The 2004 Japanese Olympic gold medalist looked to apply his judo trade to MMA, and Izumi had an entire country hanging on his pro debut in September 2009
So when World Victory Road’s Sengoku event series pitted Izumi against fellow MMA newcomer Antz Nansen, a New Zealand-based kickboxer, fans had high hopes. But would the celebration be short lived?
In this week’s installment of HDNet Fights Video Vault, we revisit the highly anticipated MMA debut of Hiroshi Izumi.
The 2004 Japanese Olympic gold medalist looked to apply his judo trade to MMA, and Izumi had an entire country hanging on his pro debut in September 2009
So when World Victory Road’s Sengoku event series pitted Izumi against fellow MMA newcomer Antz Nansen, a New Zealand-based kickboxer, fans had high hopes. But would the celebration be short lived?
Spike TV on Monday officially announced the 28 fighters competing on
the upcoming 11th season of its and the Ultimate Fighting
Championship’s long-runner reality series, “The Ultimate Fighter.”
The diverse cast includes a teacher, firefighter, poet, pipeliner,
social worker, BET “Iron Ring” competitor, “The Crocodile Hunter”
former bodyguard and others.
Bios of the cast members were available in Monday’s post, and now
thanks to Spike TV, we have an exclusive photo gallery of the
competitors.
Spike TV on Monday officially announced the 28 fighters competing on
the upcoming 11th season of its and the Ultimate Fighting
Championship’s long-runner reality series, “The Ultimate Fighter.”
The diverse cast includes a teacher, firefighter, poet, pipeliner,
social worker, BET “Iron Ring” competitor, “The Crocodile Hunter”
former bodyguard and others.
Bios of the cast members were available in Monday’s post, and now
thanks to Spike TV, we have an exclusive photo gallery of the
competitors.
Strikeforce’s second trip to network television is finally a done deal.
CBS on Tuesday officially announced its broadcast of “Strikeforce: Nashville,” which takes place April 17 at Bridgestone Arena (formerly known as the Sommet Center) in Nashville, Tenn., airs live at 9 p.m. ET (tape delayed on the West Coast).
Strikeforce and CBS officials told MMAjunkie.com the broadcast will run approximately two hours with apparent room to run over the allotted time if needed for the night’s three confirmed title fights.
Strikeforce’s second trip to network television is finally a done deal.
CBS on Tuesday officially announced its broadcast of “Strikeforce: Nashville,” which takes place April 17 at Bridgestone Arena (formerly known as the Sommet Center) in Nashville, Tenn., airs live at 9 p.m. ET (tape delayed on the West Coast).
Strikeforce and CBS officials told MMAjunkie.com the broadcast will run approximately two hours with apparent room to run over the allotted time if needed for the night’s three confirmed title fights.
With official announcement of the event expected in the next hour, tickets for the April 17 “Strikeforce: Nashville” event apparently go on sale tomorrow.
According to Ticketmaster.com, the event will be held at Bridgestone Arena (which will be known as the Sommet Center until an official name-changing on Wednesday), and tickets for the show range from $25 to $195 plus fees/taxes.
“Strikeforce: Nashville” features a championship headliner between Strikeforce middleweight title-holder Jake Shields and UFC veteran/recent Strikeforce signee Dan Henderson.
With official announcement of the event expected in the next hour, tickets for the April 17 “Strikeforce: Nashville” event apparently go on sale tomorrow.
According to Ticketmaster.com, the event will be held at Bridgestone Arena (which will be known as the Sommet Center until an official name-changing on Wednesday), and tickets for the show range from $25 to $195 plus fees/taxes.
“Strikeforce: Nashville” features a championship headliner between Strikeforce middleweight title-holder Jake Shields and UFC veteran/recent Strikeforce signee Dan Henderson.
MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan is a guest on today’s edition of “The Fight Show with Mauro Ranallo.”
Morgan and Ranallo discuss some recent fighter public-relations missteps, including Marcus Davis’ controversial Twitter messages about Dan Hardy and Frank Mir’s death comments about (and subsequent apology to) Brock Lesnar.
Catch the segment at 4:10 p.m. ET (1:10 p.m. PT) on Hardcore Sports Radio,
which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 98 or online at HardcoreSportsRadio.com
MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan is a guest on today’s edition of “The Fight Show with Mauro Ranallo.”
Morgan and Ranallo discuss some recent fighter public-relations missteps, including Marcus Davis’ controversial Twitter messages about Dan Hardy and Frank Mir’s death comments about (and subsequent apology to) Brock Lesnar.
Catch the segment at 4:10 p.m. ET (1:10 p.m. PT) on Hardcore Sports Radio,
which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 98 or online at HardcoreSportsRadio.com
UFC welterweight Matt Brown quickly turned heads as one scary, aggressive guy on “The Ultimate Fighter 7” and has kept that reputation intact since the show. He’s shrugged off a pedestrian record to emerge as a serious threat to the 170-pound division with three TKO wins in five post-“TUF” fights.
Ricardo Almeida, Brown’s next opponent at UFC 111, is impressed by the Ohio fighter’s run in the UFC. But aggression plays right into his hand.
“I always like fighting aggressive guys,” Almeida recently told MMAjunkie.com. “I think it makes it a little bit easier than fighting someone who’s going to play a very tactical approach.”
UFC welterweight Matt Brown quickly turned heads as one scary, aggressive guy on “The Ultimate Fighter 7” and has kept that reputation intact since the show. He’s shrugged off a pedestrian record to emerge as a serious threat to the 170-pound division with three TKO wins in five post-“TUF” fights.
Ricardo Almeida, Brown’s next opponent at UFC 111, is impressed by the Ohio fighter’s run in the UFC. But aggression plays right into his hand.
“I always like fighting aggressive guys,” Almeida recently told MMAjunkie.com. “I think it makes it a little bit easier than fighting someone who’s going to play a very tactical approach.”