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NEWS: Bob Sapp to Fight Kinnikuman Cosplayer Next Week


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Tomibiki



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:50 pm Reply with quote
Side bets? 60 on Sapp in the first round...if he goes more than 2 he's finished.
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KabaKabaFruit



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:18 pm Reply with quote
Sapp's gonna murder the poor bastard... Confused
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MrAnimeSpecialist



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:39 pm Reply with quote
KabaKabaFruit wrote:
Sapp's gonna murder the poor bastard... Confused


Well, we are talking about Kid Muscle... Razz
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:15 pm Reply with quote
I dunno, if Sapp puts in as crappy a performance as he did against Jan Norte at Strikeforce, Kid Muscle might just win.

At which point Sapp should move to Tibet to avoid the public.
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FinfoxAelia



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:28 pm Reply with quote
As a fan of Kinnikuman and Kinnikuman Nisei, I'd like to say...GO MANTARO! Anime smile + sweatdrop
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:23 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
Better yet, is Mantaro even still popular in Japan? Didn't the show not perform as well as expected? Seems like he's still being regularly out-shined by his father and hasn't really caught on the same way.


The manga is still going, but they time-traveled to the 1980's; presumably so that they can use the '80s characters again. The manga is also seinen (not shonen), so it will likely never be as popular as Kinnikuman.

The Kinnikuman Nisei anime got canceled because it went into "filler hell" and its ratings plunged accordingly. When they aired the US episodes in Japan they were on at 1am or something and no one saw them. (And the ones that did were angered that Meat had no "にく" on his forehead.Laughing)

ScottGreen wrote:
After all... Big Van Vader [was a] character developed by Go Nagai.


Is that true?
Then perhaps "ビッグバン・ベイダー" was supposed to be "Big-Bang Bader"?
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ChronoBall X



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:33 am Reply with quote
FinfoxAelia wrote:
As a fan of Kinnikuman and Kinnikuman Nisei, I'd like to say...GO MANTARO! Anime smile + sweatdrop
I also find this halariouse,because I'm also a huge Kinnikuman fan.lol

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ChronoBall X



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:35 am Reply with quote
mrsatan wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Better yet, is Mantaro even still popular in Japan? Didn't the show not perform as well as expected? Seems like he's still being regularly out-shined by his father and hasn't really caught on the same way.


The manga is still going, but they time-traveled to the 1980's; presumably so that they can use the '80s characters again. The manga is also seinen (not shonen), so it will likely never be as popular as Kinnikuman.

The Kinnikuman Nisei anime got canceled because it went into "filler hell" and its ratings plunged accordingly. When they aired the US episodes in Japan they were on at 1am or something and no one saw them. (And the ones that did were angered that Meat had no "にく" on his forehead.Laughing)

ScottGreen wrote:
After all... Big Van Vader [was a] character developed by Go Nagai.


Is that true?
Then perhaps "ビッグバン・ベイダー" was supposed to be "Big-Bang Bader"?
However,eventually the second half of the choujin Crown finals arc eventually all aired in japan in 2006,and also,the anime ended differently than the Manga spoiler[in the manga version,it was kevin mask who won the choujin crown finals and thus the manga continued with the demon seed arc,but however the anime ended up with Mantaro winning and thus no new episodes were made afterwards.]
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:50 pm Reply with quote
The actual mask for the fight has been revealed.

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Unit 03.5-ish



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:00 pm Reply with quote
Is it wrong for me to wish there were more actual cosplay battles? Sanctioned or not?

C'mon, who wouldn't wanna see someone dressed up as Batman going at it with someone playing Kenshiro of FotNS fame?
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:02 pm Reply with quote
The full fighting outfit has been revealed. And Lordy is it out there. DREAM went all out.





Bets folks? Fight's in a few hours.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:09 pm Reply with quote
Sapp's gonna win, unless this guy's fast. Also, the mask is supposed to cover his cheeks and chin, too. Mad
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:58 pm Reply with quote
Fight video is now up. The entrance of "Mantaro" is surreal.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/sapp%2Bmantaro/video/x7vxca_bob-sapp-vs-kinniku-mantaro-fields_sport


spoiler[Sapp wins by TKO at 5:23 in Round 1.]
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:30 am Reply with quote
It looks like Mantaro's cosplayer is a real amateur. Crying or Very sad And I know Sapp was holding back, too. If you want good grappling, check out Flash Point instead.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:24 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
It looks like Mantaro's cosplayer is a real amateur. Crying or Very sad And I know Sapp was holding back, too.


Sapp was never the pinnacle of technical excellence, but his opponent was worse, a one-dimensional lay-n-pray wrestler.

Technical fighting came from the Shinya-Aoki vs. Eddie Alvarez fight. Aoki is a wizard when it comes to grappling, unlike Sapp and Mantaro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59_dAJgsKc
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