team in the world. PRIDE hopes that by linking up with this team, they will be able to have some representation in future Olympic games.
Kawamata loses in court to Mijatovic
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Today, a judge in Tokyo district court awarded a complete victory to power-agent Miro Mijatovic in his civil court case against Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. (Case background information here and here) Mijatovic sued to obtain a lien on any earnings that Kawamata wins in his civil court case against Nippon […]
Kawamata’s kamikaze attack
Monday, April 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold By no means is the end-all, be-all translation summary of the latest Shukan Gendai interview with Seiya Kawamata about the yakuza scandal rocking the fight industry in Japan. However, I was able to translate and gather some interesting details from the latest interview that really have people on edge. In the latest […]
Upcoming plans for HERO’s
Monday, April 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you’re a fan of the K-1-style MMA, today was a very interesting day. The promotion announced their plans for the next five months. More details to come soon. The 5/3 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show features Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Kazuyuki Miyata and Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Katsuhiko Nagata. The […]
Insider hardball
Sunday, April 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold I just got the Shukan Gendai issue (released today) with the new yakuza article about K-1, DSE, and Kawamata. My first read of the article is that this is an important article, because it includes a flowchart (which I will try to recreate later if I can) that clearly links all the […]
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