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Friday, April 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold Tonight’s fight between heavyweights Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter and 7-foot tall Julius Long was an old-fashioned squash match. Peter destroyed Long, who at no point showed any game plan whatsoever in terms of using his height and reach advantage. Peter toyed with him and knocked Long down twice, with the second […]
Boxing versus UFC
Friday, April 28th, 2006By Zach Arnold Keith Terceira has a great article on FoxSports.com titled Boxing losing the battle of evolution to UFC. A must-read article, and I want to hear your feedback about it in the comments section of this post. Money quote from Keith’s article: Writers have been pointing out boxing’s deficiencies for years only to […]
Antonio Inoki’s mystery plan
Thursday, April 27th, 2006By Zach Arnold On Thursday night, former Livedoor boss Takafumi Horie was released on bail in Tokyo. Reporters flocked to get a comment from him. One magazine, Jitsuwa Knuckles, reports that Horie (before the Livedoor scandal) was considering taking part in a fight project with Antonio Inoki. As the fortunes for both Inoki & Horie […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 16
Thursday, April 27th, 2006This week’s show is our IFL preview show, as we focus on the brand new company in a special interview with Cage Rage announcer “The Fight Professor” Stephen Quadros. We ask all of the tough questions, including what the IFL’s financial model is going to be, will MMA fans accept the taped shows (as oppose […]
Summary translation of new Gendai article
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006By Zach Arnold On Monday, we posted a brief summary of the latest Shukan Gendai article about DSE, Fuji TV, and Nippon TV in relation to allegations of ties to the yakuza. Today, we present to you a summary translation of the latest Shukan Gendai article (which focuses heavily on Fuji TV producer Kunio Kiyohara, […]
New job openings at DSE’s office
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold On their official HP, DSE is looking for inquiries to fill some main job positions in the company. These positions include: Local and overseas business activity (working with VP Sotaro Shinoda) Merchandising Legal and credit department activity Office work (such as clerical) There are two ways to look at these new openings. […]
New MMA show on US TV?
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006TV Week is reporting that BET (Black Entertainment Television) is going to have a new ultimate fighting show called “The Iron Ring,” which will involve celebrity managers. Good or bad idea?
The Japanese Marketplace
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006By Zach Arnold Stephen Martinez at Sherdog has a column about the current marketplace for MMA in Japan, and more specifically the war between PRIDE & K-1. Martinez is 100% accurate in his comparisons about the promotional marketing machines of K-1 and DSE, and he also goes on to give a Top 10 list of […]
Mayhem Miller returns to ICON in Hawaii
Monday, April 24th, 2006By Zach Arnold Dayton Morinaga in the Honolulu Advertiser reports that Jason “Mayhem” Miller will make his return to Icon Sport on 5/26 at the Blaisdell Center Arena to face 6’7″, 370-pound Stefan Gamlin in an open-weight match.
Sakakibara & Kiyohara targeted by Gendai
Sunday, April 23rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Today, Gryphon said that Shukan Gendai’s article about DSE, Fuji TV, and Nippon TV being tied to the yakuza was a declaration of all-out war. After reading the latest article series in Monday’s magazine, I would agree with him. The heat is sure turning up on Sherdog. More at Burning Spirit (Japanese). […]
Shukan Gendai’s latest response to DSE
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006By Zach Arnold After being threatened with legal action 9 days ago by DSE President Nobuyuki Sakakibara, Shukan Gendai magazine is firing back with a new article (set to come out in this Monday’s new edition of the magazine). On Page 50, the weekly magazine will focus on the Kanagawa Police investigation into the supposed […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 15
Friday, April 21st, 2006This week’s show is sort of a therapy session for our co-host Erin Bucknell, as we review the UFC 59 event that took place last weekend and the (to some fans) unfortunate loss that Andrei Arlovski suffered at the hands of (the new UFC Heavyweight champion) Tim Sylvia. In addition, we take a look this […]
Legal briefings
Thursday, April 20th, 2006A hearing was held today in Tokyo district court, with the judge in the case (between Seiya Kawamata and the Nippon TV network) setting a final date for handing down a judgment. The date for July 3rd has been set. The judge stated that Kawamata is claiming 200 million yen was unpaid to him by […]
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