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Thursday, April 6th, 2006DSE announced a 16-man Welterweight tournament format for the Bushido series. The three Japanese top names of the tournament will be Akihiro Gono, Makoto Takimoto, & Ryo Chonan. The promotion announced the next Bushido show taking place at Saitama Super Arena on 6/4. Dan Henderson (Welterweight champion), Murilo Bustamante, Dennis Kang, Phil Baroni, & Paulo […]
More on 5/5 Osaka Dome show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006DSE’s US web site has a posting claiming that Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mirko Cro Cop and Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander have been signed as fights for the 5/5 Osaka Dome show. What’s odd about his announcement is that PRIDE’s US web site has this listed, but their Japanese web site (which always makes announcements […]
Kawamata interviewed in Shukan Gendai
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold Since the release of three Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza members last month, many insiders in the Japanese fight industry have been wanting to hear the reaction from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. This week’s edition of Shukan Gendai is the first part of a long series in which the magazine talks to Mr. […]
PRIDE’s 5/5 Osaka Dome plans
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE announced Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima as the top match for their 5/5 Osaka Dome show. The announcement garnered some media attention, but ran against the weigh-ins of fighters for the K-1 4/5 World MAX show. Masato’s weigh-in was the dominant story in the Japanese press on Wednesday. The 5/5 Osaka […]
Bushido 10 Results
Saturday, April 1st, 2006Click on the post link to read them.
Yoshida & Kohsaka announced for 5/5 Osaka Dome GP
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006Photo credit: Livedoor Sports By Zach Arnold DSE announced that Emelienanko Fedor, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop, Vanderlei Silva, Mark Hunt, Josh Barnett, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, & Hidehiko Yoshida would participate in their 2006 Open-Weight tournament, which starts on 5/5 at the Osaka Dome. The timing of the announcement is curious, as it was done […]
PRIDE Bushido 10 – Preview and Analysis
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006By Al Yu 4/2 Tokyo, Ariake Colosseum card line-up. – Yves Edwards (28-10-1) vs Seichi Ikemoto (11-11-4) Prior to losing a close decision to Joachim Hansen at PRIDE Bushido 9, Yves Edwards was on a seven fight winning streak, defeating Josh Thompson, Hermes Franca (2x), and Dokonjonosuke Mishima along the way. Most recently at UFC […]
Media round-up
Tuesday, March 28th, 20063/28 media links: Surprise, PRIDE US PPV customers. 3 of the 10 Bushido fights will air on Fox Sports Net on 4/9, including Baroni vs. Kondo (a fight that definitely could sell some PPV buys). Bushido 10 fighter Denis Kang interviewed on MaxFighting. New Hampshire is ready to host it’s first sanctioned MMA event. If […]
Bushido 4/2 Ariake Colosseum match order
Monday, March 27th, 2006This week is likely going to be low-key in regards to Japanese PR for the Bushido 10 event. The gaijin will fly in on Tuesday and Wednesday (Narita Airport). DSE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara has not been seen in front of the cameras (so far). The match order for this Sunday’s line-up: Yves Edwards vs. Seichi […]
PRIDE amateur show in Seattle area
Sunday, March 19th, 2006Saturday’s night event in Auburn, Washington (Brawl at the Mall II) at the Supermall drew 2,500 fans to watch the Matt Hume-produced AMC Pankration amateur fight show. Yukino Kanda and (her husband) Hideki Yamamoto were in attendance as representatives of DSE. Bob Sapp, Chris Leben, Josh Barnett, and Maurice Smith appeared. Smith announced his IFL […]
The heat is turned up on the yakuza
Friday, March 17th, 2006Mainichi Daily News: Arrests cast glare on shady world of commercialized combat Past Reference: Kawamata talks to Weekly Gendai Those who’ve followed this story on Fight Opinion already understand or have read most of the details in this article. However, it’s important to read this Mainichi story nonetheless. It emphasizes what has already been written […]
Risk for Success? Absolutely.
Friday, March 17th, 2006By Al Yu On January 15th, DSE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara confirmed that an Absolute or Open-Weight Grand Prix will be held throughout 2006. Fighters from the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions will be included to participate, in addition to the Middleweight and Heavyweight divisions. The proliferation of MMA has produced a new generation of very talented […]
Back home in Japan
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold Tetsuya Sano, special training partner/visitor of Mr. Josh Barnett last week, has returned home to Japan after a successful trip in Seattle. Welcome back home, Sano-san. Speaking of Seattle, this weekend is the scheduled amateur show that Matt Hume is producing. DSE management officials were originally scheduled to attend the event and […]
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