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Bom-Ba-Ye 2000


December 31, 2000 in Osaka, Japan
Osaka Dome drawing 42,753
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Justin McCully (10:10) via submission.

  2. Great Sasuke & Daijiro Matsui beat Akira Shoji & Kaoru Uno (20:00) when Sasuke pinned Uno.

  3. Bas Rutten & Alexander Otsuka beat Naoki Sano & Ricco Rodriguez (14:43) when Rutten forced Sano to submit.

  4. Shinya Hashimoto beat Gary Goodridge (9:04) via submission.

  5. Naoya Ogawa TKO Tadao Yasuda (1:38).

  6. Mark Coleman & Mark Kerr beat Takashi Iizuka & Yuji Nagata (12:29) when Coleman forced Nagata to submit.

  7. Kazushi Sakuraba beat Kendo Kashin (19:17) via submission.

  8. Nobuhiko Takada & Keiji Mutoh beat Ken Shamrock & Don Frye (24:13) when Takada pinned Frye.

  9. Antonio Inoki drew Renzo Gracie (3:00) in a special exhibition match.
Note: The entire card consisted of "worked" matches.

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Bom-Ba-Ye 2001


December 31, 2001 in Saitama, Japan
Saitama Super Arena drawing 35,492
Shown live on TBS (14.9)
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Nobuhiko Takada drew Mike Bernardo (3rd).

  2. Masaaki Satake drew Sam Greco (3rd).

  3. Gary Goodridge drew Ebenezer Fontes Braga (3rd).

  4. Tokimitsu Ishizawa drew Shingo Koyasu (3rd).

  5. Antonio Inoki & The Great Sasuke beat Giant Silva & Red/White Japanese Masked Spirit Man (Ikuto Hidaka) (4:02) when Inoki forced Spirit Man to submit. This was a "worked" match.

  6. Don Frye beat Cyril Abidi (2nd - 0:34) via submission.

  7. Mirko Cro Cop TKO Yuji Nagata (1st - 0:21).

  8. Tadao Yasuda beat Jerome Le Banner (2nd - 2:10) via submission.
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Bom-Ba-Ye 2002


December 31, 2002 in Saitama, Japan
Saitama Super Arena drawing 35,674
Shown live on TBS (16.5)
  1. Jan Nortje TKO Tadao Yasuda (2nd - 0:57).

  2. Mike Bernardo KO Gary Goodridge (1st - 2:12) in a "K-1 rules" match.

  3. Daniel Gracie beat Shunsuke Nakamura (2nd - 2:14) via submission.

  4. Wallid Ismail beat Yasuhito Namekawa (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  5. Quinton Jackson beat Cyril Abidi (3rd) via unanimous decision in a "K-1 rules" match.

  6. Mirko Cro Cop beat Kazuyuki Fujita (3rd) via unanimous decision.

  7. Hidehiko Yoshida beat Masaaki Satake (1st - 0:50).

  8. Bob Sapp TKO Yoshihiro Takayama (1st - 2:16).
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Bom-Ba-Ye 2003


December 31, 2003 in Kobe, Japan
Wing Stadium drawing 25,000
Portions shown live on Nippon TV (5.1)
Shown live on Japanese PPV
  1. Rene Rooze TKO Tadao Yasuda (1st - 0:52).

  2. Lyoto Machida KO Rich Franklin (2nd - 1:03).

  3. Alexander Emelianenko TKO Angelo Araujo (2nd - 4:22).

  4. King of Pancrase Open Weight Champ Josh Barnett beat Semmy Schillt (3rd - 3:48) via submission.

  5. Tatsumi Fujinami beat Antonio Inoki (3:00) via chokehold. This was a "worked" match.

  6. Michael McDonald KO Hiromi Amada (2nd - 0:46) in a "K-1 rules" match.

  7. Stefan Leko KO Kazunari Murakami (1st - 1:04) in a "K-1 rules" match.

  8. Fedor Emelianenko TKO Yuji Nagata (1st - 1:02).

  9. Kazuyuki Fujita beat Imamu Mayfield (2nd - 2:15) via submission.

  10. Ama Suloev TKO Din Thomas (1st - 4:22).

  11. Alistair Overeem KO Tomohiko Hashimoto (1st - 0:36).

  12. Yuka Tsuji beat Yeitsidou Kalliopi (3rd) via unanimous decision.
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