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Sunday, July 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold An update on the 30th anniversary Inoki vs. Ali themed Nippon Budokan show in Tokyo. It is scheduled for September 1st and will be titled “INOKI GENOME.” Nikkan Sports notes that Inoki’s camp is floating the names of Josh Barnett, Brock Lesnar, and Naoya Ogawa as potential names appearing in an 8-man […]
PRIDE 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show results
Saturday, July 1st, 2006Click on the post link to display the results. DSE claimed an attendance of 44,606.
Fuji TV stockholders meeting
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold Shareholders of Fuji TV stock will meet at the TV network’s annual shareholder’s meeting at the Le Meridien Hotel Grand Pacific. The stockholder activist groups are preparing to put the heat on Fuji TV management for several issues, and one activist site (Labor Net Japan) has the PRIDE scandal listed as a […]
Match order for PRIDE 7/1 show
Sunday, June 25th, 2006Pawel Nastula vs. Edson Drago Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Lee Eun-Su Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Alistair Overeem Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Evangelista Cyborg Open-Weight GP 2nd Round: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Intermission Open-Weight GP 2nd Round: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Vanderlei Silva Open-Weight GP 2nd Round: Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt […]
Full PRIDE 7/1 Saitama card line-up
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Pawel Nastula vs. Edson Drago Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Lee Eun-Su (South Korea) Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Evangelista Cyborg Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort Open-Weight GP 2nd Round Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Vanderlei Silva Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Mirko Cro Cop
Grueling training session = competitive eating
Saturday, June 17th, 2006Photo credit: Sports Nippon Some fighters prefer to train in exhausting workout sessions in deserted places. And then there is Ikuhisa Minowa, who prefers to train by participating in the Japanese qualifying tournament round of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Tokyo. Minowa was able to get 6 hot dogs in 12 minutes, while […]
So I go to PRIDE arena…
Friday, June 16th, 2006By Tetsuya Sano ã“ã“ã«PRIDE無差別級ＧＰ二回戦ã®ãƒã‚±ãƒƒãƒˆãŒã‚る。 7月1æ—¥ã€åƒ•ã¯å‹äººé”ã¨å…±ã«ã•ã„ãŸã¾ã‚¹ãƒ¼ãƒ‘ーアリーナã«è¶³ã‚’é‹ã¶ã€‚ There is a ticket of PRIDE open weight GP 2nd round. On July 1st, I will go to Saitama Super Arena with friends. フジテレビãŒï¼°ï¼²ï¼©ï¼¤ï¼¥ã¨ç¸ã‚’切ã£ãŸã®ã¯åƒ•é”ファンã«å‡„ã¾ã˜ã„ショックを与ãˆãŸã€‚ ã„ã‚„ã€ãƒ•ã‚¡ãƒ³ã ã‘ã§ã¯ãªãæ ¼é—˜æŠ€ã« ãã‚Œã»ã©é–¢å¿ƒã®ãªã„人々ã«ã¾ã§ãã®ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒƒã‚¯ã¯åºƒãŒã£ãŸã€‚ フジテレビ以外ã®åœ°ä¸Šæ³¢å±€ã®å¤•æ–¹ã®ãƒ‹ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹ã€yahooã€livedoorãªã©ã®ãƒˆãƒƒãƒ—を飾り ã¾ã•ã«ãƒ—ãƒãƒ¬ã‚¹æ ¼é—˜æŠ€ç•Œã«ã¨ã£ã¦æœªæ›¾æœ‰ã®ä¸€å¤§äº‹ä»¶ã¨è¨€ãˆã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã€‚ PRIDE-FujiTV affair gave us, Japanese fans, a huge shock. And this is a huge impact for general public too. TV networks (without […]
PRIDE 7/1 Saitama card gets two new matches
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006PRIDE announced Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Cyborg and Yoshiki Takahashi vs. Vitor Belfort as undercard matches for their 7/1 Saitama Super Arena show. The promotion also announced the participation of Yoshihiro Nakao, who was made somewhat famous after his “kiss incident” with Heath Herring at the K-1 12/31/05 Osaka Dome show. Nakao is playing up that […]
AERA, Playboy, and Gendai talk about Fuji TV & DSE
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold This week’s edition of AERA, a weekly magazine produced by Asahi Shimbun, had a one-page article about the PRIDE press conference from last week. The focus was on what Hidehiko Yoshida & Emelianenko Fedor would do next in their careers. It starts off by talking about Yoshida in the PRIDE 2006 open-weight […]
Broadsheets reflect upon Fuji TV’s decision
Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold A week after Fuji TV canceled their television deal with PRIDE, the Japanese broadsheets continue to analyze the decision. Asahi Shimbun had a fair and complete review of the story in their newspaper, talking about Fuji TV’s “Dear John” letter to DSE. The article points out that PRIDE was an excellent money-making […]
No final decision by SkyPerfecTV
Monday, June 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports reports that there is more internal debate to come regarding the future of Hustle & PRIDE PPV telecasts on SkyPerfecTV. No 100% final decision has been made yet. Yomiuri Hochi has a report quoting a SkyPerfecTV official stating that no changes have been made to the schedule yet, but that […]
SkyPerfecTV announcement on Monday
Saturday, June 10th, 2006Yomiuri Hochi reports that the board of directors for SkyPerfect Communications (Shibuya, Tokyo) will make an announcement on Monday regarding DSE programming on SkyPerfecTV PPV.
Finding a bright spot in crisis
Friday, June 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold 24 hours ago, Nobuhiko Takada gave one of his most inspired attempts on the microphone in order to put on a strong front for DSE in front of 600 fans and representatives from every single media outlet in Japan. View the Nippon TV video clip here. Image credit: Sports Navigator (Yahoo Japan) […]
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