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TOKYO — Take an exclusive look inside the grueling training camp of top featherweight Michihiro Omigawa as he prepares to face Chad Mendes on Feb. 5 at UFC 126.
Omigawa will be making his return to the UFC after a two-year hiatus. In his time away from the Octagon, the Yoshida Dojo product has dropped down a division and has gone 8-2-1 while picking up wins over current top 10 featherweights Hatsu Hioki, Marlon Sando and Hiroyuki Takaya.
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TOKYO — Take an exclusive look inside the grueling training camp of top featherweight Michihiro Omigawa as he prepares to face Chad Mendes on Feb. 5 at UFC 126.
Omigawa will be making his return to the UFC after a two-year hiatus. In his time away from the Octagon, the Yoshida Dojo product has dropped down a division and has gone 8-2-1 while picking up wins over current top 10 featherweights Hatsu Hioki, Marlon Sando and Hiroyuki Takaya.
Filed under: Sengoku, News, JapanSengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road released a bizarre statement on Tuesday via their official Web site, announcing the postponement of SRC 17 due to an article written by a member of the Japanese pr…
Filed under: Sengoku, News, Japan
Sengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road released a bizarre statement on Tuesday via their official Web site, announcing the postponement of SRC 17 due to an article written by a member of the Japanese press.
The article in question, a seven-page interview with SRC featherweight champion Hatsu Hioki written by Manabu Takashima in March’s Gong Kakutougi, said that World Victory Road’s end-of-year “Soul of Fight” event was poorly organized, with some fighters not signing their bout agreements until the day of the fight or even post-fight. This is not uncommon, especially in Japanese MMA, and barely deserves any attention.
World Victory Road’s response though, is mind-boggling. Its statement claims that it may lose the support of parent company Don Quijote if it is forced to postpone its April 23 SRC 17 event and is requesting a formal apology.
Filed under: DREAM, Strikeforce, K1, Sengoku, News, JapanThere are still no significant fights on the horizon, but there have been some big moves this week in Japan.
In this edition of Nippon Weekly, Strikeforce is considering holding its second quart…
Filed under: DREAM, Strikeforce, K1, Sengoku, News, Japan
There are still no significant fights on the horizon, but there have been some big moves this week in Japan.
In this edition of Nippon Weekly, Strikeforce is considering holding its second quarterfinal round of their Heavyweight GP in Japan, UFC is planning its own Japanese events in 2011 and DREAM co-promoter Real Entertainment and Strikeforce are possibly planning a lightweight tournament sans-FEG.
Filed under: UFC, News, JapanTOKYO, Japan – Zuffa Asia Executive Vice President and Managing Director Mark Fischer met with the Japanese press on Monday at Yoshihiro Akiyama’s Cloud Dojo to announce two new local UFC distribution deals and ambitious pl…
TOKYO, Japan – Zuffa Asia Executive Vice President and Managing Director Mark Fischer met with the Japanese press on Monday at Yoshihiro Akiyama’s Cloud Dojo to announce two new local UFC distribution deals and ambitious plans to return to Japan.
Japanese fight enthusiasts will now be able to catch UFC content on their cell phones via TV Bank or through NTT Plala’s “Hikari TV” in addition to the existing UFC WOWOW private satellite TV broadcast, and if Fischer’s aspirations are met, local fans will also be able to attend an event live in Japan.
“Japan is the most advanced and important market for us in Asia so far,” Fischer stated. “We definitely want to hold a major event in Japan as soon as possible. I would say that we’re not ready to announce anything yet but we very much hope to have [an event] later this year or early next year in Japan.”
The new distribution deals are a step forward for the UFC in Japan, but the leading fight promoter is still lacking the network television contract that is essential for expansion in a country with a limited history of pay-per-view.
Filed under: DREAM, K1, Sengoku, News, JapanIt has been a week of drama in Japan. No fights, but plenty of drama.
In this edition of Nippon Weekly: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto sees no challenges in the UFC, Michihiro Omigawa has been training like a man p…
Filed under: DREAM, K1, Sengoku, News, Japan
It has been a week of drama in Japan. No fights, but plenty of drama.
In this edition of Nippon Weekly: Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto sees no challenges in the UFC, Michihiro Omigawa has been training like a man possessed, Shinya Aoki apparently likes MMA again, Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima is a butt-kicking incarnate, managers get drunk and presidents get angry.
Filed under: DREAM, K1, News, JapanAs we wait for K-1 and DREAM promoter Fighting Entertainment Group to emerge from its winter hibernation with news of its future, FEG President Sadaharu Tanigawa spoke to Japanese outlet Sports Graphic Number about th…
Filed under: DREAM, K1, News, Japan
As we wait for K-1 and DREAM promoter Fighting Entertainment Group to emerge from its winter hibernation with news of its future, FEG President Sadaharu Tanigawa spoke to Japanese outlet Sports Graphic Number about the current state of affairs.
“The current course is that FEG will die. There are probably staff members that will leave as well. The event name will be left but the promotion will change,” Tanigawa explained. “If the current structure remains as it is it will be impossible to continue. If many investments from companies overseas do not come in we can’t survive.”
FEG USA’s Mike Kogan spoke to MMA Fighting and added, “Well it’s basically what I have been saying. That unless the money comes now, meaning the investors that have been talking commit and we start to move forward, the company will die. There is no way for it to survive, we have exhausted all good will.”
It is easy to focus on the drama of these statements but in reality, the fact that Tanigawa and Kogan are admitting this says good things about the future of the leading fight sports promoter in Japan.