In what seems to be an unfortunate trend for Nick Diaz, the EliteXC lightweight has been restricted from competing as scheduled at this Sunday’s DREAM 3 event in Saitama, Japan:
“Gary Shaw phoned Diaz’s manager Cesar Gracie early Tuesday with the news that the league was killing the fighter’s appearance on the May 11 Dream card. [...]

Kazushi Sakuraba def. Andrews Nakahara via submission – Round 1, 8:20
Gegard Mousasi def. Denis Kang via submission – Round 1, 3:10
Kiyoshi Tamura def. Masakatsu Funaki via TKO – Round 1, 0:57
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza def. Ian Murphy via submission – Round 1, 3:38
Zelg Galesic def. Magomed Sultanakhmedov via submission – Round 1, [...]

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic will face off against highly accomplished kickboxer Jerome LeBanner at DREAM 4, according to Cro Cop’s blog at mma-id.com.
“Cro Cop” (23-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC) was a PrideFC standout who holds victories over Josh Barnett, Wanderlei Silva, Kevin Randleman, Aleksander Emelianenko and Mark Coleman. After competing for years in PRIDE, Filipovic was [...]

From the official press release:
HDNet has quickly established a reputation as the television destination for fans of mixed martial arts. The announcement made on tonight’s edition of Inside MMA only helped solidify that reputation.
The newest partner of HDNet Fights is DREAM, the upstart Japan-based MMA organization founded by the organizers of K-1 and former executives [...]

Yoshihiro Akiyama (10-1) has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming DREAM middleweight grand prix, which kicks off on April 29th, after re-injuring a nasal fracture. Akiyama originally suffered the injury against Kazuo Misaki on New Years Eve in a bout that ended in a no contest following an illegal soccer kick by Misaki.
Here’s a [...]

The forums on mma-id.com received a haul of traffic recently as MMA fan favorite Mirko “Cro Cop” Filopovic joined MMA fans for a live chat. After being a force to contend with as a professional kickboxer in K-1, Mirko transitioned to MMA joining PRIDE FC where he soon emerged as a top-tier fighter claiming notable [...]