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Sunday, April 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Today, Gryphon said that Shukan Gendai’s article about DSE, Fuji TV, and Nippon TV being tied to the yakuza was a declaration of all-out war. After reading the latest article series in Monday’s magazine, I would agree with him. The heat is sure turning up on Sherdog. More at Burning Spirit (Japanese). […]
Rulon Gardner in PRIDE update
Thursday, April 20th, 2006By Mark Pickering Rulon’s manager has denied claims the Olympic Gold Medallist will return to the PRIDE ring on 5/5 to compete in the Open-Weight GP. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira listed him as a potential opponent in the upcoming tournament on his official website: However his manager was quick to quell any speculation of her client […]
Bas Rutten – Finished with PRIDE…again.
Thursday, April 20th, 2006By Al Yu According to Sherdog Beatdown Radio, Bas Rutten has stated that he is finished with PRIDE. Apparently it was a scheduling conflict of some sort. DSE didn’t think that one week from the inaugural IFL show to Total Elimination Absolute 2006 was enough time for Bas to prepare. Bas believed he was under […]
PRIDE 5/5 Osaka Dome card line-up
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006New matches announced today by the DSE office for the open-weight tournament: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. James Thompson Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum Add these to the other matches already announced: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima Mirko Cro Cop vs. Ikuhisa Minowa Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander Three more matches need to be booked. Update: On […]
Gryphon reacts to the yakuza story
Monday, April 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold Gryphon, one of the top Japanese internet writers on the MMA scene, has posted his thoughts on the Shukan Gendai article series. It is interesting to read because it will give you a clear perspective on where the battle lines are going to be drawn. Added to this post is the reaction […]
Summary translation of 4/17 Gendai article
Monday, April 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold This is a summary translation of what was written in today’s newest article published in Shukan Gendai.
PRIDE’s Las Vegas plans
Sunday, April 16th, 2006The Las Vegas Sun reports that DSE wants to run the Thomas & Mack Center on either 10/7 or 10/20. That’s certainly an interesting story given everything that is currently happening.
Sakakibara responds to Gendai articles
Thursday, April 13th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara told the press that the charges made in the Shukan Gendai interview series by Seiya Kawamata are ‘groundless’ in regards to telling the truth. Sakakibara stated that the articles were one-sided pieces and that he wants an inquiry into the truth. He claimed that the contents of the […]
Fujita to return to PRIDE
Thursday, April 13th, 2006He did a photo-op today for DSE to announce his return to the PRIDE ring. Fujita will participate in the open-weight tournament, which starts on May 5th at the Osaka Dome.
DSE links with Pankration team
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006By Zach Arnold Nobuhiko Takada participated in a press briefing at Yamanashi university in Kofu on the 12th to announce the first “Pankration” team in the world. PRIDE hopes that by linking up with this team, they will be able to have some representation in future Olympic games.
Kawamata’s kamikaze attack
Monday, April 10th, 2006By Zach Arnold By no means is the end-all, be-all translation summary of the latest Shukan Gendai interview with Seiya Kawamata about the yakuza scandal rocking the fight industry in Japan. However, I was able to translate and gather some interesting details from the latest interview that really have people on edge. In the latest […]
PRIDE on FSN TV special
Sunday, April 9th, 2006By Zach Arnold On Sunday night, Fox Sports Net aired a PRIDE TV special centered around the Bushido 10 show. It started off with a rap-themed intro video package, with Phil Baroni saying, “This is PRIDE, welcome to the show.” They debuted a new video graphics package. The annoying female announcer Lenny Hart did her […]
Killing a Gimmick~!
Friday, April 7th, 2006By: Luke Nicholson In 2000, and in 2003 the PRIDE GP Tournaments were special. They were events that didn’t happen everyday, and because of that, the intrigue to watch was higher than for your run-of-the-mill card. Fast forward to 2006. Since 2003, we’ve now had FOUR GP Tournaments in a little less than four years, […]
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