One of the more amazing elements of the Fields Dynamite card was the finals and semifinals of the K-1 Koshien GP Tournament. This is basically a developmental program for high school kids, some of whom will ultimately turn pro. The first fight is the semifinal matchup between last year’s winner Hiroya and Masaaki [...]

Something we definitely didn’t do justice to in our play by play was the main event which was a ‘retirement match’ for K-1 legend Masato. After doing 7 1/2 hours of MMA commentary starting at midnight Pacific and going all night, it was hard to give this match its due or really even enjoy [...]

Much is being made of Aoki’s ‘flipping off’ of Hirota after the match. For now I’ll reserve judgment and see if I can get some context from our people in Japan, but on appearance alone it was an uncharacteristically classless move by the Japanese submission god. Someone I spoke with familiar with Japanese [...]

The DREAM Super Hulk tournament may have began as one of the more bizarre spectacles in fight sport history involving competitors like Jose Canseco, Bob Sapp, Jan Nortje and Hong Man Choi but even with the withdrawal of Gegard Mousasi from the mix the final between Minowaman and Sokoudjou could be an entertaining fight. [...]

This could be the best news ever or much ado about nothing, but Head Kick Legend discusses the possibility–which sounds realistic–of a K-1 return to the US:
It sounded too good to be true and there were no reliable sources on this. Well, after some digging, Head Kick Legend spoke with a K-1 official and can [...]

Not sure if its supposed to be any good, but here’s a trailer for the forthcoming bio-pic about The Runaways. It features starlets d’jour Kristen Stewart at Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. Given the teenybopper appeal of the actresses involved, expect the film to be heavily sanitized of the sex, [...]

I’ve watched this several times and I’m still not really sure what I just saw…

Here’s a circa 1980’s Japanese Honda commercial featuring the original Tiger Mask aka Satoru Sayama. Sayama went on to be an influential figure in the development of MMA in Japan, among other things founding the Shooto promotion:

Las Vegas icon Norm Clarke (@Norm_Clarke on The Twitter) reminds us of Andrea Bocelli’s appearance at the MGM in Las Vegas this weekend:
Bocelli is at mgm grand saturday. That voice could melt glaciers.

For those of you unfamiliar with Norm’s place in the Las Vegas pantheon of movers and shakers, he’s known for his iconic eye [...]

Strikeforce has signed former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley to a multiyear deal. The monstrous Lashley will make his debut for the organization on January 30. Here’s the press release and we’ve got some analysis:
NEW YORK (December 10, 2009)–Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) heavyweight champion and undefeated mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Bobby Lashley [...]