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Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnett Returning To Pro Wrestling On New Year's Eve
While his DREAM date with Brett Rogers was canceled due to a visa issue, Tim Sylvia has found work on New Year's Eve after all as he's been booked for a pro wrestling match with Jerome Le Banner, reported by Heavy MMA. The bout will be part of the Inoki Genome Federation's contribution to the DREAM...
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii Poster and Promo Video on The Asian MMA Update
The biggest news coming on the Asian circuit recently was the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii fight being officially announced. They have also released a promotional video along with their poster. Check them out below: As for the poster of the event, I think this might be the first time I'm...
ONE FC Unveils Network; 'Very Close' to Deal With DREAM
As reported here earlier, ONE FC has partnerships with a few top promotions around Asia such as the URCC, Road FC, and DARE. Today, the promotion officially announced these deals in addition to a partnership with an Australian MMA promotion. From the press release: ONE Fighting Championship™...
Asian MMA Update: Jadamba vs. Pang on Legend FC, Folayang Recovering, Plus ONE FC & DARE News
Once again here's a round up of the recent news, bits, and details coming out of the Asian MMA circuit. Eduard Folayang tells BloodyElbow.com that he had his broken nose repaired in Baguio immediately after returning from Singapore. He's in high spirits after his victory and told us, "I'm fine....
Shinya Aoki vs. Eddie Alvarez Verbally Agreed For Bellator Bout
A few months after his DREAM.17 bout this September, Shinya Aoki, who has moved his training camp out of Japan and into the Evolve MMA gym in Singapore, is likely to fight outside of Asia once again. Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has been asking for a rematch against Aoki for quite...
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...
Dream Planning May Bantamweight Tournament in Japan
Most observers of the Japanese scene had given up FEG -- the parent company of K-1 kickboxing and Dream MMA -- up for dead. The last reports out of Japan had written FEG off for dead because their knight-in-shining-armor investor Puji had pulled out, their production partner Real Entertainment (the...
The Sky Is the Limit for Titan Fighting Championship Welterweight Jason High
It's not often you stand across the cage from a legend. You could imagine it would create some butterflies in your stomach. But for former UFC fighter Jason High, Hayato "Mach" Sakurai was just another opponent, another man looking to do him harm. It was only after the fight, in the reflection that...
As 2010 Ends the UFC Towers Over the Competition
Cruising into the New Year, the UFC's Dana White has every reason to be satisfied with himself. While the UFC's rate of growth has slowed some, there can be no doubt that Zuffa stands alone at the top of the MMA heap. Let's survey the rubble. First there's what's left of Japanese MMA. Dave Meltzer...
With FEG's Future Uncertain, Dynamite!! 2010 Is Still Becoming a Solid Card
For all of 2010, discussion of the once-almighty Japanese MMA market has centered around that culture's waning interest in the sport and the dire straights in which FEG, overwhelmingly the largest player in Japan, has found itself. High salaries and declining television ratings have caused Chinese...
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