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USAT/SBN June MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 B.J. Penn 97 UFC 1 2 Kenny Florian 90 UFC 2 3 Eddie Alvarez 86 Bellator 4 4 Shinya Aoki 82 DREAM 3 5 Joachim ...
USAT/SBN May MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 B.J. Penn 97 UFC 1 2 Kenny Florian 88 UFC 3 3 Shinya Aoki 84 DREAM 2 4 Eddie Alva...
Shooto Tradition Final Weigh-In Results
Shooto's last 20th Anniversary event - one of the best shows of the year which nobody will get to see - kicks off in Tokyo in just a few hours. Here are results from yesterday's weigh-ins via Spor...
USAT/SBN April MMA Consensus Rankings: Lightweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 B.J. Penn 98 UFC 1 2 Shinya Aoki 88 DREAM 2 3 Kenny Florian 86 UFC 3 4 Sean Sherk...
Gilbert Melendez Doesn't Want to Wait
The newly-crowned Strikeforce Lightweight Interim Champion Gilbert Melendez spoke with MMA Junkie Radio recently, and not only is he eager to fight before Josh Thomson heals up, but it sounds like he'...
Strikeforce Seeking Mitsuhiro Ishida to Face Gilbert Melendez
Fightticker radio has an interview with Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker: Strikeforce has indeed contacted Mitsuhiro Ishida as a potential replacement for injured lightweight champ Josh Thomson. If Str...
DREAM.7 Preview, Part 2: The Superfights
Here's the second half of our look at this wekeend's DREAM.7 card, complete with more slipshod predictions by yours truly. (Here's Part 1, in case you missed it.) Leave your picks in the comments, a...
Bloody Elbow February MMA Meta-Rankings: Lightweight
<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Fighter %PromotionLast Rank 1. B.J. Penn 97 UFC 1 2. Shinya Aoki 95 DREAM 2 3. Kenny Florian 83 UFC 7 4. Eddie Alvarez 82 DREAM/...
The Bloody Elbow Judo Chop: Kimura Roll to Armbar
As you may or may not know, my martial arts training is limited to some karate lessons in the mid-90s and getting my ass-kicked badly in high school wrestling. However, I have watched thousand...
Will Strikeforce's Japanese Gambit Succeed?
Let's face it, there's not too much intrigue around tonight's Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion card. First off, lightweight champ Josh Thomson is fighting a non-title fight against relative unknown ...
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