OK, no edit button in sight. Guess it's because of my low post count.
Anyway, the thing I'm looking for is a supposed blurb about one of EGM's staff having taken a trip to India and finding a PS1 pirate titled Tekken 5 that turned out to be a prototype of Clayfighter Extreme. To date no one has been able to find the issue, but the original mention was made back in May 2005 and they said it was some "months" prior that they had read it back then, so I'm just being careful with a general 2004-2005 timeline.
Maybe others have heard this rumor. Anyway, if anyone wants to finally put it to rest, it'd be appreciated!