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Monday, December 17th, 2007As of today: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hideo Tokoro K-1 rules: Musashi vs. Bernard Ackah Melvin Manhoef vs. Yosuke Nishijima Zulu vs. Minowaman Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Joachim Hansen Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masakatsu Funaki K-1 rules: Masato vs. Choi Yong-Soo Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Rani Yahya Bob Sapp vs. Bobby Ologun K-1 U-18 tournament
Fedor on HDNet for NYE
Friday, December 7th, 2007A curious announcement today by HDNet that Fedor’s 12/31 Saitama Super Arena fight will air live on HDNet. Curious for a couple of reasons… There is still no opponent booked yet for Fedor’s fight. Why is HDNet so eager to telecast the Yarennoka event, an event which is backed by publicly-tainted DSE officials? Short memories, […]
Seiya Kawamata is back in MMA
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Just when you think the PRIDE yakuza scandal is about to finally die, the tentacles of history’s past are back in mysterious ways. Seiya Kawamata, the admitted yakuza fixer who was a central figure of Shukan Gendai’s negative magazine campaign against PRIDE & Dream Stage Entertainment, is back in business. In a recent column by […]
Wednesday war room: The politics of Japan
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007DSE/Yarennoka announced Shin’ya Aoki vs. JZ Calvan and Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Calvan, of course, is a K-1 fighter and two-time HERO’s Middleweight tournament champion. A lot of people in Japan were wondering if we were going to see Takanori Gomi vs. Calvan on NYE for […]
Fight Opinion Radio #69: Summary Edition
Monday, November 26th, 2007We taped a lot of material over the last two weeks and decided to summarize it down to a manageable form for you to listen to. Consider it a condensed version of Fight Opinion Radio. Some of the topics covered on this week’s show: – Matt Hughes vs. GSP booked for 12/29 (what it means […]
Thursday trash talk: M-1 loves PRIDE
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Quote of the day from Vadim Finkelstein in Daily Sports newspaper: “I want to work with the old PRIDE staff in America & Russia. PRIDE’s team is the best quality in the world.” The more things change, the more they stay the same. In separate quotes at the press conference, Vadim said that he wants […]
NYE MMA event in Saitama confirmed
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007By Zach Arnold Update: My post on this topic is now re-written on the M-1 site. A press conference was held today by former PRIDE staff members to announce that there would be an MMA show on 12/31 at Saitama Super Arena. The promoters are labeling the event as being “Yarennoka! supported by M-1 Global […]
Wednesday war room: Some big turkeys in MMA
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007On this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the States, let us remind you that there is more than UFC on Spike TV. Oh yes, there is. Boxer Jeff Lacy thinks MMA is a fad and not a sport. Solar, a channel in the Philippines, has found its request to air UFC programming rejected. The only way […]
Hiromi Amada facing assault charges
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Mainichi Daily News is reporting that 34-year old Hiromi Amada is facing possible charges of beating up a truck driver after the truck supposedly almost hit him while he was riding his bicycle. What isn’t written in the Mainichi article, at least according to Nikkan Sports, is that Amada was returning home after working at […]
Tuesday headlines: More media reaction to UFC 78
Monday, November 19th, 2007There is a lot of activity this week for MMA events. Eddie Goldman discusses the latest news in the firing of Larry Hazzard from the NJACB. Dave Meltzer on why UFC 78 didn’t validate anyone. MMA Analyst elaborates further. Plus, Fightmetric analysis of Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping. Here is a new edition of Fox […]
Friday fight notes: Fedor coming to Japan
Friday, November 16th, 2007If you have not listened to the latest edition of Fight Opinion Radio, go download the show. Dana White says that he will meet with Randy Couture next week. Alex Marvez has more information. There has been strong rumors about an MMA event happening at Saitama Super Arena on NYE (it would allegedly happen at […]
Tuesday evening notes (11/6)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Don Frye is no longer a coach in the IFL. An interview with Bas Rutten. UFC insists that their UFC 80 event will happen on 1/19. Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau coming at UFC 81. M-1 denies that Fedor will fight on NYE. An update on Jonathan Goulet. The IFL drew a 0.4 rating for […]
Report: Old DSE staff wants to book Fedor in Japan
Sunday, November 4th, 2007By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports is reporting that old DSE staff is preparing for a double-header on New Year’s Eve at Saitama Super Arena (with a Hustle pro-wrestling show during the afternoon and an MMA event at night). The paper claims that there is great interest in booking Fedor for the MMA event. The news […]
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