Pictures: Dream ‘New Year! 2011’ Fedor Emelianenko returned to Japan with a bang as he dispatched Satoshi Ishii at Dream’s “Genki Desu Ka! New Year’s Eve! 2011”

Fedor Crushes Ishii; Aoki, Takaya Retain Titles in Dream SAITAMA, Japan -- After earning a gold medal in judo at the 2008 Beijing Games, Satoshi Ishii boldly claimed that he would like to face then-heavyweight MMA ruler...

Dream ‘Genki Desu Ka!’ Results and Play-by-Play 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...

Dream ‘Genki Desu Ka’ Weigh-ins: After Retries, All Fighters Cleared TOKYO -- All 18 participants in the MMA portion of Saturday’s Dream “Genki Desu Ka! New Year! 2011” made weight on Friday, though not...

‘Bones’ in 2011 and MMA’s All-Time Greatest Years When an unconscious Lyoto Machida dropped to the canvas at UFC 140 on Dec. 10 in Toronto, it marked the end of a spectacular year for UFC light heavyweight champion...

Sherdog.com’s Pound-for-Pound Top 10 Recently, MMA's pound-for-pound universe has been defined by the presence of “the big two,” in the form of Anderson Silva and Georges St....

Viewpoint: Melendez’s Talent Wasted in Strikeforce It did not take long for Gilbert Melendez to throw down the gauntlet.

Shooto Crowns 2011 Rookie Tournament Champions in Tokyo TOKYO -- Continuing the tradition that spawned promotional greats such as Tatsuya Kawajiri, Yasuhiro Urushitani and Takeya Mizugaki, Shooto crowned its 10th batch of rookie champions with Sunday’s...

Melendez, Masvidal Cleared for Strikeforce Title Bout Jorge Masvidal stands at the foot of one of the lightweight division’s most intimidating mountains.

Fixed Sights Stature means as much, if not more, to Jorge Masvidal than championship gold.