MMA rookie “King Mo” Muhammed Lawal (1-0) upset “Diesel” Travis Wiuff (53-12) by first-round TKO at 2:11 Sunday night in Tokyo. Lawal staggered Wiuff with a right Superman punch, then rushed in with a double-leg takedown at the ropes.  Lawal leapt on Wiuff and finished him off with ground’n’pound. Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion “Xande” Alexandre Ribeiro (1-0) TKO’d Takashi Sugiura (1-3) in the last minute of his anticipated MMA debut. ...

World Victory Road announced on Thursday the opponents for Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-8), Jorge Santiago (17-7), and “Xande” Alexandre Ribeiro (0-0) for the upcoming Sengoku 5 event in Tokyo, 28 September. Paul Cahoon (10-11) will participate in the Middleweight Grand Prix versus Nakamura, as will “Pink Pounder” Logan Clark (11-2) versus Santiago.  Takashi Sugiura (1-2) will face Ribeiro in a light heavyweight match-up. Cahoon is coming off a unanimous decision loss to “Machine” Ian Freeman (19-7-1), who took his light heavyweight belt, at Cage Rage in May.  It was his first loss in six fights. Nakamura lost his last fight to Fighters.com’s eighth-ranked light heavyweight “African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-2) due to a leg injury, at UFC 84 in May. ...

Saturday at Cage Rage in London, 43-year old "Machine" Ian Freeman (19-7-1) recaptured the promotion's light heavyweight title from Liverpudian kickboxer Paul Cahoon (10-11). Freeman, a former UFC fighter, dominated the mat match with G'n'P to take a unanimous decision. The Cage Rage welterweight title was also wrapped around a new waist. Che Mills (6-1) forced a doctor's stoppage TKO of Marius Zaromskis (7-2) after cutting the Lithuanian's eyelid. Mills will likely defend first versus "Semtex" Paul Daley (17-6-2), who will end his short retirement to return to the cage. "Messenger" James Zikic (16-5-2) submitted light heavyweight Rodney Faverus (24-16-3) at :29 of the third round.  It was Faverus's fifth straight "L". TUF205-pounder "Gladiator" Ross Pointon (6-10) submitted "Boss" Ross Mason (12-9) in a heel hook in the first round. "Hardest" Matt Ewin (20-9-1) won a unanimous decision over "Beast" Mark Epstein (14-11). "Chocolate" Henrique Nogueira (6-4-1) of the Wolfslair Academy and Team Supreme's Marc Goddard (7-6-1) fought to a draw. Featherweight "One Punch" Brad Pickett (13-4) won a majority decision over Paul Reed (7-2). Rookie Popek Rak (2-0) knocked out Kevin Simms (1-6) in just 1:12. Middleweight Chris Rice (12-5) TKO'd Edgeleson Lue (2-2) in the third round. Kickboxer Harvey Harra (5-3) showed his ground game by submitting Gary Kelly (2-1) in the first round. ...