So here we have Quinton and Ariel on the streets of Tokyo four days before UFC 144, walking and talking, and walking and talking, and walking and talking until they finally arrive at an arcade to play Tekken Tag. Along the way, they discuss Rampage’s first trip to Japan fighting Kazushi Sakuraba, the different kind of racism in Japan, the unmatched atmosphere of PRIDE in its heyday, how a person’s personality is determined by their blood type, fight fixing, his betrayal by you-know-who and subsequent reckless driving arrest. Then they walk some more, and Quinton talks about parenting, matchmaking, his greatest career triumph, privacy, retirement, and how he won’t be fully appreciated until he’s gone.
It’s probably the most in-depth interview with Rampage you’ll ever see. Give it a look.
So here we have Quinton and Ariel on the streets of Tokyo four days before UFC 144, walking and talking, and walking and talking, and walking and talking until they finally arrive at an arcade to play Tekken Tag. Along the way, they discuss Rampage’s first trip to Japan fighting Kazushi Sakuraba, the different kind of racism in Japan, the unmatched atmosphere of PRIDE in its heyday, how a person’s personality is determined by their blood type, fight fixing, his betrayal by you-know-who and subsequent reckless driving arrest. Then they walk some more, and Quinton talks about parenting, matchmaking, his greatest career triumph, privacy, retirement, and how he won’t be fully appreciated until he’s gone.
It’s probably the most in-depth interview with Rampage you’ll ever see. Give it a look.
Bleacher Report’s The Ultimate Show sat down with Jake Shields ahead of his critical fight at UFC 144 with Yoshihiro Akiyama. We asked Shields about his training regiment and how he is preparing for such a huge fight on the main card in Japan. Is…
Bleacher Report’s The Ultimate Show sat down with Jake Shields ahead of his critical fight at UFC 144 with Yoshihiro Akiyama. We asked Shields about his training regiment and how he is preparing for such a huge fight on the main card in Japan. Is Shields excited about fighting in Japan or would he rather […]
There’s something about Tokyo, Japan, that’s larger than life. Maybe it’s the bright lights, neon-stripped pathways to whatever pleasures you can imagine and some you’d never dream of in a million years. Maybe it’s the peo…
There’s something about Tokyo, Japan, that’s larger than life. Maybe it’s the bright lights, neon-stripped pathways to whatever pleasures you can imagine and some you’d never dream of in a million years. Maybe it’s the people. Thousands of them. Millions. Teeming is the word most commonly used for a city that seems full to bursting. […]
When he steps into the Octagon on Feb. 26 for his UFC 144 fight with Ryan Bader, it will have been exactly six years to the day that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson last fought in Japan. One of the most popular fighters in Pride history, Jackson …
When he steps into the Octagon on Feb. 26 for his UFC 144 fight with Ryan Bader, it will have been exactly six years to the day that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson last fought in Japan. One of the most popular fighters in Pride history, Jackson will be returning to the country where his MMA career […]
As the UFC prepares for its return to the land of the rising sun, the promotion’s current lightweight champion finds himself as the unlikely overseas ambassador while headlining UFC 144 at the end of the month. A native of Toms River, N…
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Filed under: DREAM, Results, JapanMMA Fighting has Fedor vs. Ishii results for the Dream New Year’s Eve fight card at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The event, headlined by a fight between Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii, is titled “Ge…
MMA Fighting has Fedor vs. Ishii results for the Dream New Year’s Eve fight card at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The event, headlined by a fight between Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii, is titled “Genki Desu Ka!!” and is this year’s version of Dynamite!!. The 17-fight lineup will have MMA, boxing and even pro wrestling matches.
Check out the full results below.
MMA Fedor Emelianenko def. Satoshi Ishii by first-round knockout (punches) Shinya Aoki def. Satoru Kitaoka by unanimous decision Hiroyuki Takaya def. Takeshi “Lion” Inoue by unanimous decision BW GP Final: Bibiano Fernandes def. Antonio Banuelos via first-round TKO (punches) Hayato “Mach” Sakurai def. Ryo Chonan via unanimous decision Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kazuyuki Miyata via submission (arm triangle) Megumi Fujii def. Karla Benitez via submission (arm bar) BW GP Semifinals: Bibiano Fernandes def. Rodolfo Marques via unanimous decision BW GP Semifinals: Antonio Banuelos def. Masakazu Imanari via split decision BW GP Reserve Bout: Yusup Saadulaev def. Hideo Tokoro via first-round KO (slam)
Mixed Katsunori Kikuno def. Yuichiro Nagashima via second-round TKO (punches)
Kickboxing Yuta Kubo def. Nils Widlund by knockout Masaaki Noiri def. Kengo Sonoda by unanimous decision
MMA Fighting has Fedor vs. Ishii results for the Dream New Year’s Eve fight card at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,