Kiss of Death
Posted by Chad Edward on March 15th, 2008“["Kiss" Yoshihiro] Nakao will be sunk in Tokyo Bay by the terrible Yakuza [if he fights "Cro Cop" Mirko Filipovic],” posted “The Oriental Mystery” Takumi Yano (9-8-3) last week on his blog at blog.livedoor.jp/ugokai.
Yano trains Nakao (6-1), who recently pulled out of his announced DREAM.1 bout with Cro Cop (22-6-2) without explanation.
Yakuza, or Japanese mafia, connections to combat sport promotions in Japan have long been alleged, most notoriously resulting in PRIDE’s loss of Japanese television coverage leading to their eventual demise.
My request to Yano for comment received the mysterious response: “Gone fishing.”
Kidding…
Yano didn’t respond to my English request, most likely because he speaks Japanese.
I can’t decide which is more dangerous: posting the comment as a joke or posting it because it’s the truth.
