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Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 Live Results and Play-by-Play
After a flurry of recent activity, there's a relatively slow weekend for MMA ahead -- but fans in need of a fight fix can get it when HDNet broadcasts Sengoku Raiden Championship 15 live from Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. As always, BloodyElbow.com will have live results for the entire card, from the...
Maximo Blanco vs. Leo Santos, Bantamweight Tournament Match-Ups Set for SRC 15
Two of Sengoku Raiden Championships' top lightweights will tussle at SRC 15 in a match sure to have direct implications for the promotion's 155-pound title picture. Current lightweight King of Pancrase and SRC developmental product Maximo Blanco (6-2-1, pictured) will meet his second straight...
Quarterfinal Seeds Announced for Sengoku Asia Bantamweight Tournament
After being cut down to four just a week ago, Sengoku Raiden Championships' 2010 Asia Bantamweight Tournament is back to being an eight-man race. As planned, the promotion today announced the addition of four "recommended" fighters, one each from smaller Japanese promotions Pancrase, Shooto, Cage...
SRC 14 Wrap-Up: Hatsu Hioki Lines Up Title Match With Marlon Sandro; Akihiro Gono Upset in Lightweight Debut
Current Shooto 143-pound world champion Hatsu Hioki (22-4-2) took out Sengoku newcomer Jeff Lawson with ease on Sunday, forcing the Brit to tap to a triangle choke in just two minutes and ten seconds. The win keeps "The Iron Broomstick" on course for a long-awaited encounter with Sengoku 145-pound...
Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 Live Results and Commentary
Sengoku airs live on HDNet tonight for the first time in eight months, so stay up late and celebrate with BloodyElbow.com and the night crew as middleweight champ Jorge Santiago puts his belt on the line against Kazuo Misaki in a rematch of 2009's inaugural title bout. Other notable action...
Hello, Japan: Shooto Never Sleeps
The dust has settled following Shooto's star-studded final 20th Anniversary celebration and it appears the show was a success on all fronts: there were some great scraps, tickets to Tokyo's JCB Hall were sold out well in advance, and the event drew the attention of a number of hardcore MMA fans and...
Sengoku Seventh Battle Weigh-In Results
World Victory Road will feature the Grand Prix in the featherweight division. The main event will feature rising star Muhammed Lawal vs. Ryo Kawamura. The event will air on HDNet at 3am, with an encore at 10PM Saturday night. We'll be here at MMA4Real with the open thread and discussion for...
Sengoku FWGP Pairings Announced
At last! SENGOKU VIIMarch 20th, 2009Yoyogi National StadiumTokyo, Japan #23 LHW "King" Mo Lawal (3-0) vs. Ryo Kawamura (9-3-2) James Thompson (14-9) vs. "Big" Jim York (9-2)Featherweight GP Opening Round Bouts #5 FW Hatsu Hioki (17-3-2) vs. Chris Manuel (6-0-2)#42 FW Nam Phan (14-5) vs. #11...
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