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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Picture credit: Yahoo Japan/Sports Navigator Andy Ologun (brother of Bobby Ologun) versus DDT pro-wrestler Kota Ibushi. Adam Summers & I will talk more about Ibushi’s pro-wrestling background on the next Fight Opinion radio show. Ibushi has an amateur kickboxing background. He trains at a gym (å¤§èª å¡¾ = Taisei-Juku in Chiba) that is […]
DSE plays the “media ban” card?
Saturday, January 21st, 2006By Zach Arnold Do you remember the situation from December of 2005 in regards to the negotiations for the Naoya Ogawa vs. Hidehiko Yoshida match? If you don’t remember, use this link to refresh your memory – simple for the purpose of a timeline. Here was the situation – some of the newspapers reported that […]
New Japan rumors
Thursday, January 19th, 2006Gryphon on his blog reports some rumors (in Japanese, via the infamous 2ch gossip Japanese message board system) regarding the relationship between New Japan & TV-Asahi. The rumors claim that TV-Asahi wants to discontinue airing NJ’s weekly television show. Here’s a more direct link (in Japanese). The reality of the situation for New Japan is […]
Why have gaijin wrestlers been heels in Japan? Sano’s Japanese Wrestling Column
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006By Mr. Tetsuya Sano Swimming Eye タイトルã®å•ã„ã‚’Zachã•ã‚“ã«ã•ã‚Œã¾ã—ãŸã®ã§ãã‚Œã«ã¤ã„ã¦ã®è‡ªåˆ†ãªã‚Šã®å›žç”を書ããŸã„ã¨æ€ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚ＵＦＣã®è©±é¡Œã‚‚一段è½ã—ã¾ã—ãŸã—ã“ã†ã„ã†ã®ã‚‚ã„ã„ã‹ãªï¼Ÿã¨ã€‚ The question (the title) of this post was made by Mr. Zach and I want to write my own answer for it. Did the topic of UFC complete it’s stage? ã¾ãšã“ã®å•ã„ã«ç”ãˆã‚‹ã«ã¯æ—¥æœ¬ã®ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹ã®æ´å²ã‚’振り返らãªãã¦ã¯ãªã‚‰ãªã„。 First of all, it is necessary to look back at the history of pro-wrestling in Japan to […]
MARS 2/4 Ariake Colosseum card
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold From GCM Communications (the company promoting the event): Takumi vs. Arai Kenji Yuji Hoshino vs. Yasunori Kanehara Hironaka Kuniyoshi vs. Ryan Schultz Takumi Yano vs. Rani Yahira Osami Shibuya vs. Thales Leites (Nova Uniao) Akitoshi Tamura vs. Ian Loveland (Team Quest) Mikko Rupponen vs. Antony Rea Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro […]
PRIDE 2006 GP Tournament
Sunday, January 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold This year, it’s a 16-man tournament. Open-weight. Show schedule: 5/5 Osaka Dome (round one), July at Saitama Super Arena (round two), and September at Saitama Super Arena (semi-finals and finals). Dan Henderson & Takanori Gomi may be involved as participants. Related Links: PRIDE/DSE Planning To Hold Openweight Tournament for 2006! Update: MMA […]
Shinsuke Nakamura wants to fight with Fedor&Mirko
Saturday, January 14th, 2006Firstly please check this article(daily sports/Japanese) this is written about Tanahashi&Nakamura’event. And my title is Nakamura’answer against fan’question “who do you want to fight with?” Tanahashi’answer”Akiyama,Rikioh,Marufuji again” Nakamura”Both of Fedor&Mirko” Nakamura said”This year, I will be back ï¼ï¼ï¼¡’ring again” PRIDE has a few Japanese heavy weight fighters. So…Nakamura will be in PRIDE heavy weight GP […]
Techno Goliath off to Hollywood?
Saturday, January 14th, 2006Digital Chosun (Chosun-Ilbo in South Korea) reports that K-1 fighter Choi Hong-Man has received an offer to do a worldwide action movie starring Jackie Chan. Supposedly, the movie role was offered last October and is currently being considered/negotiated. In other wacky Techno Goliath news, innolife.net is reporting that Mr. Hong-Man and South Korean talent/star Kim […]
Why Hiroko？Column about HUSTLE
Friday, January 13th, 2006Firstly I don’t know whether you as readers are interested in HUSTLE or not. *laugh* And please use yahoo or excite to translate my column. Sorry about writing in Japanese text. (Rough translation by Zach Arnold). ã¨è¨€ã†è¨³ã§æœ¬é¡Œã¸ã€‚ About the subject said in translation. ãƒãƒƒã‚¹ãƒ«ã¯ã‚†ã£ãã‚Šã¨ã€ã§ã‚‚確実ã«æµã‚Œã¦ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚ Hustle flows slowly, but surely. ã¯ã˜ã‚ã¯ã‹ã¤ã¦å…¨æ—¥æœ¬ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹ã¨ï¼«ï¼‘ãŒä¼ç”»ã—ãŸWRESTLEï¼ï¼‘ã¨å¤§å·®ãŒãªã„イベントã§ã—ãŸã€‚ï½¢æ ¼é—˜å®¶ã‚’ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹ã®ãƒªãƒ³ã‚°ã«ä¸Šã’ã€æµ·å¤–ã®å¤§ç‰©(like Goldberg)を日本ã®ãƒªãƒ³ã‚°ã«ä¸Šã’ã‚‹å˜ç™ºçš„ãªã‚¤ãƒ™ãƒ³ãƒˆï½£ã“ã‚ŒãŒå½“åˆã®ãƒãƒƒã‚¹ãƒ«ã®å½¢ã ã£ãŸã¨åƒ•ã¯æ€ã„ã¾ã™ã€‚ The start of WRESTLE-1 […]
Nathan Marquardt cleared by NSAC
Saturday, January 7th, 2006MMA Weekly reports that Marquardt’s suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission due to a drug test is now cleared up. Marquardt is expected to fight in UFC again. Maybe UFC is his calling, but he should consider going back to Japan and make better money. And have a better shot of winning.
Who’s Next For Fedor Emelienenko?
Saturday, January 7th, 2006“Throw Him To The Russian!” Who’s Next For Fedor Emelienenko? By Adam Underhill I do not think even PRIDE could have predicted their big ratings war win over fellow Japanese fight organisation K-1. Even though the percentage margins were tighter than the close fight between Mirko and Fedor back in August, are PRIDE the real […]
Browsing the Iowa Media
Friday, January 6th, 2006Des Moines Register: ISU’s Scott emulates his ultimate idol Summary: Iowa State star wrestler Aron Scott is a big fan of Chuck Liddell Des Moines Register: Wrestler pins hopes on trip to Japan Summary: Iowa State University student Neal Isaak is headed to Japan. The article doesn’t say what company he is going for, so […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 1
Thursday, January 5th, 2006The first edition of Fight Opinion Radio (part of the Fight Opinion Radio Network) is now online and available to download to listen to. Here are the options you can use to listen to the show (22 MB MP3 file, 1 1/2 hours long): Dial-up/Streaming | Broadband (Direct Download) | YouSendIt (Download) The streaming and […]
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