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Dream Stage Entertainment held a press conference at the FOX Sports Grill in California to announce the first two matchups on their October 21st “Real Deal” event in Nevada.
Both Mark Coleman and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua both will be fighting, but not in a rematch against each other as many had assumed. Mark Coleman will [...]

Dream Stage Entertainment has announced ten of the fighters who will appear in the first Pride FC show on US soil. Pride’s “The Real Deal” card is scheduled to take place on October 21 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Josh Barnett, who last fought in America at UFC 36 when he defeated Randy Couture, will be [...]

The big news today is that the Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva fight that was tentatively scheduled for UFC 65 in November, may not happen. The Calgary Sun online is reporting that:
It appears the much-anticipated mixed martial arts bout between rival champions Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva, scheduled for November, might be off.
“I don’t [...]

There was much discusson over the weekend that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic was in a dispute with Pride FC management (Dream State Entertainment) over they money being paid for the Pride Open Weight Grand Prix final. I held off writing about the situation because I had a feeling it would sort itself out pretty [...]

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It appears that Mario Sukata has been injured and will not be able to fight at UFC 63
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Mark Pickering over at FightOpinion.com is reporting that form UFC Heavyweight Champion and current Pride fighter, Mark Coleman will be fighting Mario Sukata in the UFC in September, most likely at UFC 63.
Mario Sukata’s teammate, Alex [...]

A few lightweight bouts have been officially announced and added to Pride’s August 26 Bushido: Survial 2 show. This Bushido show will feature four fights in the Bushido Welterweight GP tournament:

Dan Henderson vs. Kazuo Misaki
Ryo Chonan vs. Paulo Filho
Gegard Mousasi vs. Akihiro Gono
Denis Kang vs. Amar Suloev

Pride has just recently announced four lightweight matchups [...]

Fight Report » Yves Edwards added to Bushido 10 card this weekend
KW at FightReport.net has posted the following about Yves Edwards being added to the Pride Bushido 10 card.

MMA Weekly is reporting that Yves Edwards will be taking on Seichi Ikemoto at this weekend’s Pride Bushido 10 show. Edwards kept dropping hints about being [...]