Yet again in 2009, the judges’ call in a five-round main event led to some hot-tempered backlash. Outrage aside, Mauricio Rua’s performance against light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 104 on Oct.24 proved revelatory ... Read More
OSAKA, Japan -- Kazushi Sakuraba has become a tradition unto himself on New Year’s Eve, as he has competed on that date for the last four years. Expect his streak to end in 2009. ... Read More
The Ultimate Fighting Championship launched a needed go-home push for UFC 104 “Machida vs. Shogun” this Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles -- its first show in California in more than two years. ... Read More
OSAKA, Japan -- Former World Extreme Cagefighting middleweight champion Paulo Filho’s personal demons may have returned. The formerly world-ranked middleweight, for reasons unknown to Fighting and Entertainment Group officials ... Read More
Japanese icon Kazushi Sakuraba, less than three weeks after he submitted boxer Rubin Williams, will lock horns with Zelg Galesic at Dream 12 “The Cage of the Rising Sun” this Sunday at Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan ... Read More
In a true Japanese mixed martial arts-style spectacle, FEG has announced an eight-man open-weight competition that includes Major League Baseball bad boy Jose Canseco ... Read More
An eventful week in MMA saw the world’s top bantamweight go 25 minutes for the first time in a bruising battle, while the world’s No. 2 lightweight lasted only 27 seconds in an ill-advised leap to welterweight ... Read More