Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001: K-1 vs. Inoki was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event promoted by Antonio Inoki

Antonio Inoki

is a Japanese professional wrestling promoter and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist who now resides between New York City and Tokyo. He was also the founder and former owner of New Japan Pro Wrestling before selling his controlling share in the promotion to Yukes...

 on December 31, 2001 at the Saitama Super Arena

Saitama Super Arena

is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Chūō-ku, Saitama City, Saitama, Japan. Its spectator capacity is 37,000 at maximum settings.This main arena capacity is between 19,000-22,500 when events such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, ice hockey, gymnastics, boxing, mixed martial arts and...

 in Saitama, Japan.

Organised by Inoki and the Tokyo Broadcasting System

Tokyo Broadcasting System

, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

, the event featured MMA and professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

 bouts with well known kickboxers, pro wrestlers and mixed martial artists competing. The rules dictated that fights that did not end in a knock out or submission would be called a draw.

Results

• Heavyweight MMA bout:   Mike Bernardo
  Mike Bernardo
  Michael "Mike" Bernardo is a South African former kickboxer and boxer from Cape Town. Bernardo is known as Beru-chan in Japan, where he has taken part in K-1 World GPs since 1994...
  
   vs.   Nobuhiko Takada
  Nobuhiko Takada
  Nobuhiko Takada is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler. He is best known for helping to popularize shoot-style professional wrestling, as one of the biggest stars of the Universal Wrestling Federation and Union of Wrestling Force International in the '80s and '90s. He...
  
  

Draw

• Heavyweight MMA bout:   Sam Greco
  Sam Greco
  Sam "Slam 'em" Greco is a retired Australian super heavyweight kickboxer, heavyweight mixed martial artist and professional wrestler of Italian descent, who fought in Kyokushin karate, professional kickboxing, and K-1 tournaments....
  
   vs.   Masaaki Satake
  Masaaki Satake
  is a Japanese former super heavyweight karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was one of the pioneering heavyweight fighters in K-1, after being a member of Kazuyoshi Ishii's Seido-Kaikan school and organization.-Biography and career:...
  
  

Draw

• Heavyweight MMA bout:   Ebenezer Fontes Braga
  Ebenezer Fontes Braga
  Ebenezer "Pitbull" Fontes Braga is a Brazilian retired mixed martial artist. He competed in the Light Heavyweight division...
  
   vs.   Gary Goodridge
  Gary Goodridge
  Gary Goodridge , nicknamed "Big Daddy", is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian-Canadian former super heavyweight kickboxer and heavyweight mixed martial artist fighting out of Barrie, Ontario. Goodridge is known for his hard-hitting fighting style and showmanship...
  
  

Draw

• Light Heavyweight MMA bout:   Shingo Koyasu vs.   Tokimitsu Ishizawa

Draw

• Pro westling bout:   Antonio Inoki
  Antonio Inoki
  is a Japanese professional wrestling promoter and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist who now resides between New York City and Tokyo. He was also the founder and former owner of New Japan Pro Wrestling before selling his controlling share in the promotion to Yukes...
  
   &   Great Sasuke vs.   Giant Silva
  Giant Silva
  Paulo César da Silva , better known by his ring name Giant Silva, is a former Brazilian basketball player and mixed martial artist and current professional wrestler...
  
   &   Red and White Mask

Inoki defeated Red and White Mask via octopus hold at 4:02.

• Heavyweight MMA bout:   Cyril Abidi
  Cyril Abidi
  Cyril "Marseille Bad Boy" Abidi is a French former super heavyweight kickboxer. His road to fame started in 2000 when he entered K-1 and created a huge upset with a first round knockout win over legendary Peter Aerts....
  
   vs.   Don Frye
  Don Frye
  Donald Frye is a retired American mixed martial artist, actor, and professional wrestler. Frye rose to fame fighting in early Ultimate Fighting Championship events, winning the UFC 8 and Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournaments...
  
  

Frye defeated Abidi via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:33 of round 2.

• Heavyweight MMA bout:   Mirko Filipović
  Mirko Filipovic
  Mirko Filipović is a former Croatian heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist, politician, and law enforcement officer. Filipović was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 through 2007...
  
   vs.   Yuji Nagata
  Yuji Nagata
  is a Japanese professional wrestler. He was known for his perennial tweener status, currently a solid fan favorite, and his stiff, shoot style wrestling technique....
  
  

Filipović defeated Nagata via TKO (punches) at 0:21 of round 1.

• Heavyweight MMA bout:   Jérôme Le Banner
  Jérôme Le Banner
  Jérôme "Geronimo" Le Banner , is a French kickboxer and K-1 superstar, famous for his aggressive fighting style and knockout power....
  
   vs.   Tadao Yasuda
  Tadao Yasuda
  Tadao Yasuda is a retired sumo and professional wrestler from Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. He competed in sumo from 1979 to 1992, under the shikona of Takanofuji, achieving the rank of komusubi, and afterwards turned to professional wrestling, in which he competed from 1994 to 2011.-Sumo career:He made his...
  
  

Yasuda defeated Le Banner via submission (forearm choke) at 2:50 of round 2.