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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010Scott Coker is not interested in doing business with Bjorn Rebney’s Bellator promotion.
The launch of the new book ‘The MMA Encyclopedia’
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010Jonathan Snowden’s new book, The MMA Encyclopedia, is now on sale. Plus, Jon Fitch gets denied another Welterweight title shot in the UFC.
K-1 gives Satoshi Ishii a call for their 11/8 Tokyo event
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010Satoshi Ishii will make an MMA fight appearance for K-1 at their World MAX event on November 8th in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Wacky Japanese happenings (plus UFC news & notes)
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010What happens when you run a big MMA show with about 30 matches and a ton of them are amateur fighters? Crazy things happen.
DREAM 16 in Nagoya – Ishii’s win, Sakuraba’s submission loss
Saturday, September 25th, 2010Satoshi Ishii took the mantle as top Japanese ace of DREAM and Kazushi Sakuraba continued his sad decline by getting submitted quickly by Mayhem Miller.
Satoshi Ishii vs. Minowaman booked for Saturday’s Nagoya DREAM 16 event
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Satoshi Ishii will fight at the last-minute on the DREAM 16 card in Nagoya against Minowaman.
MMA notebook – Dan Hardy says he has brought in a mystery training partner
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010Dan Hardy is back with more comments about Carlos Condit and Greg Jackson. Plus, notice which MMA event no one is really talking much about that’s coming up?
Mayhem Miller talks about DREAM 16 fight against Kazushi Sakuraba and his future in Strikeforce
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Jason “Mayhem” Miller says that he loves Kazushi Sakuraba but that he has no problem destroying Sakuraba in the ring when they fight in Nagoya on September 25th at DREAM 16. Plus, thoughts about his future in Strikeforce.
Tim Sylvia vs. Josh Barnett…
Sunday, September 12th, 2010Tim Sylvia vs. Josh Barnett will happen in a pro-wrestling ring and not an MMA ring. Plus, a big Outsiders show coming up that will be quite the spectacle.
Shark Fights 9/11 Amarillo & Sengoku 10/30 Ryogoku Kokugikan fight cards
Friday, September 10th, 2010A super-indy MMA card this weekend with Shark Fights and Sengoku has the building blocks in place for their 10/30 Ryogoku Kokugikan event in Tokyo.
Welcome to the DREAM world
Sunday, September 5th, 2010Sherdog’s Tony Loiseleur discovers today at the DREAM 16 press conference that the environment remains somewhat hostile and chaotic.
Final book by famous anti-yakuza lawyer will be published; PRIDE rumored to be in book
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Mr. Toshiro Igari may have been found dead, but there is one last piece of unfinished business via a new book that will be published by Kodansha that could cause a lot of commotion.
How Rampage Jackson currently views the state of his MMA career
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Quinton “Rampage” Jackson says that he would like to do both movies and MMA fighting at the same time, but that if he wants to be a world-class champion that he can’t do both activities at once (even though it’s his dream to do so).
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