Friday, June 3, 2016

World Series of Fighting - Global Champoinship COP vs COP Heavyweight Title Main Event in Philippines


World Series of Fighting – Global Championship (WSOF-GC) has announced a heavyweight championship main event for their next event, which also marks their first Global event in Philippines on July 30, 2016. The match up will pit WSOF Global Champion, Russia’s Evgeny Erokhin (14-4), vs WSOF Global #1 Contender, USA’s Richard “The Black Eagle” Odoms (11-2).

Evgeny Erokhin won the inaugural WSOF Global World Heavyweight Championship back on February 7 in Tokyo, Japan, with a first round TKO victory over former Bellator contender, Brandon Cash. Evgeny brings an impressive win streak into the decagon with nine straight wins via knockout, including wins over Brett Rogers, Mike Kyle, Jeff Monson, and Tim Hague.

Richard Odoms made his debut with WSOF Global in Tokyo in February and was on hand to witness Evgeny win his championship. Odoms had a very powerful first round KO stoppage, flattening Japan’s Yusuke Kawaguchi in the first round with a knee to the head. Odoms has won three straight fights, with two of those wins coming by first round KO/TKO.

An interesting fact about each of these warriors is that when they aren’t training, they protect and serve with their respective police forces at home. Evgeny is a police officer in Khabarovsk, Russia; while Richard wears the badge in San Antonio, Texas.

“We have been focusing a lot of our efforts in early 2016 working with our affiliates in nine countries on five continents. We continue to build that program successfully. UGB-MMA in Philippines was our very first affiliate and paved the way for others. It just makes sense that Philippines would be the right market for us to put on our next big event,” lamented WSOF-GC Owner, Dunesa Hesser. “Not only will we be bringing fighters from across the globe to this event, but we will be highlighting some of UGB’s talented fighters as well.”

“Evgeny Erokhin has been on an amazing run over the last several years,” states Jason Lilly, Vice President of Operations and Matchmaker for WSOF-GC. “We are fortunate to have this MMA rising star represent us as our Global Champion, but The Black Eagle is soaring high himself. Erokhin hits like he has steel in his fists, but he has never faced someone as large as Odoms, who stands at 6’5” and cuts weight down from 300 pounds. Erokhin is a modest 6’1” 230. When you talk about David and Goliath stories, rarely is the Champion playing the role of David, but that’s the case here. This should be a ground-shaking, exciting main event. When you add in the intriguing storyline of Russian cop versus American cop, it’s almost like something out of an action movie.”

WSOF-GC will host WSOF-GC 3 Philippines at Smart Araneta Coliseum on July 30, 2016. Tickets start at PHP300 with ringside seats available for PHP4000. Tickets are now on sale at http://ticketnet.com.ph/WSOF-GC3-Philippines--Smart-Araneta-Coliseum/EventDetails/431. Smart Araneta Coliseum has been host to many great events over the years, but is most notably known for Ali vs Frazier III “The Thrilla in Manila”.

World Series of Fighting Global’s ultimate mission is to bring together the best athletes from countries and organizations across the world to compete for a true, globally-recognized world champion. Media inquiries should be sent to Jason Lilly, Vice President of Operations of World Series of Fighting Global, at jlilly@wsof.asia. Follow them on Twitter @WSOFGlobal.


*This is Press Release

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

ANIMAX Brings Mystery and Transformation to Light as It Shows Three New Series this June

A mix of mystery and transformation is in the air as Animax brings to its loyal viewers Young Black Jack, Yatterman Night, and In Search of the Lost Future first and exclusive this festive month of June. 

YOUNG BLACK JACK

Premieres June 6 at 10pm, Monday and Tuesday,2 Episodes back-to-back
Young Black Jack is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga ‘Black Jack’ by Ozamu Tezuka and is set in the 1960’s during the Vietnam War. The story revolves around Kuroo Hazama and his life as a surgeon even without a license. As a young boy, he was saved by a skilled surgeon named Dr. Joutarou Honma from injuries incurred from an unexploded bomb. The episodes feature Hazama as he expertly deals with different types of people who require medical assistance. Follow the story as it reveals how Hazama came to be known as Black Jack.

Kuroo Hazama is voiced by Yūichirō Umehara. The anime series is directed by Mitsuko Kase, written by Ryōsuke Takahashi, and is produced by Tezuka Productions.


YATTERMAN NIGHT

Premieres June 14 at 8pm, Monday and Tuesday, 2 Episodes back-to-back
Yatterman Night springs from the 1970s anime series ‘Yatterman’. The Yattermen were considered the good guys as they battled the Doronbow Gang; but that was long before their successors became the tyrannous members of the Yatter Kingdom. After years of being the heroes, the Yattermen have now become corrupt and have led their people to become poor and desperate.  Meanwhile, a young girl named Leopard finds out that she is a descendant of the Doronbow Gang’s leader. She resolves to alter the present Doronbow Gang in order to put an end to the Yattermen’s tyranny.

Yatterman Night is produced by Tatsunoko Production and is directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara.




IN SEARCH OF THE LOST FUTURE

Premieres June 27 at 10pm, Monday and Tuesday, 2 Episodes back-to-back
In Search of the Lost Future, or Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete in Japanese, features the story of the students at Uchihama Academy. Strange things have been happening in the school campus including ghost apparitions, tragic accidents, and unexplained disorders. The school’s Astronomy Club, of which Sou Akiyama is a member, was commissioned to investigate these incidents. Things become even more mysterious as a new transfer student arrives at the Academy. Is this transfer student the cause of all these weird events?

The anime series is written by Rie Kawamata and is directed by Naoto Hosoda. The series is comprised of 12 episodes.

Animax is seen on SKYCable Channel 46, Cignal Digital TV Channel 34 and Dream Channel 07.

About Animax Asia

Launched on 1 January 2004, Animax is Asia’s first channel brand specializing in Japanese animation – anime. Animax offers a wide variety of anime programs from across the most popular genres including action, romance, horror, supernatural, sci-fi, comedy and slice-of-life.

Animax is home to some of the biggest anime titles in the world that enjoy great following across the region. In addition, the channel created TV history in April 2009 by becoming the world’s first regional broadcaster to air an anime series at the same time as Japan and followed that with six other simulcast anime series. Currently reaching 58 million homes across 17 markets in Asia, Animax aims to offer anime programming for everyone.

Beyond television screens, Animax also actively engages its audiences at local events, including its signature Animax Carnival that has rolled out in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. See www.animax-asia.com for more.



*This is Press Release

The Hood by FUBU 2016



The Biggest and Baddest Hip-Hop Event of the Country. From the sickest car rides and row riders, the moves of street dancing and B-Boys, Best of the Best Influential Tatoo Icons, Artistic Graffity of the Streets, dopest street ballers to the True-to-Form underground rapers and Hip-Hop legends.

It was a massive day of Pure Hip-Hop! They gathered all Hip-Hop cultures and subcultures to take part in one pimped out event to entertain, be entertained and live the FUBU way



Definitely you can see Hip-Hop culture everywhere in this event, dope I can say and one can't help but look at those sexy ladies from Primiere and be entertained from the street dance and rap battle while getting some tatoo