EA Sports MMA - Lightweight and Welterweight Fighters Announced
And last but certainly not least - EA SPORTS MMA is proud to announce the fighters in the Lightweight and Welterweight classes
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Satoru Kitaoka submitted Cage Force lightweight champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka via second-round...
Satoru Kitaoka submitted Cage Force lightweight champion Kuniyoshi Hironaka via second-round guillotine choke at Sunday's Pancrase Passion Tour show in Tokyo. After the win, the former Sengoku champ announced his retirement from Pancrase and defection from his longtime gym, PANCRASEism. Kitaoka also said that he hopes to fight on New Year's Eve, presumably at Dream parent company Fighting and Entertainment Group's annual Dynamite event.
Elsewhere on the card, freestyle wrestling convert and Sengoku featherweight prospect Shigeki Osawa improved to 6-1 with a first-round TKO'ing of Masaomi Saito.
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USAT/SBN August 2010 MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
Fans of big-time lightweight action are in the midst of a delightful August. In just two days at UFC 118, #1 Frank Edgar will rematch #2 B.J. Penn. It's a rematch of their controversial first bout at UFC 112 when Edgar stole the title in a close decision.
Hello, Japan: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka Set for October 3
Japanese MMA veterans Satoru Kitaoka and Kuniyoshi Hironaka will meet for the first time in Pancrase on October 3.
USAT/SBN July 2010 MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
At UFC 118 in August, we'll see if #1 Frank Edgar's win over #2 B.J. Penn at UFC 112 was a fluke or a precedent.
USAT/SBN June 2010 MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
Another division that hasn't been moving much. The only jump with any meaning is #14 Evan Dunham's leap up from #34 after beating #13 (formerly #9) Tyson Griffin at UFC 115.
USAT/SBN May 2010 MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
After enduring a colossal shake up in April, the lightweight rankings were mostly static in May. #1 Frank Edgar will have to rematch #2 B.J. Penn for his first title defense at UFC 118. Good luck Frankie
According to a report from Gracie Mag, former Sengoku lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka (25-10-9)...
According to a report from Gracie Mag, former Sengoku lightweight champion Satoru Kitaoka (25-10-9) will make his Pancrase return on June 5th against Nova Uniao's "Jorjao" Rodrigues (20-4).
USAT/SBN April 2010 MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
Wow. What a month for the lightweight division. First #1 Frankie Edgar upset #2 B.J. Penn at UFC 112. Throwing the division into disarray and rocketing Edgar up six places in the rankings. Then #3 Gilbert Melendez beat up and beat down #7 Shinya Aoki (formerly #2) at Strikeforce: Nashville.
