(MMA) Tokumei at NHB News points out links to scandal magazine stories about foreign fighters in K-1 and PRIDE. In short, various scandal magazines are often the preferred method in Japan to tar and feather (read: character assassination) people who certain powerful figures are not on good terms with. In this case, Tokumei points out to two stories - one of a woman who claims that she serviced (read: had sex) a K-1 gaijin, and the other a story about a 17-year old girl who claims that she entertained anal sex from Emelianenko Fedor (and that Fedor's manager, not named, had sex with her friend).
Now, I point these stories out for one reason - if you are a foreigner doing business in the fight game (wrestling, MMA, etc.) in Japan and you aren't protected by a third party, then you are subjected to a vicious attack machine. These kinds of attacks are often a way to gauge the temperature politically for a lot of people. Now who would benefit from this kind of hit-job in the press on Fedor... Hint: It's not K-1.
(Story of the Day) It's rare when we get tipped off to stories with pictures involved, but take a look at this - it's Emelianenko Fedor. He supposedly worked a Sambo tournament last weekend. Did the broken finger get better? Remember - the story in Japan was that Fedor wouldn't recover and be able to train for competition until June. The tournament Fedor was involved in (notice his headgear) was Combat Sambo, meaning there was striking involved. And with PRIDE-style gloves as well.
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