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The future of the Strikeforce 145-pound women’s division changed drastically this past week with news that champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos had tested positive for a steroid metabolite.
The Brazilian knockout artist is expected to be stripped of her Strikeforce title, and her division may be phased out of the promotion entirely.
In the latest Women’s MMA Report, MMAjunkie.com’s Robert Sargent discusses the failed test, Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii’s successful DREAM debut, two big Strikeforce bookings, and a busy Jan. 21 night for women’s MMA.
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Fedor Emelianenko picked up his second consecutive victory in a long-awaited return to Japan.
The former PRIDE champion and Strikeforce heavyweight plastered former Olympic judoka Satoshii Ishii with stiff punches to earn a first-round knockout win.
Emelianenko vs. Ishii headlined “DREAM: New Year! 2011″ (also dubbed “Genki Desu Ka!!”), which took place early Saturday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The entire nine-hour event, which ushered in the new year in Japan, aired live on HDNet.
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TOKYO — All 18 participants in the MMA portion of Saturday’s Dream “Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011” made weight on Friday, though not without some extra effort from a few.
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The headliners and title-fight participants competing at Saturday’s “DREAM: New Year! 2011″ event successfully have made weight for the show.
Weigh-ins for the event, officially dubbed “Genki Desu Ka!!,” took place today in Tokyo.
Saturday’s event, which airs live on HDNet in the early-morning hours (1 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT), takes place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Sherdog.com will report from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan at approximately 1 a.m. ET with play-by-play and live results of Dream’s ‘Fight for Japan: Genki Desu Ka! New Year’s Eve 2011!’, which features three Dream title bouts, and is headlined by a heavyweight clash between Fedor Emelianenko and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii.
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The bout order has been set for Saturday’s big “DREAM: New Year! 2011″ event.
The show, officially dubbed “”Genki Desu Ka!!” and held in conjunction
with IGF, features an array of combat-sports offerings, including two
MMA title fights, an MMA-tournament conclusion, four pro-wrestling
bouts, two kickboxing matches, and a mixed-rules bout.
A heavyweight MMA clash between Fedor Emelianenko and Satoshi Ishii headlines the show.
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As MMA continues its popularity boom around the globe, the talent pool of Brazilian fighters is becoming more and more apparent.
Take for instance, the famed Nova Uniao team, home of UFC featherweight
champion Jose Aldo, as well as a host of notables that includes Eduardo
Dantas, Wagnney Fabiano, Marcos Galvao, Thales Leites, Diego Nunes,
Marlon Sandro and Ronys Torres, among countless others.
On New year’s Eve, Nova Unaio product Rodolfo Marques hopes to add his name to that list.
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia will face Jerome Le Banner in Japan.
DREAM officials recently announced the matchup for the year-ending
“DREAM: New Year! 2011″ event, but there’s a catch: Sylvia and Le Banner
won’t meet in an MMA contest but rather a professional wrestling bout.
Headlined by a heavyweight matchup between Fedor Emelianenko and Satoshi
Ishii, “DREAM: New Year! 2011″ airs live in North America at 1 a.m. ET
on Saturday morning, Dec. 31 (10 p.m. PT Friday evening, Dec. 30).
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DREAM’s ambitious year-end event, “DREAM: New Year! 2011,” will air live in its entirety on HDNet.
MMAjunkie.com recently confirmed the plans with HDNet officials, who
have set aside a nine-hour programming block to air the massive combat
sports fight card.
Headlined by a heavyweight matchup between Fedor Emelianenko and Satishi
Ishii, “DREAM: New Year! 2011″ airs in North America at 1 a.m. ET on
Saturday morning, Dec. 31 (10 p.m. PT Friday evening, Dec. 30).
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The lineup for “DREAM: New Year! 2011″ continues to fill, and former UFC
legend Josh Barnett and MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba are among the latest additions to the year-end event.
DREAM executives recently announced both notables will take part in
pro-wrestling contests, with Barnett facing Hideki Suzuki while Sakuraba
and Katsuyori Shibata take on Shinichi Suzukawa and Atsushi Sawada in a
tag-team affair.
DREAM also added a pair of kickboxing contests to the card with Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund and Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda.
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