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Saturday, August 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold The promotion in Japan announced that Emelianenko Fedor, Mauricio Shogun, Mirko Cro Cop, Kazuyuki Fujita, Josh Barnett, Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Phil Baroni, Kazuhiro Nakamura, and Pawel Nastula will work their 10/21 Las Vegas show at the Thomas & Mack Center. Not surprisingly, the promotion is also running a special tour event […]
Dana says Liddell/Silva unlikely to happen
Friday, August 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold CP (Canadian Press) reports that UFC is now postponing plans for a fight in November between Chuck Liddell and Vanderlei Silva. This news comes one month after Dana White announced on PPV (in Las Vegas) that Silva would fight Liddell. He cited problems in dealing with the Japan-based Pride Fighting Championships that […]
Big talk, little interest
Thursday, August 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold Consider this an opinion piece, if you liked to be warned in advance. For the last week or so, I’ve seen reports online about comments PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara has been making about how his guys would beat the UFC fighters. UFC, to their credit, has literally said nothing about any sort […]
PRIDE’s new big signing
Monday, August 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Yeo Jong-Hoon (long-time correspondent) reports that Lee Tae Hyun (born on 1/17/1976, 196 cm, 138 kg) announced at a press conference today that he would fight in PRIDE. (Sports Navigator report here). Nobuyuki Sakakibara & Nobuhiko Takada were present at the media briefing. Tae Hyun is considered one of the great Ssirum […]
Resolution between Mirko & PRIDE?
Monday, August 7th, 2006By Zach Arnold Vecernji List reports (translated on Sherdog) that a resolution between PRIDE & Mirko Cro Cop may have been reached. The dispute between Mirko and PRIDE involved money, more specifically whether or not he would get paid fight money for two fights if he won his first fight against Vanderlei Silva and then […]
2H2H – PRIDE & HONOR Card
Sunday, August 6th, 2006By Mark Pickering Holland’s Too Hot Too Handle (2H2H) promotion have announced the fight card for PRIDE & HONOR on November 12th at the Ahoy’ Rotterdam. The card presented in conjunction with PRIDE will be the organisation’s sixth event at the Rotterdam venue and will feature 12 international bouts. PRIDE & HONOR is set to […]
Bushido 8/26 updated card line-up
Sunday, August 6th, 20068/26 Nagoya Aichi Rainbow Hall (4 PM) Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Cristiano Marcello (Chute Boxe) Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Luciano Azevedo Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Eric “Butterbean” Esch Jeff Curran vs. Hioki Hatsu Shin’ya Aoki vs. Jason Black Gilbert Melendez vs. Nobuhiro Obiya Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Chris Brennan Welterweight Tournament: Denis Kang vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight Tournament: […]
Mirko out of open-weight tournament?
Saturday, August 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Reaction on the Nokaut site. This Croatian report indicates that Mirko Cro Cop is not working the PRIDE 9/10 Saitama Super Arena show. Sherdog claims it is a money issue. This is a very bad sign for PRIDE, even if the end result (which is likely Yoshida filling in, creating yet […]
PRIDE 10/14 Las Vegas show
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006They are marketing this show as THE REAL DEAL. Seriously. Press release: Possible participants include PRIDE Fighting Heavyweight Champion FEDOR EMELINANENKO, “THE NEW YORK BAD ASS†PHIL BARONI, KEVIN “THE MONSTER†RANDLEMAN, MIRKO “CRO COP†FILIPOVIC, MAURICIO “SHOGUN†RUA, KAZUYUKI “IRONHEAD†FUJITA, MARK “THE HAMMER†COLEMAN, and other PRIDE Fighting superstars! (Fighters and card subject […]
K-1 & PRIDE notes
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Butterbean was announced for the 8/26 Nagoya Aichi Rainbow Hall Bushido show. Minowa and Josh Barnett had a PR session today in Japan, which garnered big attention. What makes the Butterbean announcement interesting is that he is scheduled to fight two weeks before the show, on August 12th. The 300-plus-pound former boxer […]
PRIDE 8/26 Bushido updated card
Monday, July 24th, 2006An update to the first announced matches. Here are the new matches: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Chris Brennan Gilbert Melendez vs. Nobuhiro Obiya Shin’ya Aoki vs. Jason Black (Miletich) Jeff Curran vs. Hioki Hatsu
Big show in Holland
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006The 2H2H (Too Hot To Handle) promotion in Holland is promoting a November 12th show titled PRIDE & Honor at the Ahoy’ Rotterdam. Names being listed for the show include Rodney Faverus, Alistair Overeem, Gilbert Yvel, Emelianenko Alexander, and Gegard Mousasi. Overeem vs. Yvel has already been announced. In other PRIDE-related news, Ivan Trembow has […]
Quote of the day from Rampage
Friday, July 21st, 2006In an interview in The Long Beach Press-Telegram (discussing Quinton “Rampage” Jackson leaving PRIDE): “I left at the right time,†Jackson said. “I think it has a lot to do with karma. They treat people bad. We are the show. The fighters are the show. You have to treat the fighters well. You have to […]
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