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Sunday, June 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold Long-time pro-wrestling fans remember Bart Gunn (who worked under the ring name of Mike Barton in All Japan & New Japan) getting destroyed by Eric “Butterbean” Esch in the infamous “Brawl For All” shoot tournament that the WWF ran. Butterbean faced Gunn (the tournament winner) at WrestleMania XV, with Esch destroying his […]
DVD Review – Heroes of World Class
Sunday, June 18th, 2006By Sheldon Goldberg “Heroes of World Class: The Story of the Von Erichs & The Rise & Fall of World Class Championship Wrestling” Perhaps the most compelling story in the modern history of pro wrestling is the story of the Von Erich family and the Dallas-based World Class Championship Wrestling promotion. In the early 80’s, […]
UFC 61 PPV available online
Saturday, June 17th, 2006The Boston Herald reports that the July 8th event will be available for purchase on the Internet (use this link). Here’s more information about the good numbers UFC is doing on conventional American PPV distribution.
Grueling training session = competitive eating
Saturday, June 17th, 2006Photo credit: Sports Nippon Some fighters prefer to train in exhausting workout sessions in deserted places. And then there is Ikuhisa Minowa, who prefers to train by participating in the Japanese qualifying tournament round of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Tokyo. Minowa was able to get 6 hot dogs in 12 minutes, while […]
K-1 gets knocked publicly
Saturday, June 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold For those who have spent years covering K-1, one thing is for sure — they can tell some great stories in the press (such as their multiple accounts of trying to book Mike Tyson), but don’t put your life savings on the claims always being 100% accurate. On May 31st, I noted […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 21 (Fallout between Fuji TV & PRIDE)
Thursday, June 15th, 2006Sherdogs, Whaledogs, and all sorts of members of the animal kingdom are welcomed on this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Jake Rossen of Real Fighter Magazine and Jeff Thaler join us this week to discuss the falling out between Fuji TV & PRIDE. If you are looking for a 90-minute show that is oriented […]
PRIDE 7/1 Saitama card gets two new matches
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006PRIDE announced Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Cyborg and Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort as undercard matches for their 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show. The promotion also announced the participation of Yoshihiro Nakao, who was made somewhat famous after his “kiss incident” with Heath Herring at the K-1 12/31/05 Osaka Dome show. Nakao is playing up that […]
AERA, Playboy, and Gendai talk about Fuji TV & DSE
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold This week’s edition of AERA, a weekly magazine produced by Asahi Shimbun, had a one-page article about the PRIDE press conference from last week. The focus was on what Hidehiko Yoshida & Emelianenko Fedor would do next in their careers. It starts off by talking about Yoshida in the PRIDE 2006 open-weight […]
Broadsheets reflect upon Fuji TV’s decision
Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold A week after Fuji TV canceled their television deal with PRIDE, the Japanese broadsheets continue to analyze the decision. Asahi Shimbun had a fair and complete review of the story in their newspaper, talking about Fuji TV’s “Dear John” letter to DSE. The article points out that PRIDE was an excellent money-making […]
No final decision by SkyPerfecTV
Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports reports that there is more internal debate to come regarding the future of Hustle & PRIDE PPV telecasts on SkyPerfecTV. No 100% final decision has been made yet. Yomiuri Hochi has a report quoting a SkyPerfecTV official stating that no changes have been made to the schedule yet, but that […]
Open thread
Sunday, June 11th, 2006Talk about anything fight-related that you want to in the comments section of this thread. Here’s a few topics to peruse: Hopkins dominates Tarver in career finale (FightReport: Hopkins humiliates Tarver) Fox Sports: Cotto batters Malignaggi in impressive fight Inside Bay Area: Strikeforce a hot brand of mayhem Honolulu Advertiser: Moreno steps in with big […]
SkyPerfecTV announcement on Monday
Saturday, June 10th, 2006Yomiuri Hochi reports that the board of directors for SkyPerfect Communications (Shibuya, Tokyo) will make an announcement on Monday regarding DSE programming on SkyPerfecTV PPV.
Overeem beats Belfort at Strikeforce
Friday, June 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold The listed attendance for tonight’s show was 10,374, almost 8,000 less than the previous full-house gate at the HP Pavilion (San Jose Arena). The main controversial moment from the show involved James Irvin and Bobby Southworth, with Irvin falling out of the cage (through the cage door). Results here. Newspaper reports from […]
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