Two more additions to the UFC 138 card in Birmingham, England were reported today. Michihiro Omigawa will meet Jason Young in a featherweight bout, while Mark Scanlon and James Head will face off in welterweight action.
Japanese import Michihiro Omigawa will get another shot in the UFC featherweight division when he faces Darren Elkins in June at UFC 131 in Vancouver. Elkins will be making his first drop down to 145 lbs for the bout.
From left: Riki Fukuda, Kid Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Michihiro Omigawa, Yushin Okami UFC Asian Invasion. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come!
Sengoku and DREAM featherweight superstar Michihiro Omigawa (12-8) has signed with the UFC. He will battle Chad Mendes in his debut with the promotion.
Japan's top MMA promotion releases a new video to hype DREAM.16. This video features the featherweights on the card.
Japanese MMA promotion DREAM today announced three featherweight bouts for September 25's "DREAM.16" card. Fighters include Michihiro Omigawa, Cole Escovedo, Hiroyuki Takaya and Mitsuhiro Ishida.
HDNet Fights CEO Andrew Simon has confirmed that 41-year-old Kazushi Sakuraba will meet 29-year-old Jason "Mayhem" Miller at Dream 16 in Nagoya, Japan, on September 25.
#1 Dominic Cruz ably defended his WEC belt against #3 Joseph Benavidez at WEC 50.
#1 Jose Aldo will defend his WEC title against #2 Manny Gamburyan at WEC 51 in September.
