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After disclosing the terms of his hormone replacement therapy on Monday, more information about Nate Marquardt’s fight history over the last few months has come to light. Read More >>

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After briefly dabbling in a pro MMA career again in 2010 at DREAM.13, Siala-Mou “Mighty Mo” Siliga returned to the K-1 kickboxing promotion later in the year.

At the December event, the American-Samoan striker took on kickboxing legend Peter Aerts in the quarterfinal round of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final.

And it proved a one-sided affair.

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The wear and tear of Kazushi Sakuraba’s prolific 14-year fighting career was no more evident than this past December.

That’s when the Japanese veteran took on DREAM welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis at “Dynamite!! 2010.”

The Lithuanian wasn’t Sakuraba’s only opponent; the 41-year-old “Gracie
Hunter” also was contending with a badly cauliflowered ear that’d play a
significant part in the year-end title fight.

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UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch drew a similar attendance to last year’s Sydney show, UFC 110, but the gate receipts showed a significant increase in revenue for the promotion’s second trip to the land down under. Read More >>

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Six weeks prior to his first-round destruction of former UFC champ
Andrei Arlovski this past weekend in the opening round of Strikeforce’s
heavyweight grand prix, Sergei Kharitonov took on Tatsuya Mizuno at the
year-end DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010″ event.

Now, as part of our weekly fight-of-the-week feature, we get another look at the bout.

But this edition of HDNet Fights Video Vault doesn’t last long.

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The only thing more bizarre than the rules for the fight was the fight itself.

This past month at DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010″ in Japan, MMA veteran Shinya
Aoki took on K-1 kickboxer Yuichiro Nagashima in a “special rules” bout
that featured one kickboxing round and one MMA round.

In our latest installment of HDNet Fights Video Vault, we relive the entertaining train wreck.

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Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza had a banner year, both in and out of the cage, in 2010. He plans to continue his success in 2011, starting with a title defense against Robbie Lawler. Read More >>

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The massive heavyweight known around the world as Bob Sapp admits he was haggling backstage with Fighting and…

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The massive heavyweight known around the world as Bob Sapp admits he was
haggling backstage with Fighting and Entertainment Group
executives just prior to curtain time at DREAM “Dynamite!! 2010.”

Just what he was haggling over is his bone of contention with the Japanese fight promotion’s officials.

Sapp on Monday evening told MMAjunkie.com that
promoters were supposed to pay him $30,000 to fight Shinichi Suzukawa in
a modified-rules bout at the year-end show. Instead, he claims FEG executive Sadaharu Tanikawa offered him $15,000 shortly after he arrived in Japan.

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For 13-time UFC veteran Melvin Guillard (26-8-2 MMA, 9-4 UFC), the question has never been about talent.

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