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Bout order for K-1 Dynamite 2007 card

Friday, December 28th, 2007

As it stands for the Osaka Dome event: U-18 tournament reserve fight: Ryo Murakoshi vs. Arata Fujimoto K-1 rules: Takashi Tachikawa (former Chiba Lotte Marines baseball player) vs. Yoshihisa Inoue U-18 tournament: HIROYA vs. Kizaemon Saiga U-18 tournament: Kenji Kubo vs. Yudai HERO’s 70 kg: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Joachim Hansen HERO’s 85 kg: Melvin Manhoef […]

TBS to air two Yarennoka matches

Monday, December 24th, 2007

An official Japanese news release from the network says that Fedor vs. Hong-Man and Akiyama vs. Misaki will air on the K-1 Dynamite time block on NYE for Tokyo Broadcasting System. It makes sense, given that both Hong-Man and Akiyama are K-1 fighters. The time block for Dynamite on TBS is from 6 PM to […]

Calvan vs. Aoki officially canceled

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Sherdog’s Friday news report about the JZ Calvan vs. Shin’ya Aoki 12/31 Saitama Super Arena fight being canceled has been officially verified by the producers of the Yarennoka event. Both Calvan and Aoki appeared at a makeshift press conference at the DEEP gym to address the media regarding the match cancellation. While the Aoki/Calvan fight […]

Saturday fight slate: Josh Barnett wins again in Japan

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

K-1 announced Yoshihisa Inoue vs. Takashi Tachikawa (former Chiba Lotte Marines baseball player) for their 12/31 Osaka Dome event.

My personal outlook on the Japanese MMA scene

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Warning: This is a very long post. For the last couple of months, I’ve stayed relatively quiet in terms of talking about the Japanese MMA scene and how things are lining up. For starters, I’m bored with a lot of it. Secondly, I don’t see a lot of positives right now. Here is my breakdown […]

Fight Opinion Radio #71: Renato Babalu & Wallid Ismail

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

A big 100-minute show this week, so make sure you are subscribed to either our radio show RSS feed or our iTunes feed. We have three interviews on this week’s show. First, we have an interview with Jeffrey Tennen (of the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in the USMC). He stopped by to tell us […]

Thursday trash talk: IFL 12/29 card suffers setbacks

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Steve Cofield has a WEC post-fight event wrap-up on his site. If you have not subscribed yet to our Fight Opinion Radio RSS feed, go sign up now. Next week, we will be preparing for our annual Christmas Show marathon special. Now’s the time to get on board and subscribe to the feed. Abdul Mohamed […]

Yarennoka 12/31 Saitama Super Arena card (updated 12/13)

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Choi Hong-Man Kazuo Misaki vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Azeredo Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Gilbert Melendez Hidehiko Hasegawa vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan K-1 announced Bob Sapp vs. Bobby Ologun for their 12/31 Osaka Dome event.

Updated K-1 12/31 Osaka Dome card line-up

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

As of today: Yosuke Nishijima (ex-boxer) vs. Melvin Manhoef Zulu vs. Minowaman Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Joachim Hansen K-1 rules: Masato vs. Choi Yong-Soo Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya One-night U-18 tournament featuring HIROYA vs. Tsukasa Fuji and Kenji Kubo vs. Yudai

K-1 12/8 World GP at Yokohama Arena

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Whether you are watching the Fuji 721 or Fight Network feeds, feel free to post comments about the event here. (Or any pertinent links.) Ongoing event results here. Concise event results here.

Friday chalkboard (12/7/07)

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Fox News Fight Game has a video segment talking about the death of Sam Vasquez. The updated K-1 12/8 Yokohama Arena card line-up. A week after losing by DQ in Cage Force (Tokyo), Dan Hardy is back in action. Site news I’ve added a Video Corner section on the right side of the page. Fox […]

Fight Opinion Radio #70: Richie Hightower

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

This Saturday, The Ultimate Fighter 6 finale will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our special guest this week is Richie Hightower, who will be fighting on the card. If you’re a fan of The Ultimate Fighter, it’s an interesting interview to check out. Also on this week’s show: We discuss the politics of the […]

Seiya Kawamata is back in MMA

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Just when you think the PRIDE yakuza scandal is about to finally die, the tentacles of history’s past are back in mysterious ways. Seiya Kawamata, the admitted yakuza fixer who was a central figure of Shukan Gendai’s negative magazine campaign against PRIDE & Dream Stage Entertainment, is back in business. In a recent column by […]

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