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Monday, June 5th, 2006Image credit: Sports Nippon By Zach Arnold Related link: Fuji TV cancels PRIDE for good Message board: Give us your thoughts on the story Update: Asahi Shimbun reports that Tokai TV (Nagoya – where Sakakibara came from) will not air the Hustle Aid show, claiming that because the show is not airing nationwide on the […]
Fuji TV cancels PRIDE for good
Monday, June 5th, 2006Bottom Japanese headline on Yahoo Japan HP: Fuji cancels PRIDE By Zach Arnold Update I: The PRIDE page on the Fuji TV official web site has been removed and deleted. Japanese blogger(s) covering the story: Technorati (list of writers) | Burning Spirit (and here) | Swimming Eye (Tetsuya Sano) | Angle-Japan | Gryphon | NHBnews […]
IFL 6/4 TV report
Sunday, June 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold The event is taped from June 3rd at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The ring announcer is Tim Hughes, and the TV announcers are: Kenny Rice, Stephen Quadros, and Jens Pulver.
IFL show in The Quad Cities?
Sunday, June 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold The Quad-City Times newspaper reports that Monte Cox has approached Scott Mullen, the executive director of The Mark of the Quad Cities in Moline (Illinois), for booking an IFL event at that building on September 23rd. That event would feature Pat Miletich vs. Renzo Gracie, with the fight taking place on Miletich’s […]
Bushido 6/4 Saitama results
Sunday, June 4th, 2006Click on the permalink to access them. Claimed attendance of 13,371.
K-1 6/3 Seoul results
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006At today’s show at the Olympic Gym in Seoul, South Korea, journeyman K-1 fighter Yusuke Fujimoto won the Seoul GP tournament. Choi Hong-Man defeated Semmy Schilt by decision. Ray Sefo quickly beat Ruslan Karaev. Full results here.
The IFL has new coaches
Friday, June 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Sherdog reports that the IFL has booked Pat Miletich vs. Renzo Gracie in a fight to happen at a future IFL event. Plus, the promotion announced Matt Lindland, Carlos Newton, and Mark Coleman as new team coaches. Bas Rutten, Pat Miletich, Renzo Gracie, Maurice Smith, and Antonio Inoki will also be coaches.
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 20 (UFC 60 review)
Friday, June 2nd, 2006This week’s 40-minute show is presented by MMACalifornia.net and MonsterWrestlingRings.com. This week, we review the UFC 60 show that took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Is Matt Hughes really a true “ace” that the UFC can draw big business with? We know what kind of fighter he is skill-wise, but what about […]
PRIDE opens Tokyo gym to the public
Thursday, June 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Nikkan Sports reports that DSE will be opening up their gym in Tokyo up to the public, as they hope to use it as tool to develop new talent and also to bring in some of their fighters & managers for lectures. It’s interesting, because the spotlight is now away from the […]
“K-1 & UFC Strong Tag Alliance”
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold Today’s Nikkan Sports newspaper has a bombastic article talking about an “aggressive” tag team between K-1 & UFC, with both sides starting heavy co-promotional deals. The article talks about Chuck Liddell maybe working the HERO’s 8/5 Ariake Colosseum show in Tokyo (or the August K-1 Las Vegas show), with Kazushi Sakuraba and […]
Bob Sapp’s side of the story
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006By Zach Arnold The pressure on K-1 has just picked up. Bob Sapp’s side of the story about the K-1 Amsterdam fiasco has been relayed on the MMA Ring Report web site. Compare this report to what the Japanese have been claiming and what Simon Rutz is claiming.
Nevada state athletic commission in crosshairs
Monday, May 29th, 2006By Zach Arnold Update: Reid statement on free tickets. Keep your eyes on Technorati (or try this search) to read reaction to this story. The Associated Press reports that the Nevada State Athletic Commission gave Democratic senate leader Harry Reid free ringside boxing tickets in exchange for influencing legislation on federal regulation of boxing. Picture […]
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). […]
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