Sengoku 12 fight card continues to take shape with the addition of two big fights. Scheduled for March 7, Sengoku 12 will take place at the fabled sumo arena, Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Eiji Mitsuoka (16-7-2) returns to face Brazilian Jiu Jitsu phenom, Leonardo Santos (6-3), while the rising star, Maximo Blanco (4-2-1) takes on 65-fight veteran, Kiuma Kunioku (34-22-9) in a collison of youth and experience.

Mitsuoka stumbled against Kazunori Yokota in a battle between Sengoku's top lightweight contenders last November. Prior to fighting in Sengoku, he rose to prominence with a victory over Joachim Hansen in Shooto. In Sengoku, he has gone 4-2 and earned all four victories via submission in the first round.

Leonardo Santos also looks to rebound after a close split decision loss to Yokota last May. A Nova Uniao product and younger brother of current WEC bantamweight, Wagnney Fabiano, Santos boasts an extraordinary list of accolades in BJJ and submission grappling tournaments, including a medal in ADCC.

Maximo Blanco, a former standout freestyle wrestler, has represented his home country of Venezuela in international wrestling competitions. He has been training at Yoshida dojo and seeks to capitalize on his two-fight winning streak; his second-to-last victory over Katsuya Inoue earned him the Lightweight King of Pancrase title.

Kiuma Kunioku has been competing since 1996, mostly in Pancrase. His current three-fight winning streak has come on the heel of a prolonged downturn during which he recorded six losses and two draws in nine fights. In his last fight, he bested A Sol Kwon by unanimous decision at Sengoku 5 in September 2008.

Stay tuned to MMAmania for more information regarding the upcoming Sengoku 12.

"Oh we got a problem, somebody spilled ice all over the Octagon. That's a big problem, that's a lot of ice. This is gonna take some time. This is a disaster. Look at it, they knocked the bucket over. This is "The Three Stooges." What are you freaks doing? Now everybody's booing. Now there's even more pressure. Now they're sweeping it out. That's good. Put it on the side and watch [Octagon girl] Arianny (Celeste) fall on her head. There's still ice! There's still too much! GET BACK IN THERE! YOU'RE NOT DONE! THERE'S ICE ALL OVER THE FLOOR! What are these guys doing? There's 100 pieces of ice still on the floor and these guys just scrambled out because of the pressure. What a disaster. There's ice everywhere! Those cornermen, somebody needs to kick their ass."

UFC color commentator Joe Rogan empties his tray during the Ronnys Torres vs. Melvin Guillard fight at UFC 109: "Relentless" last Saturday night (Feb. 6). The ice bag applied to the back and neck of Torres ruptured as his corner was exiting the cage, causing a cubed glacier to make its way across the Octagon floor. Team Torres scrambled to get it cleaned up amidst a verbal berating from Joe Rogan, whose hilarious commentary on "Ice-gate" kept pay-per-view subscribers amused during the icy mishap. Video of the incident can be found here or after the jump.

Mark Coleman: Suspended until March 9 and no contact until Feb. 28 (precautionary reasons)
Nate Marquardt: Suspended until March 9 and no contact until Feb. 28 (precautionary reasons)
Chael Sonnen: Suspended until March 24 and no contact until March 9 (forehead and nasal-bridge lacerations)
Mike Swick: Suspended until Aug. 6 (elbow injury) unless cleared early by an orthopedic doctor; otherwise suspended until March 24 and no contact until March 9 (precautionary reasons)
Demian Maia: Suspended until Aug. 6 (eyelid laceration) unless cleared early by an ophthalmologist or ocular-plastics doctor
Dan Miller: Suspended until March 9 and no contact until Feb. 28 (precautionary reasons)
Frank Trigg: Suspended until March 24 with no contact until March 9 (precautionary reasons)
Mac Danzig: Suspended until Aug. 6 (left knee sprain) unless cleared early by an orthopedic doctor
Justin Buchholz: Suspended until March 9 and no contact until Feb. 28 (precautionary reasons)
Melvin Guillard: Suspended indefinitely unless cleared early by an ophthalmologist by March 26
Rolles Gracie: Suspended until March 9 and no contact until Feb. 28 (precautionary reasons)

Just a quick reminder: Fighters often return to action much quicker once doctors give them the green light. The lengthy suspensions are just a precaution in most cases.

For complete UFC 109 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.

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Quoteworthy:

"We've spoken with Chael on many occasions and have the utmost respect for him. He's never really come across in this manner, and it's obvious he's just drumming up hype in hopes to get a bout with Anderson. We are fine if this is what the UFC wants, but if you look at this logistically, Sonnen should fight Demian Maia first. Demian beat up easily, by submission, so why not make them fight first, to determine who gets a shot at the title? It's funny, but really, who actually listens to what Chael Sonnen has to say? The only time people listen is when he talks about Anderson. Who is he, really? If you walk down the street and you mention his name, does anyone really know who this guy is? Likely not, but if you mention Anderson Silva, people know the name. Chael's also said a few things about Anderson's choice of clothes and that he wears earrings, didn't he? Sounds to us like he may have a crush on Anderson."

Sound familiar? Ed Soares, manager and translator for UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, is once again playing matchmaker, this time on the heels of a supposed 185-pound number one contender bout between Chael Sonnen and Nate Marquardt at UFC 109: "Relentless" this past Saturday night (Feb. 6). UFC President Dana White promised the winner of Sonnen vs. Marquardt the first crack at the division title after "The Spider" defends it at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi. Now Soares is tampering with the formula -- much like he did after Dan Henderson decapitated Michael Bisping at UFC 100 to earn his rematch (and we all know how that ended up). Does Soares have a legitimate gripe? Or should he zip his lip leave the matchmaking to Joe Silva?

Dan Miller exploding the term "Hitchhiker's Thumb."

See the entire UFC 109 backstage gallery here.

A middleweight bout between Ryan Jensen (14-6) and Jesse Forbes (11-4) has been signed for UFC 114, which is scheduled to go down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29, according to MMAFighting.com.

Both fighters are coming off losses, meaning that this could very well end up being a good 'ole loser leaves town match.

Jensen was last seen in action earlier this year at UFC 108 where he was defeated by Mark Munoz in the first round. Coming into that contest, Jensen had only won three of his previous seven fights and has only tasted victory once in five tries under the UFC banner.

Jesse "Kid Hercules" Forbes, a member of the third season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), has had a bit of a better run lately than his counterpart at UFC 114. Despite dropping his last contest at UFC Fight Night 20 against Nick Catone, Forbes has only lost twice in his last nine fights. 

After getting cut from the UFC following his defeat at the hands of Matt Hamill at the TUF 3 Finale, Forbes enjoyed great success in smaller regional shows, but just hasn't been able to put it all together on the sport's biggest stage.

He'll look for his first win in the UFC come Memorial Day weekend.

UFC 114 is expected to be headlined by TUF 10 coaches and now mortal enemies "Suga" Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. The card is also expected to feature an interesting battle between Forrest Griffin and Antonio Rogerio Noguiera. It's all set to go down on May 29 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more news on UFC 114 as it becomes available.

... and git with da "Flo."

"I think he will find out very quickly that [knocking me out is] going to be a very difficult thing to do. I didn’t get to where I am by getting beat in the first round and I’m looking forward to seeing if that’s going to come true. Gomi is a tough guy. He was the best in the world for a long time."

Boston bruiser and perennial lightweight contender Kenny Florian (via The Boston Herald) dismisses Takanori's prediction of a first round knockout when "The Fireball Kid" makes his UFC debut opposite "KenFlo" at UFC Fight Night 21 from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, March 31. The MMA community is already abuzz about the prospect of a rematch between Gomi and current division kingpin BJ Penn, but he won't get there without toppling the constantly improving Florian -- whose only losses in his past 12 fights have been at the hands of Sean Sherk and "The Prodigy." Fireball? Or fizzle out? Your prediction on Gomi's debut is ...

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Quoteworthy:

"I was ecstatic to have my first win under Coach Jackson. Like I told everybody tonight, I started out 0-0, now I'm 1-0 under Team Jackson and right now my goal is to just work hard and try to move myself into title contention. Working with Joe Stevenson full-time, we're like brothers now. My confidence grows because of him. He encourages me and I encourage him. Everybody there is just like a big family and just to work with Coach Greg, the best coach in the world, it's awesome. I got turned down by a couple of gyms actually, because people really don't know the real me, they just know what they see out and about, all the bad stuff, but Coach Greg took a chance on me and I won't let him down."

Embattled former Ultimate Fighter 2 contestant and latest addition to the storied Greg Jackson family, Melvin Guillard, reflects on the changes both in his training and in his personal life that helped propel him to a unanimous decision win over Ronnys Torres at UFC 109: "Relentless" from the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Feb. 6. "The Young Assassin" has always held a tremendous amount of potential but never managed to correct the mistakes that led to repeated submission losses to fighters like Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz. Now with the head training guru taking him in and showing him the light, should we expect to include Guillard's name in the list of 155-pound title contenders in 2011?

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Quoteworthy:

"Tito’s calling out (Mark) Coleman when he’s fighting Chuck (Liddell). I don’t even know what to say to that. That’s Tito. Guy just loses in the most important fight of his life. This meant more to Coleman than anything, to fight Randy Couture and beat him. He loses, he’s standing up there doing an interview and Tito’s screaming sh-- at him. Tito’s back."

UFC President Dana White joins a perplexed MMA community in trying to unearth the reasoning behind the verbal remarks "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" hurled at Mark Coleman following his disappointing loss to fellow Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture in the main event of UFC 109: "Relentless" at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Feb. 6. Ortiz told "The Hammer" that "Paybacks are a bitch" just as Coleman was about to give his post-fight thoughts to Joe Rogan inside the Octagon apparently to get back at him for incendiary remarks directed towards his family in the not-too-distant past. Was Ortiz out of line? Or was he "just being Tito?"

UFC 109: "Relentless"
Chael Sonnen defeats Nate Marquardt via unanimous decision.
Fight time: Standing (1:48); Ground (13:12)

Total Strikes = Total Arm Strikes + Total Leg Strikes + Ground Strikes
Total Arm Strikes Landed = Power Strikes Landed + Clinch Strikes Landed
Total Leg Strikes Landed = Kicks Landed + Knees Landed

For a round-by-round breakdown of all the UFC 109 fight stats head over to CompuStrike by clicking here.

"I’m very excited for the fight. Wherever it goes, I’ll be ready. If he takes me down, we’re going for submissions. My jiu-jitsu will be 100 percent. King Mo is one the best wrestlers in America. We do a lot of single leg and double leg defense. I have a very good camp here. If I [win and rematch Frank] Mir, it will be different. I’ll be in better shape and no injuries. I don’t like how Mir talks. I come from jiu-jitsu. I come from martial arts. I train hard, and I respect my opponent. I will never say anything bad about my opponent. My opponent works hard so that’s my way. I don’t think he shows respect. I think I could fight until 37. I’m in really good shape. I’ll fight until my body tells me I can’t. I feel good. I’m going to do the best show possible."

Mixed martial arts pillar Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1) tells Gary Herman that he's ready for anything in his UFC 110 main event against Cain Velasquez for the promotion's debut "down under" at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, Feb. 21. Big Nog is hoping that a dominating win over the rising star, coupled with his victory over Randy Couture last August can put him back into the heavyweight title picture after a 2008 stoppage to Frank Mir temporarily derailed his ascension. Are there too many miles on the Brazilians tires? Or is he merely getting his second wind?