UFC invades Ameba Blog to increase presence in Japanese market
by Akimitsu Kuwabara on Sep 3, 2009 11:44 AM EDT
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues to creep into the Japanese market after partnering with Japan's number one social networking and blog site, Ameba Blog, to create UFC/WEC fighter blog pages.
MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Ameba ... get those bookmarks organized folks.
Though you must be able to read Japanese to comprehend the content of these blogs, the non-Japanese fans can nevertheless get a glimpse of the day-to-day happenings and musings of the fighters, as a lot of the entries include pictures.
Interestingly enough, UFC Octagon girl, Logan Stanton (who apparently is quarter-Japanese) maintains her page on Ameba Blog. Her blog, of course, is in English so her fans can rejoice as they can "get the inside scoop they can't get anywhere else" (euphemism for stalking!?)
To the delight of the "Sexyama" worshippers, Yoshihiro Akiyama is one of the current fighters with a blog page: Now they will have a daily dose of pictures of their idol.
As posted on the UFC news section, the following are the blog pages for the select UFC/WEC fighters (and Logan Stanton): Caol Uno, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Logan Stanton, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Takeya Mizugaki, Kenji Osawa and Akitoshi Tamura.
Stay tuned for more updates on the Ameba-UFC connection as more fighters sign on -- or in the best case scenario, the UFC finally makes its return to Japan.
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Sexyyama is no idol in Japan. He has more haters than worshippers there for grease incident with their true “idol” Sakuraba and for staying close to his parents’ Korean roots.
by Lights Out on Sep 3, 2009 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Sounds like he wants an @ss wooping to me.
by O damn he got caught on Sep 4, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions
This is a nice way to be “creepin’ on a come up” on the Japside.
I could just imagine Bruce Buffer doin’ the intro’s startin’ with a Japanese phrase like “KOnichiwa! We are live at the sold out Budokan Hall in Tokyo Japan, for UFC 124!”
by The Negation on Sep 3, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, just like Guida should’ve won the Sanchez fight.
by Alpha Male on Sep 3, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
it was the terrible ink he has on his body that swayed the judges the other way
by brendan on Sep 3, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I watched that fight twice, once in a bar with no sound and once listening to Rogan spout off in the middle of the fight how Belcher had the fight in the bag. I thought it was pretty clear Sexy took that one.
by PW on Sep 3, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, Sexy won clearly… I think Arianny has some asian in her too, you can see it..
by RoBerto on Sep 3, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Give me 5 minutes and she’ll have some Texan in her too.
by PW on Sep 3, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Sexyama won that fight clearly in my eyes, Rogan just bums off Belcher. I had Herman winning their fight anyway, so Belcher deserved to lose the next close decision for that one alone.
by David W-S on Sep 3, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
People need to learn how to score MMA. Can’t claim to be fans of the sport if you still don’t understand how to determine who’s winning.
by NameNotRequired on Sep 3, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Then Belcher should have sealed the deal with a finish, because he didn’t do enough to take it on a judge’s scorecard.
by Jase on Sep 3, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I gave it to Sexy.
That sounds a little different than indended…
by Jimrod on Sep 3, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions
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