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Monday, January 2nd, 2006In quick discussions that I’ve had with Adam Summers and Dr. Keith Lipinski, both men told me that the US version of the PRIDE show was heavily edited. To the point that several fights were not shown at all, period. In Japan, those who saw the PRIDE show on free TV ended up seeing most […]
I think why did PRIDE beat K-1
Sunday, January 1st, 2006this is news source(Japanese) PRIDE:15.3% 　K-１：14.8% ã¨è¨€ã†è¨³ã§ç”·ç¥ã‚Š(8時～)ã¯15.3ï¼…ã€Dynamite!ã¯14.8ï¼…ã¨åƒ…å·®ã§ç”·ç¥ã‚ŠãŒå‹åˆ©!! æ£ç›´ã“ã®çµæžœã¯æ„外ã§ã—ãŸã。 Otoko Matsuri won by a little difference! Honestly, this result was unexpected. 番組ã¨ã—ã¦ã®ã¾ã¨ã¾ã‚Šã¯Dynamite!!ã®æ–¹ãŒä¸Šã£ã¦æ›¸ãã¾ã—ãŸã—実際視è´çŽ‡ã§ã¯Dynamite!!ãŒä¸Šå›žã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã¨æ€ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã€‚(I thought Dynamite is better than PRIDE as Tv show,not as fight event so,I thought K-1 beated PRIDE in Tv rating war…) ã¨è¨€ã†ã®ãŒé ˆè—¤Ã—ＫＩＤãŒã‚„ã£ã¦ã„ãŸæ™‚é–“ã«ã¯ã™ã§ã«ç”·ç¥ã‚Šã¯æ™‚é–“ã‚’æŒã¦ä½™ã—ã¦å†æ”¾é€ã«å…¥ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã— (Fuji tv broadcasted replay when TBS broadcasted Sudo-san vs KID-san) ã“ã®æ™‚間帯ã§Dynamite!!ãŒå¤§ããリードã™ã‚‹ã‚“ã˜ã‚ƒãªã„ã‹ãªã¨ã€‚ ãŸã ã€ãれ以上ã«æ›™Ã—ボビーã®ã‚°ãƒ€ã‚°ãƒ€æ„ŸãŒéŸ¿ã„ã¦ã—ã¾ã£ãŸã‚ˆã†ã§ã™ã。 […]
New Year’s Eve war: TV Ratings
Sunday, January 1st, 2006Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan is starting to release the TV ratings for the New Year’s Eve war from Japan. Tokushima Shimbun (newspaper) reports that the Kohaku (Red & White) Music Festival on NHK drew ratings of 35.4% (Part 1) and 42.9% (Part 2), which signals an increase from last year’s all-time record low ratings. […]
TV ratings war
Sunday, January 1st, 2006Just to notify everyone, Video Research Ltd. Co. Japan will release the initial ratings for both the K-1 & PRIDE 12/31 shows on Monday afternoon (1/2) Japanese time (late Sunday evening 1/1 American time). Per usual, I will get the information as fast as possible and break down the information released.
viewing of pride otoko matsuri&dynamite from a Japanese　ｆï½ï½Ž
Saturday, December 31st, 2005Hello(= Konnichiwa) everyone reading it I’m Tetsuya Sano:I’m a pro-wrestling&kakutougi(=martial arts) fan and amateur fighter(9matches 6wins 3loses:kickboxing and shootboxing) living in Shizuoka, Japan I’ll write down opinion of two new year’eve events in Japanese If you are ok,please use translator and read it. 個人的ã«å…¥ã‚Šè¾¼ã‚“ã§è¦‹ã¦ã„ãŸã®ã¯ Dynamiteï¼ã®é ˆè—¤Ã—ＫＩＤã¨äº”味×マッãƒã§ã—ょã†ã‹ã€‚ å‰è€…ã¯é ˆè—¤ã•ã‚“贔屓ã€å¾Œè€…ã¯ãƒžãƒƒãƒè´”屓ã§â€¦â€¦ã£ã¦äºŒäººã¨ã‚‚è² ã‘ã¡ã‚ƒã„ã¾ã—ãŸã…… é ˆè—¤ã•ã‚“惜ã—ã‹ã£ãŸã¨æ€ã†ã‚“ã§ã™ã‘ã©ã……。 è·é›¢ã‚’大ããã¨ã£ã¦å¤‰å‰‡ãªå‹•ãã‹ã‚‰ãƒŸãƒ‰ãƒ«ã‚ック打ã£ã¦é›¢è„± ã‚“ã§ã€ï¼«ï¼©ï¼¤ã•ã‚“ãŒã˜ã‚Œã¦ãƒŸãƒ‰ãƒ«ã‚ック出ã™ã®ã‚’å¾…ã£ã¦ 戻ã—ãŒçµæ§‹é…ã„ã®ã§å¼•ãéš›ã«ã‚¿ãƒƒã‚¯ãƒ«ã«å…¥ã‚‹ã£ã¦æˆ¦æ³•ã‹ãªï¼Ÿ ã£ã¦è€ƒãˆã¦ãŸã®ã§ãã®é€šã‚Šã ã£ãŸã‚‰ã‹ãªã‚Šã„ã„å…·åˆã«ã“ã¨ã¯é‹ã‚“ã§ãŸã‚“ã§ã™ã‘ã©ã… 上ã«ã‚‚æ„è˜ã‚’散らã™ãŸã‚ã®å·¦ãƒ‘ンãƒã«ã‚«ã‚¦ãƒ³ã‚¿ãƒ¼åˆã‚ã•ã‚Œã¡ã‚ƒã„ã¾ã—ãŸã‹ã‚‰ã…。 ã§ã‚‚ã¨ã‚ã‚‹ã®ã¡ã‚‡ã£ã¨ã ã‘æ—©ã™ãŽãªã„？ã¨ã€‚ 後者ã®è©¦åˆã¯ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ³ãƒ‰ã«é‡ç‚¹ãŒç½®ã‹ã‚Œã‚‹ã¨æ€ã£ãŸã‚‰ マッãƒã•ã‚“ã®é¦–投ã’を五味ã•ã‚“ãŒä¸Šæ‰‹ãå´©ã—ã¦(ã‚ã¨å ´æ‰€ã‚‚ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ—éš›ã ã£ãŸã‹ã‚‰) […]
New Year’s Eve (Preview)
Saturday, December 31st, 2005I watched the PRIDE 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show on the Japanese feed. If you want results, go to the Puroresu Power web site. Likely, if you are reading this, you’re trying to avoid spoilers, so let me give you a personal preview of what you can expect or look forward to on the upcoming […]
PRIDE/DSE Planning To Hold Openweight Tournament For 2006!
Friday, December 30th, 2005Last Monday (12/26) PRIDE General Manager Nobuhiko Takada revealed the idea of holding an Openweight grand prix next year, to finally determine who the best fighter in the world really is. “Next year, our goal is to host an Open-Weight GP. For a long time, everyone has wanted to see this. Just get rid of […]
Royce Gracie Declares Settlement Of Dispute With DSE
Friday, December 30th, 2005Kakutougi.info is reporting that Royce Gracie and DSE have settled their on-going dispute over a breach of contract earlier today. Royce Gracie posted a statement regarding his contract disute with Dream Stage Entertainment on the internet this afternoon. Here is the dialogue as posted on kakutougi.tv Dear my Japanese fans, I had been in dispute […]
R.I.S.E Kickboxing 1/29 Card; Amateur Tournament
Friday, December 30th, 2005In conjunction with their R.I.S.E XXII show at the Golds Gym in Tokyo on 1/29, the promotion recently announced an amatuer tournament under the name "KAMINARIMON" to recruit potential fighters for 2006. The tournament will take place before the actual R.I.S.E XXII show at the Golds Gym in Tokyo. Entrants will need to be pay […]
PRIDE Online Vote Results; Gomi Takes MVP 2005
Thursday, December 29th, 2005In an online vote on the official PRIDE website, "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi took MVP Of The Year 2005 ahead of his PRIDE lightweight tournament final fight against Hayato Sakurai on 12/31. A ceremony was held in his honor at a Tokyo hotel on 12/28 where he was presented with a trophy. Gomi was […]
More on MMA legislation in California
Thursday, December 29th, 2005One day after a major Los Angeles Times article on MMA becoming legal in California, the Los Angeles Daily News has an article in their Thursday paper written by Harrison Sheppard. Sheppard’s report starts out with this interesting news item: California State Athletic Commission director Armando Garcia said mixed martial arts events technically became legal […]
Bas Rutten makes PRIDE predictions
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005Bas Rutten makes his predictions for the 2005 Man Festival. Most interesting paragraph from his predictions article: Nakamura/Kondo Nakamura is a star on the rise, but Kondo faced more opponents in MMA and fought better guys, so you would think that Kondo is going to do it. Than again, Nakamura is getting better and better […]
Los Angeles Times discusses MMA in California
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005In Wednesday’s edition of the LA Times newspaper, Alan Abrahamson has an article about California regulating MMA so that events will start taking place in 2006. Nate Quarry is mentioned a lot in the article, mainly as the article’s storyline theme in terms of fighting and also what happens to someone who takes a beating […]
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