Below are the results from World Victory Road’s inaugural event, “Sengoku”, which took place earlier today in Tokyo, Japan.
Results from World Victory Road “Sengoku”

Josh Barnett def. Hidehiko Yoshida via submission (heel hook) – Round 3, 3:23
Takanori Gomi def. Duane Ludwig via TKO (doctor stoppage – cut) – Round 1, 2:28
Nick Thompson def. Fabricio Monteiro via [...]

MMA promotion and UFC competitor EliteXC has signed a deal with CBS to air MMA on network television for the first time in history.
MMA Junkie first reported news of the deal earlier today and Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole has since released further information about the agreement:
“[The EliteXC-CBS deal] is believed to be a four-fight [...]

After being declined a contact offer from the UFC, MMA veteran and Olympic wrestler Matt “The Law” Lindland has reportedly signed a lucrative three fight contract with an unnamed MMA promotion.
MMAWeekly is reporting that while Lindland was unable to mention the name of the organization he has inked with, it is definitely not the newly [...]

Striking specialist and current EliteXC fighter Paul Daley posted a peculiar message on the Cage Warriors Forum yesterday that’s been causing quite a stir in the MMA world. The post pretty much lays down a retirement plan for the 25 year old English native.
The announcement reads:
“This is for the fighters, fans, promoters and trolls [...]

Yamma Pit Fighting distributed a press release earlier this week announcing the complete card for their for their debut event which is set to take place in Atlantic City on April 11 at the Trump Taj Mahal.
The show will include an eight man heavyweight tournament as well as two super-fights, one of which pits Gary [...]

Undefeated welterweight prospect Ryan Ford (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) submitted UFC veteran Pete Spratt (17-11 MMA, 3-4 UFC) in the main event of Maximum Fighting Championships 15 “Rags to Riches” Friday night in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Late in an opening round in which Spratt seemed to have the upper hand, Ford secured a takedown before the [...]

Results from “Strikeforce At The Dome” which took place this past Saturday, February 23, 2008, in Tacoma, Washington:

Jan Nortje def. Bob Sapp via TKO – Round 1, 0:55
Maurice Smith def. Rick Roufus via submission – Round 1, 1:53
Cory Devela def. Joe Riggs via submission – Round 1, 1:22
Eddy Ellis def. Steve Berger via [...]

UFC veteran Phil Baroni has signed a multi-year contract with EliteXC, the promotion announced last week.
Baroni (10-8 MMA, 3-5 UFC) fought in the UFC eight times between 2001 and 2005. Inside the octagon “The New York Bad Ass” picked up wins over Curtis Stout, Amar Suloev, and Dave Menne and was defeated by Matt Lindland [...]

Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson def. David “Tank” Abbot via TKO – Round 1, 0:43
Antonio Silva def. Ricco Rodriguez via split decision
Scott Smith def. Kyle Noke via KO – Round 2, 0:07
Yves Edwards def. Edson Berto via KO – Round 1, 4:56
Brett Rogers def. James Thompson via KO – Round 1, 2:24
Rafael Feijao def. John Doyle [...]

During a press conference held yesterday in Japan Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic announced that he has left the UFC and has signed with the upstart DREAM organization.
The promotion is a joint effort between FEG, the company behind K-1 and HERO’S, and former PRIDE executives.
Following four-straight wins in PRIDE, including victories over Wanderlei Silva and Josh [...]

Carlos Condit def. Carlo Prater via submission – Round 1, 3:48
Jamie Varner def. Rob McCullough via TKO – Round 3, 2:54
Miguel Torres def. Chase Beebe via submission – Round 1, 3:59
Manny Tapia def. Antonio Banuelos via split decision
Leonard Garcia def. Hiroyuki Takaya via TKO – Round 1, 1:31
Josh Grispi def. Mark Hominick via submission – [...]

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez will fight highly-touted heavyweight Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva at EliteXC’s “Street Certified” event on February 16th in Miami.
Rodriguez (27-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC) fought in the UFC from 2001 through 2003. After wins over Andrei Arlovski, Pete Williams, Jeff Monson, and Tsuyoshi Kohsaka Rodriguez defeated Randy Couture to win the [...]

The WCO (World Cagefighting Organization) event which was supposed to be taking place earlier this evening has officially been canceled.
According to Sherdog’s Josh Gross the “Valor” backed promotion, which attempted to garner attention by slating names like Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Ricco Rodriguez, Vernon White, Joe Riggs and Mark Kerr, apparently had insufficient funds to pay [...]

For those who primarily follow UFC mixed martial arts, tonight is a great opportunity to get acquainted with the WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting) which will be airing WEC 31 live and free of charge starting at 9pm ET on the Versus channel. The card for tonight’s show looks pretty sick and will be featuring [...]

The electricity was at an all time high inside Boardwalk Hall Saturday night, as everyone from die hard MMA fans, friends and family of fighters, members of the armed forces, and one UFC lightweight Champion gathered to witness BattleCage Extreme III on an unusually warm October evening.
The night started off at a reasonable pace with [...]