sengoku Stories - Bloody Elbow
Jorge Santiago Released by the UFC
Jorge Santiago has been released by the UFC. The Middleweight fighter is coming off a loss to Demian Maia at UFC 136. Santiago made his return to the UFC earlier this year, losing to Brian Stann at UFC 130 before falling to Maia. This was Santiago's second run in the UFC as he was 1-2 in the...
Satoshi Ishii Leaving MMA to Return to Judo
Satoshi Ishii, the prospect who was supposed to revive Japanese MMA has announced he's leaving the sport to return to Judo competition. He is working on getting American citizenship and hopes to compete for the American judo team in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Ishii won the gold medal at the Bejing...
Monday Morning Head Kicks: January 31st to February 6th
Banner image provided by Anton Tabuena It's Monday morning and you know what that means. Of course, UFC 126 was the big story this week. People were wondering all sorts of things: what could Vitor Belfort offer Anderson Silva and how would Anderson Silva respond? Would Jon Jones be deemed the...
Monday Morning Head Kicks: January 17th to 23rd
Banner image provided by Anton Tabuena It's Monday and there's no holiday this week, so we're back to work and back with another edition of Monday Morning Head Kicks. Last week, Shooto began the new year in Japanese MMA with their Shootor's Legacy 1 event. No MMA from Japan this week, but we'll...
Biggest Fight Week of the Year: New Year's and MMA Tradition Continues
For years the NHK Network in Japan captured that country's imagination in New Year's Eve with their famous concert "The Red and White Song Battle." Ratings were at a Super Bowl level as nearly the entire country tuned in for a night of live music as female and male competitors squared off. Other...
Sengoku: Soul of Fight Full Results - Hatsu Hioki Defeats Marlon Sandro to Win the SRC Featherweight Title
In the main event of the evening, the #8 ranked featherweight, Hatsu Hioki, went into a five round war with the #4 ranked, Marlon Sandro. Hioki almost finished multiple submissions on the third and fifth rounds, but the champion just didn't want to quit. He still got the nod of the judges and took...
Sengoku Soul of Fight Preview: Marlon Sandro, Hatsu Hioki Battle for Regional Supremacy in Title Showdown
New Year's Eve has provided mixed martial arts fans the perfect late Christmas present for a number of years. Japan has historically produced some of the biggest events of the year in combative sports during this time, mixing the popularity of kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and entertainment into...
DREAM and WVR announce details for NYE events
DREAM and World Victory Road have released details regarding their individual New Year's shows. That's right; unfortunately there will be no cross-promotion this year. "DREAM DYNAMITE!! 2010" will take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31st. As per usual, the event...
FEG and Sengoku Outline Year-End Plans
DREAM parent company Fighting and Entertainment Group and rival organization Sengoku Raiden Championship are each planning shows for the end of December, and while neither has confirmed any bouts, both began to lay out plans for their events this week. In Tokyo on Thursday, FEG rep Sadaharu...
Fights added to SRC 15 and DEEP 50
-Sengoku lightweight tournament finalist, Kazunori Yokota, has been added to the upcoming Sengoku Raiden Championships 15. He'll be taking on one-time UFC veteran, Brian Cobb. Nightmareofbattle.com reported the potential for Yokota to be on the card when the poster for the event was released, with...
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