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Sunday, February 26th, 2006Some interesting news as far as FEG/K-1’s future plans and events are concerned. Since 1993, for thirteen years, K-1 have always used their prestigious openweight World Grand Prix series as the centre stage for fighters around the world. Hundreds of fighters from around the world compete in events promoted by K-1’s regional fighting network, with […]
K-1 ASIA Tournament 2/25 Busan, South Korea Lineup
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006Saturday February 25 2006 BEXCO, Busan, South Korea The K-1 ASIA Tournament takes place this Saturday in Busan, South Korea, with the winner of the tournament earning a spot in the K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament on April 5th 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Reserve Fight: Jung Hwan Jung × ? ASIA Tournament Quater Final […]
K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006First stage for the card line-up of the 4/5 Tokyo, Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I show (5:30 PM): Round one: Masato vs. Remigijus Morkevicius Round one: Yoshihiro Sato vs. Mike Zambidis Round one: Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Virgil Kalakoda TATSUJI vs. Nick “The Ghost” Gonzales Also scheduled: Andy Souwer, Takayuki Kohiruimaki, and Albert Kraus
K-1’s “Cinderella Boy” loses
Saturday, February 18th, 2006Hideo Tokoro, nicknamed “Cinderella Boy” by K-1, lost in the main event of ZST’s Differ Ariake show in Tokyo on Saturday night. He was KO’d in the second round by Lithuanian fighter Erikas Petraitis. The semi-main event saw Naoyuki Kotani & Darius Skliaudys go to a draw. Remigijus Morkevicius defeated Wataru Inatsu (U-FILE camp) in […]
5 matches announced for HERO’s 3/15 Budokan show
Thursday, February 16th, 2006The 3/15 HERO’s Nippon Budokan show in Tokyo will have a “Japan vs. The World” theme. 5 matches have been announced for the card: Genki Sudo vs. Ole Laursen (Denmark/Kickboxing) Kaoru Uno vs. Rich Clementi Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Karim Ibrahim Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Ivan Menjivar Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs. Kim Min-Soo Update: Two more fights announced […]
Crippling MMA in Hawaii?
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold The Honolulu Advertiser has an important update regarding Hawaii’s state legislature attempting to change the rules for promoting MMA on the island. The newspaper reports on a new bill that promoters and fighters say will devastate the local MMA scene: HB3223, passed out of the state House Tourism and Culture Committee yesterday, […]
More trouble for Bobby
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold Just when you thought the Bobby Ologun situation with his boss at R & A Promotions was resolved, Tokyo Metropolitan Police have now landed their judgment on Bobby. And it’s not good news for him.
K-1 3/5 New Zealand event
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006Card line-up (from the promotion’s HP): Reserve Fight: Ben Edwards vs. Jay Hepi Reserve Fight: Sydney Asiata vs. Matt Samoa Oceania GP: Cyril Abidi vs. Hiraku Hori Oceania GP: Paula Mataele vs. Jason Suttie Oceania GP: Badr Hari vs. Peter Graham Oceania GP: Poul Slowinski vs. Rony Sefo Super Fight: Ray Sefo vs. Remy Bonjasky […]
In the (dog)house
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Nikkan Sports reports that Bobby Ologun will be under house confinement until March. This is the apparent punishment for the recent incident that took place where Bobby was accused to beating up R & A Promotions President Kazuyuki Ito. Ito stated that full-scale plans to bring Bobby back will be implemented in […]
K-1 signs another big South Korean name
Monday, February 6th, 2006By Zach Arnold Long-time South Korean correspondent (and good friend) Yeo Jong-Hoon reports that former WBA Super Featherwieght champion Choi Yong-Soo has signed a 3-year contract with K-1. A press conference will be held for this announcement on 2/11 at 2 PM South Korean time. The South Korean media is reporting that Yong-Soo will be […]
Reading material
Saturday, February 4th, 2006Link mania is running wild, brother. On the UFC site, Andrei Arlovski says that he has been training with Randy Couture. K-1 Official web site: 2/4 Saitama Super Arena coverage (including a photo gallery for each fight) San Francisco Chronicle: Mixed martial arts knocks down state barriers (California) San Luis Obispo Tribune: Liddell meets his […]
MMA: Super Saturday
Saturday, February 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you’re looking for the K-1 results from today’s Saitama Super Arena show, click here. Over at the Burning Spirit site, Caitsith has been filing a live show report on the MARS event that took place on Saturday in Tokyo at Ariake Colosseum. Also, Yunta Jimura at his Lutalivre Japanese blog has […]
Techno Goliath headed to the military
Friday, February 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Digital Chosun has an article about Choi Hong-Man’s dilemma in regards to South Korea’s laws regarding mandatory military service. The article states that Hong-Man’s plan is to try to postpone the mandatory service date to 2008 (meaning he would have two years left to fight in K-1, then go into the military). […]
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