Mark Kerr

I meet with a guy named Mr. Ishii Shaka, who his real name is Kim Duxu.

He's a Korean guy.

And Mr. Ishii, who owned K1.

You had to have a Japanese name.

You couldn't do business in Japan without a Japanese name.

He signed all of his documents, legal documents, Kim Duxu.

Wow.

But every single person called him Mr. Ishii Shaka.

Yeah.

And it's still with an accent because he spoke Korean too.

So it's just one of those were understanding like the, the culture back then just, it was still stuck, you know, and hadn't really progressed.

Um, so Mr. Ishii owned K1 and Mr. Jaka started pride and it was called KRS at the beginning before it turned into dream stage.

And so here's where it gets a little sticky.

So I go over there.

I take for Pride 2, it's supposed to be me and Hoist Gracie.

Him and I, there's still fight posters that I've signed of him and I facing off with each other.

Signed the contract to fight for Pride.

way more money than was being paid in the UFC.

And when I get back to the States, I get served with papers to appear in court in New York City, the UFC suing me.

It's when Bob Meyerowitz still owned it and Art Davis was involved.