 |
 |
|
 |
 |
Yakuza Threatening Mirko’s Opponent? |
|
03-09-2008, 02:29 PM
|
 |
Kind of a big deal
Reputation: ∞
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,584
|
|
Yakuza Threatening Mirko’s Opponent?
Quote:
In his blog Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic announced Yoshihiro Nakao as his opponent in his first fight within the DREAM, but things have taken a sudden twist. This newly founded organisation has confirmed several new fights, but not the one between Mirko and Nakao, Profightstore.com reports.
Nakao’s coach Takuma Yano wrote in his blog that the reason the fight was not confirmed is that the Yakuza are threatening his fighter.
Yano writes that his fighter was told he would be ‘sleeping with the fishes’ if he entered the ring with Mirko Filipovic. The Yakuza are powerful enough to have directly influenced the downfall of PRIDE, so this comes to no surprise to the Japanese public.
Dutch manager Bas Boon added fuel to the flames by saying that Cro Cop had refused to take on Alistair Overeem and Gohkan Saki in the first tournament.
|
Javno - Sports |
03-09-2008, 02:31 PM
|
 |
Champion
Reputation: 1000+
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,377
|
|
wtf?? wow why wouldn't yakuza want nakao against cc, doesn't want nakao/what he represents (japanese) to look bad??
__________________
Forrest Griffin, the New UFC Lightheavyweight Champion of the World
|
03-09-2008, 02:35 PM
|
|
Kind of a big deal
Reputation: ∞
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,584
|
|
Yeah I don't know, not a very good start to the org if true though.
|
03-09-2008, 02:38 PM
|
 |
The Dim Sum Destroyer
Reputation: ∞
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,859
|
|
Awe man... not again.
|
03-09-2008, 02:40 PM
|
 |
1/2 the man trigg is.  Reputation: 500+
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: mattoon, Il
Posts: 1,018
|
|
wow this is crazy. that sux though.
__________________
2-1 sig bets.
|
03-09-2008, 02:50 PM
|
 |
I love mixed martial arts
Reputation: ∞
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,794
|
|
Even to the point of using the cliched "sleeping with the fishes" phrase....
That is bigtime.
__________________
Randy Couture > Juanito Ibarra Visit the MMANews Upcoming Cards thread - best MMA fight rumor thread on the net, updated DAILY
Nick Diaz = future DREAM Welterweight Champion
|
03-09-2008, 02:54 PM
|
 |
Strategy: Whoop His Ass
Reputation: ∞
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 14,270
|
|
Why, why don't they just pay him to lose, then bet big on Mirko.
Everyone wins.
|
03-09-2008, 03:00 PM
|
 |
Ticallion Stallion
Reputation: ∞
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary, Canada
Posts: 3,947
|
|
not good
__________________
|
03-09-2008, 03:27 PM
|
 |
/G\
Reputation: ∞
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 4,170
|
|
honestly, i kinda find this hard to believe.
if it's for making tons of money, then why not just focus on boxing scams and shit.
__________________
Gegard Mousasi- 22-2-1
"However great the kindness and the efficiency, in every hospital death there will be some cruel, squalid detail, something perhaps too small to be told but leaving terribly painful memories behind, arising out of the haste, the crowding, the impersonality of a place where every day people are dying among strangers"
|
03-09-2008, 03:31 PM
|
|
Amateur
Reputation: 125-149
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 215
|
|
very very interesting. but strange. why wouldnt he want to fight overeem?
maybe dana's working with the yakuza too. j/k about that dana comment
Quote:
Originally Posted by Intellectual
honestly, i kinda find this hard to believe.
if it's for making tons of money, then why not just focus on boxing scams and shit.
|
because in japan mma is what boxing is to the u.s.
Last edited by Ramma : 03-09-2008 at 03:49 PM.
Reason: Do Not DOuble Post
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:22 PM. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
