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Lack of a hero. The model doesn't require a japanese person to win all the time but at minimum needs to to have a local contender. K-1 in Japan made their money from non PPV television and giant ticket sales. Without local talent, it is hard to get a buzz for people to go purchase a ticket. Kyotaro/Nagashima didn't really catch and they couldn't make it far in the tournaments.
ONE to a certain extent is still following that model. Their champions follow a criteria of in house within their gym evolve or from a certain country they want to market to(they don't even live there). I think very few of their champions actually train in the country they are supposedly representing.
ONE to a certain extent is still following that model. Their champions follow a criteria of in house within their gym evolve or from a certain country they want to market to(they don't even live there). I think very few of their champions actually train in the country they are supposedly representing.