From http://www.puroresufan.com/other/123103.php

Fujinami had a retirement ceremony on the show and wrestling exhibition with Inoki, but asked Inoki to "continue it" on 1/4 in New Japan.

Antonio Inoki's "INOKI BOM-BA-YE 2003", 12/31/03 (TV/PPV)
Kobe Wing Stadium
43,000 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Rene Rooze beat Tadao Yasuda (R1 0:52) by TKO.
2. LYOTO beat Rich Franklin (R2 1:00) by KO.
3. Emelianenko Alexander beat Angelo Araujo (R2 4:28) by TKO.
4. King of Pancrase Openweight Title: Josh Barnett (c) beat Semmy Schilt (R3 4:48) with a cross armbreaker (2nd defense).
5. Michael McDonald beat Hiromi Amada (R2 0:46) by KO.
6. Stefan Leko beat Kazunari Murakami (R1 1:08) by KO.
7. Fedor Emelianenko beat Yuji Nagata (R1 1:02) by TKO.
8. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Imamu Mayfield (R2 2:15) with a shoulder hold.
9. Amar Suloev beat Din Thomas (R1 4:23) by TKO.
10. Alistair Overeem beat Tomohiko Hashimoto (R1 0:36) by TKO.
11. Yuka Tsuji beat Kaliopi Yeitsuidou (R3) by decision (3-0).

Lyoto beating Franklin

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1.Who is LYOTO
2.Yay for Leko, I hope he wins the GP this next year. He's awesome.

Lyoto is apparently Inoki's new golden boy. He knew something we didn't.....until now at least

Lyoto Machida is son of a japanese father, brazilian mother, born and raised in brazil. he joined the Inoki Army this year

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Yikes...what a face..

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9. Amar Suloev defeats Din Thomas at 4:22 of Round 1 by TKO/referee stoppage due to soccer kicks

ouch

Michael Mc Donald is the f'n man...HE's one canadian I don't hate.

Originally posted by Mr. Beelzebub
Michael Mc Donald is the f'n man...HE's one canadian I don't hate.

Yes he is the man, him and Carlos Newton should start a team or school together in Canada.

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Originally posted by Curly Howard
9. Amar Suloev defeats Din Thomas at 4:22 of Round 1 by TKO/referee stoppage due to soccer kicks

ouch


i dunno what just happened to me.

i read this and i seriously got nauseous. like i like i was gonna puke. and not of sickness but of fear.

the thought of one of the coolest guy i know taking soccer kicks...man just typing that i was gettin queezy.


I unfortunately cannot say i would have been surprised either way.

Din was out weighed by 40 lbs by a great fighter so for him to lose was a definate possibility.

then again Din is a great fighter aswell for him to of won i wouldn't have been surprised at all.

are there any picsof the Din fight?

Din was facing a good fighter than had a lot of weight on him. Amar is a HUGE 185 lb fighter and Thomas is a 155 lb fighter. Giving up 30 lbs just isn't realistic in MMA anymore

Originally posted by Creed
Din was facing a good fighter than had a lot of weight on him. Amar is a HUGE 185 lb fighter and Thomas is a 155 lb fighter. Giving up 30 lbs just isn't realistic in MMA anymore

this is very true

I am sure Thomas came in close to 170, but Amar also cuts down to 185 from around 200 lbs.

What was Din thinking talking that fight?

din weighed in at 163

the other dude weighed in at 185 and was roughlt 200 at fight time.

as for what he was thinking i dunno i'm not him.

but as someone on the UG said. Its a win win situation for him.

If he won he would have been like "the giant killer"
if he lost he has huge balls and is a pimp for stepping up
that nad from what they say on the UG it was quite the pay day (i dunno personally i do not put my nose in other people's **** like that)

Actually, Suloev is probably closer to 193 (the weight he fought Chuck Liddell), which is roughly Bustamante/ Kondo size.

Still a big size difference, though.

Originally posted by Nuno
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DId he finish this STANDING?

Originally posted by VulgarTheClown
i dunno what just happened to me.

i read this and i seriously got nauseous. like i like i was gonna puke. and not of sickness but of fear.

the thought of one of the coolest guy i know taking soccer kicks...man just typing that i was gettin queezy.


I unfortunately cannot say i would have been surprised either way.

Din was out weighed by 40 lbs by a great fighter so for him to lose was a definate possibility.

then again Din is a great fighter aswell for him to of won i wouldn't have been surprised at all.

not to mention that Suloev has won 3 six man tournaments and 2
eight man wons and has fought a ****load of fights. Stack that with 40 extra pounds and there you have it. Not a big blemish on Din he came in as a heavy underdog.

Din wil be fine Amar outweight Din for over 25lbs.

Sometimes when you do not do what you want but what you have to. One day when some of you guys make it to the big show will understand that to take it to the next level you have to make that call.