Chris Nelson Archives: 09/2009

Last week, DREAM posted a slick promo video to its YouTube channel which confirmed, after months of hinting and speculation, that October 25th’s DREAM.12 will…

2008 Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii stands in the Sengoku ring during intermission last night. (Photo via Kamipro.) It was announced that Ishii’s bout with…

The first of World Victory Road’s world-class judoka converts will take center stage tonight as 27-year-old Hiroshi Izumi makes his MMA debut against Kiwi kickboxer…

Shooto promoter Sustain held its first official press conference regarding Vale Tudo Japan ’09 today, and to say that there were some curious developments would…

A little over a year ago, then-unknown Brazilian Jose Aldo spoiled the U.S. debut of Alexandre Franca Nogueira at WEC 34. Despite reigning over Shooto’s…

Sengoku still doesn’t have a date set for its New Year event, but it’s certainly got a headliner. World Victory Road have announced today that…

The big Bitetti Combat show is set to get underway in just a few minutes down in Rio de Janeiro, and Bloody Elbow is here…

With the promotion’s understated-yet-important tenth show still a few weeks off, World Victory Road has officially announced the addition of three big names to the…

The most talked-about member of The Ultimate Fighter‘s Season 10 cast, Kimbo Slice (aka Kevin Ferguson) will be on “The Lavar Arrington Show With Chad…

Shine Fights holds its second event tonight in Miami, Florida, and on paper it looks like one of the year’s most exciting and talent-heavy regional…

Wallid Ismail’s Jungle Fight promotion – inactive since its May show in Fortaleza – is set to return with a pair of events over the…