Sean McCorkle discusses upcoming UFC 119 bout against Mark Hunt – a ProMMAnow.com exclusive
ProMMAnow.com recently spoke to undefeated heavyweight Sean McCorkle about his upcoming UFC debut against K-1 and PRIDE veteran Mark Hunt.
Tag: "Hidehiko Yoshida"
Film Study – Hidehiko Yoshida’s gold medal match
This weekend was the end of a memorable MMA career for former Olympic gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida. His star pupil, Kazuhiro Nakamura, won the retirement fight by decision at the inaugural Astra card. On New Year’s Eve, Yoshida defeated 2008 Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii. Let’s go back to 1992 and check out Yoshida’ gold [...]
Apr 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Veteran Hidehiko Yoshida rains on Satoshi Ishii’s MMA debut
The Japanese judoka who Michael “The Voice” Schiavello called “once the most sought after heavyweight in MMA” made his heavily anticipated professional debut last night in Japan. Satoshi Ishii, who won a gold medal in judo at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, took on seasoned PRIDE and Sengoku veteran Hidehiko Yoshida in the [...]
Mann Talk – MMA’s Golden Boys
On Monday, World Victory Road finally announced the MMA debut of Satoshi Ishii. The 2008 Olympic gold medalist will take on fellow gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida. The bout will take place on Sengoku’s year-end show.
The match up between gold medalists will certainly be interesting to Japanese fans. Tokyo is currently in a bidding war with [...]
SENGOKU – No Ran 2009 results & live play by play
Go HERE for the Sengoku: Seventh Battle live round-by-round updates and results. (This particular article below came after Sengoku: Sixth Battle and is referred to as Sengoku: No Ran 2009. Sengoku: Seventh Battle took place on March 20, 2009.)
Stay tuned to PRO MMA (http://promma.info) as we bring you live play by play coverage for SENGOKU [...]
Jan 04, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Sengoku “Seventh Battle” preview (1-04-09)
World Victory Road’s SENGOKU “Seventh Battle” takes place tonight at 1:00 a.m. CST in Saitama, Japan. We here at PRO MMA (http://promma.info) will be providing real time round-by-round coverage of the event. It will host the creation of the first two Sengoku champions.
Sengoku 7 is headlined by “The Fireball Kid,” Takanori Gomi vs. Satoru Kitaoka [...]
Jan 03, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
King Mo gets opponent for a stacked Sengoku 7
Muhammed Lawal, better known to MMA fans as “King Mo” has received an opponent for World Victory Road’s “Sengoku 7″ set to take place on January 4, 2009 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
King Mo is 2-0 in professional MMA competition. The collegiate wrestling superstar stepped into the MMA ring for the first [...]
Dec 19, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Judo gold medalist Ishii offered $5 million by DREAM
Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii will be tranistioning into the world of Mixed Martial Arts according to various reports.
Ishii, who won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the men’s over 100-kilogram event follows in the footsteps of Hidehiko Yoshida and Makoto Takimoto as Japanese judo competitors to switch to professional MMA.
According to [...]
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