Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) was the leading Japanese

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promoter founded on September 3, 2003. Its last president was

Sadaharu Tanikawa (27 September 1961 in Nagoya) is a Japanese combat sports promoter and the president of Fighting and Entertainment Group. Tanikawa graduated from Nihon University College of Law and worked as a journalist and executive at various sports media, m ...

and it was the parent company behind the now-defunct

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

series

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and formerly, the largest kickboxing promotion in the world, K-1. FEG was founded in order to administrate K-1 after its founder and president

Kazuyoshi Ishii is a Japanese master of Seidokaikan karate and founder of the K-1 fighting circuit, a widely televised international martial arts competition combining Muay Thai, karate, sanshou, taekwondo, kenpo, boxing, and kickboxing.Maylam, J. (2001)K-1 h ...

was arrested for money laundering. Sports journalist and Ishii's acquaintance

was his successor and created FEG as a

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for K-1, eventually including other events under its umbrella, such as

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...

promotions

Rumble on the Rock Rumble on the Rock (also known as K-1 Rumble on the Rock) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company in promotion with K-1 and operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group and Rumble World Entertainment. Headquartered Hawaii, R ...

Hero's Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the ''K-1 Romanex' ...

and

, as well doing co-productions with

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, the parent company of PRIDE Fighting Championships.

Financial crisis

On December 31, 2010, after the Dream event

Dynamite!! 2010 ''Dynamite!! 2010'' was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event in the annual New Year's Eve event promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group that took place on December 31, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event include ...

, Tanikawa announced a three-month hiatus for FEG, stating, "2011 is a comeback year for us. We will restructure the company for three months and start holding events in the spring." In January 2011, Sadaharu Tanikawa told a Japanese publication that, "The current course is that FEG will die", leading to further speculation about the future of FEG. FEG USA's Mike Kogan added, " less the money comes now, meaning the investors that have been talking commit and we start to move forward, the company will die. There is no way for it to survive, we have exhausted all good will." On July 28, 2011, FEG sold K-1 along with most of its trademarks to Japanese real estate firm Barbizon Co. Ltd. On May 16, 2012, Tanikawa officially declared the bankruptcy of FEG.FEG's bankruptcy
, May 17, 2012, Muay Thai TV

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Financial crisis

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