Michael McDonald Injured, Out Of UFC Interim Bantamweight Title Picture
Fast-rising bantamweight Michael McDonald will not face Urijah Faber at July's UFC 148 due to a hand injury. Will Renan Barao get the shot instead?
Fast-rising bantamweight Michael McDonald will not face Urijah Faber at July's UFC 148 due to a hand injury. Will Renan Barao get the shot instead?
Bellator officially announced the signing of two Japanese bantamweights, nearly rounding out their 2012 135-pound tournament.
Lightweight prospects Maximo Blanco and Leonardo Santos will do battle at Sengoku Raiden Championships 15 on October 30. Also announced for the show were the pairings for Sengoku's 2010 Asia Bantamweight Tournament quarterfinals.
Sengoku Raiden Championships today announced the addition of four "recommended" fighters into its 2010 Asia Bantamweight Tournament. Manabu Inoue, Akitoshi "Ironman" Tamura, Taiyo Nakahara and Shunichi Shimizu all join the field.
Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 (SRC 14) takes place in Japan on Saturday and Bloody Elbow will have full live results, play-by-play and commentary beginning at 2AM ET. In the main event, middleweight champion Jorge Santiago defends his title against the former "Grabaka Hitman," Kazuo Misaki.
Sengoku Raiden Championship has revealed plans for a summer-long "Bantamweight Asia Tournament 2010," a project aimed at unearthing quality 135-pound prospects from Japan and neighboring nations.