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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...
World Victory Road adds Blanco/Park, Maeda/Kanehara, and more.
World Victory Road announced four more MMA bouts for their New Year's "Sengoku: Soul of Fight" New Year's event. In an interesting development, two of the bouts are cross-promotional fights with the DREAM promotion. Lightweight knockout artist, Maximo Blanco, takes on DREAM's Won Sik Park, while...
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...
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...
Maximo Blanco Shows Sengoku Can Develop Talent
Daniel Herbertson wrote a couple weeks back about Sengoku's approach to talent development: From their conception Sengoku has been putting "training players" of all levels into a program that is meant to support fighters through the initial stages of a professional MMA career. Maximo Blanco and...
The Slow and Steady Approach Will Prevail in Japan's Declining MMA Market
One of the semi-permanent discussions among die-hard mixed martial arts fans over the last half decade has revolved around the downward spiral of Japanese mixed martial arts and how it can be revived back to its original, profitable, highly-entertaining product that it once was during PRIDE's peak....
Hidehiko Yoshida Announces Retirement Show
Just one month after derailing the Satoshi Ishii hype train, Hidehiko Yoshida (9-7-1) today announced his impending retirement from MMA, citing multiple nagging injuries (particularly, left shoulder) and the desire to focus on his gym, Yoshida Dojo. However, it appears the 40-year-old judoka still...
DREAM vs. Sengoku Officially Announced for New Year's Eve
At a joint press conference held Wednesday morning in Tokyo, K-1 and DREAM parent company Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) officially confirmed the addition of a "DREAM vs. Sengoku" theme to FEG's annual New Year's Eve "Dynamite!!" show at Saitama Super Arena. The announcement comes two weeks...
Akihiro Gono vs Yoon Young Kim announced for Sengoku: 'Eleventh Battle'
World Victory Road has confirmed the addition of Akihiro "The Japanese Sensation" Gono to the upcoming Sengoku: "Eleventh Battle." Gono (29-15-7) returns to action against the Spirit MC veteran, Yoon Young Kim (12-4), punctuating a fight card that will take place on Nov. 7 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in...
Sengoku 10: Antonio Silva vs Jim York (not Ron Sparks) announced for Sept. 23
World Victory Road has added two kiwis and two former Olympic judokas to the upcoming Sengoku 10 fight card, which will go down at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on Sept. 23. Despite a previous report, Antonio Silva (12-1) will not face the Louisville, Kentucky-based super heavyweight...
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