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Saturday, April 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold A preview for the upcoming edition (this Monday) of Shukan Gendai notes that more information from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye promoter Seiya Kawamata will be coming, this time with the focus on the two major TV networks in Japan (Fuji TV & Nippon TV) in regards to what Kawamata claims is their respective relationships […]
ACF 5/6 Exodus card line-up
Friday, April 14th, 2006The promotion’s next show is on May 6th at the Denver Colisum (more information at Tickets West). The main event is Mark Kerr vs. Wes Sims. The undercard: Chilo Gonzalez vs. Brett Shafer John Cronk vs. Joey Clark Jason Brilz vs. Rob Wince Donnie Liles vs. Chris Avila Keith Wilson vs. Rafael Dias Noah Thomas […]
Sakakibara responds to Gendai articles
Thursday, April 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara told the press that the charges made in the Shukan Gendai interview series by Seiya Kawamata are ‘groundless’ in regards to telling the truth. Sakakibara stated that the articles were one-sided pieces and that he wants an inquiry into the truth. He claimed that the contents of the […]
Tito-mania runs wild
Thursday, April 13th, 2006The Long Beach Press-Telegram has three articles (here, here, and here) on this weekend’s UFC 59 PPV show.
DSE links with Pankration team
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Nobuhiko Takada participated in a press briefing at Yamanashi university in Kofu on the 12th to announce the first “Pankration” team in the world. PRIDE hopes that by linking up with this team, they will be able to have some representation in future Olympic games.
Kawamata loses in court to Mijatovic
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Today, a judge in Tokyo district court awarded a complete victory to power-agent Miro Mijatovic in his civil court case against Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. (Case background information here and here) Mijatovic sued to obtain a lien on any earnings that Kawamata wins in his civil court case against Nippon […]
Kawamata’s kamikaze attack
Monday, April 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold By no means is the end-all, be-all translation summary of the latest Shukan Gendai interview with Seiya Kawamata about the yakuza scandal rocking the fight industry in Japan. However, I was able to translate and gather some interesting details from the latest interview that really have people on edge. In the latest […]
Insider hardball
Sunday, April 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold I just got the Shukan Gendai issue (released today) with the new yakuza article about K-1, DSE, and Kawamata. My first read of the article is that this is an important article, because it includes a flowchart (which I will try to recreate later if I can) that clearly links all the […]
Preview: Kawamata says Ishii was threatened
Saturday, April 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold 「＜ミスターＫï¼ï¼‘＞石井館長も暴力団ã«è„…ã•ã‚Œã¦ã„ãŸï¼ã€ ケイ・コンフィデンス・å·åˆèª 矢社長　 According to a tease for the next (upcoming) edition of Shukan Gendai, promoter Seiya Kawamata is going to talk to the magazine in-depth in regards to the various threats that former K-1 President Kazuyoshi Ishii received from the yakuza. We’ll find out (at least Kawamata’s story) where those threats were […]
Quick media round-up
Thursday, April 6th, 2006By Zach Arnold A very interesting article in The Hippo publication, talking about why New Hampshire is about to experience a big MMA boom because of difficulties between promoters and the Massachusetts athletic commission. Thanks to everyone who has listened to the new FOR show. If you haven’t already, now is the time to do […]
More on 5/5 Osaka Dome show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006DSE’s US web site has a posting claiming that Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mirko Cro Cop and Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander have been signed as fights for the 5/5 Osaka Dome show. What’s odd about his announcement is that PRIDE’s US web site has this listed, but their Japanese web site (which always makes announcements […]
Kawamata interviewed in Shukan Gendai
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold Since the release of three Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza members last month, many insiders in the Japanese fight industry have been wanting to hear the reaction from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. This week’s edition of Shukan Gendai is the first part of a long series in which the magazine talks to Mr. […]
Mainstream media round-up
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold Marilla Stephenson in The Chronicle Herald, the Halifax (Nova Scotia) newspaper which has been mostly negative towards the upcoming 4/29 MMA event in the area, wrote an incredulous column about why cage-fighting should be banned in the region. We’re working on trying to invite her for an interview on our radio show. […]
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