No lolHow do you make polls? Also, is there any legit reason to think Yuki would win this? Apart from anything can happen in a fight, of course. Legit question.
Two votes for Yuki though. Just wondering, can't remember how he fights. I'll take your word for it.No lol
This is a warmup for Tenshin possibly fighting Takeru the following month at 60kg
This is Yuki's retirement fight apparentlyTwo votes for Yuki though. Just wondering, can't remember how he fights. I'll take your word for it.
How do you make polls? Also, is there any legit reason to think Yuki would win this? Apart from anything can happen in a fight, of course. Legit question.
Here was Yuki VS RodtangTwo votes for Yuki though. Just wondering, can't remember how he fights. I'll take your word for it.
Where are you getting this information that tenshin is gonna favs Takeru ???No lol
This is a warmup for Tenshin possibly fighting Takeru the following month at 60kg
Key word is "possibly"Where are you getting this information that tenshin is gonna favs Takeru ???
Quit dodging the question , yeah it’s a possibility , but AGAIN, where are you even hearing from that there is a possibility they are gonna fight ? Your source is probably from a Sherdogger lolKey word is "possibly"
Takeru said in so many words that this year has to be about something bigger than K-1, martial arts orgs need to come together to put on an event that captures the attention of Japan. Basically contradicting the K-1 vs The World doctrine that he's usually gone with and extending the bridge to co-promotionQuit dodging the question , yeah it’s a possibility , but AGAIN, where are you even hearing from that there is a possibility they are gonna fight ? Your source is probably from a Sherdogger lol
Unfortunately Takeru doesn't run a promotion and he's always been open to this fight. Much more possible is politics preventing this fight from happening this year at least.Takeru said in so many words that this year has to be about something bigger than K-1, martial arts orgs need to come together to put on an event that captures the attention of Japan. Basically contradicting the K-1 vs The World doctrine that he's usually gone with and extending the bridge to co-promotion
Who are the people running the promotions in Japan? Who decides what gets done or not?
I think you misunderstood my question. I was asking about the owners/managers/promoters of those organizations. What are their backgrounds? Where does the money come from?The head of K-1 is blocking negociations by asking for Tenshin to sign with them if he wants to fight Takeru which is not happening.
K-1 collaborated with Rizin on NYE 2015 but stopped (I don't know why) and since then they are acting as other organizations don't exist. Rise is more open to collaboration, having the fight happen on neutral ground in Rizin seems fine but K-1 are maintaining their position.
With the Olympics and different RISE/K-1 shows postponed, Sakakibara (head of Rizin) wants to do a "mega event", the only possibility to do something that big would be Takeru vs Tenshin, so it seems closer than ever.
If you had to that the fact that Tenshin is making a big jump in weight for the Yuki fight, the idea of a catchweight with Takeru isn't that crazy anymore. All theory for now though.
I think you misunderstood my question. I was asking about the owners/managers/promoters of those organizations. What are their backgrounds? Where does the money come from?
Takeru has always been open to the fight with the caveat that it happened under the K-1 banner because, to quote the man; "K-1 is the greatest"Unfortunately Takeru doesn't run a promotion and he's always been open to this fight. Much more possible is politics preventing this fight from happening this year at least.
Cool, thanks for the info.K-1 Japan is officially the Japanese branch of K-1 Global who doesn't do anything and barely exist. It's composed of former K-1 people (pre 2010) + the people acquired from Krush (former AJKF). They're making money mostly from tickets then sponsors/broadcast rights (Abema + recent TV deal), also a small part of merch too I imagine. They were a relatively small org just 4 years ago and slowly made their way up to K'Festa size shows but they're not doing that great financially. Just slowly growing event by event.
Kensaku Maeda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensaku_Maeda was a big part of the new K-1 (original producer until 2016 before getting fired). I'm not sure who is excatly the at the top right now.
RISE was a good but minor org who benefited of the absence of K-1 and got bigger around 2014 with the popularity of Tenshin and the new investors (bigger is Cygames I think). The dirigeant is Takashi Ito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Ito who is a former fighter and the TARGET gym owner where Tenshin was at his debut.
I don't know that much more about it.