Tony
03-09-2007, 07:52
van een bekende, niet nader te noemen, mma plek op het internet:
One of the more intriguing stories coming out of Japan is the future of DEEP. DEEP is ran by Shigeru Saeki, who used to work with PRIDE on their Bushido shows. When the initial rumors started floating in late July about ex-PRIDE staffers getting together and essentially declaring turf wars against UFC in Japan, I was interested to see which ex-PRIDE members would work with each other on a new project.
We’re starting to get some of those answers right now. Saeki said in a Japanese interview that he is aiming to hold a DEEP event outside of Japan and that the goal is to get the show aired on a good TV network. Gryphon adds more details to the story, relaying a rumor that Daisuke Sato will work with Saeki on the project. Sato was the man in charge of all the tremendous video packages that you saw at PRIDE events. He was also a coordinator in terms of production of events. The idea of Saeki and Sato teaming together is to try to recreate an event series similar to the PRIDE Bushido events, involving some of the bigger-name Japanese talent that UFC has not hired.
The rumored list of talent would include Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Shin’ya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Masakazu Imanari, and other non-heavyweight Japanese stars.
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There is also some rumbling of DEEP trying to get on network TV in Japan to hold some big events. ¥¹¥Ý¡¼¥Ä¥Ê¥Ó¡Ã³¤³°¡¢ÃϾåÇÈ¡¢¿·¤·¤¤»î¤ß¡Ä¡ÄDEEPº´Çì Âåɽ¤¬¿ÊĽ¸ì¤ë (http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/headlines/etc/20070831-00000033-spnavi-fight.html)
Geen idee wat er van waar is... Maar als het wel waar zou zijn, dan ben ik heel erg blij... duimen met zijn allen :)
One of the more intriguing stories coming out of Japan is the future of DEEP. DEEP is ran by Shigeru Saeki, who used to work with PRIDE on their Bushido shows. When the initial rumors started floating in late July about ex-PRIDE staffers getting together and essentially declaring turf wars against UFC in Japan, I was interested to see which ex-PRIDE members would work with each other on a new project.
We’re starting to get some of those answers right now. Saeki said in a Japanese interview that he is aiming to hold a DEEP event outside of Japan and that the goal is to get the show aired on a good TV network. Gryphon adds more details to the story, relaying a rumor that Daisuke Sato will work with Saeki on the project. Sato was the man in charge of all the tremendous video packages that you saw at PRIDE events. He was also a coordinator in terms of production of events. The idea of Saeki and Sato teaming together is to try to recreate an event series similar to the PRIDE Bushido events, involving some of the bigger-name Japanese talent that UFC has not hired.
The rumored list of talent would include Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Shin’ya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Dokonjonosuke Mishima, Masakazu Imanari, and other non-heavyweight Japanese stars.
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There is also some rumbling of DEEP trying to get on network TV in Japan to hold some big events. ¥¹¥Ý¡¼¥Ä¥Ê¥Ó¡Ã³¤³°¡¢ÃϾåÇÈ¡¢¿·¤·¤¤»î¤ß¡Ä¡ÄDEEPº´Çì Âåɽ¤¬¿ÊĽ¸ì¤ë (http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/headlines/etc/20070831-00000033-spnavi-fight.html)
Geen idee wat er van waar is... Maar als het wel waar zou zijn, dan ben ik heel erg blij... duimen met zijn allen :)