K1 en Dynamite verkocht

[Ger Maan]

FEG is niet langer eigenaar van de merken K1 en Dynamite. Volgens mma journalist/fotograaf Dan Herbertson zijn de merken verkocht aan het bedrijf Barbizon.

DREAM daarentegen is nog altijd onderdeel van FEG.



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[Biiyen]

Ben benieuwd wat dit gaat betekenen voor de GP's.

[smike]

Ik ben bang dat het dag k1 grand prix is

[Asura]

http://www.barbizon.co.jp/

Zou wel wat meer willen weten over het bedrijf maar ik heb nog geen bedrijfsprofiel in het engels gevonden. Ze zijn iedergeval niet erg internationaal.Ze hebben een waarde of omzet van 43 miljoen Euro.

[sterrenkijker]

Ik ben bang dat het dag k1 grand prix is

maar waarom zou zo'n organisatie het dan kopen?

[ChingChong]

Lol @ Dan Herbertson

[Biiyen]

http://www.barbizon.co.jp/

Zou wel wat meer willen weten over het bedrijf maar ik heb nog geen bedrijfsprofiel in het engels gevonden. Ze zijn iedergeval niet erg internationaal.Ze hebben een waarde of omzet van 43 miljoen Euro.

43 miljoen is niet zo heel erg veel, ik weet niet wat de productiekosten van 1 enkele show is. Ik schat dat echter op enkele miljoenen, als dat niet direct terug komt dan is een potje van 43 miljoen niet zo heel erg veel... kan me vergissen natuurlijk.

[Ger Maan]

Lees het hele verhaal hier:

K-1 Sold to Japanese Real Estate Firm Barbizon


Hmm, interessante tweet van Dan:



Voor de franstaligen, de originele bron:

Les droits du K-1 transférés (exclu IKUSA).

[Asura]

43 miljoen is niet zo heel erg veel, ik weet niet wat de productiekosten van 1 enkele show is. Ik schat dat echter op enkele miljoenen, als dat niet direct terug komt dan is een potje van 43 miljoen niet zo heel erg veel... kan me vergissen natuurlijk.

Lijkt me ook niet. Ze hebben wel 92 gebouwen te huur, weet niks van real estate maar lijkt me wel een redelijk aantal.

[Asura]

lol ze zijn maar 4mill euro waard xD.

[Kemal]

Nou dan zullen er ook wel bedragen uitgekeerd gaan worden aan de mensen die er al lang op wachten..

[rollermanskunk]

K-1 Sold to Japanese Real Estate Firm Barbizon



K-1, the largest and most prestigious kickboxing promotion in the world, is no longer owned by Fighting and Entertainment Group and has been sold to Japanese real estate firm Barbizon Co,. Ltd.

Promotional group FEG and president Sadaharu Tanikawa have operated K-1 since September 2003 but the promotion has fallen upon hard times recently due to the rapid decline in the the sport's popularity in Japan and the questionable entertainment-centric direction that Tanikawa has steered K-1.

The sale comes as no surprise as Tanikawa admitted back in January that FEG would "die" due to major financial issues. The sale to Barbizon does come as a surprise to many though as it was heavily rumored that a prominent Dutch promotional and management company was set to take the reigns of K-1.

Full details from this historic deal after the break.


Barbizon Co,. Ltd now owns the following trademarks:

• K-1
• K-1 Grand Prix
• K-1 Fighting Network
• K-1 World GP
• K-1 International Association
• K-1 World Association
• Federation Internationale de K-1 Association
• K-1 Exercise
• Dynamite!
• K-1 Premium Dynamite!

Barbizon does not own K-1 Koshien, K-1 MAX or DREAM.

K-1 Koshien is a yearly nation-wide tournament for highschool students. The K-1 Koshien trademark remains the property of gambling conglomerate Fields.

K-1 MAX (standing for Middleweight Artistic eXtreme) includes the 70 kg and 63 kg weight divisions. It is unclear as to who owns the MAX trademark. MAX has been tied to broadcaster TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) in the past but FEG recently promoted a 63 kg MAX Japan tournament without TBS and have also announced plans for a 70 kg MAX tournament, again most likely without TBS.

DREAM, FEG's MMA promotion, remains under the control of FEG and Real Entertainment.

It is not yet clear what role current K-1 staff will play in the running of future operations. Given the astounding level of public criticism that FEG President Sadaharu Tanikawa has received recently, it seems unlikely that he will be involved with the running of K-1 going forward. K-1 creator Kazuyoshi Ishii is likely to be part of the new K-1 however as he has been hinting at this transfer for some time.

Ishii recently revealed that the new K-1 will hold a Heavyweight World GP every two years rather than the annual tournament that has been running since 1993. There will also be more of a focus on making this new K-1 appeal to a global audience. Until now, Japan has hosted every K-1 World GP Final.

Barbizon Co,.Ltd was formed in 1967, currently employes 35 staff and is worth 484,000,000 Japanese yen (approximately 6.2 million dollars). The company specializes in real estate and owns a number of hotels and appartment complexes in South-East Asia and Japan.

It appears that the takeover actually took place approximately one month ago however the deal was not made public until Thursday afternoon. A press conference to announce details of the takeover has not yet been scheduled and FEG officials have not yet commented on the sale.

K-1 was formed in 1992 by karate practitioner and Seidokan Karate creator Kazuyoshi Ishii. Since 1993, the promotion has staged the sport's most prestigious annual kickboxing tournament, the K-1 World GP.

In December 2002 Ishii was jailed for tax evasion and so he passed the promotion over to former pro-wrestling journalist Sadaharu Tanikawa. FEG was formed in September of 2003 in an attempt to distance the K-1 brand from the shamed Ishii. Tanikawa took a more pro-wrestling and entertainment-based approach to the promotion. The Japanese fight sport industry went through a boom in popularity peaking on December 31, 2003, but Tanikawa's new angle has not been proven popular with fans or fighters as K-1 has been on the decline ever since.

A seemingly endless list of fighters and managers have spoken out against FEG and Tanikawa in recent times due to unpaid fight purses and the objections to the direction that Tanikawa has chosen to take K-1.

[sterrenkijker]

1 ding is zeke,r het zal nooit meer zijn zoals het was

[blackadder]

Ishii recently revealed that the new K-1 will hold a Heavyweight World GP every two years rather than the annual tournament that has been running since 1993. There will also be more of a focus on making this new K-1 appeal to a global audience. Until now, Japan has hosted every K-1 World GP Final.

Dat was toch Tanikawa die dat zo wou toch?

[Biiyen]

K1 en K1 Max gescheiden en 1x in de 2 jaar world GP... Vin het nu al kut...

[Ger Maan]

Ik ben zelf erg benieuwd naar het waarheidsgehalte van de aanhoudende geruchten dat Golden Glory op enigerlei wijze bij deze deal betrokken is.

Misschien kan Bas Boon het een en ander toelichten?

[Mister T.]

K1 en K1 Max gescheiden en 1x in de 2 jaar world GP... Vin het nu al kut...

x2

[Marchant]

K1 en K1 Max gescheiden en 1x in de 2 jaar world GP... Vin het nu al kut...

In ieder geval beter dan wanneer het helemaal ophoud.

[rollermanskunk]

Toeval of niet Simon Rutz was volgens Franse media een paar dagen geleden in Japan voor "zaken".

Google translate:
Simon Rutz, eigenaar van It's Showtime gaf vorige week tijdens zijn bezoek aan Japan dat de K-1 zal naar verwachting binnenkort aan te kondigen goed nieuws (waarschijnlijk verwijzend naar de overname door Barbizon).

[blackadder]

Toeval of niet Simon Rutz was volgens Franse media een paar dagen geleden in Japan voor "zaken".

Hij was er om de eerste It's Showtime promotie die met een lokale promoter in Japan werd gehouden te promoten.

[rollermanskunk]

Hij was er om de eerste It's Showtime promotie die met een lokale promoter in Japan werd gehouden te promoten.

Ok. Maar wel erg toevallig

[Yogi1]

In ieder geval beter dan wanneer het helemaal ophoud.

X2

[FMACH]

Maybe the brands are first "parked" at a Japanese company...;-). Preparation for a new era...

[Petrosyan188]

RIP K-1`

[blackadder]

It is official, the rights to K-1's brand and future events has officially been sold, the reign of FEG has apparently come to a close. According to the reports being leaked by reputable sources in Japan straight from Kazuyoshi Ishii, K-1's rights have been transfered to Barbizon Co. Ltd. based out of Japan, which is a luxury real estate rentals and investment company. Only the rights to K-1 and associated trademarks have moved to Barbizon, including the DYNAMITE!!, World Grand Prix, K-1 GP and so forth.
DREAM will continue to be operated by the same party as always, which means no real change on the DREAM front. Interestingly enough, the K-1 Koshien brand, K-1's youth league that they have been running for the past few years will be staying with the pachinko company FiELDS that was a longtime sponsor of K-1 and K-1 Dynamite!! shows.
The K-1 MAX brand was nowhere to be seen in this deal, most likely because of TBS's involvement in developing and holding the rights to the K-1 MAX brand, but it should be noted that the one K-1 show this year, the -63kg Japan tournament did have the MAX branding on it, so it is unclear exactly what will happen with the K-1 MAX brand and division right now, as the MAX brand could easily be licensed from or purchased from TBS.
There is a lot more to this story, though, a lot of which has yet to be fully revealed, such as why did a real estate company purchase K-1, who other investors are, who will officially manage the promotion and when to expect more shows. There should be an official announcement out of Japan shortly about the sale of the rights, but don't expect further news on the more in depth information for at least a few weeks. Many have been quick to write off potential European influence in the new K-1, but if sources are correct, there will be a lot more news to come.
K-1 sold to Japanese luxury real estate rentals and investment firm - MMA News
Als hun gelijk hebben zit er nog meer aan te komen. Want echt. Wat wil een, relatief klein, bedrijf in onroerende zaken met de, halve, K1?