World Victory Road, the promotion behind the “Sengoku” titled fight events has reportedly canceled it’s scheduled New Years Event. The event would have featured the replacement of the name “Sengoku” with “Sengoku Raiden Championships” for the MMA events, and gone head to head with FEG’s “Dynamite!!2009″ New Years Eve event. Instead it appears that WVR will be teaming up with FEG to promote Dynamite!!2009,

Michihiro Omigawa upset Hatsu Hioki on Saturday at Sengoku 11 in Tokyo, Japan, receiving a controversial split decision win in the evening’s main event. Also on the card, Mamed Khalidov extended his unbeaten streak to 18-straight by making quick work of Jorge Santiago, while notables Jorge Masvidal, Akihiro Gono, and Dave Herman also picked up wins.

All 22 fighters set to participate at Saturday’s Sengoku 11th Battle event in Tokyo, Japan successfully made weight earlier today for their bouts. The official weigh-in results for the HDNet-televised event, which is headlined by Hatsu Hioki vs. Michihiro Omigawa, are after the jump.

DREAM recently announced additions and changes to the fight card its October 25 DREAM 12 event, including Kazushi Sakuraba replacing Melvin Manhoef against Zelg Galesic and welterweight champ Marius Zaromskis’ return to action in a non-title bout against Myeon Ho Bae.

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Kevin Randleman will face Stanislav Nedkov and Jorge Masvidal will fight Satoru Kitaoka at Sengoku 11.

Hong Man Choi has accepted Shaquille O’Neal’s challenge to fight in an MMA bout.

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UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva will undergo elbow surgery after all to remove bone spurs and will be sidelined briefly, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is not retiring following his latest loss and intends to fight at least once more, at a November 7 Strikforce event headlined by Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers will take place at the Sears Centre near Chicago.

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Kickboxer Antz Nansen spoiled the MMA debut of fellow-newcomer Hiroshi Izumi on Wednesday in the main event of Sengoku 10, stopping the 2004 Olympic judo silver medalist from Japan with strikes in the opening round of the headliner at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

All 22 fighters slated to compete on Wednesday at Sengoku 10 today hit the scales in Japan and successfully weighed in for their mathups. The event takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and will be broadcast live in North America on HDNet.

Hiroshi Izumi (205) and Antz Nansen (204.1), both MMA newcomers with backgrounds in judo and kickboxing respectively, successfully made weight for their light heavyweight main event.

All six fighters that were drug tested for UFC 102 tested clean, Urijah Faber’s hand has been cleared to hit the punching bag, and Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante has pulled out of his Dream 11 bout due to injury.

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Contrary to previous reports following his knockout of Forrest Griffin on Saturday at UFC 101, Anderson Silva says he won’t be relinquishing his middleweight title to remain permanently at light heavyweight and will continue to fight in both divisions.

In other news, the UFC will counter-program Saturday’s Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg event with a free replay of UFC 100 on Spike TV, Dennis Hallman has signed a four-fight contract to return to the UFC, and more…

Mizuto Hirota upset lightweight champ Satoru Kitaoka via fourth-round TKO to become the promotion’s new title-holder at Sengoku 9 on Sunday in Saitama, Japan.

The Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix also came to an underwhelming conclusion at the card, with Masanori Kanehara being crowned the first-ever Sengoku featherweight champ with a split decision victory over Michihiro Omigawa in the tournament final.

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will reportedly not retire despite the wishes of Dana White, with rumors swirling that he could return to action this fall, possibly for a bout against Rich Franklin.

The anticipated showdown between TUF 10 coaches Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Rashad Evans is expected to headline UFC 107 on December 19 in Las Vegas.

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Despite entering exclusive contract negotiations with the UFC in December, Japanese Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii has passed on the world's largest promotion, signing instead with World Victory Road's Sengoku.

Sengoku will be holding the semi-final, and final rounds of its Featherweight tournament on August 2nd in Japan, at an as yet unannounced venue. One of the match-ups will be Marlon Sandro facing off against two fight UFC competitor Michihiro Omigawa,

Hatsu Hioki, Michihiro Omigawa, Masenori Kanehara, and Marlon Sandro advanced to the semifinals of the Sengoku's featherweight grand prix on Friday with victories at Sengoku Eighth Battle in Tokyo, Japan.