08? the year of the KO

9 fights and 6 kos or stoppages, with Penn doing what i said he would and subbing Stevenson in the 2nd round in what was a brutal and telling fight. Penn might be the best fighter under 170 in the world. Stevenson was on everyone’s top ten list Penn was left off of most do to […]

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Vote for DREAM Tournament Matches

This is fun. Promoted by Kid Nate

Head over to the official DREAM website to vote on the matches you want to see in both the Middleweight and Lightweight tournaments.

As the site is presented in Japanese, Japan MMA explains who exactly you are voting for:

Just to make it easier, here is how the names are written in Japanese:

Lightweight Tournament:
Caol Uno = 宇野 薫
Eddie Alvarez = エディ・アルバレス
Tatsuya Kawajiri = 川尻 達也
Winner of Aoki vs. Nagato = 青木 真也 vs. 永田克彦

Middlweight Tournament:
Kazushi Sakuraba = 桜庭 和志
Gegard Mousasi = ゲガール・ムサシ
Kiyoshi Tamura = 田村 潔司
Ronaldo Jacare = ホナウド・ジャカレイ
Zelg “Benkei” Galesik = ゼルグ”弁慶”ガレシック
Yoon Sik Dong = ユン・ドンシク
Taei Kin = 金 泰泳
Jason Miller = ジェイソン”メイヘム”ミラー

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DUE TO ENORMOUS DEMAND WEC™ RELEASES MORE TICKETS FOR WEC: FABER VS. PULVER

Las Vegas, NV – After a sell out of almost 8,000 tickets in the lower bowl of the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) announced today that it is opening the upper sections of the arena for WEC: Faber vs. Pulver. The additional seating will be priced at $35 (not including applicable services or taxes). On Sunday June 1, MMA pioneer Jens Pulver challenges WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber in a bout where only one of these 145-pound fighters will emerge with the victory in the most important featherweight bout of all-time.

Hamill Calm in the Eye of an Unnecessary Storm

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – As one of the top prospects in mixed martial arts’ most high-profile division, light heavyweight Matt Hamill has proven that being deaf isn’t a handicap, but instead, a mere obstacle to be overcome on the way to bigger and better things. This was never more evident than in his April 2nd win over Tim Boetsch, in which he took out his highly-regarded foe with strikes in the second round to improve to 6-1 as a pro.