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Thursday, January 5th, 2006DSE posted an interview today on their web site with Mark Hunt. Hunt stated that he wanted a chance to face Emelianenko Fedor in 2006. After his fight with Mirko Cro Cop, Hunt said that he went to Yoshinoya and ate a Japanese beef bowl meal before going back to his hotel to rest. Hunt […]
PRIDE’s Yellow Cards
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006Mike Sempervive & I have jokingly named PRIDE’s use of yellow cards as a reward for “the PRIDE executive vacation fund.” The constant use of yellow cards in PRIDE fights has drawn scrutiny as of late. Here is Mick Hammond’s latest MMA Weekly article: The yellow card has no impact on the judges’ scoring; it […]
Quarter Hour New Years Eve ratings
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006The numbers are starting to come in for certain fights in regards to which fights drew the highest ratings on New Year’s Eve in Japan on TV. Oricon has a report about the numbers. Oricon reports that the Naoya Ogawa vs. Hidehiko Yoshida fight at 9:30 PM on Fuji TV drew a 27.7% rating, which […]
Trouble in Paradise
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006Gryphon reports that Dokonjonosuke Mishima is out of DSE/DEEP and that Masanori Suda is likely gone from Shooto. I can assure you that this isn’t the first that you will hear of fighters rejecting the politics of this circle of promoters. 2006 is going to be an interesting year if you can keep up and […]
Latest from Tanigawa & Sakakibara
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006Gryphon has links to recent interviews with Tanigawa (K-1 producer) & Sakakibara (DSE boss). Here is my translation of some of the information from Sakakibara’s interview: Sakakibara stated that Mirko caught a cold (had the flu) before he left Croatia to arrive in Japan to fight Mark Hunt. Sakakibara also claims Mirko hurt his ankle […]
PRIDE US PPV version of 12/31 Saitama event
Monday, January 2nd, 2006In quick discussions that I’ve had with Adam Summers and Dr. Keith Lipinski, both men told me that the US version of the PRIDE show was heavily edited. To the point that several fights were not shown at all, period. In Japan, those who saw the PRIDE show on free TV ended up seeing most […]
I think why did PRIDE beat K-1
Sunday, January 1st, 2006this is news source(Japanese) PRIDE:15.3% 　K-１：14.8% ã¨è¨€ã†è¨³ã§ç”·ç¥ã‚Š(8時～)ã¯15.3ï¼…ã€Dynamite!ã¯14.8ï¼…ã¨åƒ…å·®ã§ç”·ç¥ã‚ŠãŒå‹åˆ©!! æ£ç›´ã“ã®çµæžœã¯æ„外ã§ã—ãŸã。 Otoko Matsuri won by a little difference! Honestly, this result was unexpected. 番組ã¨ã—ã¦ã®ã¾ã¨ã¾ã‚Šã¯Dynamite!!ã®æ–¹ãŒä¸Šã£ã¦æ›¸ãã¾ã—ãŸã—実際視è´çŽ‡ã§ã¯Dynamite!!ãŒä¸Šå›žã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã¨æ€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã€‚(I thought Dynamite is better than PRIDE as Tv show,not as fight event so,I thought K-1 beated PRIDE in Tv rating war…) ã¨è¨€ã†ã®ãŒé ˆè—¤Ã—ＫＩＤãŒã‚„ã£ã¦ã„ãŸæ™‚é–“ã«ã¯ã™ã§ã«ç”·ç¥ã‚Šã¯æ™‚é–“ã‚’æŒã¦ä½™ã—ã¦å†æ”¾é€ã«å…¥ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã— (Fuji tv broadcasted replay when TBS broadcasted Sudo-san vs KID-san) ã“ã®æ™‚間帯ã§Dynamite!!ãŒå¤§ããリードã™ã‚‹ã‚“ã˜ã‚ƒãªã„ã‹ãªã¨ã€‚ ãŸã ã€ãれ以上ã«æ›™Ã—ボビーã®ã‚°ãƒ€ã‚°ãƒ€æ„ŸãŒéŸ¿ã„ã¦ã—ã¾ã£ãŸã‚ˆã†ã§ã™ã。 […]
New Year’s Eve war: TV Ratings
Sunday, January 1st, 2006Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan is starting to release the TV ratings for the New Year’s Eve war from Japan. Tokushima Shimbun (newspaper) reports that the Kohaku (Red & White) Music Festival on NHK drew ratings of 35.4% (Part 1) and 42.9% (Part 2), which signals an increase from last year’s all-time record low ratings. […]
TV ratings war
Sunday, January 1st, 2006Just to notify everyone, Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan will release the initial ratings for both the K-1 & PRIDE 12/31 shows on Monday afternoon (1/2) Japanese time (late Sunday evening 1/1 American time). Per usual, I will get the information as fast as possible and break down the information released.
viewing of pride otoko matsuri&dynamite from a Japanese　ｆï½ï½Ž
Saturday, December 31st, 2005Hello(= Konnichiwa) everyone reading it I’m Tetsuya Sano:I’m a pro-wrestling&kakutougi(=martial arts) fan and amateur fighter(9matches 6wins 3loses:kickboxing and shootboxing) living in Shizuoka, Japan I’ll write down opinion of two new year’eve events in Japanese If you are ok,please use translator and read it. 個人的ã«å…¥ã‚Šè¾¼ã‚“ã§è¦‹ã¦ã„ãŸã®ã¯ Dynamiteï¼ã®é ˆè—¤Ã—ＫＩＤã¨äº”味×マッãƒã§ã—ょã†ã‹ã€‚ å‰è€…ã¯é ˆè—¤ã•ã‚“贔屓ã€å¾Œè€…ã¯ãƒžãƒƒãƒè´”屓ã§â€¦â€¦ã£ã¦äºŒäººã¨ã‚‚è² ã‘ã¡ã‚ƒã„ã¾ã—ãŸã…… é ˆè—¤ã•ã‚“惜ã—ã‹ã£ãŸã¨æ€ã†ã‚“ã§ã™ã‘ã©ã……。 è·é›¢ã‚’大ããã¨ã£ã¦å¤‰å‰‡ãªå‹•ãã‹ã‚‰ãƒŸãƒ‰ãƒ«ã‚ック打ã£ã¦é›¢è„± ã‚“ã§ã€ï¼«ï¼©ï¼¤ã•ã‚“ãŒã˜ã‚Œã¦ãƒŸãƒ‰ãƒ«ã‚ック出ã™ã®ã‚’å¾…ã£ã¦ 戻ã—ãŒçµæ§‹é…ã„ã®ã§å¼•ãéš›ã«ã‚¿ãƒƒã‚¯ãƒ«ã«å…¥ã‚‹ã£ã¦æˆ¦æ³•ã‹ãªï¼Ÿ ã£ã¦è€ƒãˆã¦ãŸã®ã§ãã®é€šã‚Šã ã£ãŸã‚‰ã‹ãªã‚Šã„ã„å…·åˆã«ã“ã¨ã¯é‹ã‚“ã§ãŸã‚“ã§ã™ã‘ã©ã… 上ã«ã‚‚æ„è˜ã‚’散らã™ãŸã‚ã®å·¦ãƒ‘ンãƒã«ã‚«ã‚¦ãƒ³ã‚¿ãƒ¼åˆã‚ã•ã‚Œã¡ã‚ƒã„ã¾ã—ãŸã‹ã‚‰ã…。 ã§ã‚‚ã¨ã‚ã‚‹ã®ã¡ã‚‡ã£ã¨ã ã‘æ—©ã™ãŽãªã„？ã¨ã€‚ 後者ã®è©¦åˆã¯ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ³ãƒ‰ã«é‡ç‚¹ãŒç½®ã‹ã‚Œã‚‹ã¨æ€ã£ãŸã‚‰ マッãƒã•ã‚“ã®é¦–投ã’を五味ã•ã‚“ãŒä¸Šæ‰‹ãå´©ã—ã¦(ã‚ã¨å ´æ‰€ã‚‚ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ—éš›ã ã£ãŸã‹ã‚‰) […]
New Year’s Eve (Preview)
Saturday, December 31st, 2005I watched the PRIDE 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show on the Japanese feed. If you want results, go to the Puroresu Power web site. Likely, if you are reading this, you’re trying to avoid spoilers, so let me give you a personal preview of what you can expect or look forward to on the upcoming […]
Royce Gracie Declares Settlement Of Dispute With DSE
Friday, December 30th, 2005Kakutougi.info is reporting that Royce Gracie and DSE have settled their on-going dispute over a breach of contract earlier today. Royce Gracie posted a statement regarding his contract disute with Dream Stage Entertainment on the internet this afternoon. Here is the dialogue as posted on kakutougi.tv Dear my Japanese fans, I had been in dispute […]
R.I.S.E Kickboxing 1/29 Card; Amateur Tournament
Friday, December 30th, 2005In conjunction with their R.I.S.E XXII show at the Golds Gym in Tokyo on 1/29, the promotion recently announced an amatuer tournament under the name "KAMINARIMON" to recruit potential fighters for 2006. The tournament will take place before the actual R.I.S.E XXII show at the Golds Gym in Tokyo. Entrants will need to be pay […]
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