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Strikeforce Fight Card: Overeem, Werdum, Barnett and Rogers Represent Proud MMA Traditions
Long-time Bloody Elbow readers know that one of my obsessions is MMA History and the way modern mixed martial arts has stimulated the cross-pollination of diverse fighting traditions from around the globe. A lot of my efforts to understand the sport I'm obsessed with have involved tracing the...
April 29th Shooto Charity Card Adds Hioki, Loses Somdet
Good news and bad news out of Japan today. Nightmare of Battle reports that Shooto's stacked April 29th card has added a superstar champion to it's ranks, but lost one at the same time. Dual belt holder Hatsu Hioki (23-4-2) has been thrown onto the card to face KOTC BW champ Donald Sanchez...
Shooto To Run Earthquake Charity Event With Big Card April 29th
Nightmare of Battle is reporting that Shooto will be running a show on April 29th called "Shooto Tradition 2011 -Tohoku Earthquake Charity Event". It will take place at the Tokyo Dome City Hall and the card is already stacked, with two title fights and a host of other Shooto mainstays already...
Sengoku Loses Don Quijote, Shooto Reform, and Other News From Japan
I'm an information junkie. Before I go to bed each night, I make one last round through my email and message boards and Twitter before I force myself off the laptop. Last night, I read Tony Loiseleur's excellent breakdown of the Shooto tax scandal, and kept the tab open as a reminder to write about...
Monday Morning Head Kicks: January 17th to 23rd
Banner image provided by Anton Tabuena It's Monday and there's no holiday this week, so we're back to work and back with another edition of Monday Morning Head Kicks. Last week, Shooto began the new year in Japanese MMA with their Shootor's Legacy 1 event. No MMA from Japan this week, but we'll...
Monday Morning Head Kicks: January 10th to 16th
Banner image provided by Anton Tabuena Another weekend gone and another edition of Monday Morning Head Kicks is here. While last week saw the Krush 63kg. tournament quarterfinals and K-1 MAX Madrid tournament, we certainly don't have as much in the way of event results this week. Even so, the week...
Shooto: Shootor's Legacy 1 Results
I think this marks the real beginning for Japanese MMA in 2011. You know what that means, another year of bouts that a lot of people will miss, a lot of depending on catching videos after the fact online, and the chance to drop knowledge of the Japanese scene when people start talking about how...
'The Way of Shooto 6' Fight Card Released
Shooto promoter Sustain today released the complete fight card and bout order for "The Way of Shooto 6: Like a Tiger, Like a Dragon," which takes place this Friday, Nov. 19, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The main event features Shooto 143-Pound Pacific Rim champion Taiki Tsuchiya defending his title...
Siyar Bahadurzada Retains Title at Shooto Brazil 17
Veteran referee Mario Yamasaki was flown in to officiate Friday's Shooto Brazil 17 in Rio de Janeiro, but Siyar Bahadurzada made sure that his services weren't needed for long in the evening's main event. "The Afghan Killa" took just 94 seconds* to knock out Brazil's Carlos "Indio" Pereira and...
52 Fight: Jens Pulver and Stephen Palling Go to War in Hawaii
When Jens Pulver finally retires (and with a fight next month in California, retirement seems the furthest thing from his mind) much will be written about his tumultuous relationship with Zuffa. We'll discuss how he left the promotion while sitting firmly on top, unable to accept that lesser...
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