Takanori Gomi joined training practice with the fight team at American Kickboxing Academy on Tuesday in San Jose, Calif., Sherdog.com has learned. ... Read More
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
TOKYO -- Former Pride Fighting Championships lightweight titleholder Takanori Gomi battled through five rounds of ferocious striking against Tony Hervey and won a unanimous decision ... Read More
Leading Shooto promoter Sustain announced Sunday that longtime Shooto fan favorite and former 143-pound Pacific Rim champion Rumina Sato will fight Joe Warren at Vale Tudo Japan 2009. ... Read More
The Weekly Wrap walks readers through the last seven days in MMA, recapping and putting into context the week's top story, important news and notable quotes. ... Read More
Following a wild and woolly weekend of MMA, I was back on the Sherdog Radio Network Tuesday with the usual formula of listener-led discussion and commentary.
All things Cerrone-Henderson were on the slate: my scoring, FightMetric's statistical assessment of the fight, the criteria of the Unified Rules, and in-depth discussion of the fundamental "value" of a submission in the scoring of an MMA bout.
Cerrone-Henderson aside, topics du jour included the recently announced fights for Takanori Gomi and Jorge Santiago, the slated Yoshihiro Akiyama-Wanderlei Silva bout, athletic commission bureaucracy, the postponement of the WEC flyweight division, The Simpsons and even a little War Machine. ... Read More
Sengoku’s featherweight and lightweight champions will put their crowns on the line on Dec. 31. However, the right to vie for those titles will be up for grabs next month. ... Read More
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