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    since Inoki's death, the promotion held a second ten-bell salute for Inoki. On 28 December, Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima, a memorial show honoring Inoki, was...
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    at age 79, Inoki died from systemic transthyretin amyloidosis. On December 28, the Inoki Genki Factory held their first show, Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima...
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    athletes. On New Year's Eve 2000, Sakuraba defeated Kendo Kashin at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye in Osaka. Eleven years later on New Year's Eve 2011, Sakuraba teamed...
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    fights were in K-1 2001 GP Final, PRIDE FC and the New Year's events Inoki-Bom-Ba-Ye. He defeated veterans Kazuyuki Fujita (twice) and Japanese legend Kazushi...
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    next fight against New Japan professional wrestler Yuji Nagata at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 ended the same way, with Emelianenko first knocking Nagata to...
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  • down. Three months later, at a joint New Year's Eve show Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001: K-1 vs. Inoki, Frye defeated Cyril Abidi with relative ease, taking the...
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    Aoki later returned to lightweight and picked up a victory in the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye promotion before successfully defending his ONE Lightweight World Championship...
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    2002, Sapp fought professional wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye event. After rushing Takayama to the ground as usual, Sapp proved he...
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    fortuitousness of the bout and requested a rematch, which was conceded for the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye event. This fight would be longer and more intense, with Fujita repeatedly...
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    was again against a kickboxer, Mike Bernardo, as part of Inoki's team in the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye event. The fight saw virtually no offense, as both fighters...
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    world has ever seen. [...] You are the warrior we all look to be." At Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002, Takayama fought the 350-pound Bob Sapp. The fight was one-sided...
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    professional loss. On 31 December 2003, he took part in Inoki's annual event Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003, where he fought future UFC Middleweight Champion Rich...
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    quarterfinal match. Overeem rebounded to defeat Tomohiko Hashimoto at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 in 36 seconds. On 31 October 2004, Overeem fought Hiromitsu Kanehara...
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    October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2021. "IGF - Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2013". sherdog.com. "UFC Veteran Headlining Inoki Genome Fight I". pwinsiderxtra.com. February...
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    stoppage) in 3:25 of the third round. Sylvia fought Satoshi Ishii at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye and lost by unanimous decision. Sylvia fought Dagestan prospect Ruslan...
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  • December 2013 in Japan as he faced Strikeforce veteran Brett Rogers at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2013. He won the fight via rear-naked choke in the first round. He...
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    his loss to Jackson was a fluke, and faced him on the New Year's Eve Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye card, again under K-1 rules. Jackson laid a lot of criticism to rest...
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    retirement months ago, Manhoef faced Igor Tanabe on 28 December 2022 at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima. He was submitted via heel hook in the first round and...
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    wrestling following his Pancrase tenure. He made his debut at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2000 event, where he teamed up with Alexander Otsuka to defeat the...
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    first professional wrestling match when he was invited to the event Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2000, teaming up with Mark Kerr to defeat Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata...
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  • PRIDE" rules bout against vale tudo fighter Ebenezer Fontes Braga in Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye, which ended in a draw. Goodridge started 2002 opposite to Achmed Labasanov...
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    submitted former world karate champion Masaaki Satake by neck crank at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye. At PRIDE Total Elimination 2003, Yoshida faced shoot-style ace Kiyoshi...
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    who was 9-4 in the sport, in Kobe, Japan as the main event of the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye. The fight was to be in a MMA ring. However the bout was cancelled...
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    Emelianenko fought against Brazilian fighter Angelo Araujo at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 Inoki Festival, defeating Araujo by TKO after Emelianenko cut Araujo...
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    Lesnar at Lesnar's personal gym to gain muscle mass. NJPW President Simon Inoki later suggested that as part of his learning excursion, Nakamura would be...
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  • company. Wang debuted in the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) on December 31, 2013, defeating Kendo Kashin at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2013 event. Wang continued...
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    with UFC fighter Don Frye losing to Keiji Muto and Nobuhiko Takada at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye in Osaka, Japan. Shamrock returned to professional wrestling in March...
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  • materialize later, as Lovato made his return to MMA on December 28, 2022, at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima against undefeated Taiga Iwasaki. He won the bout in the...
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    at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001 (which was Cro Cop's third mixed martial arts fight), and in 1 minute, 2 seconds to Fedor Emelianenko at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003...
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    loss in PRIDE. At the end of 2003, he took part in the annual event Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye for a rematch against Josh Barnett. Schilt was defeated again by armbar...
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