World Victory Road adds Blanco/Park, Maeda/Kanehara, and more.

by Tim Koskuba on Dec 17, 2010 2:09 PM EST on Head Kick Legend

World Victory Road announced four more MMA bouts for their New Year's "Sengoku: Soul of Fight" New Year's event. In an interesting development, two of the bouts are cross-promotional fights with the DREAM promotion. Lightweight knockout artist, Maximo Blanco, takes on DREAM's Won Sik Park, while...

USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight

by Kid Nate on Aug 26, 2010 12:52 PM EDT on Bloody Elbow

Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Dominick Cruz 100 WEC 1 2 Brian Bowles 94 WEC 2 3 Joseph Benavidez 92 WEC 3 4 Scott Jorgensen 85 WEC 5 5 Miguel Torres 84 WEC 4 6 Takeya Mizugaki 77 WEC 6 7 Masakatsu...

USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight

by Kid Nate on Aug 26, 2010 12:10 PM EDT on Bloody Elbow

Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Jose Aldo 92 WEC 1 2 Manny Gamburyan 86 WEC 2 3 Mike Brown 81 WEC 3 4 Urijah Faber 81 WEC 4 5 Marlon Sandro 73 WVR 5 6 Bibiano Fernandes 71 DREAM 6 7 Hatsu...

USAT/SBN July MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight

by Luke Thomas on Jul 29, 2010 8:58 AM EDT on Bloody Elbow

Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank 1 Jose Aldo 300 WEC 1 2 Manny Gamburyan 277 WEC 2 3 Mike Brown 264 WEC 3 4 Urijah Faber 263 WEC 3 5 Marlon Sandro 237 WVR 7 6 Bibiano Fernandes 230 DREAM 5 7 Hatsu...

USAT/SBN June MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight

by Kid Nate on Jun 25, 2010 12:49 AM EDT on Bloody Elbow

Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank 1 Dominick Cruz 225 WEC 1 2 Brian Bowles 213 WEC 2 3 Joseph Benavidez 209 WEC 3 4 Miguel Torres 191 WEC 4 5 Scott Jorgensen 177 WEC 5 6 Takeya...

USAT/SBN June MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight

by Kid Nate on Jun 25, 2010 12:37 AM EDT on Bloody Elbow

<!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank 1 Jose Aldo 225 WEC 1 2 Manny Gamburyan 211 WEC 2 3 Mike Brown 197 WEC 4 3 Urijah Faber 197 WEC 3 5 Bibiano Fernandes 176 DREAM 5 6 Hatsu Hioki 169 WVR 6 7 Marlon Sandro 157 WVR 8 8 Michihiro...

Marlon Sandro knockout video of Masanori Kanehara at Sengoku (SRC) 13

by Jesse Holland on Jun 23, 2010 11:02 AM EDT on MMAmania.com

Like a Fine Red Wine, Marlon Sandro Gets Better With Age

by Leland Roling on Jun 22, 2010 3:07 PM EDT on Bloody Elbow

Buried underneath the easily accessible and far more popular mixed martial arts action of the UFC and WEC this past weekend lied a hidden gem. Some would say hidden by the dominance of the West in the mixed martial arts market. Others might say hidden due to the failure by Japan's promotions to...

Sengoku Raiden Championships 13 Full Results

by Nick Thomas on Jun 21, 2010 9:16 AM EDT on Bloody Elbow

Quickly emerging as one of the sport’s most devastating finishers, Marlon Sandro knocked out Masanori Kanehara with a right uppercut 38 seconds into the opening round to capture the Sengoku featherweight championship at Sengoku Raiden Championships 13 on Sunday at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in...

Sengoku Raiden Championship 13: Preview

by Erich Vowell on Jun 19, 2010 5:29 PM EDT

A card that is being unfairly overlooked this weekend, SRC 13 is bringing MMA fans possibly the best two featherweight match-ups this weekend. SRC 13 will be live Sunday morning at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. HD Net has decided not to broadcast the event live, SRC will be aired sometime...