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that last all day event was a tid on the ridiculous side...aint nobody got time for dat!
10 hour MMA events from Japan on NYE are great. I got time for that, followed by a nap, and NYE party.
that last all day event was a tid on the ridiculous side...aint nobody got time for dat!
Why should a company that has never held an event in Japan and not Japanese owned lead the way? I'd rather see an actual Japanese event rather than a Malaysian event pretending to be Japanese.
Wat?
The NYE fight tradition started with Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye in 2001 and didn't really catch on until K-1 Premium Dynamite and Pride Shockwave joined the party in 2003. So it's more like 10 years.
Sadly, MMA is so dead in Japan that not even the NYE events can get on TV anymore. The last one broadcast on a major network was Dynamite 2010 and that one was basically a last-minute time buy. Essentially, NYE fights in Japan had a sweet seven-year run from 2003-2009 and have been slowly withering away for the last three years.
ONE FC could do a really solid card in Japan if they wanted
Shinya Aoki vs Koji Oishi for 145 belt
Bibiano Fernandes vs Masakatsu Ueda for 135 belt
Yasuhiro Urushitani vs Shinichi Kojima for 125 belt
Nobutatsu Suzuki vs ?
Koetsu Okazaki vs ?
Koetsu Boku vs ?
Melvin Manhoef vs ?
etc
They have enough Japanese fighters and Dream fighters to put on a Saitama calibre card. I hope it happens in 2014.
Its been over-done, and even the Japanese fans are tired of it. Hence, the dwindling audiences. The average Japanese major card takes like 6 hours or more, and nobody wants to spend all evening and night cramped up in a dark arena on New Year's Eve for God's sakes! Its easy for you to call for more NYE Events, thats cuz you probably neither watch it live nor attend it live. I've watched it live, and i usually fall asleep half way through. Always end up DVR'ing it.
i love their end of the year events
This year the NYE-event will not gonna happen instead Glory will put on a big Tokyo show on December 21st. Purely focused on kickboxing
Last year the Dream production part of the NYE show had enormous costs. OneFC and Glory could not agree to combine an event with a MMA and Kickboxing part on NYE this year.
It is what it is. Maybe OneFC will put on a show on NYE.
a special event One fc vs Glory/ Dream could be interesting, also i really want to see a fight between Colossa or an other one fc striker against a Glory kickboxer in a hybrid rules mma/kick boxing
I vaguely recall Mike Hackler claiming knowledge of a NYE show recently. My guess is VTJ will have something gnarly planned.
Decent card... Cro Cop vs. Arlovski would be good
NYE, always great shows. Not bad ideas.
I really hope they have an event for NYE, I'll be in Japan during that time.
Yeah, I always wanted to see the AA vs. CC fight, even today.
Me too.
I cannot understand why Japan can't figure out a way to rekindle the interest in MMA. In the past, they had Akebono, Bob Sapp, some celeb actor who faced Krazy Horse Bennett, some comedian, etc. Can't they just follow some pro wrestling formula to manufacture a MMA draw?
I know they can't afford the world's best HW's like in the PRIDE FC days, but can't they get like 2 or 3 top guys to face each other for something to build on?
Glory bleeds money every time they make events in Japan. They already have USA and
Spike tv so I doubt they will put amazing card like last year.