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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
Bill O’Reilly on MMA
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006By Zach Arnold Bill O’Reilly on the Fox News Channel had a 6-minute segment called “Ultimate Brutality” (in the “Back of the Book” segment block) during his O’Reilly Factor program on Wednesday night, in which O’Reilly focused on MMA. There were two teases for this segment during the show. The first: “They call it ultimate […]
K-1 7/30 Sapporo line-up
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006The event is taking place at the Makomanai Ice Arena. Card line-up: Glaube Feitosa vs. Musashi Peter Aerts vs. Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge Poul Slowinski vs. Tatsufumi Tomihira Bjorn Bregy vs. Tsuyoshi Nakasako Yusuke Fujimoto vs. Yuki Niimura Freddy Kemayo vs. Hiromi Amada
K-1 mythology continues
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006By Zach Arnold Sankei Sports continues to push hard the claimed number by K-1 that the UFC 60 PPV with Royce Gracie vs. Matt Hughes did 800,000 buys and $32 million dollars, despite reports that contradict this. The Sankei article I linked to is a puff piece about HERO’s now having a show air on […]
WFA 7/22 Los Angeles card line-up
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Lodune Sincaid Rob McCullough vs. Harris Sarmiento Jorge Oliviera (Chute Boxe) vs. Marvin “The Beastman” Eastman Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons vs. TBA Bas Rutten vs. Kimo Ryoto Machida vs. Vernon “Tiger” White Ricco Rodriguez vs. Ron “H20” Waterman Ivan Salaverry vs. Art Santore Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Matt Lindland
Mike Barton gets his revenge
Sunday, June 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold Long-time pro-wrestling fans remember Bart Gunn (who worked under the ring name of Mike Barton in All Japan & New Japan) getting destroyed by Eric “Butterbean” Esch in the infamous “Brawl For All” shoot tournament that the WWF ran. Butterbean faced Gunn (the tournament winner) at WrestleMania XV, with Esch destroying his […]
UFC 61 PPV available online
Saturday, June 17th, 2006The Boston Herald reports that the July 8th event will be available for purchase on the Internet (use this link). Here’s more information about the good numbers UFC is doing on conventional American PPV distribution.
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 […]
K-1 gets knocked publicly
Saturday, June 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold For those who have spent years covering K-1, one thing is for sure — they can tell some great stories in the press (such as their multiple accounts of trying to book Mike Tyson), but don’t put your life savings on the claims always being 100% accurate. On May 31st, I noted […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 21 (Fallout between Fuji TV & PRIDE)
Thursday, June 15th, 2006Sherdogs, Whaledogs, and all sorts of members of the animal kingdom are welcomed on this week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio. Jake Rossen of Real Fighter Magazine and Jeff Thaler join us this week to discuss the falling out between Fuji TV & PRIDE. If you are looking for a 90-minute show that is oriented […]
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 […]
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