Snapshot of the Day: Akiyama Opens Team Cloud Tokyo
Yoshihiro Akiyama’s Team Cloud held an opening ceremony for its new school in the center of Tokyo (Hiroo, Shibuya-ku – home to many foreigners) on…
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Sasahara: DREAM.9 TV Ratings Exceed Expectations
Ratings are in for last night’s prime time TBS presentation of Fighting and Entertainment Group’s DREAM.9, and although the show ended with some controversy, it…
Shinya Aoki vs. Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, Manhoef vs. Filho Added to DREAM.10
During intermission at Tuesday’s DREAM.9 event, DREAM.10 participants Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Katsunori Kikuno and Shinya Aoki addressed the Yokohama audience, and a promo video…
DREAM.9 Live Play-by-Play, Results and Commentary
The gargantuan DREAM.9 airs Tuesday morning at 5AM Eastern / 2AM Pacific on HDNet, and as always, BloodyElbow.com will bring you live play-by-play and results…
Jose Canseco Has Arrived in Japan
Arguably the most talked-about and easily the most maligned of the participants on this Tuesday’s DREAM.9 card, 40/40 clubber turned steroid snitch Jose Canseco touched…
Quote of the Day: Joe Warren
“A lot of people, they don’t know that I’m gonna be the next world champ at 63 kilos in a few months, and come back…
Minors Banned From UFC 99 in Germany
Bad news for youngsters in Germany hoping to attend the fights on June 13: A front-page article on Sunday in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, one of…
Snapshot of the Day: Bob Sapp
Bob Sapp held a press conference at TOTAL Workout Roppongi Hills in Tokyo on Tuesday which was slightly better attended than fellow Super Hulk Tournament…
Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix Semifinals Set
Just as MMA Weekly did last week with DREAM’s welterweight tourney matchups, Brazilian news site Tatame has spoiled Sengoku’s plans to announce the pairings for…
Mamed Khalidov KO’s Daniel Acacio to Claim First KSW World Championship
Mamed Khalidov (17-3-1) def. Daniel Acacio (17-8) via KO (Punches) at 1:10 of Round 1 Less than two minutes into the opening round, following some…
Quote of the Day: Yoshihiro Akiyama
“Personally, it makes me happy that people are complimenting me like this, and I think it means that I’m becoming well-known and respected by the…
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…
Shooto Tradition Final Results, Notes and Videos
“Lion” Takeshi Inoue (16-3) def. Rumina Sato (24-14-2) via TKO (Punches) at 4:41 of Round 1Takanori Gomi (30-5) def. Takashi Nakakura (11-3-1) via TKO (Punches)…
Shooto Tradition Final Weigh-In Results
Shooto’s last 20th Anniversary event – one of the best shows of the year which nobody will get to see – kicks off in Tokyo…
Snapshot of the Day: Nick Diaz
Nick Diaz completes the Xterra Triathlon at Lake Las Vegas on Saturday. Lots more pics at Combat Lifestyle.
Hello, Japan! Sengoku Gets TUF With “Project: Gold Rush”
– At a press conference yesterday, World Victory Road announced that Sengoku is currently developing “Project Gold Rush,” a new Ultimate Fighter-style portion of their…
Sengoku VIII Live Results & Commentary
Join us here at BloodyElbow.com for live results and discussion of World Victory Road’s Sengoku VIII beginning with the start of the HDNet broadcast at…
Reminder: Sengoku VIII Liveblog, Saturday at 3AM EDT / 12AM PDT
Just a quick reminder that myself and the BE Night Crew will be up in full force for live results and discussion of the HDNet-broadcast…
Hello, Japan! DREAM’s “Super Hulk” Tournament Stirs Feelings of PRIDE
When I went to sleep last night, I was fairly certain we’d already heard all the big news that was going to come out of…
Vale Tudo Returns to Brazil… Sort Of
Cool news coming out of Brazil: the legendary promotion which birthed fighters like Wanderlei Silva and Renato Sobral, International Vale Tudo Championship, is making a…