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Monday, April 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold By no means is the end-all, be-all translation summary of the latest Shukan Gendai interview with Seiya Kawamata about the yakuza scandal rocking the fight industry in Japan. However, I was able to translate and gather some interesting details from the latest interview that really have people on edge. In the latest […]
Upcoming plans for HERO’s
Monday, April 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you’re a fan of the K-1-style MMA, today was a very interesting day. The promotion announced their plans for the next five months. More details to come soon. The 5/3 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show features Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Kazuyuki Miyata and Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Katsuhiko Nagata. The […]
Masato, Kohiruimaki win fights at World MAX show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006K-1 ran their World MAX show in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I, with Masato getting a big win over the tough Lithuanian, Remigijus Morkevicius. Results from today’s show. Update: The show drew a 15.1% rating on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), with Masato’s TKO win over Morkevicius reaching a high mark of 20.6%.
K-1 4/29 Las Vegas card line-up
Thursday, March 30th, 2006The promotion held a press conference in Japan to announce matches for their 4/29 Las Vegas show at the Grand Ballroom in the Mirage Hotel & Casino. Musashi vs. Semmy Schilt and Choi Hong-Man vs. The Predator were announced. Card line-up (in no specific order): Musashi vs. Semmy Schilt Glaube Feitosa vs. Ruslan Karaev Choi […]
Truth serum
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Mainichi Daily News reports that former tabloid writer Takashi Nishizawa will have to testify on Tuesday, April 4th in front of the members of the Diet. As we’ve discussed in the last few days, this could be fun to watch. On a media sidenote, today the press was focused on the upcoming […]
Two HERO’s tournaments in 2006
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006Akira Maeda announced two tournaments in HERO’s for 2006 – an 85 kg tournament and a 70 kg tournament. The tournament start will happen on 5/3 in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I. This is the show that Akebono will also work. Tokyo Broadcasting System will carry the events on TV. The 85kg tournament […]
Updated K-1 4/5 Yoyogi card line-up
Thursday, March 23rd, 2006The updated card line-up (all World MAX World Tournament matches for the 4/5 Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show: Andy Souwer (Holland/Shootboxing) vs. SHINOBU Tsogto Amara (Mongolia/kickboxing) Albert Kraus (Holland) vs. Ali Gunyar (Turkey/kickboxing) Takayuki Kohiruimaki vs. Chi Bin Lim (South Korea) Ole Laursen (Denmark/Muay Thai & BJJ) vs. Drago (Armenia/Muay Thai – IT’S SHOWTIME) […]
HERO’s 3/15 Nippon Budokan results
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold An interesting show today. Translated results: Kaoru Uno defeated Rich Clementi by a 3-0 judges’ decision (20-18 three times). Clementi failed to make weight, but was still allowed to fight. Genki Sudo defeated Ole Laursen by a 3-0 judges’ decision in the overtime round. The fight went 3 rounds and was ruled […]
Rampage’s next destination: K-1?
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006By Zach Arnold Two media reports today in Japan (Sankei Sports & Daily Sports) have Quinton “Rampage” Jackson considering an offer from K-1 HERO’s. In the Sankei Sports article, Rampage is quoted as saying, “I am not sure where I’ll be fighting net. K-1 wa dai suki desu (I really like K-1).” In the Daily […]
Uno Injured. Replacement not yet named
Thursday, March 9th, 2006In a post on his MySpace, Rich “No Love” Clementi revealed that Caol Uno, his original opponent for the 3/15 Hero’s show has been injured and is unable to fight. It is not yet known who will replace Uno.
Schilt loses in New Zealand
Sunday, March 5th, 2006On Sunday, K-1 drew 8,800 paid at Trusts Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand for their Oceania GP tournament show. On an interesting side note, WWE also ran shows on the island this weekend. Here are the 3/5 New Zealand results, plus a show review. The promotion spent two days of press coverage on the Badr […]
3 new matches added to HERO’s Budokan show
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006Hideo Tokoro vs. Yoshinori Ikeda (Kyokushin karate), Heath Herring vs. Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge, and Jerome Le Banner vs. Jimmy Ambriz were added to the HERO’s 3/15 Nippon Budokan show in Tokyo.
Bonjasky cancelled from K-1 New Zealand show
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006K-1 announced that Remy Bonjasky has been cancelled from the 3/5 New Zealand show due to a left leg injury (sprained knee) he suffered in practice training on 2/26. Bonjasky’s replacement in the fight against Ray Sefo is now Frans Botha. 3/5 New Zealand card line-up.
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