The Show Must Go On; DREAM.16 and K-1 Final 16 Will Go On As Planned

Sometimes you might wonder how Japan keeps up its mysticism, other times it is abundantly clear; through a series of smoke and mirrors as well as being as vague as possible. FEG follows this plan as exactly as they possibly can, with both Sasahara and Tanikawa only addressing the rather bleak rumors about the future of FEG shows DREAM and K-1 with "hold on, we'll tell you more later." The only problem here is that, when you don't squash a rumor and simply choose to not comment on it, you make it grow. Then you end up with the editor-in-chief of Kamipro talking about how bad off your company is and how bleak the situation is. Bad, bad move, guys.

So instead of relying on them, Head Kick Legend went ahead and spoke with FEG USA's Mike Kogan about the situation, specifically the upcoming FEG events of DREAM.16 and the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 tournament. There has been speculation that due to FEG's financial situation and the way the PUJI deal went down that they wouldn't have the funding to pull off either show or would have to make concessions. Mike Kogan was able to confirm for us that the next DREAM is indeed DREAM.16 on September 25th and that the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 will indeed happen on October 3rd.

Nothing yet for anything past that, but with one of K-1's flagship events planned to go off without a hitch and the next DREAM solidly in place I think it is safe to say that the "PUJI money" has indeed started to work its charms for FEG. Now can we get some of these guys paid already?