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Saturday, August 5th, 20068/5 Tokyo, Ariake Colosseum results | Kakuto.com show review Anyone who gets a chance to watch some of the matches, feel free to write a comment to this post. Update: On Sunday, Akira Maeda gave comments to the media about the Sakuraba fight. Maeda stated that bad decisions were made by the referee, judge, and […]
Drama between Miletich & White continues
Friday, August 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold 2006 has publicly proven to be quite the interesting year between superstar MMA trainer/businessman Pat Miletich and UFC President Dana White. Tim Sylvia, Miletich’s top heavyweight, remains UFC champion. Miletich gave a witness deposition statement in the UFC vs. IFL court case earlier this year, in which he talked about Dana’s displeasure […]
PRIDE 10/14 Las Vegas show
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006They are marketing this show as THE REAL DEAL. Seriously. Press release: Possible participants include PRIDE Fighting Heavyweight Champion FEDOR EMELINANENKO, “THE NEW YORK BAD ASS†PHIL BARONI, KEVIN “THE MONSTER†RANDLEMAN, MIRKO “CRO COP†FILIPOVIC, MAURICIO “SHOGUN†RUA, KAZUYUKI “IRONHEAD†FUJITA, MARK “THE HAMMER†COLEMAN, and other PRIDE Fighting superstars! (Fighters and card subject […]
Kameda may vacate WBA belt
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006Mainichi Daily News: Kameda may relinquish title and move on, boxing gym president hints Keiichiro Kanehira, the president of the boxing gym to which world light flyweight champion Koki Kameda belongs, has hinted that Kameda may give up his crown without defending it. Speaking in a news conference Thursday, Kanehira suggested that Kameda, who won […]
More MMA PPVs in America
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006Two items buried in the weekly MMA column written by Carlos Arias in the Orange County Register. First, an item regarding another American MMA promotion running a PPV telecast: (Rick) Bassman, the promoter for Valor Fighting, said Valor Fighting has a pay-per-view event featuring Eric “Butterbean†Esch against Tank Abbott scheduled for Dec. 2 at […]
Brock Lesnar update
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported on Thursday that Brock Lesnar is continuing to train for MMA. Former Gophers NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion Brock Lesnar has been vigorously training near his home in Independence for an “ultimate fighting” match in October in Las Vegas. Former heavyweight boxer Scott LeDoux is training Lesnar, […]
The future of Xyience
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Xyience, which is the main sponsor of UFC telecasts (and has sponsorship deals with several fighters), may be facing some financial problems (according to a report on F4W). In what could end up being a huge story, the word in Las Vegas the last few days is that there may be major […]
Kameda equals Mr. Ratings
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan announced on Thursday afternoon that the WBA Light Flyweight Title fight between Koki Kameda and Juan Jose Landaeta of Venezuela drew a 42.4% TV rating in the Kanto region (Tokyo area) on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network. The highest peak rating for the match was 52.9%. These ratings are astronomical. […]
Kameda wins in Yokohama
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006Image credit: Sports Navigator Koki Kameda defeated Juan Jose Landaeta of Venezuela tonight (August 2nd) at Yokohama Arena by split decision to win the WBA World Light Flyweight title. The fight aired live (start time – 8:40 PM) on the Tokyo Broadcasting System network. Judges scores can be found here. The reaction of Kameda’s split […]
Drug testing in MMA
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Jeff Thaler indicates that Kimo may be suffering from Floyd Landis-itis about accusations of doping. Ivan Trembow reports that the Nevada State Athletic Commission is showing its thriftyness… by not drug testing many fighters on UFC cards. Kizer’s explanation is amusing, as he tries to explain why there was $835.20 USD in […]
Good cop, bad cop
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006So you want to hang out with Josh Barnett? Our first stop was Akihabara, the holy-land for “otaku” [“fanatics”]. Although we went there so Josh could be interviewed by a sports newspaper, the first thing Josh spotted was a life-sized figure of the comic Fist of the North Star’s hero, Kenshiro. Josh, a huge Fist […]
Kentucky authority member wants MMA banned
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Larry Bisig, member of the Kentucky Sports Authority, wants MMA banned in the state (according to an Associated Press report). “It defies logic that a cock rooster has more protection in the state of Kentucky than does a human being, and if that’s not broken, what is,” Bisig said in a telephone […]
Japanese MMA notes
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006Satoru Kitaoka vs. Paul “Semtex” Daley was announced for Pancrase’s 8/27 Yokohama Bunka Gym show. Don Frye vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto was announced for HERO’s 8/5 Tokyo, Ariake Colosseum show. GCM Communications announced that a special “best bouts” episode of D.O.G. cage matches will air on TV Tokyo on 8/13 from 2:45-3:35 AM JST.
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