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The Story Behind The Tokoro Punch/Slap On NYE!
2008-01-30 22:07:00
There may be people wondering why Hideo Tokoro punched/slapped Kiyoshi Tamura before their fight on K-1 Dynamite!! 2007. Here is a short story behind it. Akira Maeda doesn’t like Pride. He blames them for his own organization, RINGS, dying in 2002. Kiyoshi Tamura was a student of Maeda and debuted in RINGS in 1996. He was ...
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Cyborg Vs. Mousasi On Friday! Barnett Also A Possible Opponent For Yoshida?
2008-01-29 14:57:00
On February 1st Chute Boxe fighter Evangelista Cyborg will face Pride veteran Gegard Mousasi at HCF Destiny in Canada. This is a tough fight for Cyborg as Mousasi is one of the best young fighters in MMA today, at only 22 years old he has already had over 20 pro MMA fights and fought fighters ...
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Mystery FEG Event In March! Will It Be Hero?s Or Something Else?
2008-01-24 21:35:00
FEG will hold an MMA event in March , the question is with who and what the event will be called. Until we find out, we can look at the rumored card. ATT General Manager recently appeared on TAGG Radio saying that the Calvan vs. Aoki will take place in a March K-1 show and that Denis ...
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Roger Gracie: ?It?s Nearly 100% Certain?! The Japan Vs. Gracie Saga Continu
2008-01-23 23:11:00
GRACIEMAG.com has a new article up on their site with comments by Roger Gracie saying that he has accepted all the terms for a fight against Hidehiko Yoshida at the first ever Sengoku event on March 5th. This fight continues the history of big fights between legendary Japan ese fighters and the top of the Gracie family. 1955: ...
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Pride GP Champion Vs. Shooto Champion! Misaki Vs. Bahadurzada
2008-01-22 07:07:00
Two new fights have been announced for the first ever Sengoku event on March 5th. Kazuo Misaki , who comes from a NYE victory against Yoshihiro Akiyama, will take on Shooto Light Heavyweight champion Siyar Bahadurzada. In the other announced fight another NYE victor will participate as Makoto Takimoto goes up against Evangelista Cyborg. Update: Kazuo Misaki ...
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Baroni Vs. Kikuta Not 100%! Fabricio Monteiro Signed?
2008-01-13 10:31:00
It was reported yesterday by MMAWeekly that Ken Pavia, Baroni ’s manager, has said that the fight between Baroni and Kikuta, which was announced by WVR for their first ever event, has not been signed yet. In another article at Sherdog it is said that Brazilian Fabricio Mont eiro has signed a four-fight contract with WVR. Sengoku I Date: March ...
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First Sengoku Fight Ever Announced! Misaki Signed!!
2008-01-11 08:35:00
Phil Baroni vs. Sanae Kikuta has been announced for Sengoku on March 5th in Tokyo. Baroni said before that he had received an offer from World Victory Road and it seems that he took it. Kazuo Misaki who defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama on NYE has also been signed by WVR and will participate in the first event, ...
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Rumor! DREAMS To Replace HERO?S?
2008-01-11 08:26:00
Gryphon reports that according to an article by a famous Pro-Wrestling and MMA journalist in Japan: K-1& former PRIDE is united New Event name is”DREAMS”! K-1(FEG)have right of TV broadcasting income DSE’s new company have a right of house gate income MAEDA Akira will leave HERO’S….(”HERO’S& #8221; will be finished,change to DREAMS) Is it scoop? or rumor? And yesterday there was another article ...
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Hero?s To Die?! A New Event Might Replace It
2008-01-08 08:26:00
In this article on Bout Review USA it says that FEG might end Hero ’s and start a new event. Sadaharu Tanigawa said: “From the March show on, I would like to see the entire Kakutougi world unite to do something very interesting.” “It?s still in the conceptual phase but we are thinking an event with a central focus ...
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Sengoku Events To Be Held Bimonthly! Offer Sent To Baroni?
2008-01-07 14:57:00
The World Victory Road president talked today in front of the press, here are some important translations of what he said (thanks to hotmouse). Sengoku’s first show will be held on March 5.Naoya Kinoshita,WVR President,announced today that ex-PRIDE production team is to work on Sengoku’s stage effects.Daisuke Sato,who was a movie director of PRIDE,and Lenne Hardt, ...
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Better Late Than Never! NYE Is Becoming The Day Of Controversy
2008-01-06 22:48:00
The Events Roman Zentsov vs. Mike Russow Luiz Azeredo vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa Murilo Bustamante vs. Makoto Takimoto Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Gilbert Melendez Shinya Aoki vs. Jung Bukyung Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Kazuo Misaki Emelianenko Fedor vs. Hong Man Choi Takashi Tachikawa vs. Yoshihisa Inoue HIROYA vs. Kizaemon Saiga Kenji Kubo vs. Yudai U-18 Tournament Final Nicholas Pettas vs. Young Hyun Kim Musashi vs. Bernard Ackah Masato ...
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Final Preperations! Everything Goes Here
2007-12-28 10:32:00
This will be the final post before the NYE events and all updates will be posted here. ?????????????- 5. The foreign fighters have started to arrive to Japan. Emelianenko Fedor Gilbert Melendez Luiz Azeredo Fighters training for their fights. Masakatsu Funaki Kazuo Misaki ?????????????- 4. The fight order and Nicholas Pettas vs. Kim Young Hyun have been announced for K-1 Dynamite!! 2007. FieLDS K-1 Premium 2007 ...
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Aoki’s Opponent Confirmed! 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Enters MMA
2007-12-27 10:13:00
Shinya Aoki ’s opponent on NYE has finally been announced. Facing him will be Korean 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist in Judo, Jung Bukyung. I don’t know much about Jung but he lost to Tadahiro Nomura (1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist) in the finals of the Olympics, so a silver medal isn’t bad considering such opposition. He is 173 cm tall and 29 years old. Some additional information on Jung Titles: 1999 & 2003 Asian Judo Championships Gold Medalist 2004 A-Tournament (World Cup) Gold Medalist Grand Prix Austria 2000 (World Cup) Silver Medalist 2001 World Masters (World Cup) 3rd Place Road to the Finals at the 2000 Olympics: Jung Bu-Kyung defeated N. Khergiani by Ippon Jung Bu-Kyung defeated Narmandakh by Ippon Jung Bu-Kyung defeated Donbay by Ippon Jung Bu-Kyung defeated Mukhtarov by Yusei-Gachi Ippon - If an opponent executes a powerful yet fully controlled throw, he can win a match outright (by ippon) on the basis that he has displayed sufficient superio...

The Rules Are Set! Soccer Kicks And Stomps Are Illegal
2007-12-25 18:54:00
The rules for the Yarennoka! event have been announced. The bout duration will consist of a 10 minute first round and a 5 minute second round. The judges have to choose a winner if the fight goes the full 15 minutes, so there can be no draws. Soccer kicks and stomps to the head of ...
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Rumors! Hidehiko Yoshida Vs. Roger Gracie In 2008?
2007-12-24 14:43:00
There is a post at MMAPredictions which says that Hidehiko Yoshida might face Roger Gracie in March, 2008 . It doesn’t say where, but as Yoshida is already scheduled to fight at Sengoku’s inaugural event on March 5th, it will probably take place there if it happens. Gryphon has posted some new entries in his blog writing ...
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Sad News! Aoki Vs. Calvan Is Off
2007-12-23 10:05:00
There was a press conference held today to officially announce that J.Z. Calvan vs. Shinya Aoki will not take place on NYE due to an injury that Calvan has sustained. Read more about it here. The good news is that Aoki will still be fighting on the card. In other news, two K-1 rules fights have ...
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Olympic Gold Medalist Vs. Former UFC Middleweight Champion! Takimoto Vs. Bu
2007-12-20 07:45:00
As was confirmed by Bustamante to a couple of Brazilian sites, it has now been officially announced that he will face Makoto Takimoto at Yarennoka! on NYE. Neither has fought since April when Bustamante KO’d Ryuta Sakurai at DEEP 29 and Takimoto submitted Zelg Galesic at Pride.34. Ricardo Arona has also been removed as a participant. ...
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Open Weight! Is Tokoro Creating His Own NYE Tradition?
2007-12-18 06:56:00
Two new Dynamite!! fights have been announced. In a Hero’s rules fight Hideo Tokoro will once again face a larger opponent on NYE, 2 years ago it was Royce Gracie in a fight that ended in a draw, this time it’s Kiyoshi Tamura. Tamura defeated Minowaman on NYE last year in Pride but lost in his ...
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NYE Hype Episode 2/?: Not Only A Fighter
2007-12-14 14:49:00
Hong Man Choi is not only a fighter, but also an entertainer. He is a music artist, has starred in commercials and has participated in Japanese game shows. Rapping at Dynamite!! 2006 Starring in a candy commercial Dancing in a class room Playing human tetris And a bonus video (which has nothing to do with Choi but is very fun).
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Siyar Bahadurzada! Shooto Light Heavyweight Champion Enters Sengoku
2007-12-13 10:38:00
Two new participants have been announced for the first ever Sengoku event. They are Evangelista Cyborg and Afghan Shooto Light Heavyweight champion Siyar Bahadurzada. Here is a great highlight of Siyar from after his Light Heavyweight title victory in Shooto. Sengoku I Date: 05/03-2008 Place: National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, Japan Participants: Hidehiko Yoshida Makoto Takimoto Sanae Kikuta Ryo Kawamura Siyar Bahadurzada Evangelista Cyborg
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What Are You Doing FEG?! Sapp Vs. Ologun Announced
2007-12-13 08:27:00
At the same press conference where Yarennoka! announced Fedor vs. Choi and Misaki vs. Akiyama, FEG also announced a Dynamite!! fight. Bob Sapp will make his return to take on comedian Bobby Ologun in an MMA rules fight. Ologun last fought at K-1 Dynamite!! 2006 where he lost to Choi Hong Man early in the first ...
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Hero?s GP Champion Vs. Pride GP Champion! Akiyama Vs. Misaki Set!!
2007-12-13 08:08:00
Two new Yarennoka! fights have been announced today in a press conference. Fedor Emelianenko’s NYE opponent has finally been announced and it will be K-1 veteran Choi Hong Man who was strongly rumored these recent weeks. In the second fight two GP champions will meet, Hero ’s 2006 LHW GP Champion Yoshihiro Akiyama will take on ...
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NYE Hype Episode 1/?: Nishijima Vs. Manhoef
2007-12-12 08:26:00
Yousuke Nish ijima vs. Melvin Menhoef has the potential to be a great fight so here are the videos of both fighters most entertaining fights to date. Yousuke Nishijima vs. Mark Hunt (Pride.31, 26/2-2006) ????????????? ??????? VS ??????? Melvin Manhoef vs. Evangelista Santos (Cage Rage 15, 4/2-2006) Here is the Yarennoka! promotion video, thanks to Gryphon for posting it. Probably ...
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Miyata-Europe 4-0?! Hellboy Hansen Returns
2007-12-11 09:01:00
Three new fights have been announced for FieLDS K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! on NYE. Minowaman returns after his loss in Korea to face the huge Zulu who is known from Pride where he faced and lost to Fedor and Rodrigo Nogueira. Since then he has fought once in bodogFIGHT where he won by submission. In the ...
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Lightweight Festival! Melendez Vs. Ishida Announced
2007-12-06 07:25:00
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Luiz Azeredo and the strongly rumored fight between Mitsuhiro Ishida and Gilbert Melendez have both been announced for Yarennoka! on NYE in Saitama. Ishida and Kawajiri haven’t fought since both lost at Pride Shockwave 2006 last new years eve. Kawajiri lost to Melendez by decision that night but now his T-Blood training partner ...
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Strong Probability! Melendez Vs. Ishida
2007-12-02 11:53:00
This was a rumored fight even before this post in the TAGG Radio Forums. You can expect to see it at Yarennoka! on NYE. Yarennoka! Date: 31/12-2007 Place: Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan Fights: Shinya Aoki vs. J.Z. Calvan Hayato Sakurai vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa Rumored Fights: Gilbert Melendez vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida Participants: Emelianenko Fedor Tatsuya Kawajiri Kazuo Misaki Joachim Hansen Luiz Azeredo Ricardo Arona Rumored Participants: Aleksander Emelianenko Roman Zentsov Mark Hunt
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Welcome Back Rani! KID Is Waiting On NYE
2007-11-29 16:18:00
A new fight has been announced for FieLDS K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! on NYE. Rani Yahya returns to Hero’s since his loss to J.Z. Calvan in the 2006 Hero’s Middleweight Tournament. Between that time and now he has gone 2-1 in MMA competition with two of those fights being at the WEC, one of them ...
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Dream Fight Realized! Shinya Aoki Vs. J.Z. Calvan!!
2007-11-28 08:47:00
The second Yarennoka! press conference was held today and two big fights were announced for the event. The first fight is a dream match-up between Shooto Middleweight Champion Shiny a Aoki and 2-time Hero’s Middleweight Tournament Champion, J.Z. Calvan. The second fight is between DEEP Welterweight Champion Hidehiko Hasegawa and Japanese MMA Legend Hayato Sakurai. Yarennoka! Date: 31/12-2007 Place: Saitama Super ...
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Sengoku Revealed! Mark March 5th 2008 On Your Calendar
2007-11-27 09:07:00
World Victory Road’s MMA event name was revealed today in a press conference. It will be called Sengoku. The first event will be held on March 5th 2008 at National Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Four fighters were announced for this first event. They are Hidehiko Yoshida, Makoto Takimoto, Sanae Kikuta and Pancrase Rising Star Ryo ...
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Natural Bone Crusher Aoki Reveals! NYE Opponent Not Japanese
2007-11-27 08:05:00
From Gryphon’s blog: AOKI wrote in his blog(in kamipro handiphone site) “My Opponent is….”this man”. he can not speak japanese” Sorry,only it. We know Aoki ’s opponent is not japanese.only it Personally, I hope it is Gilbert Melendez. They wanted to fight in Pride last year and Melendez even called out Aoki after one of his (Melendez’s) fights, but the fight never ...
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