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Monday, May 29th, 2006By Tetsuya Sano 今更僕ãŒè¨€ã†ã¾ã§ã‚‚ãªãホイス・グレイシーã¯ãƒžãƒƒãƒˆãƒ»ãƒ’ューズã«æ•—ã‚ŒãŸã€‚ 完敗ã€æ–‡å—通りã®å®Œæ•—。 ä¼èª¬ã¯ç¾å®Ÿã«å…¨ãã¨ã„ã£ã¦ã„ã„ã»ã©æ•µã‚ãªã‹ã£ãŸã€‚ Royce Gracie lost to Matt Hughes, and that was a totally complete defeat. The legend was no match for reality. ブãƒãƒƒã‚¯ãƒ»ãƒ¬ã‚ºãƒŠãƒ¼ã«è¡€ã‚’åã‹ã•ã‚ŒãŸãƒãƒ«ã‚¯ãƒ»ãƒ›ãƒ¼ã‚¬ãƒ³ã®ã‚ˆã†ã«æ•—ã‚ŒãŸãƒ›ã‚¤ã‚¹ã¯åŠ›ç„¡ã‹ã£ãŸã€‚ Like Hulk Hogan spitting blood by Brock Lesnar. ã ã‹ã‚‰ã¨è¨€ã£ã¦æŸ”è¡“ã€ãã—ã¦ç·åˆæ ¼é—˜æŠ€ã®ãƒ‘イオニアã§ã‚るホイスã®åŠŸç¸¾ã¯ãƒ›ãƒ¼ã‚¬ãƒ³ã®ãã‚ŒåŒæ§˜å…¨ã色ã‚ã›ã‚‹ã“ã¨ã¯ãªã„。 The distinguished service of Royce as the pioneer of kakutougi (MMA) and jiu-jitsu does not fade (similar to Hogan […]
Mach Sakurai makes national headlines
Monday, May 29th, 2006Mach Sakurai story makes front page of Yahoo Japan HP By Zach Arnold Unfortunately for 30-year Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, he didn’t make national headlines in Japanese news circles because of his great fighting career. Instead, he made the news because police arrested 33-year old construction worker Kenichi Sakayori on suspicion of assault (causing an injury). […]
Gendai: Fuji TV not to renew PRIDE TV deal?
Sunday, May 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold As noted yesterday on the message board, Shukan Gendai came out with a page article in this week’s magazine, proclaiming that their campaign against DSE for being an alleged yakuza group is showing some effects. They claim that the TV deal between DSE/PRIDE & Fuji TV is up in September, and that […]
Baroni placed in Bushido main event
Friday, May 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE announced the match order of the 6/4 Saitama Super Arena card line-up. It is as follows: Jason Black vs. Eoh Won Jin Welterweight Tournament: Murilo Bustamante vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight Tournament: Paulo Filho vs. Yoon Dong Sik Welterweight Tournament: Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor Welterweight Tournament: Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi […]
“The biochemists”
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold In recent interviews that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has done with various media outlets (transcript here), Jackson has talked about having to deal with DSE’s “US office,” which is really just an office space in Los Angeles with Turi Altavilla (who used to work for King of the Cage, and is a hard […]
Gomi on Fox Sports Net
Thursday, May 18th, 2006Source of YouTube video link: Sherdog By Zach Arnold Takanori Gomi made an appearance tonight on The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles. It was a surreal appearance, because the hosts (Chris Rose & Rob Dibble) were asking some interesting questions, with most of them sounding like what a […]
Fedor out, Silva in
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE announced that Emelianenko Fedor is off the 7/1 Saitama Super Arena card, and that Vanderlei Silva will be taking his place in the 2nd round of the open-weight tournament.
PRIDE 6/4 Saitama card line-up
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006DSE announced the matches for the show today. Line-up: Welterweight GP: Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi Welterweight GP: Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Hector Lombard Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Phil Baroni Welterweight GP: Denis Kang vs. Murilo Ninja Welterweight GP: Murilo Bustamante vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight GP: Paulo Filho […]
Internet posts on Bob Sapp/K-1 situation
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of interesting links. First, this link on Gary Goodridge’s forum about Bob Sapp allegedly showing up with a DSE lawyer. The post claims that DSE sent a lawyer with Sapp to the Holland show. The second link is a translation of a statement that K-1 Holland promoter Simon Rutz made […]
K-1 vs. PRIDE vs. Fuji TV vs. Sapp
Monday, May 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold On Saturday night in Holland, Bob Sapp bolted before his scheduled main event with Ernesto Hoost, causing a major firestorm in front of 17,500 fans at the Amsterdam Arena. Sankei Sports, the newspaper affiliated with Fuji TV (which broadcasted the K-1 event), declared that “Sapp ran away” from the fight and issued […]
PRIDE 6/4 Bushido show in Saitama
Thursday, May 11th, 2006By Zach Arnold The promotion announced Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi (Red Devil International) and Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor as the first two matches on the 6/4 Saitama Super Arena show. The fighters slotted for the Welterweight tournament are: Akihiro Gono, Kazuo Misaki, Yoon Dong Sik, Denis Kang, Paulo Filho, Phil Baroni, Murilo Ninja, […]
Gendai: Company supplied PRIDE owner with mansion
Monday, May 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold A summary transcript of this week’s Shukan Gendai article about PRIDE, Fuji TV, and Nippon TV.
Are changes coming on New Year’s Eve?
Monday, May 8th, 2006By Zach Arnold The MMA wars (K-1 and PRIDE, with Inoki in 2003) have become a TV programming staple in Japan on New Year’s Eve since 2001. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent by the major networks (Tokyo Broadcasting System, Nippon TV, and Fuji TV) to compete with NHK’s Kohaku (Red & White […]
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