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Genki Sudo joins K-1 + NTT Docomo's big bet on Shooto & Tatsuro Taira

Japan's greatest generation of fighters resurface to restore old glory.

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Zach Arnold
Sep 03, 2025
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Genki Sudo is back with K-1 as a producer. (Image credit: Twitter.)

It’s not billion-dollar level TKO activity, but we’re suddenly seeing some significant moves in a fragmented and chaotic Japanese fight scene.

Frustration has been mounting among Japan’s (previous) greatest generation of fighters. Institutions that once were pillars of fight society, like…

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