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Reports from Japan indicate that Satoshi Ishii may have suffered injuries against Fedor Emelianenko that will force his retirement from MMA

Big news from Japan on the return of the New Years Eve show and the K-1 Grand Prix.

James Toney may be fighting Randy Couture at UFC 118, but he's hardly the first boxer to fight a martial artist. More than fifteen years before the first UFC event Muhammad Ali met Antonio Inoki in what many consider the first MMA fight of the modern era. Total MMA author Jonathan Snowden takes a look back at one of the sport's most important fights.