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A Merry Judo Chop Christmas, Part 2
Holy spinning back-fist Santa Claus, we cranked out a ton of Judo Chops in 2010 and barely scratched the surface of incredible skill and technique on display in MMA. Here's a second helping of Judo Chops for those who just had to have seconds: Nogueira vs Brilz Part 1: The Deep Half Guard...
DREAM.16 Promo Video: The Featherweights
Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen (19-10-1) Loss Hiroyuki Takaya KO (Punches) Dream.14 Loss Bibiano Fernandes Decision (Split) Dream.13 Loss Shinya Aoki Submission (Armbar) Dream.11 Win Shinya Aoki TKO (Punches) Dream.5 Hideo Tokoro (26-22-1) Loss Akiyo Nishiura TKO (Punches) Dream.14Win Jong Man...
Updated: Shinya Aoki vs. Marcus Aurelio Added, Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. Kazushi Sakuraba Confirmed for DREAM.16
With only three weeks left before the September 25 event, Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) revealed the first set of matches for DREAM.16 at a Tokyo press conference today. Confirming rumors that Shinya Aoki (24-5, 1 NC) would face a fellow PRIDE veteran, the lightweight ace was announced for...
Weight Class Standards, Weight Cutting a Step in the Right Direction for Japanese MMA
Weight cutting has long been synonymous with combative sports as a way in which competitors could squeeze out extra pounds before a match in order to make a required weight limit. In North America, it has been popularized by collegiate and high school wrestling, but it's also used heavily in the...
Dream 14 Live Play-by-Play, Results and Commentary
The white cage will come out for the second time tonight in Saitama, Japan, and BloodyElbow.com has you covered with live results and play-by-play of Dream 14 beginning at 3 a.m. ET / midnight PT. In the evening's main event, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz returns to Dream for the...
DREAM 14 Preview: Nick Diaz, Hayato "Mach" Sakurai Clash in the White Cage
For the hardest of the hardcore fans out there in the MMA community, this weekend is quite special. Not only will UFC 114 go down in Las Vegas on Saturday night, but the Japanese MMA scene will serve as the perfect appetizer.DREAM 14 will air live on HDNet at 3:00 AM EST from Saitama Super Arena in...
DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix Semifinals, Reserve Bout Made Official
Though they were made known during HDNet's broadcast of DREAM.10, DREAM officially announced the pairings for the semifinals of its 2009 Featherweight Grand Prix at a press conference in Tokyo today. Both the semis and finals will take place at DREAM.11 on October 6th in Yokohama Arena. As...
Ryo Chonan, Masakazu Imanari Return to DEEP
Five fighters took to the ring during the intermission of Tuesday night's DEEP "42nd Impact" at Korakuen Hall, which saw Riki Fukuda (15-4) crowned as the new middleweight champion and the seemingly reborn Kazuyuki Miyata (7-7) improve his current win streak to two. (Full results at...
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