Fedor out, Silva in
By Zach Arnold | May 17, 2006
By 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.
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Valor Fighting June 9th California event
By Zach Arnold | May 17, 2006
Promoter: Valor Fighting
Date: June 9, 2006
Location: Cache Creek Casino (Brooks, California – near Sacramento)
Card line-up:
- Dan Severn vs. Paul O’Keefe
- Angelo Catsouras vs. Chin Seng
- Sam Liara vs. Raven Seymon
- Aric Nelson vs. Jason Bress
- Carlos Garcia vs. Richard Blake Heavy
- Craig Wilkerson vs. Adam Macrae
- Joel Crawford vs. Chris Clifton
- David Robles vs. Clint Blake
- John Dale vs. TBD
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PRIDE 6/4 Saitama card line-up
By Zach Arnold | May 17, 2006
DSE 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 vs. Yoon Dong Sik
- Hayato “Mach” Sakurai vs. Olaf Alfonso
- Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett
- Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Marcus Aurelio
- Jason Black vs. Eoh Won Jin
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Internet posts on Bob Sapp/K-1 situation
By Zach Arnold | May 16, 2006
By 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 about the situation that happened over the weekend.
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Sakuraba and Yamamoto in Guam
By Zach Arnold | May 15, 2006
The 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.
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K-1 vs. PRIDE vs. Fuji TV vs. Sapp
By Zach Arnold | May 15, 2006
By 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 a boycott against Hoost. The newspaper quoted matchmaker Sadaharu Tanigawa as saying that Sapp “requested unreasonable demands” right before his fight, and that a possible “banishment” or lawsuit could evolve from his actions. Yomiuri Sports had a reporter quoting the ring announcer at the K-1 show talking about Sapp being cowardly and how he left 30 minutes before the main event.
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Kameda Brothers become next media target
By Zach Arnold | May 15, 2006
By 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, 10 members of Goto-gumi were arrested by Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
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K-1 World GP in Amsterdam
By Zach Arnold | May 13, 2006
By Zach Arnold
Today’s show in Holland at the Amsterdam Arena proved to be quite a long show. How long? Try 16 matches. No results on the English K-1 page, but they had them on the Japanese page. Results (well, most of them anyways, K-1’s Japanese page didn’t report on all the fights) from today’s show…
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Lennox Lewis getting involved in MMA?
By Zach Arnold | May 13, 2006
By Zach Arnold
Here are his words in an interview with The Record (based out of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada):
I am also getting involved in Super Fighters; it’s a new thing that is launching in Australia. It’s basically like Ultimate Fighting but it’s three, four-minute rounds and you may have three fights in a day.
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Oscar equals buyrates
By Zach Arnold | May 12, 2006
By Zach Arnold
FightReport.net is reporting that the Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga boxing fight last Saturday night drew 875,000 PPV buys.
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Fight Opinion Radio: Episode 18 (Writer’s Roundtable)
By Zach Arnold | May 12, 2006
This week’s one-hour show is presented by MMACalifornia.net, a brand new web site focused on the fight scene in the Golden State.
Rob Sayers has a special segment this week with amateur fighter Tim Moore. Ever wonder what it’s like to be an amateur fighter? How do you get into the fight game? What kind of training and traveling is necessary to build your career? Find out all of the answers.
Rob hosts this week’s writer’s roundtable features Tomer Chen and Zach Arnold talking about:
- The IFL going public. A move with a purpose or a useless move?
- The UFC shows interesting in shifting some programming to HBO. Positive or negative?
- Is Royce Gracie really a draw in the year 2006? How will newer MMA fans (created from The Ultimate Fighter show) react to Royce?
- The Kameda Brothers draw big TV ratings in Japan. Can boxing knock off MMA from New Year’s Eve TV programming?
To close out the show, Erin Bucknell has a quick show review of last week’s WEC show that she attended. Is Mike Kyle the next Gilbert Yvel? Find out our thoughts on this week’s show.
The 18th edition of Fight Opinion Radio is now online and available to download. Here are your options for listening to the show:
Broadband (MP3) | Dial-up/Streaming
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PRIDE 6/4 Bushido show in Saitama
By Zach Arnold | May 11, 2006
By Zach Arnold
The promotion announced Makoto Takimoto vs. Gegard Mousasi (Red Devil International) and Ryo Chonan vs. Joey Villasenor as the first two matches on the 6/4 Saitama Super Arena show. The fighters slotted for the Welterweight tournament are: Akihiro Gono, Kazuo Misaki, Yoon Dong Sik, Denis Kang, Paulo Filho, Phil Baroni, Murilo Ninja, Murilo Bustamante, Amar Suloev, and Hector Lombard.
In addition, dates for 8/26 at Nagoya Aichi Rainbow Hall and 11/5 at Yokohama Arena were announced for the next Bushido shows.
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Randleman out – Overeem vs Belfort at Strikeforce
By Mark Pickering | May 10, 2006
Alistair “Demolition Man†Overeem has emerged as the replacement for the afflicted Kevin “The Monster†Randleman to face former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor “The Phenom†Belfort in the headline bout of Strikeforce’s second show at San Jose, California’s HP Pavilion on Friday, June 9th.
Since Randleman was sidelined by a shoulder injury Silicon Valley Sports and Entertainment (SVS&E) targeted PRIDE’s 2005 middleweight tournament semi-finalist, Golden Glory’s Alistair Overeem. The pair renew acquaintances after last year’s meeting at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 at the Osaka Dome. Overeem secured a first round victory over The Phenom via a guillotine choke who will relish the opportunity to avenge his defeat in June.
Also in action will be kickboxing sensation Cung Lee, Duane “Bang†Ludwig, Josh Thompson, Daniel Puder and James Irvin.
For more information on the show visit www.strikeforceusa.net
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