brightcove.createExperiences(); The Fight Nerd had a chance to speak with one of the pioneers of MMA and a man whose never-say-die attitude was most fondly remembered during his days in Pride FC, Gary Goodridge, hwo has just put out a new book. Written with help from Mark Dorsey, Gary is telling his tale to the [...]
UFC President Dana White has officially admitted he was a fan of Pride FC, and openly talked about the good ole’ days of his epic rivalry against them. “Japan is an important market to us,” White told Gareth Davies at the Telegraph. “It is a place that was huge at one time. Some of the [...]
Shinya Aoki put a grappling clinic on Satoru Kitaoka at this weekend’s DREAM New Year’s Eve show, making his friend bleed and dominating him through the course of their bout. Impressing many with his new striking prowess from his training at Evolve MMA, Aoki’s harshest clinic has been himself. “I am grateful for the win, [...]
According to a report from MMA Junkie, HDNet will be airing the entire nine-hour “DREAM: Fight for Japan: Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011!” event live on New Year’s Eve. The broadcast will begin in North America at 1 AM EST on Saturday morning, Dec. 31 (10 p.m. PT Friday evening, Dec. 30). This will be your only [...]
M-1 Global and DREAM officials announced today that legendary heavyweight Fedor “ The Last Emperor” Emelianenko will be facing Olympic Gold Medalist in Judo Satoshi Ishii on December 31, 2011 as part of FieLDS presents FIGHT FOR JAPAN “Genkidesuka!! Oomisoka!! 2011! The event, which takes place from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, will [...]
brightcove.createExperiences(); “When we step inside that octagon, you’re going to see a lot of action. You’re going to see a high-paced fight. He comes in shape for every fight, I come in shape every time, so you’re not going to see any resting going on in there. You’re going to see… 15 minutes of action [...]
DREAM 17 went down last night in the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, and was a great return to their big shows with a stacked card. Here are the quick results from the event, expect some videos later in the week: Shinya Aoki def. Rob McCullough via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 4:52 Tatsuya [...]
Fresh off their successful trek to Brazil, the UFC has announced another destination show in the far-off land of Japan! According to Japanese combat sports magazine Gong Kakutogi (with additional info from Fight Opinion, UFC Asian marketing director Mark Fischer held a prss conference yesterday in the Shinjuku Wald 9 Theater to make the big [...]
Just announced earlier this week for Dream’s next show, Kazushi Sakuraba will make his (hopefully triumphant) return to MMA as he prepares to meet Yan Cabral. At 26-15-1 and an MMA career beginning in 1996, you would think that retirement would be near for the “IQ Wrestler”, but it seems like Sak wants to be [...]
The legendary Pride FC veteran and JMMA superstar, Kazushi Sakuraba, recently conducted an interview where he broke his silence on a variety of topics, including the downward spiral that is quickly becoming Japanese MMA. Sakuraba spoke with Kamipro, which in turn was translated by Fighters Only, and then found its way on Middle Easy where [...]
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