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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006Gryphon has links to recent interviews with Tanigawa (K-1 producer) & Sakakibara (DSE boss). Here is my translation of some of the information from Sakakibara’s interview: Sakakibara stated that Mirko caught a cold (had the flu) before he left Croatia to arrive in Japan to fight Mark Hunt. Sakakibara also claims Mirko hurt his ankle […]
I think why did PRIDE beat K-1
Sunday, January 1st, 2006this is news source(Japanese) PRIDE:15.3% 　K-１：14.8% ã¨è¨€ã†è¨³ã§ç”·ç¥ã‚Š(8時～)ã¯15.3ï¼…ã€Dynamite!ã¯14.8ï¼…ã¨åƒ…å·®ã§ç”·ç¥ã‚ŠãŒå‹åˆ©!! æ£ç›´ã“ã®çµæžœã¯æ„外ã§ã—ãŸã。 Otoko Matsuri won by a little difference! Honestly, this result was unexpected. 番組ã¨ã—ã¦ã®ã¾ã¨ã¾ã‚Šã¯Dynamite!!ã®æ–¹ãŒä¸Šã£ã¦æ›¸ãã¾ã—ãŸã—実際視è´çŽ‡ã§ã¯Dynamite!!ãŒä¸Šå›žã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã¨æ€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã€‚(I thought Dynamite is better than PRIDE as Tv show,not as fight event so,I thought K-1 beated PRIDE in Tv rating war…) ã¨è¨€ã†ã®ãŒé ˆè—¤Ã—ＫＩＤãŒã‚„ã£ã¦ã„ãŸæ™‚é–“ã«ã¯ã™ã§ã«ç”·ç¥ã‚Šã¯æ™‚é–“ã‚’æŒã¦ä½™ã—ã¦å†æ”¾é€ã«å…¥ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã— (Fuji tv broadcasted replay when TBS broadcasted Sudo-san vs KID-san) ã“ã®æ™‚間帯ã§Dynamite!!ãŒå¤§ããリードã™ã‚‹ã‚“ã˜ã‚ƒãªã„ã‹ãªã¨ã€‚ ãŸã ã€ãれ以上ã«æ›™Ã—ボビーã®ã‚°ãƒ€ã‚°ãƒ€æ„ŸãŒéŸ¿ã„ã¦ã—ã¾ã£ãŸã‚ˆã†ã§ã™ã。 […]
New Year’s Eve war: TV Ratings
Sunday, January 1st, 2006Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan is starting to release the TV ratings for the New Year’s Eve war from Japan. Tokushima Shimbun (newspaper) reports that the Kohaku (Red & White) Music Festival on NHK drew ratings of 35.4% (Part 1) and 42.9% (Part 2), which signals an increase from last year’s all-time record low ratings. […]
TV ratings war
Sunday, January 1st, 2006Just to notify everyone, Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan will release the initial ratings for both the K-1 & PRIDE 12/31 shows on Monday afternoon (1/2) Japanese time (late Sunday evening 1/1 American time). Per usual, I will get the information as fast as possible and break down the information released.
Royce Gracie Declares Settlement Of Dispute With DSE
Friday, December 30th, 2005Kakutougi.info is reporting that Royce Gracie and DSE have settled their on-going dispute over a breach of contract earlier today. Royce Gracie posted a statement regarding his contract disute with Dream Stage Entertainment on the internet this afternoon. Here is the dialogue as posted on kakutougi.tv Dear my Japanese fans, I had been in dispute […]
K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite! New Additions!
Sunday, December 25th, 2005With only five days to go until the big MMA New Years Eve shows on 12/31, K-1 have suprised everyone with the addition of Japanese kickboxer Masato to the K-1 fight card. He will be facing off against Japanese boxing champion Akira Oohigashi. Masato was set for a return to K-1 early next year after […]
The latest on New Year’s Eve
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005If you’re curious about the rumors regarding how business is going for both K-1 and PRIDE on their respective 12/31 shows, here’s the latest: – There are plenty of tickets remaining for the PRIDE show (Ogawa vs. Yoshida). When I say plenty, I mean plenty – you can still get a ticket in any seating […]
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