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Tuesday, December 27th, 2005Royce Gracie is already in Japan, training and preparing at the Gracie Academy in Tokyo for his upcoming fight against Hideo Tokoro. Ernesto Hoost arrived in Japan and said that he was in very good condition. He said that he would win his fight without fail. Sankei Sports reported that Hoost’s tentative retirement fight is […]
K-1 & G.C.M To Promote New Fight Event
Monday, December 26th, 2005FEG K-1 and the Japanese MMA promotion G.C.M are to promote a new combat event scheduled for Saturday February 4th 2006 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Numerous reports suggest that the new promotion will go under the alias “MARS” and will be produced in association with FEG, the company behind K-1 and HEROS. […]
Dana White strikes back
Sunday, December 25th, 2005A couple of days ago, we linked to an article on MMA in the Sacramento Bee that, as you expected, drew strong reaction. Flashback: The American media’s MMA boogeyman Well, today (Sunday), the Sacramento Bee posted a response from UFC President Dana White. Enjoy.
PRIDE 12/31 Ogawa v Yoshida News
Sunday, December 25th, 2005Hidehiko Yoshida is looking for a new game plan come PRIDE Man Festival 2005 on 12/31. Yoshida has been training in Muay Thai with Yoshida Dojo coach Sergio Cunha for the past five months and proclaims that he will knock out Ogawa with his knee. “We are doing good work, training a lot. We are […]
K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite! New Additions!
Sunday, December 25th, 2005With only five days to go until the big MMA New Years Eve shows on 12/31, K-1 have suprised everyone with the addition of Japanese kickboxer Masato to the K-1 fight card. He will be facing off against Japanese boxing champion Akira Oohigashi. Masato was set for a return to K-1 early next year after […]
The MySpace Phenomenon
Sunday, December 25th, 2005I am fully willing to admit this – I do not understand the appeal of MySpace. Yes, I have always been one who has valued the power of networking online and “community software” as Jeff Jarvis puts it. However, for the life of me, I do not understand why MySpace is so appealing. Nonetheless, it […]
Kyokushinkan VS Sanda (San Shou)
Saturday, December 24th, 2005Results – Kyokushinkan VS Chinese Sanda on 12/23 in Guangzhou, China December 23, 2005, The 2nd Kyokyshinkan VS Chinese Sanda was held in Guangzhou, a city in southern China. Royama, the president of Kyokushinkan (note: this is not Kyokushinkai of Matsui, neither Shinkyokushinkai) brought 5 of his top fighters who were champions of 2005 World […]
PRIDE 12/31 Saitama Super Arena card line-up
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005A bank account-busting budget of $8-10 million USD provides us with the following on New Year’s Eve: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ikuhisa Minowa Emelianenko Alexander vs. Pawel Nastula James Thompson vs. Giant Silva Free-weight Fight: Ken Kaneko vs. Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett Middleweight Title Match: Vanderlei Silva vs. Ricardo Arona 2005 Lightweight Tournament Finals: Takanori Gomi […]
The American media’s MMA boogeyman
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005Today’s Sacramento Bee newspaper has a long article on MMA now being legalized in the state of California. If you notice, the main critic for MMA in the article is Dr. Peter Carmel. Here is what Carmel says in the Sacramento Bee article: Big purses are not worth the price ultimate fighting extracts from its […]
Bas Rutten gone from PRIDE
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005The hits just keep on coming from DSE. Today, Bas Rutten announced that he is gone from the promotion. He stressed that it was problems with the US office (Yukino Kanda, Hideki Yamamoto, etc.) and not with the Japanese office. Frank Trigg now replaces him. This is an interesting story to pay attention to, as […]
The latest on New Year’s Eve
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005If you’re curious about the rumors regarding how business is going for both K-1 and PRIDE on their respective 12/31 shows, here’s the latest: – There are plenty of tickets remaining for the PRIDE show (Ogawa vs. Yoshida). When I say plenty, I mean plenty – you can still get a ticket in any seating […]
Missing out on the big picture
Monday, December 19th, 2005Over the last few months, I’ve noticed a lot of people (especially on the pro-wrestling side of the spectrum) trash the concept of “television” on the Internet. There are writers and people online who think it’s popular to make fun of the idea of “internet TV” (a concept first really made successful on the pro-wrestling […]
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