Secret Washington, DC Show on December 13th

Apparently there's some sort of secret MMA show in Washington, DC on December 13th, and by "secret", I mean "What the hell? Why don't you people advertise? Good Lord, you have to be clairvoyant to find out about these things!" The event is called "Battle at the Nation's Capital", and the card features ROC champs James "Binky" Jones and Paul Bradley, Dave Branch (who trains with TUF 8 stud Phillipe Nover in Brooklyn), some Team Quest fighters and some local guys, and a mean-looking Brazilian - and the only reason I know all this is because I stumbled across their website (http://districtcombatproductions.com/battleatthecapitalI/) . So, yeah, if you're anywhere near the DC Armory on that day, knock on the front door three times and tell the security guard "Mr. X" sent you. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks to the IFL, You Can Give a Crap About Sengoku 4

The IFL is dead and gone but its legacy lives on. Case in point: 155-pound champ Ryan Schultz, who will be taking part in the Sengoku 4 lightweight tournament in Japan tonight. "Senwhat" you say? Sengoku, one of the promotions that has arisen to fill the void Pride's demise left behind - and a promotion stocked with so many foreign fighters, the average US MMA fan would likely have no idea who to root for. Gosh, who's going to win in the bout between Kazunori Yokota and Bojan Kosednar? Who's going to come out on top in Eiji Mitsuoka vs. Rodrigo Damm? Who cares! It's all about Team Quest fighter Schultz, a recognizable name on the Sengoku roster thanks to the IFL.