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Kazushi Sakuraba and Kiyoshi Tamura will finally face each other as the headline match on New Year's Eve at K-1 Dynamite: UWFi vs. RINGS

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lol @ that pic.

by Nick Thomas on Nov 12, 2008 3:19 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

gotta love japanese fighters

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Nov 12, 2008 3:27 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Interesting theme

Here’s holding out hope for a Dan Severn vs. Volk Han megafight

by smoogy on Nov 12, 2008 4:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Let me guess, Sakuraba will retire when they pry his cold, dead carcass from the ring?

by cyph on Nov 12, 2008 5:54 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Is UWFi still around?

by Zack Gobie on Nov 12, 2008 6:27 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

UWFi turned into PRIDE

by RoyalB on Nov 12, 2008 8:19 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Someone needs to school me

on why this is an important fight.

by Discman2 on Nov 12, 2008 6:49 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Did you look at the picture?

There’s your answer.

I told you I can't build your candy house! It will fall apart, the sun will melt the candy, it won't work!

by mma_dude on Nov 12, 2008 7:46 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Back in their Catch/Pro-Wrestling days, Tamura was a primadonna while Saku was a new student and Tamura’s punching bag. Tamura pretty much went as far as telling Saku he wouldn’t make it in the biz. Then UWFi went bankrupt and folded into New Japan Pro Wrestling. Takada, who ran UWFi, took his stable and formed Kingdom Wrestling. Tamura turned his back on them and joined RINGS, Akira Maeda’s Catch promotion. Later on Saku wins Ultimate Japan and becomes the Gracie Killer in PRIDE. Tamura had difficulty transitioning into full MMA matches and has had a shaky career.

by RoyalB on Nov 12, 2008 8:37 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Sakuraba!

Love that picture.

by dualdiagnosis on Nov 13, 2008 1:30 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Been a long time comin’….

by FeloniousFunk on Nov 13, 2008 2:10 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Love the Jack Kirby pose!

by asa on Nov 13, 2008 2:44 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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