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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Gryphon has a report about K-1 wanting to establish a promotional connection with UFC. The most interesting note is that K-1 is managing the booking for Royce Gracie in UFC. The quotes from Gryphon’s report come from God Bless the Ring (Burning Spirit has more in Japanese). The Japanese fans wonder if […]
Update on the Bobby Ologun situation
Sunday, January 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you remember our report from a couple of days ago on the Fight Opinion site, you know what we are referring to. If not, click on this link to refresh your memory. After a few days of more Japanese media reports, some of the facts regarding the incident are being noted. […]
House Cleaning Notes
Saturday, January 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold If you have not seen the announcement yet, the Fight Opinion radio show is now available to download on iTunes. Thanks to superstar code monkey Rob Sayers, we now have a feed on this web site that automatically updates when new shows are made available to the public. If you use iTunes, […]
Bobby Ologun investigated by Japanese police
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006Photo: Bobby Ologun leaves the Harajuku police station in Tokyo after being questioned by authorities (image credit: Iwate Nippo Co. Ltd. Newspaper) By Zach Arnold Bobby Ologun, the famous Nigerian TV personality in Japan who K-1 has booked for past fights, is being investigated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Nikkan Sports reports that Ologun […]
New match for K-1 2/4 Saitama event
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Picture credit: Yahoo Japan/Sports Navigator Andy Ologun (brother of Bobby Ologun) versus DDT pro-wrestler Kota Ibushi. Adam Summers & I will talk more about Ibushi’s pro-wrestling background on the next Fight Opinion radio show. Ibushi has an amateur kickboxing background. He trains at a gym (å¤§èª å¡¾ = Taisei-Juku in Chiba) that is […]
World Combat League in Connecticut
Monday, January 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Here is an interesting review of the show Chuck Norris produced last Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. Money quote: All in all, it was an alright show. If the WCL wants to compete with UFC, K-1, and PRIDE FC then they’ll need to do some serious work to […]
Techno Goliath off to Hollywood?
Saturday, January 14th, 2006Digital Chosun (Chosun-Ilbo in South Korea) reports that K-1 fighter Choi Hong-Man has received an offer to do a worldwide action movie starring Jackie Chan. Supposedly, the movie role was offered last October and is currently being considered/negotiated. In other wacky Techno Goliath news, innolife.net is reporting that Mr. Hong-Man and South Korean talent/star Kim […]
K-1 World MAX 2/4 Saitama Super Arena
Monday, January 9th, 2006Card line-up: Reserve Fight: Shingo Garyu vs. Yasuhito Shirasu Japan Tournament: Kazuya Yasuhiro vs. HAYATO Japan Tournament: TATSUJI (Iron Ax) vs. Yuya Yamamoto (BOOCH BEAT) Japan Tournament: Ryuki Ueyama vs. Satoru Suzuki (boxing) Japan Tournament: Yoshihiro Sato vs. Akeomi Nitta Buakaw Por Puramuk vs. Mike Zambidis Remigijus Morkevicius vs. Akira Ohigashi Masato vs. Ian Schaffa […]
K-1 in Holland
Monday, January 9th, 2006Major star power scheduled for the “It’s Showtime!” event in Holland, produced by Simon Rutz Productions. Mark it on your calendar: May 13th at Amsterdam Arena. The card line-up so far according to MMAWeekly.com: Jerome Le Banner vs. Remy Bonjasky, Ernesto Hoost vs. Bob Sapp, and Semmy Schilt vs. Lloyd Van Dams have been booked […]
Army recruitment?
Saturday, January 7th, 2006What do you do with a 7-foot tall, 300-plus pound giant with a sweating disorder? Gryphon says you recruit him into the army, that is if you’re talking about the “Techno Goliath” Choi Hong-Man. Update: Feel Like a Kimchi, a great Japanese blog about South Korean MMA, has more on the story (in Japanese). Use […]
Who’s Next For Fedor Emelienenko?
Saturday, January 7th, 2006“Throw Him To The Russian!” Who’s Next For Fedor Emelienenko? By Adam Underhill I do not think even PRIDE could have predicted their big ratings war win over fellow Japanese fight organisation K-1. Even though the percentage margins were tighter than the close fight between Mirko and Fedor back in August, are PRIDE the real […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 1
Thursday, January 5th, 2006The first edition of Fight Opinion Radio (part of the Fight Opinion Radio Network) is now online and available to download to listen to. Here are the options you can use to listen to the show (22 MB MP3 file, 1 1/2 hours long): Dial-up/Streaming | Broadband (Direct Download) | YouSendIt (Download) The streaming and […]
Quarter Hour New Years Eve ratings
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006The numbers are starting to come in for certain fights in regards to which fights drew the highest ratings on New Year’s Eve in Japan on TV. Oricon has a report about the numbers. Oricon reports that the Naoya Ogawa vs. Hidehiko Yoshida fight at 9:30 PM on Fuji TV drew a 27.7% rating, which […]
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