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December 31, 2010 Fightmania December Rankings: December is ending, but as we move to 2011, we have one more piece of unfinished business: the December MMA rankings. I know, it’s last minute, but I couldn’t do them when several top ten fighters [+] December 31, 2010 K-1 and Dream End 2010 Memorably: K-1 and Dream’s “Dynamite!” event may have surpassed Sengoku’s in every respect, though: in terms of spectacle, sport, and ridiculous subtitle (Dynamite’s was “Power of Courage 2010″, while Sengoku’s was “Soul of Fight”). K-1 and Dream [+] December 31, 2010 Sandro falls at Sengoku “Soul of Fight”: In North America, we’ll kick next year off with UFC 125, but in Japan, it’s tradition to end the year with televised combat sports. Such was the case the last two days, as Sengoku aired their [+] December 31, 2010 Lawler signs new Strikeforce deal: Former Strikeforce middleweight champion ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler has signed a new multi-year contract with the California based promotion. Lawler is set for a shot at the Strikeforce middleweight title when he faces Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ DeSouza on Saturday, [+] December 31, 2010 DREAM ’Dynamite!! 2010’ results: Alistair Overeem won the DREAM interim heavyweight title when he managed to knock out the former UFC heavyweight Todd Duffee at the ‘Dynamite!! 2010’ event in Japan on New Year’s Eve. Overeem was delighted after winning the [+] December 30, 2010 Liddell Retires As An All-Time Great: History should recall Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell kindly. Though recent memories of Liddell are not so complimentary (being as he’s been knocked out in four of his last six bouts), we also know from experience that [+] December 30, 2010 Sparks signs deal with Bellator: Heavyweight fighter Ron Sparks has signed a long-term contract with Bellator Fighting Championships. Sparks is set to take part in an upcoming Bellator heavyweight tournament. Sparks was set to fight former WWE star Bobby Lashley in June, [+] December 30, 2010 Horodecki released by Zuffa: Zuffa, the parent company of the UFC and the WEC, have decided to release Chris Horodecki from their lightweight roster. Horodecki had 2-2 from his time with the WEC, but will not make the move to the [+] December 29, 2010 Varner released by Zuffa: The parent company of the WEC and the UFC, Zuffa, have decided to release Jamie Varner from his contract. Varner has 0-3-1 from his last four fights and will not be making the move from the WEC [+] December 29, 2010 Diaz signs new Strikeforce deal: Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz has signed a new multi-year agreement with the California-based MMA promotion. Diaz has managed to win his last eight matchups and is set to defend his title for the second time against [+]