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Sumo Wrestling Hits Los Angeles

Forget the Lakers and the Dodgers: Some of the biggest sports action in Southern California this past weekend was sumo wrestling.

DREAM 4

DREAM 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Grappling Match
Mirko "Cro Cop" vs. Ralek Gracie

Featherweight Bout
Hideo Tokoro vs. Darren Uyenoyama

Middleweight Grand Prix
Gegard Mousasi vs. Dong-Sik Yoon
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Melvin Manhoef
Zelg Gelasic vs. Taiei Kin
Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza

Lightweight Grand Prix
Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata

DREAM 4

DREAM 4: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 2nd Round
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan


Middleweight Grand Prix

Gegard Mousasi vs. Dong-Sik Yoon
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Melvin Manhoef
Zelg Gelasic vs. Taiei Kin
Jason "Mayhem" Miller vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza


Lightweight Grand Prix

Shinya Aoki vs. Katsuhiko Nagata


Heavyweight Bout

Alistair Overeem vs. Tae Hyun Lee
Alavutdin Gadzhiyev vs. Ralek Gracie

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Noons retains


DREAM 4 Review

DREAM 4 came to us all live from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on Father’s Day in the United States.  We’re talking about the second round of the DREAM Middleweight Tournament, here.  Wondering what fights were on the docket?

Bottom line?  There were too many to go into in this introduction.  So, let’s get things started as only MMAFighting.com can.

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Adrenaline MMA Review

Adrenaline’s inaugural event came to us all live from the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on June 14, 2008.  On the docket was a main event between Mike Russow and Jason Guida, which served as somewhat of a disappointment after Jeff “The Snowman” Monson was forced to step out of his bout with Russow due to injury.  That said, Rory Markham, Bart Palaszewski, and Terry Martin were all on the card as well, providing some familiar faces.

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EliteXC: Return of the King Review

EliteXC: Return of the King came to us all live on June 14, 2008 from the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. In case you were wondering, who the ‘King’ was, they were referring to EliteXC Lightweight Champion, K.J. Noons, who stepped up to defend his belt against one-time training partner Yves Edwards.

There was also this pretty tough guy by the name of Nick Diaz on the card, who went to battle with young up and comer Muhsin Corbbrey. Wondering how it all went down?

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