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Report: 'Bankrupt' FEG cancels K-1 World Grand Prix
Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), the parent company behind the DREAM mixed martial arts promotion and K-1 kickboxing organization, might be setting up shop next to the Salvation Army this holiday season looking for a few bucks as you jam the local shopping mall. That's because Simon Rutz...
Sold: K-1 Rights Acquired By Japanese Real Estate Company in Interesting Move
Well, the news has been making the rounds all day: K-1 is now officially in the hands of Japanese real estate company, Barbizon Co. Ltd. After a significant period of speculation, hints from Kazuyoshi Ishii, and the frustrated indifference from fans the world over, we now have some answers. Sort...
Dream Planning May Bantamweight Tournament in Japan
Most observers of the Japanese scene had given up FEG -- the parent company of K-1 kickboxing and Dream MMA -- up for dead. The last reports out of Japan had written FEG off for dead because their knight-in-shining-armor investor Puji had pulled out, their production partner Real Entertainment (the...
FEG Collapse Imminent: A Look At The Details Surrounding The Death Of K-1
I held off on posting about this long enough. I was told by a friend that there's no use kicking a man when he's down, especially if he's trying to build himself up again. Unfortunately, it seems that there is no way to rebuild FEG at this point. The wheels are in motion and the collapse is pretty...
You Know Who Was Awesome? Andy Hug Part 1
Before Head Kick Legend, I was running a website called Unintelligent Defense. Seeing as there are plenty of new fans in MMA, my goal was to educate them on some great pioneering fighters. I wrote about Igor Vovchanchyn and Wallid Ismail and people really enjoyed them. Seeing as I am now at Head...
Bad News Holland: It's Showtime Cancels May Event In Amsterdam
I hate having to break bad news when I wake up but I'm being forced to do it now. Most of you are aware that since 2003, It's Showtime has produced their biggest event of the year in May at the Amsterdam Arena. In 2006, 2007, and 2008 the event was produced in conjunction with K-1 and it appears as...
Alistair Overeem's Priorities and Possibilities
Over at Sherdog.com, Tony Loiseleur has an exhaustive piece up on the efforts to make Strikeforce heavyweight and K-1 World Grand Prix champion Alistair Overeem into a kakutogi star in Japan. It's a long piece, but for a full grasp of Loisleur's thesis the entire piece should be read. A few things...
As 2010 Ends the UFC Towers Over the Competition
Cruising into the New Year, the UFC's Dana White has every reason to be satisfied with himself. While the UFC's rate of growth has slowed some, there can be no doubt that Zuffa stands alone at the top of the MMA heap. Let's survey the rubble. First there's what's left of Japanese MMA. Dave Meltzer...
K-1 Running Out of Time for Dynamite 2010
The blockbuster Japanese MMA New Year's Show is a tradition going back nine years to Antoni Inoki's Inoki Bom Ba Ye in 2001. Since the fall of Pride, K-1/FEG have had the field to themselves. Traditionally all the stops are pulled out to present the biggest MMA and kickboxing spectacle humanly...
Satoshi Ishii in to face Minowa at DREAM.16
In a last-minute addition to the card; 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Satoshi Ishii, will make his DREAM debut against Super Hulk champion, Ikuhisa Minowa. Early reports from Ariel Helwani were saying that Minowa would take on James "The Colossus" Thompson, but "The Punk" will now take on the judoka...
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