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Saturday, December 31st, 2005Hello(= Konnichiwa) everyone reading it I’m Tetsuya Sano:I’m a pro-wrestling&kakutougi(=martial arts) fan and amateur fighter(9matches 6wins 3loses:kickboxing and shootboxing) living in Shizuoka, Japan I’ll write down opinion of two new year’eve events in Japanese If you are ok,please use translator and read it. 個人的ã«å…¥ã‚Šè¾¼ã‚“ã§è¦‹ã¦ã„ãŸã®ã¯ Dynamiteï¼ã®é ˆè—¤Ã—ＫＩＤã¨äº”味×マッãƒã§ã—ょã†ã‹ã€‚ å‰è€…ã¯é ˆè—¤ã•ã‚“贔屓ã€å¾Œè€…ã¯ãƒžãƒƒãƒè´”屓ã§â€¦â€¦ã£ã¦äºŒäººã¨ã‚‚è² ã‘ã¡ã‚ƒã„ã¾ã—ãŸã…… é ˆè—¤ã•ã‚“惜ã—ã‹ã£ãŸã¨æ€ã†ã‚“ã§ã™ã‘ã©ã……。 è·é›¢ã‚’大ããã¨ã£ã¦å¤‰å‰‡ãªå‹•ãã‹ã‚‰ãƒŸãƒ‰ãƒ«ã‚ック打ã£ã¦é›¢è„± ã‚“ã§ã€ï¼«ï¼©ï¼¤ã•ã‚“ãŒã˜ã‚Œã¦ãƒŸãƒ‰ãƒ«ã‚ック出ã™ã®ã‚’å¾…ã£ã¦ 戻ã—ãŒçµæ§‹é…ã„ã®ã§å¼•ãéš›ã«ã‚¿ãƒƒã‚¯ãƒ«ã«å…¥ã‚‹ã£ã¦æˆ¦æ³•ã‹ãªï¼Ÿ ã£ã¦è€ƒãˆã¦ãŸã®ã§ãã®é€šã‚Šã ã£ãŸã‚‰ã‹ãªã‚Šã„ã„å…·åˆã«ã“ã¨ã¯é‹ã‚“ã§ãŸã‚“ã§ã™ã‘ã©ã… 上ã«ã‚‚æ„è˜ã‚’散らã™ãŸã‚ã®å·¦ãƒ‘ンãƒã«ã‚«ã‚¦ãƒ³ã‚¿ãƒ¼åˆã‚ã•ã‚Œã¡ã‚ƒã„ã¾ã—ãŸã‹ã‚‰ã…。 ã§ã‚‚ã¨ã‚ã‚‹ã®ã¡ã‚‡ã£ã¨ã ã‘æ—©ã™ãŽãªã„？ã¨ã€‚ 後者ã®è©¦åˆã¯ã‚¹ã‚¿ãƒ³ãƒ‰ã«é‡ç‚¹ãŒç½®ã‹ã‚Œã‚‹ã¨æ€ã£ãŸã‚‰ マッãƒã•ã‚“ã®é¦–投ã’を五味ã•ã‚“ãŒä¸Šæ‰‹ãå´©ã—ã¦(ã‚ã¨å ´æ‰€ã‚‚ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ—éš›ã ã£ãŸã‹ã‚‰) […]
New Year’s Eve (Preview)
Saturday, December 31st, 2005I watched the PRIDE 12/31 Saitama Super Arena show on the Japanese feed. If you want results, go to the Puroresu Power web site. Likely, if you are reading this, you’re trying to avoid spoilers, so let me give you a personal preview of what you can expect or look forward to on the upcoming […]
PRIDE/DSE Planning To Hold Openweight Tournament For 2006!
Friday, December 30th, 2005Last Monday (12/26) PRIDE General Manager Nobuhiko Takada revealed the idea of holding an Openweight grand prix next year, to finally determine who the best fighter in the world really is. “Next year, our goal is to host an Open-Weight GP. For a long time, everyone has wanted to see this. Just get rid of […]
Royce Gracie Declares Settlement Of Dispute With DSE
Friday, December 30th, 2005Kakutougi.info is reporting that Royce Gracie and DSE have settled their on-going dispute over a breach of contract earlier today. Royce Gracie posted a statement regarding his contract disute with Dream Stage Entertainment on the internet this afternoon. Here is the dialogue as posted on kakutougi.tv Dear my Japanese fans, I had been in dispute […]
PRIDE Online Vote Results; Gomi Takes MVP 2005
Thursday, December 29th, 2005In an online vote on the official PRIDE website, "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi took MVP Of The Year 2005 ahead of his PRIDE lightweight tournament final fight against Hayato Sakurai on 12/31. A ceremony was held in his honor at a Tokyo hotel on 12/28 where he was presented with a trophy. Gomi was […]
Bas Rutten makes PRIDE predictions
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005Bas Rutten makes his predictions for the 2005 Man Festival. Most interesting paragraph from his predictions article: Nakamura/Kondo Nakamura is a star on the rise, but Kondo faced more opponents in MMA and fought better guys, so you would think that Kondo is going to do it. Than again, Nakamura is getting better and better […]
Los Angeles Times discusses MMA in California
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005In Wednesday’s edition of the LA Times newspaper, Alan Abrahamson has an article about California regulating MMA so that events will start taking place in 2006. Nate Quarry is mentioned a lot in the article, mainly as the article’s storyline theme in terms of fighting and also what happens to someone who takes a beating […]
Fighters start to arrive in Japan
Tuesday, December 27th, 2005Royce Gracie is already in Japan, training and preparing at the Gracie Academy in Tokyo for his upcoming fight against Hideo Tokoro. Ernesto Hoost arrived in Japan and said that he was in very good condition. He said that he would win his fight without fail. Sankei Sports reported that Hoost’s tentative retirement fight is […]
PRIDE 12/31 Ogawa v Yoshida News
Sunday, December 25th, 2005Hidehiko Yoshida is looking for a new game plan come PRIDE Man Festival 2005 on 12/31. Yoshida has been training in Muay Thai with Yoshida Dojo coach Sergio Cunha for the past five months and proclaims that he will knock out Ogawa with his knee. “We are doing good work, training a lot. We are […]
K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite! New Additions!
Sunday, December 25th, 2005With only five days to go until the big MMA New Years Eve shows on 12/31, K-1 have suprised everyone with the addition of Japanese kickboxer Masato to the K-1 fight card. He will be facing off against Japanese boxing champion Akira Oohigashi. Masato was set for a return to K-1 early next year after […]
PRIDE 12/31 Saitama Super Arena card line-up
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005A bank account-busting budget of $8-10 million USD provides us with the following on New Year’s Eve: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ikuhisa Minowa Emelianenko Alexander vs. Pawel Nastula James Thompson vs. Giant Silva Free-weight Fight: Ken Kaneko vs. Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett Middleweight Title Match: Vanderlei Silva vs. Ricardo Arona 2005 Lightweight Tournament Finals: Takanori Gomi […]
Bas Rutten gone from PRIDE
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005The hits just keep on coming from DSE. Today, Bas Rutten announced that he is gone from the promotion. He stressed that it was problems with the US office (Yukino Kanda, Hideki Yamamoto, etc.) and not with the Japanese office. Frank Trigg now replaces him. This is an interesting story to pay attention to, as […]
The latest on New Year’s Eve
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005If you’re curious about the rumors regarding how business is going for both K-1 and PRIDE on their respective 12/31 shows, here’s the latest: – There are plenty of tickets remaining for the PRIDE show (Ogawa vs. Yoshida). When I say plenty, I mean plenty – you can still get a ticket in any seating […]
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