Dynamite!! USA
SoftBank presents Dynamite!! USA was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event co-promoted by FEG, the promoters of K-1 kickboxing and Hero's MMA events, and EliteXC. The event was held on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.
The event featured the MMA debut of former professional wrestler Brock Lesnar and the anticipated rematch between Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba. The show also featured the MMA debut of NFL wide receiver Johnnie Morton.
The event was aired in two parts in the United States, with three preliminary bouts airing for free on Showtime and a main fight card shown on pay-per-view. In Japan, the card was aired as a two-hour edited broadcast on TBS on June 4, 2007. A condensed one-hour version of the entire event was broadcast on Showtime June 9, 2007.
The event was marred by a number of controversies: False advertising for fighters who were known not to be able to attend as well as steroid use by at least three fighters including top-billed Royce Gracie. In addition, Dynamite!! USA claimed to have shattered the record for highest attendance numbers for a North American mixed martial arts event with 42,757 claimed spectators, but it was found out that the promoter has bought the vast majority of tickets itself, and the paid attendance was only 3,674.
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