Archive for 'Japan'
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
We here at THE SAVAGE SCIENCE have the best job in the world. Still, there are times when we are forced to report on unpleasant topics and this is one of them. Actually, its not so much the topic that’s unpleasant as the picture accompanying this report.
Via SukiMMA: The always …
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
When we last checked in with Kid Yamamoto following his recent surgery, he was filling his hours playing SimCity on the Nintendo DS. He most have lost interest in the video games since he’s taken up drawing, and SukiMMA brings us his Keith Haring-esque work:
Kid Yamamoto’s art @ SukiMMA
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Takanori Gomi was apparently unhappy with his listless performance in the main event of Sengoku 4. Here’s some quotes via the essential SukiMMA:
After the fight interview with SENGOKU.
Gomi:
I was going to give him damages by not punching but kicking. I was almost down in the beginning of 2R because of kicking a lot in …
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
He makes an effort to be diplomatic here and there, but EliteXC VP Jared Shaw is none too happy with “Nature Boy” KJ Noons–and with good reason. Fight Hype has an interview with Shaw, here’s a tasty excerpt:
PC: Are you anticipating a press conference from Noons' camp?
JS: Honestly, I don't care one way or …
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
At least for this week….the ECW “Three Way Dance” comes to MMA:
In the never-ending quest to push the envelope in the sport of mixed martial arts, a pair of Virginia men think they’ve found the next big thing.
It is called San Do, a Japanese discipline in which three fighters compete in the ring at the …
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Not to be outdone, World Victory Road has updated their website with some new graphics for Sengoku 5:
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
The good folks at DREAM have updated their website with the poster for DREAM.6. While some Japanese MMA fanboys scrutinize the DREAM posters like Kennedy conspiracy theorists pour over the Zapruder film, in reality they’d put Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris on these if they thought if they could get away with it:
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
FightTicker is reporting that BJJ monster Roger Gracie will fight at Sengoku 5 against the always tough “TBA”. Not surprisingly, Gracie still looks a little uncomfortable in his standup game but on the mat he’s a beast.
Roger Gracie to fight at Sengoku 5 @ FightTicker
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Walking computer of fighting techniques, MMA legend and general badass Bas Rutten dropped by the San Francisco 49ers locker room to give them a motivational speech. If they were smart, they’d listen to the man:
Apparently Rutten isn’t the only non-traditional motivational speaker to visit the Niners lately. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer …
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
DREAM lightweight GP winner Joachim Hansen needs to quit equivocating and tell us how he *really* feels about the UFC. We’ve emphasized the best line…
I would fight any one of the UFC lightweights, but the problem is that I will never put my foot in the octagon after they (UFC) tried to be funny. …
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