Josh Barnett will apparently fight as much as possible in Japan, at least for the immediate future. In addition to his work with Antonio Inoki’s IGF pro wrestling promotion and a tentatively scheduled Sengoku date for later this year he gave a good indication that he’ll be looking to defend his openweight ‘King of [...]
The first official fight has been added to the 9/23 Sengoku 10 card. It’ll feature Kazunori Yokota against Ryan Schultz:
The Japanese media is reporting that Blagoi Ivanov aka ‘The guy that beat Fedor in Sambo’ broke both hands during his split decision win over Kazuyuki Fujita at Sengoku 9. Ivanov showed some toughness, but has a long way to go before he’ll be a serious MMA fighter. He has tried to explain [...]
XTM is roughly the Korean equivalent of Spike TV and here’s a profile they produced on Yoshihiro Akiyama:
This has been rumored and discussed in the US MMA media, but its in the Japanese fight media as well. Strikeforce and DREAM will announce a talent sharing alliance. Specifics of the deal have yet to be announced, but on its surface this should be a boon for MMA fans in both countries.
It’s been a rumor for awhile now, but the rematch between Joachim Hansen and Shinya Aoki has officially been added to the DREAM 11 fight card. This fight will be for Hansen’s DREAM lightweight title. DREAM 11 will take place on October 6th at the Yokohama Arena.
Akihiro Gono who suffered a downright frightening knockout is doing well, relatively speaking. He suffered a concussion when he was KO’d by Dan Horbuckle at Sengoku 9 and spent the night in the hospital. He may have also suffered a sprained neck and some minor brain hemmoraging. While he probably doesn’t feel too [...]
The latest episode of the Sengoku TV show SengokuG is online, with previews of much of the Sengoku 9 card. HT: Nightmare of Battle:
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Bellator Fighting Championships continues to outthink many of their bigger rivals, in this case looking toward the talent rich and largely ignored pool of fighters in Korea:
Bellator FC CEO Bjorn Rebney tells Korean site MFight about Bellator’s interest in Korea for their second season which will start in September or October. They [...]
Here’s the latest episode of the weekly Sengoku television show, SengokuG. We’ve got the first part of the show below and you can catch the rest over at Nightmare of Battle.
SengokuG Episode 40 @ Nightmare of Battle
