Covering Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Japanese MMA 2010-09-10T03:33:59Z http://www.headkicklegend.com/rss/fanshots 2010-09-10T03:33:59Z 2010-09-10T03:33:59Z <img alt="Deep_logo" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/143656/deep_logo.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>If you are a fan of Japanese promotion DEEP check out their new <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/deepofficial" target="new">YouTube</a> channel and leave comments for them that American fans would like to see DEEP on HDNet. HDNet's Andrew Simon has mentioned attending the next DEEP show while in Japan and discussing airing DEEP shows on HDNet. DEEP just needs to know there is enough of a viewership in the states to justify filming in HD. Go, watch, comment.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/9/9/1679862/if-you-are-a-fan-of-japanese Dave Walsh 2010-09-09T01:01:44Z 2010-09-09T01:01:44Z <img alt="Poster_evo21-main" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/143329/poster_evo21-main.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>This Saturday, September 11, Evolution, Australia's top Muay Thai organization, presents Evolution XXI. The main event is a big fight for any fan of the Australian Muay Thai scene, as <strong>John Wayne Parr </strong>faces <strong>Bruce "The Preacher" Macfie</strong>. </p> <p>Parr and Macfie are the clear #1 and #2 fighters in Australia's 70kg division, and both are long time veterans of the game. They have met twice before, once in 2005 and once in 2006, with Parr taking both wins. Macfie comes in off a win over Eli Madigan at Evolution XX, while Parr's last fight was a win over Lamsongkram.</p> <p>Also featured on the card are <strong>Dane Daddy Cool, Taylor Harvey, Michael Thompson, and Robbie Filliponi.</strong></p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/9/8/1677576/this-saturday-september-11 Fraser Coffeen 2010-09-08T20:54:53Z 2010-09-08T20:54:53Z <img alt="2ngsldy" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/143272/2ngsldy.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><a href="http://nightmareofbattle.com/?p=3586" target="new">Nightmareofbattle.com</a> reports (translated from NikkanSports.com) that Olympic gold medalist, <strong><a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Satoshi-Ishii-41887" target="new">Satoshi Ishii</a></strong>, has been offered a fight on the October 30th Sengoku card. SRC supposedly has several options for possible opponents for Ishii and they're currently discussing them with Ishii's management. They plan to have an announcement in the next week.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/9/8/1677145/nightmareofbattle-com-reports Tim Koskuba 2010-09-07T12:39:45Z 2010-09-07T12:39:45Z <object height="264" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jGeJLQmeVWo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jGeJLQmeVWo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="264" width="425"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Promo video for<strong> Nieky Holzken v. L'houcine "Aussi" Ouzgni</strong> this Sunday for It's Showtime. </p> <p>More videos available at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ITSSHOWTIMECHANNEL"><strong>It's Showtime YouTube channel</strong></a>.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/9/7/1674055/promo-video-for-nieky-holzken-v Fraser Coffeen 2010-09-04T03:55:07Z 2010-09-04T03:55:07Z <img alt="100711njkf-14-anuwat" src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/142288/100711njkf-14-anuwat.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><strong>Anuwat Kaewsamrit v. Kan Itabashi </strong>will headline <strong>RISE 71 </strong>in Tokyo on October 3. Anuwat is on the downside of his career, but is a Muay Thai legend, while Itabashi is a definite player in the expanding Japanese 63kg division. Should be a good fight.</p> <p>Also on the card: Koji Yoshimoto v. Yuto Watanabe and Yuki v. Naoki in the semi-finals of RISE's 63kg tournament; Shohei Asahara v. Motochika Hanada in the 63kg reserve fight; Yuto Nakaegawa v. Yutaka; and Raoumaru v. Atsushi.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/9/3/1668877/anuwat-kaewsamrit-v-kan-itabashi Fraser Coffeen 2010-09-02T22:41:56Z 2010-09-02T22:41:56Z <img alt="6qwi0m" src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/142009/6qwi0m.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><a href="http://nightmareofbattle.com/?p=3472" target="new"><strong>Nightmareofbattle.com</strong></a> reports that FEG will host a press conference on Sunday for DREAM.16</p> <p>There are reports that they will announce opponents for Japanese stars, Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto and Caol Uno. Bloodymayhem.com claims "Kid" will fight current Tachi Palace Fights bantamweight champion, Michael McDonald.</p> <p>(Pictured: DREAM Event Producer, Keiichi Sasahara & FEG President, Sadaharu Tanikawa)</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/9/2/1666288/nightmareofbattle-com-reports-that Tim Koskuba 2010-08-31T21:31:22Z 2010-08-31T21:31:22Z <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J-BMRuvwcOU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J-BMRuvwcOU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Video for "Sweet Madness" by The Mother Lovers - the band that was working with Semmy Schilt for PR as part of the weird "My belt was stolen" thing. So here's the video that goes with the belt story, complete with an appearance by Semmy himself.</p> <p>I have to say, I don't know exactly what I expected this to be like, but it certainly wasn't this.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/31/1661496/video-for-sweet-madness-by-the Fraser Coffeen 2010-08-30T19:39:10Z 2010-08-30T19:39:10Z <img alt="Hn_training01" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/141220/hn_training01.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><em><strong>Sidney Boquiren</strong> of <a href="http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/" target="new">The Boxing Bulletin</a> profiles the current crop of talent at the <strong>Hachioji Nakaya Boxing Gym</strong>.</em></p> <p>Nine years ago, a small gym on the western edge of Tokyo experienced its first golden age as it reared three champions holding a national or regional title. Established in 1995 in a rural suburb of the capital, Hachioji Nakaya Boxing Gym saw its first titleholder, light flyweight Koki Tanaka, crowned in January 2000. Middleweight Satoru Suzuki and featherweight Yuji Gomez followed Tanaka’s example, claiming belts within the next 14 months. For a family-run outfit not blessed with an advantage in location, boasting a trio of champions was an accomplishment of which to be proud. <a href="http://www.theboxingbulletin.com/2010/8/30/1658787/japanese-scene-the-dawn-of" target="new">Read the rest here...</a></p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/30/1659036/sidney-boquiren-of-the-boxing The Boxing Bulletin 2010-08-28T04:36:51Z 2010-08-28T04:36:51Z <img alt="10n6k5e" src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/140731/10n6k5e.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/shiroobi" target="new">Shiroobi</a></strong> of <a href="http://skillmma.blogspot.com/" target="new">SkillMMA</a> is reporting that DEEP has announced several bouts for it's 10th anniversary card on October 24th. The card will take place in Tokyo, Japan at the JCB Hall.</p> <p>Here is the rumored card: <br />-Katsunori Kikuno vs. Nobuhiro Obiya (Lightweight championship) <br />-Yuya Shirai vs. Shigetoshi Iwase (Welterweight championship) <br />-Takafumi Otsuka vs. Yoshiro Maeda <br />-Ryo Chonan vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida <br />-Yoshikazu "ISE" Iseno vs. Won Sik "Parky" Park <br />-Kazuo Misaki vs. Akira Shoji <br />-Daiki "DJ.taiki" Hata vs. Tomomi Iwama <br />-Shoji Maruyama vs Tatsunao Nagakura <br />-Hidetaka Monma vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto <br />-Isao Terada vs Yoshiki Harada <br />-Ryuta Noji vs Hiroshi Nagao</p> <p>Other potential participants: <br />-Shinya Aoki <br />-Sanae Kikuta <br />-Ikuhisa Minowa <br />-Kazunori Yokota <br />-Yoshiyuki Nakanishi <br />-Jutaro Nakao <br />-Syunsuke Inoue <br />-Hiromitsu Kanehara <br />-Hisae Watanabe <br />-Seigo Mizuguchi</p> <p>Photo courtesy of: Daniel Herbertson (Sherdog.com)</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/28/1655219/shiroobi-of-skillmma-is-reporting Tim Koskuba 2010-08-27T02:56:19Z 2010-08-27T02:56:19Z <img alt="Ph01b" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/140533/ph01b.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>K-1 fighter<strong> Singh "Heart" Jaideep </strong>was in action this past weekend, as he faced Prince Ali in Tokyo in a J-Network Heavyweight title fight. Jaideep won the fight via KO from knees at 1:08 in the 2nd round.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/26/1653222/k-1-fighter-singh-heart-jaideep Fraser Coffeen 2010-08-26T02:33:35Z 2010-08-26T02:33:35Z <img alt="2vs5j7t" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/140314/2vs5j7t.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>According to <a href="http://twitter.com/_PANCRASE_/statuses/22140225493" target="new">Pancrase's official Twitter</a> (translated by <a href="http://twitter.com/shiroobi/statuses/22140490132" target="new">Shiroobi</a> of <a href="http://skillmma.blogspot.com/" target="new"><em>SkillMMA</em></a>), UFC veteran and Cage Force champion, <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kuniyoshi-Hironaka-2575" target="new">Kuniyoshi Hironaka</a>, will face <strong><a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Satoru-Kitaoka-1756" target="new">Saturo Kitoaka</a></strong> on the October 3rd Pancrase card at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan.</p> <p>Photo courtest of: Daniel Herbertson (<a href="http://www.sherdog.com/" target="new">Sherdog.com</a>)</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/25/1651180/according-to-shiroobi-of-skillmma Tim Koskuba 2010-08-24T23:59:40Z 2010-08-24T23:59:40Z <img alt="83500237" src="http://cdn1.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/140029/83500237.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>Bad news for this weekend. Olympian <strong>Randi Miller</strong> has been forced to drop out of her fight at Shootboxing's Girls S-Cup on August 29. Miller suffered a hand injury in training.</p> <p>No word yet on the severity of the injury, or when Miller will be able to make her rescheduled MMA debut. </p> <p>Word is that Shootboxing is still looking to have Hiroko fight, and is looking to set up a last minute replacement.</p> <p>And I just got you all interested in this fight...</p> <p><em>source: <a href="http://www.fightergirls.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4879">FighterGirls.com</a></em> <br /><em>photo via Life.com</em></p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/24/1648904/bad-news-for-this-weekend-olympian Fraser Coffeen 2010-08-24T22:15:14Z 2010-08-24T22:15:14Z <img alt="2wcl4aq" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/140008/2wcl4aq.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><a href="http://www.tapology.com/2010/08/joe-warren-vs-michihiro-omigawa-expected-for-dream-16-on-sept-25/" target="new"><em>Tapology.com</em></a> reports that Bellator tournament champion, <strong>Joe Warren</strong>, will fight on DREAM 16 against top 10 ranked, <strong>Michihiro Omigawa</strong>. Warren is scheduled to fight for the Bellator featherweight championship against <strong>Joe Soto</strong> on September 2nd.</p> <p>Photo courtesy of Daniel Herbertson (Sherdog.com)</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/24/1648737/tapology-com-reports-that-bellator Tim Koskuba 2010-08-21T15:27:47Z 2010-08-21T15:27:47Z <object height="278" width="449"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lJ_cGHVGNw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2lJ_cGHVGNw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="278" width="449"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Here's the trailer for the big upcoming fight between <strong>John Wayne Parr and Yodsaenklai Fairtex</strong> on October 17. This will be the 3rd meeting between these two men, with Yodsaenklai having won the first two. Should be an excellent fight that we will take a closer look at in the coming weeks.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/21/1634911/heres-the-trailer-for-the-big Fraser Coffeen 2010-08-20T13:00:12Z 2010-08-20T13:00:12Z <img alt="22536611_jpeg_preview_large" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/139177/22536611_jpeg_preview_large.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>In <a href="http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?107064-Alistair-Overeem-interview" target="new">an interview this week</a>, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem hinted that if Strikeforce doesn't offer him Fabricio Werdum that he is going to fight in the World Grand Prix instead.</p> <p>"Being Strikeforce champion, I will defend my belt. It depends if Werdum is available to fight. If not, I will think of entering the K-1 Grand Prix."</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/20/1633149/in-an-interview-this-week Dave Walsh 2010-08-19T23:55:28Z 2010-08-19T23:55:28Z <img alt="Ph02b" src="http://cdn2.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/139108/ph02b.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>The message from FEG officials remains the same, everything will be ok, just hold on. <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&langpair=auto|en&u=http://twitter.com/sasaharakeiichi/status/21454166663&tbb=1&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjTHFDVKP_fhf69_je4J817aMDMcQ" target="new">Keiichi Sasahara's twitter</a> tells us that there will be a presser soon but that DREAM.16 is totally happening.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/19/1632475/the-message-from-feg-officials Dave Walsh 2010-08-19T22:04:47Z 2010-08-19T22:04:47Z <img alt="Poster_d16_geo2d" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/139087/poster_d16_geo2d.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>DREAM released the DREAM.16 poster today, amid all of the hub-ub over the past few weeks it looks like we'll still have to wait for the final word on what is going down, but at least we'll have DREAM.16, right?</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/19/1632304/dream-released-the-dream-16-poster Dave Walsh 2010-08-17T12:36:25Z 2010-08-17T12:36:25Z <img alt="20100815073" src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/138524/20100815073.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>Nice shot here from Krush.9 as Sato shows off his technique with a beautiful knee to Yuji Nashiro. More pics <a href="http://www.k-1fans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50824&start=25">here</a>.</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/17/1627253/nice-shot-here-from-krush-9-as Fraser Coffeen 2010-08-16T21:51:19Z 2010-08-16T21:51:19Z <object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hZYlP17w7PM?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL&amp;color1=0x3a3a3a&amp;color2=0x999999" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hZYlP17w7PM?fs=1&hl=nl_NL&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="385" width="640"></embed></object> <div class="source source-img"><p>Dont know if this already been posted.</p> <p>but this is a official K1 knockout highlight (made by K1) and this is the vol. 6 of 6.</p> <p>Im sure as a K1 fan and a fan of KO's you will be pleased.</p> <p>be sure to check out the other volumes beacuse there ar a lot of classic KO's </p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/16/1626316/dont-know-if-this-already-been robinhorobson 2010-08-16T20:33:20Z 2010-08-16T20:33:20Z <img alt="1g66e" src="http://cdn2.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/138425/1g66e.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p><a href="http://www.tatame.com/2010/08/16/Dream-hasnt-paid-Bibiano-after-5-months" target="new">Tatame.com</a> is reporting that DREAM featherweight champion, <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Bibiano-Fernandes-11465" target="new"><strong>Bibiano Fernandes</strong></a>, has been contacted by DREAM to fight on September 21st. Fernandes told Tatame, "I won't fight until they pay me for the last fight" in response to DREAM's offer. "The Flash" last fought on March 22nd in a successful title defense against <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Joachim-Hansen-3177" target="new"><strong>Joachim Hansen</strong></a>.</p> <p>(Photo courtesy of: Daniel Herbertson of Sherdog.com)</p></div> http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/8/16/1626182/tatame-com-is-reporting-that-dream Tim Koskuba