One of my favorite ring entrances ever by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. This fight is probably what convinced me that Mayweather was the real deal–many people (myself included) thought that the late, great Diego Corrales–then undefeated–would catch Floyd and use his power to pummel him. Didn’t quite work out that way as Mayweather put [...]

We can’t show a Japanese wrestling video without going into full puroresu geek mode–here’s the tag team match and post fight interviews that set up the Bob Sapp/Josh Barnett match. Bob Sapp and Yoshihiro Takayama take on Barnett and Naoya Ogawa last fall in Tokyo. Note to TNA/WWE–you don’t need ‘divas’, midgets, backstage [...]

Josh Barnett is scheduled to return to MMA action at DREAM 13 in Japan. Here’s his latest pro wrestling endeavor with Inoki Genome Federation against Bob Sapp. Barnett is very good at ‘worked’ fights and carries Sapp to a watchable match that is better than 99% of the matches that the WWE and [...]

The legendary Jack Brisco passed away on February 1 due to complications from open heart surgery at the age of 68. Brisco held the NWA World Heavyweight Title on two occasions and is considered by many pro wrestling hardcores as one of the best champs ever. Here’s some classic Brisco video. The [...]

Our friend David Glisan at SportsUntapped talks about Gegard Mousasi leaving the M-1 Global fold:
You know its generally a slow MMA news cycle when a fighter’s management change is considered a top news story, but that was the case late last week when Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi confirmed in an emailed release that [...]

Here’s Akiyama vs. Carl Toomey at Hero’s 2. Akiyama’s typically epic entrance lasts longer than the fight. Way to serve up your arm to a judo black belt Toomey…might as well have gift wrapped it:
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Here’s a well done fan made highlight video of ‘Dr. Death’s’ All Japan career. The music is “I Love It Loud” by KISS which became Williams and Gordy’s trademark entrance song:

Here’s a match between Williams and Gordy and their longtime All Japan rivals Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi from 1991:
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With everything else going on over the holidays we’ve been remiss for not mentioning the death of Steve ‘Dr. Death’ Williams, who lost a long battle to cancer earlier this week. Williams was a huge star during the territory days of pro wrestling and arguably an even bigger star in Japan. Williams and [...]

Just posted–SavSci Japan editor Lyman Hoyt evaluates Satoshi Ishii’s professional MMA debut:
Evaluating Satoshi Ishii’s MMA debut @ The Savage Science