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.

The official Sengoku 11 results were:

• Michihiro Omigawa def. Hatsu Hioki via split decision
• Mamed Khalidov def. Jorge Santiago via TKO (strikes) — Round 1
• Jorge Masvidal def. Satoru Kitaoka via knockout (punches) — Round 2
• Tomoaki Ueyama def. Hirokazu “Bull” Konno via technical submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1
• Kazunori Yokota def. Eiji Mitsuaoka via unanimous decision
• Stanislov Nedkov def. Kevin Randleman via split decision
• Akihiro Gono def. Yoon Young Kim via unanimous decision
• Marlon Sandro def. Yuji Hoshino via knockout (punches) – Round 1
• Dave Herman def. Jim York via knockout (kicks) – Round 1
• Ronnie Mann def. Shigeki Osawa via unanimous decision
• Ryota Uozomi def. Yuichiro Yajima via submission (armbar) – Round 1

The official weigh-in results for the HDNet-televised event, which is headlined by Hatsu Hioki vs. Michihiro Omigawa, were:

• Hatsu Hioki (143.1) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (143.1)
• Jorge Santiago (183) vs. Mamed Khalidov (181.7)
• Satoru Kitaoka (154.3) vs. Jorge Masvidal (154.3)
• Kazunori Yokota (153.7) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (154.3)
• Kevin Randleman (203) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (203.9)
• Akihiro Gono (167.6) vs. Yoon Young Kim (167.1)
• Marlon Sandro (143.3) vs. Yuji Hoshino (143.3)
• Dave Herman (239.6) vs. Jim York (256.4)
• Shigeki Osawa (142.9 vs. Ronnie Mann (142.4)
• Yuichiro Yajima (125.2) vs. Ryota Uozomi (124.8)
• Hirokazu “Bull” Konno (142.9) vs. Tomoaki Ueyama (142.6)

Stop back tomorrow morning for results from Sengoku 11 and stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest Sengoku news.

Pictured: Michihiro Omigawa

DREAM recently announced additions and changes to the fight card for 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. Paulo Filho is off the card after failing to arrive in Japan for his fight with Dong Sik Yoon due to visa issues, and will be replaced by Tarec Saffedine. Check out the latest DREAM 12 lineup in the MMAFrenzy.com MMA rumors section.

Pictured: Marius Zaromskis

Ratings for the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10 dropped 29 percent to 2.9 million from the series record 4.1 million who tuned in for the TUF 10 debut. [Spike TV]

Pictured: Anderson Silva

Mizuto Hirota

Hatsu Hioki defeated Masanori Kanehara by unanimous decision in the first featherweight grand prix semifinal, but Hioki was unable to continue in the tournament due to a concussion suffered in the opening bout and was replaced by Kanehara. In the second semifinal contest, Michihiro Omigawa defeated Marlon Sandro by questionable “must decide” decision after the judge’s initially scored the fight a majority draw (30-30, 30-30, 30-29 Sandro).

Kanehara was crowned Sengoku’s first-ever featherweight champion by edging Omigawa by split decision in the grand prix final.

In other notable action, Kazuo Misaki scored a first-round submission of Kazuhiro Nakamura, Blagoi Ivanov, who defeated Fedor Emelianenko at the 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships, won his MMA debut by split decision, and fan-favorite Akihiro Gono suffered a third-round head kick knockout.

The official results for Sengoku 9 (Sengoku Ninth Battle) were:

• Mizuto Hirota def. Satoru Kitaoka (c) via TKO (strikes) — Round 4, 2:50
  Sengoku Lightweight Championship
• Masanori Kanehara def. Michihiro Omigawa via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29 [Must Decision: Omigawa])
  Featherweight GP Final/Sengoku Featherweight Championship
• Kazuo Misaki def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 3:03
• Blagoi Ivanov def. Kazuyuki Fujita via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-29 [Must Decision: Ivanov])
• Dan Hornbuckle def. Akihiro Gono via knockout (kick) — Round 3, 2:50
• Eiji Mitsuoka def. Clay Franch via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 1:51
• Yoshihiro Nakao def. Mu Bae Choi via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-28, 30-29)
• Chan Sung Jung def. Matt Jaggers via submission (triangle choke) — Round 2, 1:25
  Featherweight GP Reserve bout
• Michihiro Omigawa def. Marlon Sandro via split decision (29-30, 30-30 [Must Decision: Omigawa], 30-30 [Must Decision: Omigawa])
  Featherweight GP Semifinal
• Hatsu Hioki def. Masanori Kanehara via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-27, 29-28)
  Featherweight GP Semifinal
• Ikuo Usuda def. Koji Ando via unanimous decision (20-19, 20-20 [Must Decision: Usuda], 20-19)
  Lightweight “Gold Cup” Final
• Ryosuke Komori def. Takeshi Numajiri via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 3:25
  Bantamweight “Gold Cup” Final
• Shigeki Osawa def. Toru Harai via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:24
  Featherweight “Gold Cup” Final

Pictured: Mizuto Hirota

BJ Penn

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to five UFC 94 participants, including BJ Penn, for various injuries suffered in their bouts Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The medical suspensions were:

• BJ Penn (defeated by Georges St-Pierre via fourth-round TKO) suspended until March 18th with no contact until March 3rd for precautionary reasons.
• Thiago Silva (defeated by Lyoto Machida via first-round KO) suspended until March 18th with no contact until March 3rd for precautionary reasons.
• Stephan Bonnar (defeated by Jon Jones via unanimous decision) suspended until March 3rd with no contact until February 22nd due to a scalp laceration.
• Akihiro Gono (defeated by Jon Fitch via unanimous decision) suspended until March 3rd with no contact until February 22nd for precautionary reasons.
• Chris Wilson (defeated by John Howard via split decision) must clear broken nose with doctor or no contest until July 31st. No contact until March 3rd.

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NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer on Monday confirmed to MMAFrenzy.com that the NSAC tested twelve UFC 94 fighters for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse. The tested fighters were Georges St-Pierre, BJ Penn, Lyoto Machida, Thiago Silva, Clay Guida, Nate Diaz, Stephan Bonnar, Jon Jones, Jake O’Brien, John Howard, Thiago Tavares, and Karo Parisyan.

MMAFrenzy.com will pass along the drug tests results as soon as they’re available.

Despite entering the bout in his best physical and mental shape of his career, Leben pressed forward but was unable to connect with his knockout power, while Bisping employed a perfect strategy to top Leben on the judge’s scorecards, avoiding Leben’s power while countering with precision strikes.

Leben opened the bout aggressively with leg kicks but Bisping took control midway through the close opening round, countering with punches and bloodying the nose of his opponent. In the second it was all Bisping, who dodged Leben’s attacks while carefully countering with punches. In the close final round (which MMAFrenzy.com scored in favor of Leben), a desperate Leben was again aggressive, chasing Bisping down with wild strikes, but was unable to score a knockout.

The judges rendered a unanimous decision victory in favor of Bisping with scores of 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28 in favor of the English fighter.

With the win Bisping improved to 17-1 on his career, including a perfect 3-0 record at 185-pounds, and moved closer to a middleweight title shot, though when questioned on a potential title fight after the victory, Bisping said he feels he needs several more wins over quality opponents before he’d be prepared for the middleweight title holder.

Up next for Bisping is a stint as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 9 with a key middleweight matchup against Dan Henderson or Rich Franklin looming in 2009.

The obviously-improved Leben dropped to 18-5 in the loss, but was gracious in defeat, thanking the UK fans and Bisping for a fight he called the most-enjoyable of his career, despite being a losing effort.

In the co-main event of the evening, Keith Jardine defeated Brandon Vera via split decision after three close rounds. After a exchanging early, Jardine captured the first round with a takedown and ground and pound, escaping a near-submission by the Jiu Jitsu brown belt to punctuate the round with a late-flurry of strikes. Vera countered by winning the second with a knee-buckling kick and better striking, but Jardine rebounded to win the final frame on two of the judge’s scorecards to take the split decision with scores of 29-28, 29-28, and 28-29.

Despite losses in two of his last five fights, the win moves Jardine, now 14-4-1 on his career, back into the light heavyweight title picture with wins over current light heavyweight title-holder Forrest Griffin, former champion Chuck Liddell, and now the former heavyweight contender Vera in three of his last five.

Vera, suffering his third loss in his last four bouts inside the octagon, saw his record drop to 9-3 in the loss, including a 1-1 mark at 205-pounds.

In other main card action, Luiz Cane stopped Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou for the “Knockout of the Night” with strikes late in the second round, Chris Lytle and Paul Taylor went toe-to-toe in the “Fight of the Night” with Lytle walking away with a controversial unanimous decision win (29-28, 30-27, 29-28), and Marcus Davis submitted Paul Kelly via guillotine choke midway through the second round in the first televised bout of the evening.

The wins likely line up Davis and Lytle for an early-2009 meeting at UFC 93 in Ireland.

Lytle, Taylor, Cane, and Davis each took home an extra $40,000 bonus for their efforts.

On the preliminary card, Dan Hardy topped Akihiro Gono via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), Shane Carwin pounded out Neil Wain early in the first round, David Bielkheden defeated Jess Liaudin via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27), Terry Etim topped Sam Stout via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27), Jim Miller earned “Submission of the Night” honors by choking out David Baron with a rear naked choke midway through the third round, and Per Eklund forced Samy Schiavo to submit to a rear naked choke early in the third round of the opening bout of the evening.

The UFC’s next event is just one week away as the promotion returns to the US and heads to Chicago, Illinois for UFC 90 “Silva vs. Cote”. The middleweight title will be on the line in the main event as UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva battles top contender Patrick Cote. Welterweights Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida are set to clash in the evening’s co-main event.

As always, MMAFrenzy.com will have extensive live coverage of UFC 90 “Silva vs. Cote” on Saturday, October 25th.

UFC 89 “BISPING VS. LEBEN” OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Michael Bisping def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Keith Jardine def. Brandon Vera via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
• Luiz Cane def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 4:15
• Chris Lytle def. Paul Taylor via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
• Marcus Davis def. Paul Kelly via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 2, 2:16
• Dan Hardy def. Akihiro Gono via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Shane Carwin def. Neil Wain via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 1:31
• David Bielkheden def. Jess Liaudin via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Terry Etim def. Sam Stout via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Jim Miller def. David Baron via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 3:19
• Per Eklund def. Sammy Schiavo via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 1:47

England’s own Michael Bisping topped fellow middleweight contender Chris Leben via unanimous decision to headline the the eleven-bout UFC 89 card.

• Michael Bisping def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Keith Jardine def. Brandon Vera via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
• Luiz Cane def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 4:15
• Chris Lytle def. Paul Taylor via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
• Marcus Davis def. Paul Kelly via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 2, 2:16
• Dan Hardy def. Akihiro Gono via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Shane Carwin def. Neil Wain via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 1:31
• David Bielkheden def. Jess Liaudin via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Terry Etim def. Sam Stout via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Jim Miller def. David Baron via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 3:19
• Per Eklund def. Sammy Schiavo via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 1:47

Today’s event, which will air for free tonight on Spike TV, takes place at The NIA in Birmingham, England and features a middleweight main event clash between former “Ultimate Fighter” cast members Michael Bisping and Chris Leben. The UFC 89 main card also includes Brandon Vera vs. Keith Jardine, Luiz Cane vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Chris Lytle vs. Paul Taylor, and Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly.

QUICK RESULTS

• Michael Bisping def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Keith Jardine def. Brandon Vera via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
• Luiz Cane def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 4:15
• Chris Lytle def. Paul Taylor via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
• Marcus Davis def. Paul Kelly via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 2, 2:16
• Dan Hardy def. Akihiro Gono via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Shane Carwin def. Neil Wain via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 1:31
• David Bielkheden def. Jess Liaudin via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Terry Etim def. Sam Stout via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Jim Miller def. David Baron via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 3:19
• Per Eklund def. Sammy Schiavo via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 3, 1:47

ROUND-BY-ROUND

MICHAEL BISPING VS. CHRIS LEBEN (In progress…)

Round 1 — Leben is agresive early working hard leg kicks. More kicks from “The Crippler” then Bisping fires back but Leben counters. Solid left by Bisping followed by a knee to the body. Leben fires back with more leg kicks. Bisping catches a kick and returns a kick to the body. Hard left by Leben but Bisping connects with a combo. Leben is bleeding from his nose but connects with a good combo against the fence. A pair of rights by Bisping connects. Leben connects late with a left. It’s a very close round, but MMAFrenzy.com scores it 10-9 Bisping.

Round 2 — Bisping is more aggressive to start the second, but Leben tags him with a left and knee. Bisping continues to avoid and counter. Accidental low kick by Leben temporarily halts the bout. They touch gloves and we’re back underway. Leben and Bisping trading punches. Solid leg kicks from Leben. Bisping catches a kick and counters with a punch. Bisping connects with some jabs but Leben finishes strong with punches and has Bisping on his toes. MMAFrenzy.com scores another close round 10-9 Bisping.

Round 3 — Big left by Leben connects in the opening seconds, but Bisping has to take a break after getting sweat in his eyes. It’s momentary and we quickly resume. Bisping and Leben trade kicks. Good left by Leben followed by a kick to the body. Leben catches a kick and throws another left. Surprisingly, Leben takes Bisping to the mat and connects with punches. They get back to their feet and Bisping fires back. Bisping continues to successfully evade and counter, avoiding Leben’s knockout power. Leben pours it on late and taunts Bisping to engage but its likely too little, too late. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Leben, but the fight goes to Bisping 29-28.

Michael Bisping def. Chris Leben via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

UFC 89 takes place on October 19th at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England and will likely air on Spike TV. Just 2,500 tickets remain for the event. Middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Chris Leben will clash in the evening’s main event.

Sokoudjou (5-2) rebounded from his UFC debut loss to Lyoto Machida with a first-round TKO victory over Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 84 in May. Cane (8-1) also stumbled in his UFC debut, losing via disqualification to James Irvin at UFC 79 in December. He too was able to reboud, defeating Jason Lambert via first-round TKO at UFC 85 in June.

Gono (28-12-7) was last in action in November, defeating Tamden McCrory via second-round submission in his UFC debut at UFC 78. Hardy (19-6) is a UK UFC newcomer who has won three-straight bouts and eight of his last nine.

Carwin (9-0) is a heavyweight prospect who knocked out Christian Wellisch in under one minute in his UFC debut at UFC 84 in May. Wain (4-0) is another English UFC newcomer who has won all four of his professional bouts via knockout.

Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com for the latest UFC news and UFC rumors.