Zeus Tipado of MiddleEasy.com discusses the plans for a Japanese discount store to purchase FEG’s MMA division, which includes Dynamite!! and Dream. Now it’s being reported that the president of Don Quijote, Yasuda, set up a meeting between FEG to enable this Sengoku vs. Dream co-promotion as an attempt to strengthen Japanese MMA. Initially, Sadaharu […]
World Victory Road
Dream vs. Sengoku on NYE
It was officially announced earlier today that Dream and Sengoku will come together on December 31st to promote a mega show in Japan underneath the Dynamite!! banner. Sherdog’s Tony Loiseleur with the latest: World Victory Road’s Sengoku Raiden Championships will contribute fighters to Fighting and Entertainment Group’s Dynamite event on New Years Eve at the […]
Japanese Drug Testing Cost Prohibitive?
Last week, Japanese MMA website Nightmare of the Battle reported on the apparently exorbidant cost of drug testing in Japan: The managing director of the Japan Muay Thai Federation, which is one of the organizations under the new Japan Martial Arts Federation, talked about this new federation. One thing he said is that doping […]
Japanese MMA Event Posters
Earlier in the week MMAPayout.com used the release of the UFC 105 poster as an opportunity to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the UFC’s poster design. The common themes among the posters were: 1.) brand focus, 2.) effective background use, 3.) organized presentation, 4.) critical information visible, and 5.) consistency. To draw a bit of a […]
Japanese New Years Battle Taking Shape
Dave Meltzer writes in the latest Wrestling Observer: There may be another head-to-head New Year’s Eve battle in Japan, which will be interesting for Americans, because if it does happen, it’s K-1 vs. Sengoku, and HDNet has contracts with both, and both will have to be loaded shows. Sengoku announced a match that could […]