Sengoku 17 Postponed in Response to Media Negativity

Filed under: Sengoku, News, Japan

Sengoku Raiden Championship promoter World Victory Road released a bizarre statement on Tuesday via their official Web site, announcing the postponement of SRC 17 due to an article written by a member of the Japanese press.

The article in question, a seven-page interview with SRC featherweight champion Hatsu Hioki written by Manabu Takashima in March's Gong Kakutougi, said that World Victory Road's end-of-year "Soul of Fight" event was poorly organized, with some fighters not signing their bout agreements until the day of the fight or even post-fight. This is not uncommon, especially in Japanese MMA, and barely deserves any attention.

World Victory Road's response though, is mind-boggling. Its statement claims that it may lose the support of parent company Don Quijote if it is forced to postpone its April 23 SRC 17 event and is requesting a formal apology.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/02/01/world-victory-road-postpones-src-17-in-response-to-media-negativ/

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