Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Titan FC pulls plug on November 20th event in Georgia

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The hits keep coming for Titan FC. The scheduled headliner of Titan FC 31 was scrapped on the day of the event after Mike Ricci failed to make weight and his opponent Yoshiyuki Yoshida bailed on the fight. Yoshida has since been released by the company citing contractual violations. Reports are coming in now that the … Read more

ONE FC – Ruling Asian MMA and it’s not even been a year yet

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It was almost one year ago now when ONE Fighting Championship was beginning its quest to bring back martial arts to Asia in the grandest fashion possible and to ignite the Bushido spirit of best mixed martial artists from around Asia. ONE FC had a very bold goal and it was simply to be the biggest and best mixed martial arts promotion in Asia.

Bellator 31 results, play-by-play

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Bellator 31 features the semifinal round of Bellator’s 115 lb. women’s tournament featuring Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto vs. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar and Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii vs. Lisa Ward. Also, Chris Lozano takes on Yoshiyuki Yoshida.

Chris “The Assassin” Lozano battles UFC veteran Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida in Bellator 31 “Eliminator”

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CHICAGO, Ill. (September 21, 2010) – Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that undefeated knockout artist Chris “The Assassin” Lozano will take on UFC veteran and heavy handed Judo black belt Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida in a Bellator Welterweight Tournament Qualifying fight taking place at Bellator 31 from the L’Auberge du Lac Resort in Lake Charles, LA … Read more

Welterweight Yoshiyuki Yoshida to compete during Bellator Season 3 for entry into Season 4 Tournament

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CHICAGO, Ill. (August 04, 2010) —Yoshiyuki Yoshida, a heavy handed Judo black belt and UFC veteran, has become the newest addition to the Bellator Fighting Championships’ roster, as he fights an unannounced opponent at Bellator 31 on September 30th for the chance to earn a spot in the Season 4 World Welterweight Tournament. Yoshida is … Read more

Josh Koscheck to take on Anthony “Rumble” Johnson in UFC 106 co-main event

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Koscheck's addition to UFC 106 against Anthony Johnson has helped the struggling card.

“UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2” has just gotten a bit more exciting with the addition of Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson as the co-main event. The event was in need of some sort of line up boost after losing the heavyweight championship fight between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin as the main event.

Koscheck first hinted at the bout on his Twitter account, “I got some big fight news for me. I am fighting nov 21 in Vegas. Co main event!!! Haha it’s on baby!!!!” Then later confirmed the fight was with Johnson with, “bout Agreement for UFC 106 is here…I will sign today and be Fighting Anthony Johnson. :))).”

The fight has still not been officially announced by the UFC.

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