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Roger Deaton
Posted: 2003-04-22 11:32:39
I think there was at one point going to be more American fighters on the show. But with K-1 moving from Fiji TV to Nippon TV in Japan, things changed. The Tokyo Broadcasting System kept only K-1 middleweight and Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye programming. Nippon picked-up K-1's tv righs.

In 2002 it was reported Nippon TV producers threatened Ishii that they would kick K-1 off their network if they didn't feature Japanese fighters prominently. It is pretty clear to me that Nippon execs are having a major influence on K-1 match-making now.
No way ESPN is going to do a major deal with K-1 if they know a Japanese TV company is pulling the strings and having the most influence on what K-1 does. If I am ESPN, I would do my homework before I signed any kind of deal with K-1.

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