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Sengoku XI Recap: Mamed Khalidov Upsets Jorge Santiago
Sandwiched between Strikeforce's Challengers card and their network-televised CBS card featuring Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers, Sengoku XI took place in the wee hours of Saturday morning on HDNet...
Sengoku XI Preview: Solid Matchmaking Could Produce Weekend's Hidden Gem
November looks to be a fantastic month for fight fans with a number of major promotions stepping forward to put on a few top notch cards that will appeal to casual fans and hardcore fans alike. This w...
Spike TV to Debut PRIDE Weekly Series
A reader chastises me for not covering this sooner. Hardcore and casual fans (and those new to MMA looking to fill gaps in their knowledge as well as appreciate some of the sport's best and most meani...
Report: Akihiro Gono Will Make Full Recovery
Some good news by way of MMA.Fanhouse: Japanese MMA fighter Akihiro Gono is expected to make a complete recovery after suffering head and neck injuries when he was knocked out by a brutal head kick...
World Victory Road Comes Up Short at Sengoku IX
It's no secret that I've long been openly rooting for World Victory Road's Sengoku to surpass DREAM as Japan's #1 MMA promotion. DREAM came out of the gate faster by putting on some spectacular events...
Sengoku IX Live Play-by-Play, Results and Commentary
The first of the 2009 Japanese Featherweight Grands Prix concludes tonight at Sengoku IX in Saitama, Japan. As always, BloodyElbow.com will have live results and play-by-play, beginning at 3AM Easter...
Akihiro Gono to Sengoku, Fujita vs. Ivanov Official for August
World Victory Road confirmed a couple of widely circulated rumors at their press conference in Tokyo today, first and foremost being that former PRIDE superstar Akihiro Gono (29-14-7) will return to...
Bloody Elbow February MMA Meta-Rankings: Welterweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Fighter %PromotionLast Rank 1. Georges St. Pierre 100 UFC 1 2. Thiago Alves 95 UFC 2 3. Jon Fitch 92 UFC 3 4. Josh...
Dana White Appreciates the Finer Points of Japanese Culture
Responding to a question at the post-fight press conference about Akihiro Gono's disco routine, Dana White had the following to say about Gono: I like him...and any of you that know the Japanese ...
UFC 94 Gate and Salaries
MMA Weekly has the payouts: – Georges St. Pierre $400,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn $125,000 (win bonus would have been $125,000) – Lyoto Machida $120,000 (includes ...
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