Fighting and Entertainment Group returns to the Saitama Super Arena tonight with DREAM.14 airing live on HDNet at 12:00 am PST/3:00 am EST. Despite the postponement of the light-heavyweight Grand Prix there are still a bunch of entertaining match-ups scheduled, including the return of both Nick Diaz and the white cage to the DREAM organization.

I'll be hanging out with the BE Night Crew tonight, so feel free to join the festivities there or leave a comment here if you're going to be watching the event.  

Scheduled fight card and full results after the jump

SBN coverage of DREAM.14

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We are on a 45 minute break following the last preliminary fight and the start of the televised card.  Here are a few things we have noticed.

• It is absolutely freezing in here.  I assume it is the ice underneath the floor.  I'm sorry, but a cold arena where most of the tight shirts are being worn by dudes is not a good thing.  I have seen way too many man nips and dudes rubbing their pectorals to soften their nips.  It is an odd thing to witness.
• Chris Hawk is proof that being jacked up does not guarantee success.  That guy is a man beast and a fighter who was under .500 just ran through him.
• Do not under appreciate your ring announcer.  The prelim announcer messed up Mousasi's name, messed up what round a fight was in, and told one fighter "to come on down."  I hope he gets to play Blinko.
• Watching at home does have an advantage over being here live.  You can forward through the commercials when we are required to watch EA MMA and Poker commercials all night.
• I was surprised how early the lower bowl began filling up.  The upper deck is blocked off, but the crowd appears decent and the main card has not even begun.  It does not say what the television ratings will be, but I expect a strong crowd atmosphere based on the in house attendance and prelims.
• SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Nashville on CBS

Tonight WKR will tag-team the two national MMA events to satisfy your martial art addiction (the UFC told me MMA was like heroin). 

I will be posting updates for WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff with preliminary results coming in at 7:30pm ET and the televised broadcast beginning at 10pm ET on Versus. While the other Zach will be posting results for Strikeforce: Evolution, which also begins its television broadcast at 10pm ET but on Showtime. 

So tonight feel free to have your cake and eat it too, courtesy of WatchKalibRun.com. 

***Spoilers*** for the preliminary card after the jump. 

SBN coverage of WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff

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Strikeforce Evolution takes place tonight in San Jose, California.  The main event will see 6-0 Cung Le return from his movie time-out to face "Hands of Steel" Scott Smith in what will probably an exciting stand up battle.  The co-headliner is a rematch between Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thomson to unify the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship Belt.  Add King Mo, Matt Lindland, and Ronaldo de Souza to the mix and we have ourselves a solid main card this Saturday.

The Showtime broadcast will begin at 10:00 EST.  Turn into WatchKalibRun.com to provide you with your live results.  Fights results and ***Spoilers**** after the jump.

SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Evolution

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Cung Le is a lot of fun to watch.  He flicks those kicks with unbelieavable quickness and accuracy.  It is truly a pleasure to watch.  Add that to the fact Scott Smith thinks he is rewarded points for absorbing blows and you know why Cung Le was up 20-17 after two rounds.  However, the strikes were not really doing much damage as they were scoring points so the fight was never over and Scott Smith proved that.

In a repeat of his fight against Radach, Smith hands down lost the early rounds, but landed one big punch in the final round to take the fight.  He clipped Le in the third and finished off the wobbily Le with some left hooks and pumbling on the ground.  Ha-Lirious, Scott Smith even admits in the post fight interview that his style is to take punches because he has a good chin and power punches of his own.  He may never be a real contender in the division, but I will be excited for every card Scott is on.  The fight really is never over until the it is over with him.

Short night, but good night of fights.  Two first round finishes, some impressive performances, a potential fight of the night, and a come back win.  Strikeforce put together some solid matches and they paid off in full.  Hopefully next time there will be more than seven total fights on the card.

SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Evolution

If people thought the first fight was the fight of the night then they should check out this one.  Almost the entire fight occurred on the feet and the exchanged punches and kicks for five high paced rounds.  Thomson appeared to have more fun out there when Melendez was all business.  It was truly a great fight to watch and both fighters showed tremendous heart and passion.  Neither of them ever backed down and they both showed no fear. 

Thomson landed the better combinations and had more speed, but Melendez landed more power punches and did more damage.  Round 2 was the only absolute round and that went to Melendez.  While the other four rounds were closer I would be hard pressed to give the fight to Thomson.  The right decision was made tonight, but do not worry Thomson fans as there will definitely be a rubber match between the two. 

P.S. Thomson is a class act and acted better than a professional, he acted like an adult which is a rare occurrence in sports.  He made no excuses, gave Gilbert all the credit, admitted defeat, and show complete respect for the man on the other side of the cage.  Maybe when he was younger the punk moniker fit, but he has definitely matured and become an adult.

SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Evolution

Jacare looked amazing.  Lindland appears to have fallen off the athlete cliff.  He looked slow, did not finish a early takedown, and was outmatched everywhere in the fight.  The speed difference made the fight appear unfair on the feet and as soon as it hit the mat the fight was over.  Hopefully Lindland is simply fighting the best, but I am not sure who he can take at this point.  I cannot stress enough how slow he looked on the feet.

Souza was freakin amazing.  His work on the ground was not surprising and we knew once the fight got down there it was over.  I was impressed with the significant improvement in his striking.  His punches were crisp, quick, and he kept moving.  For a fighter that was known as a one dimensional fighter it was interesting to see such a vast improvement.  Not sure where he goes from here.  The division is strong and it appears Henderson is fighting Shields for the belt.  He will probably fight in Dream next, maybe a repeat fight with Miller.

SBN coverage of Strikeforce: Evolution

WEC 44 is live tonight at 9:00pm ET on Versus.

WEC 44's main event features a featherweight title fight between current champion, Mike Brown, and number one contender, Jose Aldo, may end up being the best fight of November.

WKR will be live blogging the televised fight card throughout the evening. ***Spoilers*** for the WEC 44 preliminary card will be available after the jump.

Result - Jose Aldo def. Mike Borwn via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 1:20. Jose Aldo is the new WEC featherweight champion.

11:07 - Mike Brown comes out aggressive in round two but eats several punches, a spinning back kick and as a result shoots for a single leg. Aldo stuffs the takedown reverses it and gets the mount. Brown spins over but with both hooks in Mike can't escape and Jose Aldo unleashes a flurry of punches. Steve Mazzagatti correctly ends the fight.

11:05 - Aldo takes round one and looks too fast for Mike Brown.

11:03 - Jose Aldo lands a wicked leg kick over hand left combination.

11:00 - Introductions are over the fight is about to begin. Finally!

10:53 - Jose Aldo making his way to the cage. Go grab a beer this could take a few minutes.

Result - Manny Gamburyan def. Leonard Garcia via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

10:43- Round three ends so it is all up to the judges. Based upon their previous work I am expecting a ring girl to win the fight.

10:40 - Leonard Garica drops his hands sticks his chin out and let's Manny punch him several times. Now that is a winning strategy.

10:38 - Manny and Leonard run out of their corners to the middle of the cage for an awkward hug (not exaggerating) to begin round three.

10:35 - Manny finally gets a takedown and takes the second round.

10:28 - First round ends and WKR scores it for Garcia due to his sprawl and effective striking. Manny didn't do a lot with the clinch once he got it but he should take solace in the fact if he was Randy Couture he would have won the round...

10:26 - Manny is warned for a low blow to Garcia.

10:22 - Leonard Garcia vs. Manny Gamburyan is about to start.

10:15 - Kind of shocking that we had two judges score the fight 30-27 for opposite fighters. Doesn't bode well if the title fight goes to decision.

Result - Karen Darabedyan def. Rob McCullough via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 27-30).

10:11 - Round 3 ends and it looks like Darabedyan will win via decision.

10:05 - Frank Mir thinks Rob McCullough took round two. I have to disagree based on Karen's takedown and the damage he did in the Rob's guard.

10:04 - Round 2 comes to a close with both fighters bloodied. WKR scores it 10-9 for Karen.

10:01 - Karen has a mouse under his right eye but he secured a takedown and opened another cut on McCullough with a mean elbow from Rob's guard.

9:57 - Karen Darabedyan opens a cut on Rob McCullough's nose. Close round and it could go either way but WKR scores it 10-9 for Darabedyan.

9:51 - Laimon also has something planned for UFC 106 (Jar Jar Binks costume?). Anyways the McCullough-Darabedyan fight is about to begin. 

9:47 - I guess the guy in the Boba Fett costume was Marc Laimon.

Result - Shane Roller def. Danny Castillo via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 3, 3:32

9:38 - Finally get to change the channel to Versus and I see Boba Fett in the cage.

9:31 - Apparently Castillo is winning but was hurt by a knee from Roller. Thank god for Twitter.

9:30 - So mad right now.

9:14 - Really sorry about the delay but I should be able to start in a few minutes.

9:00 - Okay, we are going to get started late here as the roommate is busy watching the LeBron's, err, I mean Cavs. Thank god for DVR.

SBN coverage of WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo

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