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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006Or PRIDE for that matter. Here’s the news: The Nevada State Athletic Commission will be filing a complaint against MMA star and sometimes pro wrestler Kevin Randleman regarding what is alleged to be a fake urine sample he provided in his 10/21 drug test. Keith Kizer of the Nevada State Athletic Commission got the doctor’s […]
Kawamata names big yakuza groups in appeal
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold On August 31st, Seiya Kawamata embarassingly lost a court lawsuit against Nippon TV in Tokyo District Court. Kawamata had sued Nippon TV for 200 million yen that N-TV did not pay him for the disastrous Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 event. Nippon TV stated that they did not pay Kawamata the money because he […]
Report: Tokuyama rejects PRIDE offer
Monday, November 6th, 2006By Zach Arnold Daily Sports reports that Masamori Tokuyama, the WBC Super Flyweight champion, will not retire from boxing and will not enter into PRIDE. The article claims that Tokuyama formally rejected PRIDE’s offer and that after his meeting with the JBC on Monday, Tokuyama is looking ahead to future boxing matches (title defenses). The […]
Report: Tokuyama heading to PRIDE
Sunday, November 5th, 2006The headline on Yahoo Japan says it all. Yomiuri Hochi reports that Masamori Tokuyama will vacate his WBC Super Flyweight Title on Monday to the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission), essentially retiring from boxing to work PRIDE’s 12/31 Saitama Super Arena event. Gryphon’s thoughts on this developing story. Update: Takanori Gomi publicly commented on the news […]
Bushido 11/5 Yokohama Arena event results
Sunday, November 5th, 2006The Burning Spirit web site says that the first floor (floor seating) of the building is full, but that the second level of seats (second floor) was closed off. The claimed paid attendance for the event was 10,868. Results/spoilers can be read in full-post view. Update: Gryphon has a Japanese post (which echoes what I’ve […]
JBC will have meeting on Monday
Saturday, November 4th, 2006Daily Sports reports that the Japan Boxing Commission will have a meeting on Monday with boxer Masamori Tokuyama to discuss his future intentions (whether he will continue boxing or go to PRIDE). The commission said that they, along with the WBC, will not continue to license Tokuyama as a boxer if he enters into MMA.
Bushido event line-up
Saturday, November 4th, 2006The matches are listed in order of when they will take place. Welterweight GP Reserve Match: Hector Lombard vs. Gegard Mousasi Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Paulo Filho Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Denis Kang Murilo Bustamante vs. Yoon Dong-Sik Nobuhiro Obiya vs. Luiz Buscape Yoshiro Maeda vs. Joe Pearson Sanae Kikuta vs. Jean Francois […]
PRIDE tries to grab media headlines
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006Sports Nippon reports that PRIDE is attempting to sign WBC World Super Flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama (background information here and here) for their 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show. The report claims that should Tokuyama work the PRIDE show, the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) would threaten to strip him of his title. Reportedly, the news of […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 30 (Media Week)
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006This week’s show (presented by Whaledog.com) is a good one if you like to hear the thoughts from writers who cover the MMA business extensively. Our first guest is Eddie Goldman of NHB News (his site’s ATOM feed is here). Eddie shares his thoughts on UFC’s marketing tactics, Dana White’s behavior in public, HBO’s level […]
Takanori Gomi cancels media interview
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006According to a Daily Sports report. Gomi was supposed to meet with the media and do a training session for the media on behalf of DSE. He canceled. And the bad news for PRIDE got even worse. Gilbert Melendez is off the Yokohama Arena card due to an injury. Here is a statement from Gilbert […]
Fuji TV says no MMA programming for NYE
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Yahoo Japan HP: Fuji TV says “No kakutougi (MMA) on New Year’s Eve” By Zach Arnold Daily Sports reports that Fuji TV President Koichi Murakami will not air kakutougi (MMA) programming on the network for New Year’s Eve. This leaves TV-Asahi as the only network (officially) left for PRIDE programming to possibly air on New […]
Bushido at Yokohama Arena
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006DJ GOZMA gets the GRABAKA boys in shape So, Bushido is this Sunday at Yokohama Arena. Good card line-up. Denis Martins has an interview with Denis Kang here. Likely a (very) small crowd. Same story for a rather unheralded S-Cup (Shootboxing) event in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan this Friday featuring Andy Souwer and other K-1 […]
Pawel Nastula allegedly fails more drug tests
Monday, October 30th, 2006Ivan Trembow has more details. I’m sure it won’t make headlines in Japan, but hey… how about that slow news week?
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