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26 Responses to “NYE MMA event in Saitama confirmed” PizzaChef Says: November 21st, 2007 at 5:06 am Could we see Barnett vs. Fedor here? mmatoronto Says: November 21st, 2007 at 5:21 am Sweet! Leland Roling Says: November 21st, 2007 at 5:28 am I’ve heard rumors of Barnett vs. Fedor, but I wonder if Barnett would really do this on such short notice. The names mentioned in the article are pretty ... [link]

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Yarennoka!
Published 11/21/2007 by fightlinker at Fightlinker.com » Fightlinker - MMA, UFC, and other funny fight crap
Yarennoka! November 21, 2007 at 11:36 am by fightlinker I don’t know what the fuck Yarennoka means … the random Japanese people I screamed “YARENNOKA!” at seemed pretty afraid, so I assume it’s probably something intense. My sources on the internet say it means something along the line of “Can’t Do It!”, kinda like a challenge. So I guess that’s a pretty apt name for this very ambitious last second event. Zach Arnold is having a field day pointing out the similarities between this event and past PRIDE events. He pointed out that the event is using the same font as past NYE ...

Fedor Emelianenko Confirmed for New Year’s Event in Japan
Published 11/21/2007 by MMA Junkie at MMAjunkie.com Articles
... website (which is not the official M-1 Global website), other fighters competing in the event include Shinya Aoki, Ricardo Arona, Luis Azeredo, Joachim Hansen, Hidehiko Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Gilbert Melendez, Kazuo Misaki and Hayato Mach Sakurai. The list originated at FightOpinion.com, though, and Zack Arnold reported that they’re just rumored names at this point. ...

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