FanHouse Dream 9

It's still a shock to MMA fans around the world that Joe Warren, an American Greco Roman wrestler in only his second pro fight, defeated Kid Yamamoto, one of the sport's all-time greats, last week in the Dream Featherweight Grand Prix. But it's not a surprise to Warren.

In an interview with FanHouse, Warren said he expected to beat Yamamoto, and that he expects to win two more fights at Dream 11 in September to be crowned Dream's featherweight champion. He also talked about potentially returning to Greco-Roman wrestling for the 2012 Olympics, and about whether he wants to move his MMA career to the United States. The full interview is below.

Ariel Helwani and I are back for another edition of our weekly MMA Podcast, and this week we're as busy as ever, discussing the future of Lyoto Machida and Matt Hughes after their big wins at UFC 98, plus the future of Dream after the surprising loss of Kid Yamamoto and the unsurprising loss of Jose Canseco at Dream 9. Listen below to the best hour of MMA talk you'll hear all day.

After a weekend in mixed martial arts that saw big lightweight fights in both the UFC and Dream, it's time to revise our list of the Top 10 lightweights in MMA. Frank Edgar is new on our list after his impressive UFC 98 win over Sean Sherk, while Gesias "JZ Calvan" Cavalcante has dropped off the list after a disappointing loss to Tatsuya Kawajiri at Dream 9. The full Top 10 is below.

Jose Canseco's mixed martial arts debut lasted just over a minute Tuesday, as the Korean giant Hong Man Choi knocked him to the ground and pummeled him the way everyone expected he would at the Dream 9 tournament in Japan.

Above is the promotional video for the Super Hulk Tournament, the bizarre eight-man Japanese MMA competition that will feature Jose Canseco taking on the 7-foot-2 Hong Man Choi.

Jose Canseco has been retired from Major League Baseball for eight years, but he keeps finding ways to put himself into the headlines. The latest example? He has agreed to fight the 7-foot-2 Korean kickboxer Hong Man Choi in a mixed martial arts tournament in Japan.

Now is a great time to be a fan of small fighters. We just witnessed the best bantamweight card ever at WEC 40, and my list of the Top 10 featherweights in MMA features a whole lot of guys who either won over the weekend or are about to get big tests.