INOKI BOM-BA-YE
Press Conference
By Mark Ginther
INOKI BOM-BA-YE 2002
To be held:
December 31, 2002
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama-Pref, Japan
Line-up
- 1st Match: 5min 3R/MMA rules
Tadao Yasuda vs. Jan "The Giant" Nortje
- 2nd Match: 5min 3R/MMA rules
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Daniel Gracie
- 3rd Match: 5min 3R/MMA rules
Yasuhito Namekawa vs. Wallid Ismail
- 4th Match: 3min 3R/K-1 rules
Gary Goodridge vs. Mike Benardo
- 5th Match: 3min 3R/K-1 rules
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Cyril Abidi
- 6th Match: 5min 3R/MMA rules
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Mirco Cro Cop
- 7th Match: 5min 3R/MMA rules
Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Masaaki Satake
- 8th Match: 5min 3R/MMA rules
Bob Sapp vs. Yoshihiro Takayama
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| Sapp and Takayama put on quite a show for the press. Sapp tells Takayama he’s got a Christmas present for him and then empties a bottle of mineral water over his head.
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Goodridge vs. Bernardo |
Ismael vs. Namekawa |
Bernardo has "five words" for Goodridge: "I’m going to knock you out."
Goodridge says he’s going to "kick ass." And when Bernardo wakes up on New Year’s Day, he’s going to wonder what happened.
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| Ismail wants to go after Namekawa on the stage and it doesn’t look like an act. When Namekawa predicts a quick victory, Ismail say he (Namekawa) isn’t going beat anyone. "There’s going to be a war and you’re going to the hospital, you’re going to feel pain," he says. Namekawa ignores him and Ismail demands, "Look at me when I’m talking to you!"
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Cro Cop vs. Fujita |
Yoshida vs. Satake |
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