Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago took on Mamed Khalidov Sunday in the main event of Sengoku Raiden Championships 12 in Tokyo, Japan. Akihiro Gono vs. Diego Gonzalez co-headlined the event, while Maximo Blanco and Marlos Sandro were also featured.

Because the event doesn’t air in North America until Friday, March 12, on HDNet, the Sengoku 12 results are after the jump.

Sengoku middleweight champ Jorge Santiago, challenger Mamed Khalidov, and the rest of the eight-fight Sengoku Raiden Championships 12 card successfully made weight today for tomorrow’s event, which takes place at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The fight card Sengoku’s latest event, “Sengoku Raiden Championships 12,” which takes place this Sunday, March 7, in Tokyo, Japan, is now official. Middleweight champion Jorge Santiago defends his title against Mamed Khalidov in the Sengoku 12 main event, while Akihiro Gono faces Diego Gonzalez in the card’s co-headliner.

Ben Rothwell is targeting a fight with Mirko “Cro Cop,” originally scheduled for last Saturday’s UFC 110, for June’s UFC 115 in Vancouver, while Rothwell’s replacement, Anthony Perosh, has signed a four-fight deal with the UFC despite losing to “Cro Cop”.

ProElite, whose EliteXC brand featured Kimbo Slice in nationally televised events on CBS, is being resurrected and will soon resume promoting MMA events. Read about all the latest MMA news in MMAFrenzy.com’s Quick Hits.

- Middleweight contender Demian Maia, who was recently tapped to replace an injured Vitor Belfort and fight champion Anderson Silva at UFC 112 in April, has been cleared for the fight after initially being medically suspended until August due to a cut suffered in his victory at UFC 109 earlier this month.

- A matchup between Yoshihiro Akiyama and the winner of this weekend’s UFC 110 fight between Wanderlei Silva and Michael Bisping is likely to take place at UFC 115 on June 12 in Vancouver.

Approximately 10% of the UFC has been sold to Sheik Tahnoon, the son of the former UAE president and founder of the Abu Dhabi Combat Club, Strikeforce is in talks with free-agent lightweight Roger Huerta and heavyweight Josh Barnett and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson received three years probation for his July 2008 hit-and-run.

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Hidehiko Yoshida ruined the anticipated debut of fellow Olympic Judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, topping the MMA newcomer by unanimous decision in MMA main event of Thursday’s 18-bout “Dynamite!! 2009″ event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

In other notable MMA action, Shinya Aoki broke Mizuto Hirota’s arm for an opening-round submission win, Ikuhisa Minowa upset Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou with a third-round TKO to win DREAM’s “Super Hulk” tourney and Gegard Mousasi and Alistair Overeem each earned first-round knockouts.

The lineup for tomorrow’s “Dynamite!! 2009″ event, which takes place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, is now official and features 18 MMA and K-1 bouts, including DREAM vs. Sengoku matchups.

The card, which will be televised live on HDNet beginning at 3am ET, is headlined by a K-1 rematch between Masato and Andy Souwer and also includes Gary Goodridge vs. Gegard Mousasi, Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou in DREAM’s “Super Hulk” tournament finale, and Satoshi Ishii vs. Hidehiko Yoshida.

A recently-announced MMA matchup between Melvin Manhoef and Kazuo Misaki and a likely K-1 bout between Gegard Mousasi and Gary Goodridge are the latest additions to the fight card for Dynamite!! 2009, which takes place on December 31 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and airs live on HDNet.

World Victory Road’s Sengoku Raiden Championships has dropped plans to hold a competing New Year’s Eve event in Japan and will instead partner with Fighting and Entertainment Group’s DREAM for Dynamite!! 2009, the promotions announced on Wednesday.

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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