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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006Bodog: Team Colosseum fighter Matt Thorpe is in Russia competing for the BodogFIGHT season two tapings (facing Diego Gonzalez). Antigua Sun: Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre looks beyond the gaming horizon (he’s flying to Russia for the BodogFIGHT season two series) Radio: Cung Le interview (Interview starts at 19:40 and ends at 36:40. Le says he […]
Sunday media special
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006For the last 48 hours, I have been suffering from an amazing amount of information overload as far as media coverage. Don’t suffer the same fate, but do keep yourself updated on the latest MMA news & notes. Full-post view will do the trick. Also, if you haven’t already, listen to our newest edition of […]
Saturday media summary
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006Gryphon: Semmy Schilt defeats Peter Aerts by decision to win the K-1 World GP 2006 tournament at the Tokyo Dome MMA Rants: Does Dana White mean it this time? Tonight, at ICE 24 in Cincinnati at the Mills Mall, Rich Franklin will guest referee an MMA card “featuring Hamilton County Sheriff Rod “Excessive Force” Housley.” […]
Open thread Monday
Monday, November 27th, 2006Admittedly, it’s been a slow news cycle the last couple of days. Consider this an open-thread for MMA, pro-wrestling, or boxing-related talk in the comments section. I’ll throw a few discussion points out there and see if there’s any interest in talking about them. The Fight Network reports that Jason “Mayhem” Miller, who is facing […]
K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome event
Saturday, November 25th, 2006Next week, K-1 has their World GP 2006 finals at the Tokyo Dome. Out of all of the major pro-wrestling, MMA, and kickboxing events that the Tokyo Dome has held, this may in fact be one of the most quiet build-ups to a Tokyo Dome show I’ve seen. In fact, off the top of my […]
The scandal that never dies
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Comments off No, the title of this post isn’t referring to the PRIDE vs. Shukan Gendai yakuza allegations war of words. We’re talking about the infamous K-1 corporate tax scandal under the tenure of Kazuyoshi Ishii.
Angle and Lesnar in HEROs?
Saturday, November 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Comments on Two interesting reports. First, Mike Sawyer in an audio interview at F4W Online reported that Brock Lesnar is scheduled to make his MMA debut for the HERO’s promotion in February. The show is apparently set for Las Vegas. That same month, UFC has their Super Bowl weekend event in early […]
KID Yamamoto will not appear in New York
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sports Nippon newspaper is reporting that Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto will not appear at the NYAC Open on November 18th in New York. This was supposed to be a big event for Yamamoto to participate in for amateur wrestling as far as his hopes of making the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The newspaper report […]
K-1 signs South Korean boxer
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006There is a report on Innolife claiming that K-1 has signed Super Featherweight boxer Choi Yong-Soo to participate in the promotion’s World MAX show series in 2007.
K-1 Dynamite main event announced
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. Also announced: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto, Genki Sudo, Akebono, Musashi, Kaoru Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Katsuhiko Nagata, & Ken Kaneko. Meanwhile, Tokyo Sports is reporting that PRIDE is interested in Kazuyuki Fujita as Mike Tyson’s exhibition boxing opponent for the Macau Dome show on 12/31.
Updated K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome card line-up
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Here it is. No particular match order. Peter Aerts vs. Musashi Ray Sefo vs. Choi Hong-Man Badr Hari vs. X (to be announced) World GP 2006 Tournament Matches Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner Ernesto Hoost vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab Ruslan Karaev vs. Glaube Feitosa Remy Bonjasky vs. Stefan Leko Semi-finals and finals
Tanigawa focuses on Sapp & Melendez
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Gryphon has more details. Here’s a screen capture from Dave Meltzer’s Wednesday news update. Would K-1 use this as evidence in court of a breach of contract? As I noted over at Puroresu Power today, K-1 matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa held a press conference to focus on upcoming action the company would […]
K-1 12/2 Tokyo Dome card
Sunday, October 1st, 2006Here it is: Semmy Schilt vs. Jerome Le Banner Ernesto Hoost vs. Chalid “Die Faust” Arrab Glaube Feitosa vs. Ruslan Karaev Remy Bonjasky vs. Stefan Leko GP semi-finals and finals The 9/30 Osaka Castle Hall event reportedly drew a 16.0% TV rating. It’s lower in comparison to previous years (2005 – 18.2%, 2004 – 19.6%, […]
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