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Sunday, April 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold Courtesy of Sports Navigator/Yahoo Japan: Middleweights: Ichiro Kanai defeated Moriyuki Yamada in R1 in 2 minutes, 11 seconds with a shoulder-hardening hold (similar to the one Aurelio used on Gomi at the Bushido show). Featherweights: Atsushi Yamamoto (KILLER BEE) defeated Takumi Murata in R2 in 1 minute, 37 seconds with a choke […]
Preview: Kawamata says Ishii was threatened
Saturday, April 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold 「＜ミスターＫï¼ï¼‘＞石井館長も暴力団ã«è„…ã•ã‚Œã¦ã„ãŸï¼ã€ ケイ・コンフィデンス・å·åˆèª 矢社長　 According to a tease for the next (upcoming) edition of Shukan Gendai, promoter Seiya Kawamata is going to talk to the magazine in-depth in regards to the various threats that former K-1 President Kazuyoshi Ishii received from the yakuza. We’ll find out (at least Kawamata’s story) where those threats were […]
Killing a Gimmick~!
Friday, April 7th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson In 2000, and in 2003 the PRIDE GP Tournaments were special. They were events that didn’t happen everyday, and because of that, the intrigue to watch was higher than for your run-of-the-mill card. Fast forward to 2006. Since 2003, we’ve now had FOUR GP Tournaments in a little less than four years, […]
Bushido Welterweight tournament
Thursday, April 6th, 2006DSE announced a 16-man Welterweight tournament format for the Bushido series. The three Japanese top names of the tournament will be Akihiro Gono, Makoto Takimoto, & Ryo Chonan. The promotion announced the next Bushido show taking place at Saitama Super Arena on 6/4. Dan Henderson (Welterweight champion), Murilo Bustamante, Dennis Kang, Phil Baroni, & Paulo […]
More on 5/5 Osaka Dome show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006DSE’s US web site has a posting claiming that Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mirko Cro Cop and Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander have been signed as fights for the 5/5 Osaka Dome show. What’s odd about his announcement is that PRIDE’s US web site has this listed, but their Japanese web site (which always makes announcements […]
Kawamata interviewed in Shukan Gendai
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold Since the release of three Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza members last month, many insiders in the Japanese fight industry have been wanting to hear the reaction from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. This week’s edition of Shukan Gendai is the first part of a long series in which the magazine talks to Mr. […]
Masato, Kohiruimaki win fights at World MAX show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006K-1 ran their World MAX show in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I, with Masato getting a big win over the tough Lithuanian, Remigijus Morkevicius. Results from today’s show. Update: The show drew a 15.1% rating on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), with Masato’s TKO win over Morkevicius reaching a high mark of 20.6%.
Mainstream media round-up
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold Marilla Stephenson in The Chronicle Herald, the Halifax (Nova Scotia) newspaper which has been mostly negative towards the upcoming 4/29 MMA event in the area, wrote an incredulous column about why cage-fighting should be banned in the region. We’re working on trying to invite her for an interview on our radio show. […]
PRIDE’s 5/5 Osaka Dome plans
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE announced Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima as the top match for their 5/5 Osaka Dome show. The announcement garnered some media attention, but ran against the weigh-ins of fighters for the K-1 4/5 World MAX show. Masato’s weigh-in was the dominant story in the Japanese press on Wednesday. The 5/5 Osaka […]
Victor Quinones dead at age 46
Monday, April 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Long-time pro-wrestling businessman Victor Quinones died at the age of 46 in Puerto Rico over the weekend. Quinones was a mainstay in the Japanese independent scene in the early 90s (first with Atsushi Onita in the reincarnation of the Bruiser Brody murder angle in Puerto Rico, second as a booker with Kiyoshi […]
Bushido 10 Results
Saturday, April 1st, 2006Click on the post link to read them.
Yoshida & Kohsaka announced for 5/5 Osaka Dome GP
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006Photo credit: Livedoor Sports By Zach Arnold DSE announced that Emelienanko Fedor, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop, Vanderlei Silva, Mark Hunt, Josh Barnett, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, & Hidehiko Yoshida would participate in their 2006 Open-Weight tournament, which starts on 5/5 at the Osaka Dome. The timing of the announcement is curious, as it was done […]
PRIDE Bushido 10 – Preview and Analysis
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006By Al Yu 4/2 Tokyo, Ariake Colosseum card line-up. – Yves Edwards (28-10-1) vs Seichi Ikemoto (11-11-4) Prior to losing a close decision to Joachim Hansen at PRIDE Bushido 9, Yves Edwards was on a seven fight winning streak, defeating Josh Thompson, Hermes Franca (2x), and Dokonjonosuke Mishima along the way. Most recently at UFC […]
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