Dream ‘Genki Desu Ka!’ New Year's Eve card goes down at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Headlining the card is the return of Fedor Emelianenko to Japan since December 31, 2007. His opponent is 2008 Judo Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, who currently resides in California to train at Mark Munoz's Reign Training Center.
Also on the card is the featherweight title fight of Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue, the lightweight title fight of Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka, and the bantamweight Grand Prix.
One of the key breakout stars of the year has been Alexander Gustafsson.
Beginning his year in Sydney, Australia Gustafsson submitted local hero James Te Huna with a rear-naked-choke with only seconds remaining in the opening round.
Well it's that time of year again. 2011 will soon be just a memory, so the wistful staff at MMASucka decided to look back longingly at the year that was in MMA and give out our own Sucka Awards to those that were on top of the MMA world this year.
These gloves we wear are not very forgiving. I look at my boy Mark Hominick in his last fight. Nine times out of ten I take Hominick over the Korean Zombie but he got caught and Jung won that fight. Anything can happen [...]
In a lot of ways, Jordan Mein sounds like your typical 22 year old Canadian. He is brimming with optimism, rarely going more than a few sentences without chuckling. He's got a lot to smile about these days, riding a six fight winning streak that has seen him go from fighting in small Alberta towns to the bright lights of Strikeforce where he is set to fight the undefeated and self-proclaimed number-one welterweight contender Tyron Woodley. That fight will happen on the undercard of Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine on January 7th.
Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) – By batting Donald Cerrone’s $1000 hat off his head, Nate Diaz signaled his bad intentions for their UFC 141 co-main event at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, this Friday night.
Although the main event has yet to be announced for UFC 145 scheduled for March 2012 in Montreal, there is a lot to look forward to with the addition of two heavyweight bouts of Brendan Schaub versus Ben Rothwell and Chad Griggs versus Travis Browne.
