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Monday, May 22nd, 2006As noted earlier today on the Puroresu Power page, K-1 announced a World GP show booking for July 30th in Sapporo at Makomanai Ice Arena. Musashi vs. Ernesto Hoost is likely to take place on the show. The more interesting story comes from Nikkan Sports, which notes that Bob Sapp may end up working that […]
Taking notice
Monday, May 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold The Houston Chronicle has a good article in their Monday edition of the newspaper, talking about MMA being hot property on US TV right now. It’s basically a UFC-oriented article with the usual pro-UFC spin about how they changed the rules (the same true/false mixed story), but one interesting twist is the […]
IFL debut TV show on Fox Sport Net
Sunday, May 21st, 2006By Zach Arnold Sunday, May 21st was the date of the IFL’s TV debut on Fox Sports Net. If the purpose of the show was to look like a serious, legitimate contender to UFC — then they accomplished the task at hand. Site Poll: Rate the IFL’s TV debut on FSN MMA Snark review of […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 19 (Rampage vs. Lindland)
Friday, May 19th, 2006This week’s 80-minute show is presented by MMACalifornia.net and MonsterWrestlingRings.com. Our special guest is Todd Martin of http://www.wrestlingobserver.com, who was in attendance at the WFA press conference earlier this week. The WFA announced Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Matt Lindland for their July 22nd event. Todd gives us the inside story about the press conference and […]
M-1 & Red Devil coming to South Korea
Friday, May 19th, 2006By Zach Arnold The Dong-A Ilbo is reporting that Emelianenko Fedor, who’s visit to South Korea a few months ago made him very popular (especially his love of eating dog meat), may be influencing a prominent South Korean official to promote M-1 shows in September or October. South Korea has been a desirable market for […]
Gomi on Fox Sports Net
Thursday, May 18th, 2006Source of YouTube video link: Sherdog By Zach Arnold Takanori Gomi made an appearance tonight on The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles. It was a surreal appearance, because the hosts (Chris Rose & Rob Dibble) were asking some interesting questions, with most of them sounding like what a […]
Masato vs. Kohiruimaki
Thursday, May 18th, 2006By Zach Arnold K-1 announced the main card line-up for their World MAX 2006 show on 6/30 at Yokohama Arena. Card line-up: Yodsanklai Fairtex (Thailand) vs. Kamal El Amrani (Germany) TATSUJI vs. Yasuhito Shirasu Reserve fight: Rayen Simson (Holland) vs. Artur Kyshenko (Ukraine) Kozo Takeda vs. TBA Tournament: Buakaw Por Pramuk vs. Yoshihiro Sato Tournament: […]
Fedor out, Silva in
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006By Zach Arnold DSE announced that Emelianenko Fedor is off the 7/1 Saitama Super Arena card, and that Vanderlei Silva will be taking his place in the 2nd round of the open-weight tournament.
PRIDE 6/4 Saitama card line-up
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006DSE announced the matches for the show today. Line-up: Welterweight GP: Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi Welterweight GP: Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor Welterweight GP: Akihiro Gono vs. Hector Lombard Welterweight GP: Kazuo Misaki vs. Phil Baroni Welterweight GP: Denis Kang vs. Murilo Ninja Welterweight GP: Murilo Bustamante vs. Amar Suloev Welterweight GP: Paulo Filho […]
Internet posts on Bob Sapp/K-1 situation
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006By Zach Arnold A couple of interesting links. First, this link on Gary Goodridge’s forum about Bob Sapp allegedly showing up with a DSE lawyer. The post claims that DSE sent a lawyer with Sapp to the Holland show. The second link is a translation of a statement that K-1 Holland promoter Simon Rutz made […]
Sakuraba and Yamamoto in Guam
Monday, May 15th, 2006The Pacific Daily News in Guam is reporting that Kazushi Sakuraba and Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto are on the island to train 12 fighters for two big tournaments in the Philippines this upcoming weekend.
K-1 vs. PRIDE vs. Fuji TV vs. Sapp
Monday, May 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold On Saturday night in Holland, Bob Sapp bolted before his scheduled main event with Ernesto Hoost, causing a major firestorm in front of 17,500 fans at the Amsterdam Arena. Sankei Sports, the newspaper affiliated with Fuji TV (which broadcasted the K-1 event), declared that “Sapp ran away” from the fight and issued […]
Kameda Brothers become next media target
Monday, May 15th, 2006By Zach Arnold It apparently isn’t only PRIDE that is getting the yakuza scandal treatment. This week’s edition of Shukan Post is promoting a “scoop” story about the alleged ties between the yakuza and the (star) boxing Kameda Brothers. The yakuza spotlight continues to shine in relation to the fight & entertainment worlds. Last week, […]
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