K1 Heros USA Debut in May 2007

[Beatts35]

from mma weekly



K-1 Hero’s American Debut

Back in December, FEG President Sadaharu Tanikawa stated in an interview that K-1 Hero’s would make its U.S. debut in 2007. In a recent article with Nikkansports, Tanikawa said the first American show would be held on May 19th in Las Vegas. K-1 is planning to co-headline the event with former WWE star Brock Lesnar and UFC pioneer Royce Gracie. If K-1 can improve its matchmaking, it could potentially make an impact in the U.S. One thing is for certain, K-1 has more money than Pride.

I truely wish that Pride and K-1 would just merge and make a mega company.

[bboyphl]

If they merged that would be huge. And the fact that K1 is coming to the US is also huge. Too bad Kid probably wont be on the card. If he was I would for sure buy it.

[AJL416AZ]

i hope it fails miserably and they give up on Hero's. every good fighter on there fights nothing but cans. they just depend on the fact that Japanese fans will pay for the crap and freak fights they put together. its like watching UFC undercards.

someone needs to get Kid, JZ, Akiyama, and Shaolin get the fuck out of there.

[The Sundance Kid]

Who is Royce going to fight?

[Dominus]

Originally Posted by AJL416AZ

i hope it fails miserably and they give up on Hero's. every good fighter on there fights nothing but cans. they just depend on the fact that Japanese fans will pay for the crap and freak fights they put together. its like watching UFC undercards.

someone needs to get Kid, JZ, Akiyama, and Shaolin get the fuck out of there.

Why? It's good for the sport. Every company has to start somewhere. Don't be negative just for the sake of being negative.
Maybe japanese fans just like the sport and are so stuck up like the American audience.
Try enjoying all of the sport, not just the top fighters. There are alot more mid card fighters than main eventers out there. If you like MMA then you will watch it all, if you are a band wagon guy then you like the hype.

[Dominus]

Originally Posted by The Sundance Kid

Who is Royce going to fight?

He's just there to Coach Brock Lesner.

[The Sundance Kid]

Originally Posted by Dominus

He's just there to Coach Brock Lesner.

Then why does it say this?: K-1 is planning to co-headline the event with former WWE star Brock Lesnar and UFC pioneer Royce Gracie

[Clint]

Originally Posted by Dominus

Why? It's good for the sport. Every company has to start somewhere. Don't be negative just for the sake of being negative.
Maybe japanese fans just like the sport and are so stuck up like the American audience.
Try enjoying all of the sport, not just the top fighters. There are alot more mid card fighters than main eventers out there. If you like MMA then you will watch it all, if you are a band wagon guy then you like the hype.

It's not about mid card fighters, it's about mismatches. They have freakshow matches all the time very rarely do they match up opponent who have any business fighting each other. Hell the last event had Giant Silva vs Akebono and a Japanese actor in a fight.

[AJL416AZ]

Originally Posted by Dominus

Why? It's good for the sport. Every company has to start somewhere. Don't be negative just for the sake of being negative.
Maybe japanese fans just like the sport and are so stuck up like the American audience.
Try enjoying all of the sport, not just the top fighters. There are alot more mid card fighters than main eventers out there. If you like MMA then you will watch it all, if you are a band wagon guy then you like the hype.

K-1 is a serious waste of talent. they do pay better then Shooto and Deep, and theres more recognition then for the guys in those shows, so i appreciate them giving more outlets for talented fighters
but their shows are just based on the fact that everyone in Japan will watch K-1, its on free TV there.

i love watching all of MMA. its what Hero's does with its talent that frustrates me. Hero's just uses marketing to sell everyone all sorts of crap. Giant Silva vs Akebono, Bob Sapp vs Akebono.
and all the talented fighters, like Genki Sudo, Kid Yamamoto, and JZ, are underutilized, they never fight good fighters. Kid, last years GP winner, just fought a guy who had never done MMA, isntead of this years winner, or a Sudo rematch, or Shaolin. they do freakshows and people buy into it, and they just waste talent.

plus, their PPVs dont reach America for months, so i have to watch that shit on the internet.

[The Sundance Kid]

So is Royce fighting or not?