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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006By Jason Adams FightOpinion.com has voted on the top 25 fighters at each weight class and I will release one a day between now and Saturday. First up is the Heavyweights.
Nogueira’s next match in PRIDE
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold whenever Sankei Sports has an article about someone in PRIDE wanting to face someone on an upcoming show, it’s important to at least pay attention to it because Sankei is the Fuji TV line of media (as in Fuji TV is the network paying PRIDE). You know some parts of these types […]
Japanese bloggers talk about future of fight business
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold Some people in public may be afraid to use the “y” word in Japan, but it’s not stopping the various top Japanese MMA writers on the Internet from discussing the matter. Inside (and outside) the MMA business, last week’s yakuza arrests continue to draw attention and speculation about what else may be […]
They really didn’t mean to say this…
Monday, February 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold Quote of the day (from MMA Ring Report’s PRIDE 31 preview) on Josh Barnett vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura: Barnett might be larger but in his last fight (vs. Mirko Cro Cop) he demonstrated that he has the capacity to lose any fight. KazNak is like mecha-godzilla; created by Japanese scientists to battle whatever […]
Backlash in Hawaii
Monday, February 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sunday’s Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper has an article by Charles Memminger titled Ultimate fighting tax just extortion. Money quote from the article: And in exercising once again that strange sense of entitlement state bureaucrats feel to other people’s money, Rep. Chang has introduced an odious bill shaking down the neonate fight industry in […]
K-1 To Produce Eight International GP’s in 2006!
Sunday, February 26th, 2006Some interesting news as far as FEG/K-1’s future plans and events are concerned. Since 1993, for thirteen years, K-1 have always used their prestigious openweight World Grand Prix series as the centre stage for fighters around the world. Hundreds of fighters from around the world compete in events promoted by K-1’s regional fighting network, with […]
ACF 2/24 Denver results
Sunday, February 26th, 2006[photopress:JohnCronk.jpg,full,centered] Press Release AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTING ACF: GENESIS – Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado (2/24/2006) Main Event: Welterweight Title Bout John Cronk def. Heath Sims by Guillotine Choke, 2:46 of Round 1 Other results from the show…
More on “the arrests are starting”
Friday, February 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold English-version reports are starting to surface from the Japanese daily newspapers in regards to the arrests of Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza members on Friday. The first one is from Mainichi Daily News. Flashback: The arrests are starting
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Vacates Super Heavyweight K.O.P Title!
Friday, February 24th, 2006In an official announcement from the King of Pancrase Committee earlier today, they accepted an offer in which Tsuyoshi Kohsaka wanted to vacate the super heavyweight King of Pancrase title as of January 20th 2006. Kohsaka aims to fight Mario Sperry at the next PRIDE event on February 26th in an attempt at a fresh […]
New Fedor Interview
Friday, February 24th, 2006Contrary to previous reports, Fedor has stated in his most recent interview with Pride FC, that his hand may be healed in time to participate in the Openweight GP. He also said that if he is unable to compete, he will support his younger brother, Alexander’s efforts to win the Grand Prix. Original Interview
Marketing in America
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Trying to market anything in the United States, especially if you are a foreigner, is always tough. In countries such as Japan and the Dominican Republic, home country vs. the world themes sell big. It’s why the upcoming World Baseball Classic means a lot more in foreign countries than it does in […]
The arrests are starting
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold This morning at 3 AM in Japan, four members of Yamaguchi-gumi’s top committee were arrested in relations to events surrounding the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 12/31/2003 Kobe Wing Stadium show. The arrests made were in relation to events concerning Mirko Cro Cop’s non-appearance on the event, and also attempts to stop Emelianenko Fedor from […]
K-1 ASIA Tournament 2/25 Busan, South Korea Lineup
Thursday, February 23rd, 2006Saturday February 25 2006 BEXCO, Busan, South Korea The K-1 ASIA Tournament takes place this Saturday in Busan, South Korea, with the winner of the tournament earning a spot in the K-1 World MAX 2006 World Tournament on April 5th 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Reserve Fight: Jung Hwan Jung × ? ASIA Tournament Quater Final […]
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