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The Wildly Strange World of Super Hulks
Japanese culture is a twisted and curious affair. It is a society where black men are bug-a-boo Africans or thuggish American rap stars. It is a place where a man can buy the soiled pant...
UFC Formally Launches UFCJapan.jp
From a press release in my inbox. This isn't major news, but still a noteworthy effort on the part of Zuffa to further promote the UFC brand of MMA in the Far East and sink their tentacles deeper into...
DREAM.7 Pulls in "Nightmarish" Ratings
After barely pulling in a less than tepid 2.4% overall average and a 4.0% peak rating for Shinya Aoki vs. David Gardner, Zach Arnold doesn't mince words: Who knew that when the MMA boom went kapu...
Is Yoshihiro Akiyama Damaged Goods?
Dave Meltzer speculates: But putting marketing aside, there is another reality to Akiyama. After Akiyama was knocked out cold on December 31, 2007, by Kazuo Misaki, he has not been the same fight...
UFC Expansion Watch: South Korea or Japan?
Zach Arnold believes the real significance behind the Akiyama signing is a play for the South Korean market. To wit: UFC could run a spot show in Japan, certainly. But as WWE found out, the marketp...
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