Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) was the leading

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ese

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promoter founded on September 3, 2003. Its last president was Sadaharu Tanikawa and it was the parent company behind the now-defunct

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series

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and formerly, the largest

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promotion in the world,

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. FEG was founded in order to administrate K-1 after its founder and president

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was arrested for

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. Sports journalist and Ishii's acquaintance Sadaharu Tanikawa was his successor and created FEG as a

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for K-1, eventually including other events under its umbrella, such as

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promotions Rumble on the Rock,

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and

, as well doing co-productions with Dream Stage Entertainment, the parent company of

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Financial crisis

On December 31, 2010, after the Dream event Dynamite!! 2010, Tanikawa announced a three-month hiatus for FEG, stating, "2011 is a comeback year for us. We will restructure the company for three months and start holding events in the spring." In January 2011, Sadaharu Tanikawa told a Japanese publication that, "The current course is that FEG will die", leading to further speculation about the future of FEG. FEG USA's Mike Kogan added, " less the money comes now, meaning the investors that have been talking commit and we start to move forward, the company will die. There is no way for it to survive, we have exhausted all good will." On July 28, 2011, FEG sold K-1 along with most of its trademarks to Japanese real estate firm Barbizon Co. Ltd. On May 16, 2012, Tanikawa officially declared the bankruptcy of FEG.FEG's bankruptcy
, May 17, 2012, Muay Thai TV

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