Renato Sobral

MMA (X360) World's top ranked MMA fighter joined by Gegard Mousasi and Renato Sobral as first fighters announced for all-new product.

As THQ and EA square off in mixed martial arts games, EA Sports has signed top-ranked MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko for the upcoming EA Sports MMA, along with Gegard Mousasi and Renato Sobral. Russian heavyweight fighter Emelianenko is part of the MMA group World Alliance of Mixed Martia...

EA has announced the fighters that will make the roaster in its EA Sports MMA title coming in 2010. The headline fighter for the game will be Fedor Emelianenko. Also featured in the game will be Gegard Mousasi and Renato Sobral. Both of those fighters w...

Top heavyweight fighter joins Gegard Mousasi and Renato Sobral as first announced contenders in publisher's upcoming brawler.

Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that Fedor Emelianenko will headline the EA SPORTS MMA fighter roster. Emelianenko will be joined by Gegard Mousasi and Renato Sobral , both of whom will be featured in a title bout at the STRIKEFORCE fight on August 15, as the first of a long list of fight...

SEAL BEACH, California (July 1, 2009) — Gegard Mousasi has declared his fight against Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, Renato “Babalu” Sobral an all-out war. “Sobral is so tough. When he comes, he comes to fight,” says Mousasi, as he trains for one of the biggest challenges of his c...

 CA He had one early, inexpicable loss to Renato Sobral (Babalu) and a "loss" to Mark Coleman where an awkward fall broke his arm. At the time, Mauricio already listed amongst his vanquished Quentin Jackson, Alistair Overeem (twice), Ricardo Arona, ...

 CA With the loss to Kyle, Cavalcante is no longer the top contender for the Strikeforce Light Middleweight title held by Renato "Babalu' Sobral. These two fighters were supposed to fight for the title last Saturday night, but Babalu withdrew from the ...

 North Hills By Tom Ngo Renato “Babalu” Sobral will be putting his five fight winning streak on the line August 1st against Gegard Mousasi at “Affliction: Trilogy.” He recently sat down with 5thround.com for an exclusive interview to wrap about his scrap with the ...

This kills any chance Cavalcante has at fighting Renato Sobral for the light heavyweight title later in the year. What Strikeforce does to gin up interest in a lackluster division for them I don't know. Kevin Randleman v. Mike Whitehead: This fight ...

I dont think Babalu would ever be allowed back into the UFC, I still have very little respect for him after what he pulled back against David Heath. Sobral I dont think is nearing the end of his carrer I mean he's only 33 but he is getting up there. ...

 CA Over 80 to be exact, so everyone's favorite fighters should be in the game, including former UFC fighters Andre Arlovski, Renato Sobral, and even UFC Hall of Famers Randy Couture and the legendary Royce Gracie. May 19 is definitely going to be marked ...

The UFC continues to utterly dominate this the premier division in MMA with 17 of the top 25 under contract. Strikeforce is doing the best they can but were recently foiled in their attempts to book their champion #9 Renato "Babalu" Sobral against ...

Coker has repeatedly stated a Strikeforce pay-per-view is a future possibility, perhaps in a year or so. Ortiz already has a plan for the event. "I see (Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Renato) 'Babalu' (Sobral) out here running around slapping ...  - Impact Wrestling News

Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral (32-7) will also defend his title against Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (7-1) at the event. "Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields" will take place at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, ...

 OH - Presented on Ultimate Knockout 6 are 35 knockouts that occurred in the slightly longer than a year period between UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral (August 26 ...

By MMASuPreMaCy The prospect of a combined Strikeforce and EliteXC talent roster that is backed by CBS could produce a legitimate competitor to the industry leading Ultimate Fighting Championship. Top fighters currently on the Strikeforce roster include Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair...

By Derek Bolender Traditionally, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight division has been the premier division in the organization thanks in large part to the huge success of fan favorites like Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, and Tito Ortiz over the past few years. 

By John Shubert Also receiving consideration: Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, and Keith Jardine Also receiving consideration: Yoshihiro Akiyama, Michael Bisping, Thales Leites, and Matt Lindland Also receiving consideration: Matt Hughes and Karo Parisyan

By Ivan Trembow(noreply@blogger.com) Who were those announcers? Those guys were actually pretty good. (I mean Sean Wheelock and Jimmy Smith, not Tito Ortiz.) They made a couple of ridiculous statements (”Renato Sobral is one of the top light heavyweights in the world now!”), but for the most part they were surprisingly good.

By Dave Sholler We’d argue that Sobral is the best 205-pound fighter not under contract to the UFC. Hopefully, Strikeforce (he holds their light heavyweight title) or Affliction can find suitable opponents for “Babalu” in the future. Our suggestion? Tito Ortiz would be nice…

By Gary Whittaker Affliction's battle of the names between the popular, Renato "Babalu" Sobral and dangerous striker, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, was an interesting match up of styles, as Babalu is a submission specialist and Sokoudjou is a stand up fighter but in Sokoujdou's favour, both fighters were...

By Alex Gallegos §  Middleweight bout:  Matt Lindland vs.  Vitor Belfort Belfort defeated Lindland via KO (punches) at 0:37 of round 1. §  Light Heavyweight bout:  Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs.  Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Sobral defeated Sokoudjou via submission (Brabo Choke) at 2:37 of round 2.

By Kris Karkoski (admin) WAMMA Heavyweight ChampionshipJosh Barnett def. Gilbert Yvel via submission (strikes) — Round 3, 3:05Vitor Belfort def. Matt Lindland via KO (punches) — Round 1, 0:37Renato Sobral def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via submission (anaconda choke) — Round 2, 2:36Paul Buentello def. Kiril Si...

By Josh Nason WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko was expected to have one of his toughest opponents to date in Andrei Arlovski and for 3:14, Arlovski was up to the test. Whether Barnett can give Emelianenko more of a challenge than Arlovski did (or if Affliction MMA will be around to promote t...

By MMAmania Let’s just hope he doesn’t fizzle like Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. The Team Quest-trained fighter once again came out strong, but could not maintain the momentum against the dangerous Brazilian jiu-jitsu stylist, and current Strikeforce 205-pound champion, Renato “Babalu” Sobral.

By Steve Cofield Sokoudjou has the look and the game that excites fans. He's a pretty dynamic striker. Unfortunately his gas tank may only contain one round. Sokoudjou is also brutal on the ground. He'll be the bigger fighter in this one but his lack of ground skills will be his undoing against an excellent...

By Cousins of Ron Mexico Lindland has won 10 of his last 12 fights and his two losses are nothing to be ashamed of. Lindland lost to Fedor in 2007 and Rampage Jackson in ‘06. Belfort is a former UFC light heavyweight champion whose last loss came in 2006 against Dan Henderson.

By Dave Sholler Two recent UFC castaways collide in a light heavyweight battle this Saturday. Renato Sobral, a feared submission expert, will look to extend his unbeaten streak to five straight fights when he battles Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Sokoudjou, cut from the UFC roster after going 1-2 in three f...

By Press Release He returned to the UFC in September 2007 to fight Rampage Jackson in London for the UFC light heavyweight belt. In front of one of the biggest television audiences ever for a mixed martial arts fight on Spike TV, Rampage won a hard-fought five-round decision.

By Larry Vollmer He returned to the UFC in September 2007 to fight Rampage Jackson in London for the UFC light heavyweight belt. In front of one of the biggest television audiences ever for a mixed martial arts fight on Spike TV, Rampage won a hard-fought five-round decision. Henderson moved down in weight-...

By Craig Jolicoeur Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski - What really can be said for analysis regarding a Fedor fight? Fedor is better than Andrei Arlovski in every aspect of MMA. Fedor’s submission and grappling game are easily far superior to Arlovski’s. Fedor’s striking technique and hand speed are bet...

By Mike Leanza The card featured such stars as Vitor Belfort, Renato Sobral, Matt Lindland, Pedro Rizzo, Josh Barnett, and Andrei Arlovski. The main event of that card was supposed to be the holy grail of MMA. The former UFC champion was pitted against the best in the world, Fedro Emelianenko in a fight tha...

By Jesse Holland Hosted by Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio and longtime MMA referee and Affliction commentator “Big” John McCarthy, the replay will also showcase the winning perfomances of Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett, Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Matt Lindland, and Vitor Belfort, among others.

By Press Release In addition to the main event of Fedor vs. Arlovski, 8 of MMA’s other top heavyweights, including Josh Barnett, Matt Lindland, Renato Babalu Sobral, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, and Vitor Belfort, will compete in 4 matches followed by the feature match.

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By Dave Sholler Vitor Belfort, Matt Lindland, “Babalu” Sobral, and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou are all UFC castoffs hoping that Affliction will become their permanent home. There is no doubt that Affliction needs to produce strong gate and pay-per-view revenue numbers to stay afloat. After all, fighter...

By Josh Nason Affliction had a conference call this week to generate some buzz for their January event, headlined by Fedor (seen right) vs. Andrei Arlovski. Look forward to an MMA upcoming event update with plenty of UFC, Affliction and WEC news tomorrow.

By The Lights Out Show  Everybody’s excited about Couture vs Liddell except Couture and Liddell. Why?  Newly crowned Strikeforce champion, Babalu Sobral, is the odd man out at Affliction  Josh Barnett is set for Affliction 2, and it’s not against Brett Rogers thankfully

By Mike Leanza Andrei, on a two-year and five-fight winning streak, will attempt to be the first man to truly BEAT Fedor. Not to mention Josh Barnett, Vitor Belfort, Matt Lindland, Renato Sobral, Chris Horodecki, Jay Hieron, and Vladimir Matyushenko are fighting too. Yea, it's a pretty good card.

By Josh Nason Renato 'Babalu' Sobral won his first American-based Light-Heavyweight title, Scott Smith ended things quickly and Kim Couture earned her first victory as part of Strikeforce's event in San Jose, CA, Friday night. The card was televised on HDNet.

By someonespecial4 Bobby Southworth may be able to hit hard with that right hand, but I base this pick off of pure skill set.  Babalu may be a punk, but he is a top 20 light heavyweight in the world punk.  He has to hope for a win as he has a tough match up looming in January with Matt Lindland at Affliction’s second card....

Join Carl "2 Ice" Shimkin and Matthew Brothers for "The Best Damn MMA Show on the Air"... Renato "Babalu" Sobral faces off against Bobby Southworth in the Co-Main Event at Strikeforce on Nov. 21st ... They both will join us to talk about their upcoming fight... UFC 91 Preview... And Much Much More!!...Read t...

By Phil Adams Tonight's guests are Renzo Gracie, Mo Lawal (sans the slave girls) and Martin Rooney (author of Training for Warriors ) The top story of the night is the folding of Elite XC. Jeremy Lappan refused comment to Inside MMA. Gary Shaw only said that he will do his talking in the courtro...

By Kid Nate Let's face it, there's not too much intrigue around tonight's Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion card. First off, lightweight champ Josh Thompson is fighting a non-title fight against relative unknown Ashe Bowman. Secondly, both Babalu Sobral and Bobby Southworth dropped out of their...

By James Iannotti The San Jose-based mixed martial arts promotion is set for “Strikeforce at the Mansion II” tonight at the world famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California. Prediction: Kazuo Misaki via unanimous decision Prediction: Trevor Prangley via unanimous decision

By gorgeousgeorge@taggradio.com (Gorgeous George) June 21, 2007 - The TAGG crew gets punked! Josh "The Punk" Thompson joined GG, Trigg, and Goze for some mayhem today. As if that wasn't enough, UFC fighter, Renato "Babalu" Sobral was on as well.

By Jordan Katz ·        Renato Sobral’s lack of striking abilities prevent him from becoming a top 5 light heavyweight; Renato Sobral vs. Jason Lambert: “Mistake By Sobral Gives One Dimensional Lambert The Win” Yet Sobral made two very big mistakes.

By Kevin Iole The WEC has finally found a suitable opponent for its new middleweight champion, Paulo Filho. Sonnen, who has a 14-8-1 mixed martial arts record, was 1-2 in the UFC. He won a unanimous decision over Trevor Prangley at UFC Fight Night 4 on April 6, 2006, but lost via submissions to Babalu Sobra...

By Sam Caplan It was revealed during the UFC 76 post-fight press conference that Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s hand injury worsened during his UFC 75 title defense against Dan Henderson and that he’s unlikely to fight again in 2007. It doesn’t look like the UFC can fall back on a Forrest Griffin vs. Rampag...

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