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Monday, March 26th, 20074/28 Honolulu, Neil Blaisdell Arena (6 PM): K-1 Heavyweight Title match: Badr Hari vs. Yusuke Fujimoto Remy Bonjasky vs. Glaube Feitosa Randy Kim vs. Junichi Sawayashiki K-1 USA GP Tournament: Mighty Mo vs. Kim Kyoung Suk K-1 USA GP Tournament: Jan “The Giant” Nortje vs. Patrick Berry K-1 USA GP Tournament: Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge […]
Sunday news grind: Brock Lesnar may draw some fans
Sunday, March 25th, 2007We could all use a vacation. Very interesting comments from Dana White to Sherdog on Saturday night about a PRIDE asset sale. The words to focus on are “not a concrete deal.” While some readers will take a stance that the various Japanese media outlets (like Yomiuri Hochi, Miruhon, etc.) are exaggerating about what will […]
Fight Opinion Radio #43: Ed Fishman
Friday, March 23rd, 2007We have an outstanding interview this week with Ed Fishman, former PRIDE USA President. In this 70-minute interview, Ed discusses the Fishman Companies lawsuit versus Dream Stage Entertainment. There are some very intriguing facts coming out of this interview that you have not heard anywhere else. We have interviewed a lot of power brokers in […]
HEROs at LA Coliseum
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007On the various Japanese hardcore MMA web sites, there has been discussion the past couple of weeks about K-1’s first big HERO’s show in America happening at a large facility in Los Angeles. According to Matt Donovan of BZA PR, a press release has been issued for HERO’s first event at the very big LA […]
K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama
Sunday, March 4th, 20073/4 Kanagawa, Yokohama Arena Claimed attendance: 9,650 paid Results in full-page view.
Friday news flash
Thursday, March 1st, 2007On the NSAC Agenda List for 3/5 (Monday), the following is listed: Randy Couture is applying for an MMA license and Dana White is applying for a pro-boxing license. Also, Zuffa LLC is applying for a permit for a boxing match (between Dana White & Tito Ortiz) for March 24th at the UFC Training Center […]
Monday morning media quarterback
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Today’s top story obviously is Rulon Gardner and two others surviving a small plane crash. More details here. Bloomberg news reports that the Fertitta Brothers have been successful in making a bid to take Stations Casino private (it was a publicly traded company). The majority of Japanese fight fans did not see PRIDE 33 on […]
Friday media fever
Friday, February 23rd, 2007UFC signs Fabricio Werdum to fight Andrei Arlovski on 4/21 in the UK. Tough fight for Arlovski. The Werdum signing makes sense considering that he was brought into Mirko’s camp and that Ken Imai would be representing them in UFC (like he did in PRIDE). “PRIDE is in deep trouble. We’ve snatched away half their […]
K-1 signs a new South Korean TV deal
Friday, February 23rd, 2007Report by Yeo Jong-Hoon On Friday, CJ Media announced a new TV deal with FEG (the backer of K-1). The deal starts this year and expires in 2010. CJ Media will start airing K-1 World GP shows (beginning with the 3/3 Yokohama Arena event) on their cable channel, XTM. All four K-1 tour series (World […]
Monday MMA headlines
Sunday, February 18th, 2007Here’s your laugh track of the day – Ed Fishman says if PRIDE won’t sell, he’ll start his own MMA company. Here’s another knee-slapper from the article: Dream Stage Entertainment CEO Sakakibara is believed to be the majority owner of the PRIDE brand and its assets. Let’s introduce Loretta Hunt to this and this to […]
Fight Opinion Weekly: Japan’s second-class fight scene
Sunday, February 18th, 2007By Zach Arnold Comments off It seems like a distant memory. In December of 2005, PRIDE announced the most-expensive fight in the history of MMA with Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Naoya Ogawa. At a price tag of nearly $5 million USD, it blew away anything else happening at the time in the industry’s landscape. It was […]
Tuesday news review
Monday, February 12th, 2007Today’s red meat article comes to us from The Sunderland Today in the UK, which is titled Doctor’s warning to ultimate fighters. It’s full of the political correctness and nanny-state politics you’ve come to love. Also, there are many a Japanese women likely crying at the news of Masato marrying Shin Yazawa.
K-1 Unveils Reality TV Show
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007By Mark Pickering K-1’s parent company, Fight Entertainment Group, has unveiled plans to launch a reality television programme aimed at discovering and developing fighters in Japan. The concept, premiered in the first instalment of the hugely successful Ultimate Fighter series, has been adapted by an abundance of markets including Berlin-based MAX Fighters organisation, and American […]
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