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The UFC is looking to head to Japan
News has come out about a proposed UFC card to be held in the land of the rising sun, the country that was home to the now defunct Pride organization, Japan. Fighter’s Only has a story detailing a plan which would include UFC middleweight Yohihiro Akiyama taking on the winner of the Michael Bisping-Wanderlei Silva bout, which will take place in less than two weeks in Australia. Akiyama was a big star in Japan and is of Japenese-Korean descent. “Sexiyama” starred in the K-1 organization,… (Full Story)
Sengoku Raiden Championship: What Every Fan Should Know
I realize that Japanese MMA is not something that’s followed in the states at nearly the same level it is in, well… Japan. Still, it’s worth taking a look ahead a couple of months to what will be an incredibly exciting event organized by World Victory Road. The organization that puts on the Sengoku events will be putting on a large New Year’s Eve show that, while most fights remain unannounced at the moment, may feature a number of the world’s greatest competitors and definitely merit some… (Full Story)
Sengoku IX Post Event Analysis and Review
How can such a good thing do someone so much bad? What on the exterior looked to be a great night of fights might have had a bad affect on business. World Victory Road’s Sengoku IX may be the event that in the future look back to find that it was a culprit in stifling the promotion despite the fact that the fights on the card were incredibly competitive and hard fought. From a promotional stand point the company could not have come out feeling more happy or sad. Not to say that the fights in… (Full Story)
Rampage and Rashad are the TUF 10 coaches
(UPDATE) Quinton Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans will be coaches on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter show. Rampage passed up a shot at Lyoto Machida and instead will indeed be facing Rashad Evans at seasons end. Machida really did put a snag in the UFC’s plans, because they tried desperately not to give him a title shot and then they probably expected him to lose having already pegged Jackson as the TUF 10 coach before Machida laid the beat down on Rashad at UFC 98. Looks like… (Full Story)
Dream 9 Results
Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza was declared a No Contest Joe Warren def. Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto via split decision Bibiano Fernandes def. Masakazu Iminari via unanimous decision Hiroyuki Takaya def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO in R1 at 9:40 Hideo Tokoro def. Abel Cullum via submission in R2 at 1:37 Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante via decision Gegard Mousasi def. Mark Hunt via submission in R1 at 1:19 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Jan Nortje via TKO… (Full Story)
Dream 9 Poster
I’ve always enjoyed the Pride posters and Dream has been doing a pretty good job with their latest offerings. Here is the poster for the upcoming Dream 9 event to be held on May… (Full Story)
Fedor, Aoki to Compete in ‘Exhibition’ Match
It’s official: Fedor Emelianenko will compete in a five-minute grappling exhibition against submission fighter Shinya Aoki during the April 29 M-1 Challenge. Even though rules are still being negotiated, Emelianenko, a Sambo practioner with strong submission skills, will have a large strength and size advantage against Aoki…. (Full Story)
UWC Update: War Machine vs. Reshad Woods Press Release
Luke Thomas from Bloodyelbow.com broke this story on his radio show a few weeks ago. Since that time the UWC released the following press release about the fight. “The Ultimate Fighter” & UFC Vet “War Machine” Enters the Nation’s Capital to Take on Local Standout Reshad Woods Washington, DC – East coast regional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) powerhouse the UWC – Ultimate Warrior Challenge formally announced today that a catch weight bout of 175lbs between War Machine (Jon… (Full Story)
Matt Hamill to take on Brandon Vera in Pa
The much anticipated fight card in Pensylvania continues to get better and better. The main event with Penn vs. Florian seems to be a lock, and the addition of Hamill vs. Vera will add depth to the event. www.mmamadness is reporting that they have confirmed the fight between Hamill and Vera will take place…. (Full Story)
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