Kyoto Horiguchi showed why he is rated as one of the top prospects at 135 pounds last Friday night (March 15) when he won the Shooto World Featherweight Title with a second round submission win over reigning champion Hiromasa Ogikubo. The 22 year old improves to 10-1 and ONE FC and Bellator veteran Masakatus Ueda remains the only man to ever defeat him.

In the co-main event, Horiguchi's Krazy ...

It's been a long time since we had a browser crasher on Bloody Elbow. I'm hoping to make this GIFathon a regular feature for every FOX and UFC PPV card, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it. The theme of this GIFathon is to take a look at some of the notable fighters competing at UFC on FOX 6, and highlight their pre-UFC careers with some of their best fights and/or finishes. Originally, the plan was to ...

In the second edition of BE's GIF Overload, Zombie Prophet brought us highlights of some of the most amazing submissions in MMA. We've got several joint wrenching armbars and leglocks from Shooto, King Of The Cage, and Pancrase. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai and Rumina "Moon Wolf" Sato stole the show as they made every effort to separate their opponents from their extremities. They weren't they only st...

This is a guest post by Rory MacLeod (smoogy)

A year ago, we selected the inaugural class of fighters that would make up the first edition of the World MMA Scouting Report. It's been a gratifying experience to see some of the athletes we selected go on to succeed in major fight opportunities, and a heartbreaking one to see others come up just short. For each pick that claimed a significant title...