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Report: Hacran Dias Forced to Withdraw From UFC FN 34
By FCF Staff
Not long after the UFC was forced to juggle the line-up for its January 4th Singapore card, due to Jake Ellenberger getting injured, comes word the event has also lost Hacran Dias.
The featherweight has been forced… Read More
UFC FN 34: Hyun Gyu Lim Replaces Injured Jake Ellenberger
By FCF Staff
After news surfaced yesterday that Jake Ellenberger has been forced out of his UFC Fight Night 34 bout with Tarec Saffiedine due to injury, the promotion has announced that Hyun Gyu Lim will replace the welterweight. The… Read More
Report: Kikuno-Mulhern Set For UFC Singapore
By FCF Staff
It looks like the UFC’s first trip to Singapore will not only feature the Octagon debut of Tatsuya Kawajiri, as Japanese lightweight Katsunori Kikuno will reportedly battle Quinn Mulhern at the January 4th event.
According to a… Read More
Report: UFC Signs Shooto Champ Hernani Perpetuo
By FCF Staff
Not long after it was relayed that highly regarded vet Tatsuya Kawajiri is heading to the UFC, news has surfaced that Shooto welterweight champ Hernani Perpetuo has signed with the promotion.
According to a report from MMA… Read More
Report: Former DEEP Champ Katsunori Kikuno Also UFC Bound
By FCF Staff
Not long after news has surfaced that PRIDE vet Tatsuya Kawajiri has reportedly signed with the UFC, it’s being reported that his Japanese countryman Katsunori Kikuno is also headed to the Octagon.
According to a report from… Read More
Opinion: “The Punk” Shows He’s Got Plenty Left In Him
By Michael Hatamoto
Josh ‘The Punk’ Thomson successfully returned to the UFC cage with an impressive TKO win against Nate Diaz during UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez.
There is something magical about seeing an underdog re-enter… Read More
Gilbert Melendez On Fighting Benson Henderson At UFC On FOX 7: “I Was Licking My Chops Hoping To Get The Opportunity And Finally I Did”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Of all the Strikeforce title holders that have recently moved to the UFC, only Gilbert Melendez was tapped for a “champion versus champion” bout, when he takes on the promotion’s lightweight king Benson Henderson at UFC… Read More
UFC Lightweight Champ Benson Henderson Ready For Gilbert Melendez: “He May Not Have The Biggest Name…But I Know How Tough Gil Is”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Benson Henderson began his tenure as UFC Lightweight Champion by defeating one of the promotion’s biggest names in Frankie Edgar, not once, but twice. Up next, he worked his way to an impressive, unanimous decision win over… Read More
Opinion: Aoki Can Keep Japanese MMA Alive
By Michael Hatamoto
Lightweight grappler Shinya Aoki will have an opportunity to capture yet another MMA championship when he meets Kotetsu Boku in a lightweight championship fight.
Aoki next fights Boku for the One Fighting Championship lightweight title next week… Read More
ONE FC Confirms Kotetsu Boku to Defend Lightweight Title Versus Shinya Aoki April 5th
By ONE FC (via press release)
XX February 2013 – Singapore: ONE FC Lightweight World Champion Kotetsu “No Face” Boku makes his first ever title defense against current number one contender and one of the greatest submission grapplers the sport… Read More
Weigh In Results: DREAM 18
Courtesy of DREAM/GLORY
Shinya Aoki (31-6) and Antonio McKee (28-4-2) both made weight on the first attempt at today’s official weigh-ins at the Sunroute Plaza Hotel in Tokyo, Japan for the DREAM 18 portion of the New Year’s Eve historic… Read More
GLORY CEO Says New Year’s Eve Show Will Launch Glory Kickboxing Into The American Mainstream
Says GLORY is in discussion with Showtime about a future TV deal in The U.S.
“These are the biggest, baddest guys in the world in stand-up fighting.”
By Joshua Molina
Monday’s big New Year’s Eve show from Saitama Super Arena… Read More
Full Contact Fighter’s “The Daily Takedown:” DREAM Glory New Year’s Eve Show a True Mega Event
By Joshua Molina
If you love fighting, suspense and drama, there’s only one place to be on New Year’s Eve.
Watching DREAM 18 and Glory 4 live on Internet Pay Per View, or, for the first time ever, on the… Read More
After Rekindling “Flame” to Compete, Denis Kang Looking to “Finish the Year Off Well” Versus Melvin Manhoef, “Get Back in the UFC”
By Kelsey Mowatt
After having a disappointing campaign in 2011, UFC and PRIDE vet Denis Kang has positioned himself in a high profile fight with the always dangerous Melvin Manhoef on New Year’s Eve, and an opportunity to close out… Read More
DREAM Vet Kultar “Black Mamba” Gill on SFL Comeback: “I Always Knew How to Fight, But I Never Knew How to Win”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Although for several years the name Kultar “Black Mamba” Gill may have been tied to a sentence that also included “what ever happened to”, the K-1 Hero’s and DREAM veteran is back and making an impact with… Read More
Glory Sports International Presents “DREAM 18 Special NYE 2012”
By Glory Sports International
TOKYO, Japan (Oct. 25, 2012) – TOKYO, Japan (Sept. 24, 2012) – Glory Sports International (GSI), owner and operator of the Glory World Series, announced today that it will be responsible for presenting… Read More
Report: GLORY Driving Force Behind DREAM Resurrection; NYE Card Announced
By FCF Staff
The DREAM brand and promotion is not finished after all, as today the organization held a press conference in Japan to announce that it will host its annual New Year’s Eve card at the Saitama Super Arena.… Read More
Pat Healy: “I Think The Media Has Kind of Taken Gil Melendez and Turned Him Into This Mythical, Unbeatable Fighter”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Due to an impressive run at lightweight and a five fight win streak, it appears as though Pat Healy is finally starting to get the respect, which for quite sometime, he didn’t feel he was getting. Case… Read More
Report: Real Entertainment Shuts Down, DREAM Era Over
By FCF Staff
For months the MMA world has been waiting for the curtain to drop on the Japanese promotion DREAM, and with the reported closure of its parent company Real Entertainment, it appears that’s finally happened.
News of Real… Read More
Cesar Gracie Credits Pat Healy as “Dangerous Opponent,” But Believes Gilbert Melendez Not “Getting the Fights That he Deserves”
By Kelsey Mowatt
Despite the fact that Gilbert Melendez is set to defend his lightweight title against a surging Pat Healy on September 29th, the longstanding narrative as to what the future holds for the champ and Strikeforce hasn’t gone… Read More