Officials with World Victory Road’s Sengoku promotion officially announced Friday that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva will debut for the promotion on Jan. 4 during its Sengoku 7 event to be held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. According to the promotion, Silva’s opponent will be Yoshihiro Nakao, who is best known to fans... 

FiveOuncesOfPain.com has confirmed that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva is drawing strong interest from World Victory Road’s Japan-based Sengoku promotion. The news was verified Thursday afternoon following an exclusive interview with Silva’s manager, Alex Davis. Davis was contacted in response to a report that appeared on the Brazilian... 

Suspended EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio “Pezao” Silva recently spoke to us in an exclusive interview at Planet Tatami. For the first-time ever, we have translated the interview from Portuguese to English for exclusive publication here on FiveOuncesOfPain.com. In this interview, which is translated by Planet Tatami’s André Filipe Cassimiro... 

EliteXC officials are now speaking out about the California State Athletic Commissions’ announcement Thursday that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva had been suspended for a year and fined $2,500 after testing positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone following his July 26 title win over Justin Eilers. “We respect the California commission... 

Alex Davis, the manager for suspended EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva, recently issued a statement on behalf of Silva via the Underground forum at MixedMartialArts.com in which Silva proclaims his innocence. “Dear Family, Friends, Fans and Public, I did not use the steroid Boldenone, or any other steroid of prohibited substance,” Silva’s... 

The California State Athletic Commission alerted the media via e-mail on Thursday that EliteXC heavyweight champion Antonio Silva failed a drug test administered by the commission just prior to his winning the then-vacant title against Justin Eilers on July 26 in a fight televised on SHOWTIME. According to the commission, Silva is accused of testing positive... 

Richard Steele’s Steele Cage Promotions is coming back with another show in a short amount of time as they’ll be back at it on Sept. 21 at the Orleans Arena in Vegas. Eric Pele has been signed for the card and he’ll be dropping from super heavyweight to heavyweight and will be fighting Antoine “Herc” Hayes. The fight promotion is...