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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006DSE’s US web site has a posting claiming that Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Mirko Cro Cop and Josh Barnett vs. Emelianenko Alexander have been signed as fights for the 5/5 Osaka Dome show. What’s odd about his announcement is that PRIDE’s US web site has this listed, but their Japanese web site (which always makes announcements […]
Kawamata interviewed in Shukan Gendai
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006By Zach Arnold Since the release of three Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza members last month, many insiders in the Japanese fight industry have been wanting to hear the reaction from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 promoter, Seiya Kawamata. This week’s edition of Shukan Gendai is the first part of a long series in which the magazine talks to Mr. […]
Masato, Kohiruimaki win fights at World MAX show
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006K-1 ran their World MAX show in Tokyo at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym I, with Masato getting a big win over the tough Lithuanian, Remigijus Morkevicius. Results from today’s show. Update: The show drew a 15.1% rating on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), with Masato’s TKO win over Morkevicius reaching a high mark of 20.6%.
Mainstream media round-up
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold Marilla Stephenson in The Chronicle Herald, the Halifax (Nova Scotia) newspaper which has been mostly negative towards the upcoming 4/29 MMA event in the area, wrote an incredulous column about why cage-fighting should be banned in the region. We’re working on trying to invite her for an interview on our radio show. […]
Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 13 (Tuesday Night Takedowns)
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006This week’s edition of Fight Opinion Radio is the first of two UFC-themed shows, as we preview the upcoming Ultimate Fight Night show on Thursday (4/6) with our special guest, Brad “Hillbilly Heartthrob” Imes. He will talk about his upcoming fight and how life has changed since being on The Ultimate Fighter: Season 2. In […]
PRIDE’s 5/5 Osaka Dome plans
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006By Zach Arnold PRIDE announced Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima as the top match for their 5/5 Osaka Dome show. The announcement garnered some media attention, but ran against the weigh-ins of fighters for the K-1 4/5 World MAX show. Masato’s weigh-in was the dominant story in the Japanese press on Wednesday. The 5/5 Osaka […]
Victor Quinones dead at age 46
Monday, April 3rd, 2006By Zach Arnold Long-time pro-wrestling businessman Victor Quinones died at the age of 46 in Puerto Rico over the weekend. Quinones was a mainstay in the Japanese independent scene in the early 90s (first with Atsushi Onita in the reincarnation of the Bruiser Brody murder angle in Puerto Rico, second as a booker with Kiyoshi […]
Mainstream media malfeasance – again
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006By Zach Arnold Last week, we linked to an article in USA Today that lumped Toughman boxing with MMA. It hit a real nerve with readers, and I was afraid that the USA Today would snowball into more stupidity. And it has. Today’s USA Today editorial/opinion feedback section has a letter from “Bud Stuart” of […]
Bushido 10 Results
Saturday, April 1st, 2006Click on the post link to read them.
Tuffman, toughman, all the same?
Saturday, April 1st, 2006By Zach Arnold Earlier in the week, we linked to a USA Today article lumping Toughman boxing with MMA. Today, we have a Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota) article from a writer named Tu-Uyen Tran talking about a 48-year drywall contractor participating in the First Annual Tuffman Competition. I tried to find out information about […]
UFC expands office
Thursday, March 30th, 2006By Zach Arnold The promotion has named John Mulkey (from Wall Street) as the company’s CFO. This Review Journal article from May of 2004 points to Mulkey working as a high-yield gaming/casino financial analyst at Bear Stearns. Mulkey is referenced in many media articles in relations to casinos, gambling, Macau, etc. It’s interesting to watch […]
K-1 4/29 Las Vegas card line-up
Thursday, March 30th, 2006The promotion held a press conference in Japan to announce matches for their 4/29 Las Vegas show at the Grand Ballroom in the Mirage Hotel & Casino. Musashi vs. Semmy Schilt and Choi Hong-Man vs. The Predator were announced. Card line-up (in no specific order): Musashi vs. Semmy Schilt Glaube Feitosa vs. Ruslan Karaev Choi […]
Yoshida & Kohsaka announced for 5/5 Osaka Dome GP
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006Photo credit: Livedoor Sports By Zach Arnold DSE announced that Emelienanko Fedor, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mirko Cro Cop, Vanderlei Silva, Mark Hunt, Josh Barnett, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, & Hidehiko Yoshida would participate in their 2006 Open-Weight tournament, which starts on 5/5 at the Osaka Dome. The timing of the announcement is curious, as it was done […]
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