Shoji Saito Defeated Takuma “The Leg Hunter” Sudo by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) There were no secrets as to both fighters intentions as they…
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Shooto continues to go from strength to strength, their reputation souring on the heels of sensational recent events. 2023 Volume 2 promises to keep the…
A massive underdog, Ayaka Miura pitted her Judo acumen against well-versed BJJ ace Danielle Kelly. The submission rules bout was the 2nd of the main card…
Main Image: Ayaka Miura efficiently utilizing her trademark “Kesa Gatame” Scarf hold. It has been a turbulent year for Ayaka “Zombie” Miura. After utilizing her signature…
No stranger to competition, Sawada wrestled from an early age, compiling medals for over 10 years before winning the Asian Junior Championships and 2018 All…
Debut on a Global Stage One Championships Friday Fights 5 has largely flown under the radar, with the line-up for tomorrow’s event only finalised very…
The Rear Naked Choke is a finishing move in martial arts and one of the most effective submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and Mixed Martial…
Karate, a Japanese martial art, has a rich history and tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. One of the key components…
Karl Gotch was a German professional wrestler and trainer who made a significant impact on the world of wrestling. Born on August 8, 1924, in…
The history of the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in Japan is a rich and storied one, tracing its roots back to the mid-1980s and the…
Mixed martial arts (MMA) has a rich history in Japan, dating back to the early days of the sport. The roots of MMA can be…
Main Event – Match 9: Featherweight, 5 min 3 Takuya Yamamoto defeated Dericott Kento Yamamoto by KO, 0:27 R2 To the delight of fans the highly…
For their first venture into 2023, Shooto once again broadcast live from Korakuen Hall, a venue synonymous with combat sports. Their January 15th offering appears…
For New Years Eve Rizin 40 has undoubtedly pulled together their top tier talent, creating sensational match ups across the board. The climax of the…
Christmas Day is not a time traditionally associated with Mixed Martial Arts. That did not stop one of the world’s oldest and most respected orgs,…
“Solid fights for the hardcore fans on NYE” Like its predecessors Rizin has traditionally relied on an eclectic blend of spectacle and sport. Drawing in…
Wataru Yamauchi Defeated Kiyotaka Shimizu by KO (0:44, R1) Respecting his status as a mma pioneer, the main event was reserved for battle tested 43…
Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Yuto “Kintaro” Hokamura by submission (head and arm choke, 2R, 2:59) MMA royalty Horiguchi made his return to Rizin for the first…
No Winner. Floyd Mayweather Finished Mikuru Asakura (Referee Stoppage, 2R, 3:15) Fans were on the edge of their seats for the highly anticipated main event…
Main Event, Shooto World Strawweight Championship, 5M x 5R Jo Arai defeated Junji “Sarumaru” Ito by TKO (1R, 1:50) The main event of the evening…
All eyes will be on the Flyweights Monday evening as 2 unbreakable spirits collide for the Shooto 2022 Volume 6 main event. Korakuen Hall, the…
PFL London Press Conference By Mark Pickering – @_MarkPickering USA Olympic champions fly the flag for MMA on return to London…
MAIN EVENT, Pacific Rim Bantamweight Championship, 5 Min x 3 Rounds Hayato Ishii Defeated Kota Onojima (Decision, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Hard work really paid off…
Performance Enhancing Drug testing has always been a hot topic for MMA in Japan. Where individual combat sports such as Judo, Wrestling, Boxing, Karate and…
Japan’s Flyweight Star, the “Supernova” Tatsura Taira Japanese Flyweight sensation, Tatsuro “Supernova” Taira has made no secret of his aspirations to make his mark on…
Main Event – 11th Match: Pacific Rim Bantamweight Championship, 5min 3R Kota Onojima Defeated Nobuki Fujii (Unanimous Decision, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28) An intriguing main event…
Kicking off the year in style, Shooto 2022 volume 1 has brought together 12 scintillating matches showcasing a host of their brightest and best. In…
As the curtains came down on the final Martial Arts event of the year, fans in attendance and those watching around the world were treated…
With a reputation for going that extra mile for fans, Rizin 33 has pulled together a special “last minute” match for this New Years Eve….
At the turn of the century, when MMA was still in its developmental stages, there were very few opportunities for female martial artists to test…
Tatsuro Taira defeated Alfredo “Mono Con Navaja” Muaiad (Submission, RnC, 4:10, R1) Shooto Flyweight Champion Taira once again put his formidable power on display early as he…
Shooto World Super Atomweight Championship Match, 5M x 5R Satomi “Sarami” Takano defeated Mina Kurobe (Unanimous Decision, 49-45, 49-46, 48, 47) Kurobe wasted little time in…
With the revival of first Vale Tudo Japan after a 5 year hiatus, Shooto further upped the ante, slotting in Shooto 2021 Volume 7 earlier…
Shinjuku Face played host to “SHOOTO GIG TOKYO Vol.31 Supported by ONE Championship,” Saturday, October 2nd. Smaller in scale than typical Shooto events, the “SHOOTO…
Main Event: Shooto Lightweight Title Match, 5M x 5R Yamato Nishikawa defeated Yuki “Tencho” Kawana by TKO (Doctor Stoppage, 0:43, R5) With experience and maturity…
PANCRASE 325 marks the final Pancrase show of the year and the last of which to be held at this venue which is scheduled to…
Main Event: Featherweight Catchweight – 3R/5M Hirotaka “The Rich” Nakada (Wajutsu Keishukai HEARTS) defeats Ryo “The Outsider” Asami (RINGS) via decision (3-0) Co-Main Event: Middleweight…
Final Card Lineup: Main Event: Featherweight – 3R/5M Hirotaka Nakada (Wajutsu Keishukai HEARTS, 3-1) #3 vs Ryo Asami (RINGS, 3-0) #4 The Outsider 70-75kg Champion…
With One Championships ground breaking all-women’s event just around the corner, MMA-Japan.net takes a closer look at the star studded line up. Fittingly titled “Empower,” One…
Shooto Featherweight Division is a shark pool of talent. For the main event of Shooto 2021 Volume 5, 2 evenly matched warriors who have both…
Shooto is back, and the World Featherweight Title is on the line at 2021 Volume 5. With Korakuen Hall once again playing host, the sensational…
Quintet always feels special. The rule set, with only submissions counting, allows all styles and practitioners to freely open up, showcase their skills and express…
1st Round Draws Team Tri-Force vs Team Wolf Team Body Ride vs Team Brave Gym Team Tri-Force While team leader Nobuhiro Sawada will be…
Match 13: Rizin KICK One Night Tournament Final, 3M x 3R, 61kg Taiju Shiratori defeated Koji “Kouzi” Tanaka by decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) In the final…
Just 2 weeks removed from their outstanding Tokyo Dome show Rizin is back! This Sunday, 27th, Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka hosts Rizin 29, featuring…
The return of MMA to the monumental Tokyo Dome after 18 years was met with great anticipation. From the opening flames, lights and fireworks to…
Main Event, RIZIN MMA Rule With Elbows: 5 minutes 3R (66.0kg) Flamboyant submission specialist Kleber Koike Erbst faces cerebral striker Mikuru Asakura in the main event….
Main Event – Featherweight King of Pancrase Championship, 5 minutes x 5 rounds Isao “ISAO” Kobayashi defeated Taichi Nakajima (unanimous decision, 50-45, 49-46, 49-46) For his 3rd title defence dominant champion…
Pancrase have pulled out all the stops for their first numbered series of the year. Hosted by Studio Coast, a venue familiar with fans of…
We are pleased to announce that Sotaro Yamada and Takao Yamamoto have been selected as members of TEAM BRAVE GYM, led by Kazuyuki Miyata, for…
Main Event, Featherweight 5min x 3R Yamato Nishikawa defeated Nobumitsu “Tyson” Osawa by submission (Triangle Choke, R2 4:53) A few solid calf kicks from powerhouse “Tyson” as the round…
Set for May 30th, RIZIN.29 in Osaka has been postponed until June 27th. The State of Emergency declared by Japanese Government in response to the surging…
Old generation and new converge at Shooto 2021 Volume 3, this Sunday, 17:00 JST. Korakuen Hall, a venue synonymous with Martial Arts in Japan, once…
Pancrase kicks off the year with a Featherweight King of Pancrase title match headlining the card. Also, the first round of a 4-Man Flyweight Interim…
The trilogy bout is official. Former ONE Lightweight World Champions Eduard “Landslide” Folayang and Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki will meet for the third time. Both…
Filipino-American ONE Super Series athlete Jackie Buntan is picking her friend and Boxing Works teammate Janet “JT” Todd to win her next bout. The reigning…
Multiple-time former ONE World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang remains one of the top competitors in his division, despite a recent string of heartbreaking setbacks inside…
Pancrase kicks off the year with a Featherweight King of Pancrase title match headlining the card. Also, the first round of a 4-Man Flyweight Interim…
Kaoru Uno is coming back to Korakuen Hall! In his return match after a year and six months, he will clash with Rumina Sato’s beloved…
FPT TV (Truyền hình FPT) will distribute PFL’s Regular Season, Playoff and Championship Fights, as well as PFL Studios original programming PFL 2021 season premieres…
NEW YORK (April 07, 2021) – The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced the promotion of Loren Mack…
Jiu-Jitsu pioneer and former professional athlete in One Championship, UFC, K-1, and Pride Fighting Championship, Renzo Gracie, has been appointed to the GAMMA USA Board…
Reigning ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon is excited to make his American prime time debut next week, when he…
Former ONE Flyweight World Champion Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio of Team Lakay shared his insight on the upcoming Demetrious Johnson vs. Adriano Moraes flyweight showdown. Johnson…
ONE Super Series debutant “Mini T” Danial Williams is joining the world’s largest martial arts organization ready to face the biggest test of his young…
The much-anticipated “ONE on TNT I” event goes down this week, with everyone tuning in to witness all the exciting action. The event broadcasts live…
Thai striking sensation Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon wants to impress in his next contest. The reigning ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion will be…
Indonesian wrestling champion and rising mixed martial arts star, “Dynamite” Eko Roni Saputra, is one of the top talents in the ONE Championship flyweight division….
Former ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang is coming into his next bout full of motivation, after witnessing his Team Lakay teammates claim victories…
There’s no respite for former Brave CF Bantamweight Champion Stephen “The Sniper” Loman. No rest. No easy fights. The 25-year-old fighter out of the famed…
Former ONE Flyweight World Champion Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio likes Stephen Loman’s chances when he meets #1-ranked bantamweight contender John “Hands of Stone” Lineker at “ONE…
Former ONE Bantamweight World Champion Kevin “The Silencer” Belingon believes his teammate, former Brave CF Bantamweight Champion Stephen “The Sniper” Loman has a great chance…
The “ONE on TNT” event series kicks off next Wednesday, April 7 (April 8 SGT) with ONE on TNT I. In the main event, ONE…
Four-time ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon of Thailand is primed and ready to enter the biggest fight of his…
Our guest writer, Mark Pickering, comes to us again with another great story about Daijiro Matsui and his return to Deep! Check this out! …
Rizin dropped some big news at their press conference with the conformation of their 16 man Bantamweight GP. Participants were in attendance and introduced before…
Rizin has a knack of finding talented, diverse and exciting fighters. Matching them up perfectly for guaranteed “edge of your seat” entertainment. Rizin 27 continued the…
Main Event Bantamweight Championship Match 5M x 5R Ryo Okada defeated Takafumi Otsuka (Dec 29-26, 28-27, 50-45) As the title match got underway you could…
Korakuen Hall, a venue entrenched in Martial Arts history, hosts Shooto 2021 Volume 2 this Saturday, March 20th. Due to Covid-19 precautionary measures the event…
March 12th was the return of Quintet to Tokyo. We have all been trying to ride out the pandemic here in Japan and waiting to…
A Rendezvous at T-Grip Gym, Tokyo Gaining in notoriety and reputation, Tokyo’s T-Grip gym sits in a prime location just a short walk from Takadanobaba…
Featherweight King of Pancrase Championship – 5R/5M ISAO Kobayashi (NEVER QUIT, 26-5-0) Current (8th Generation) Featherweight King of Pancrase Champion vs. Taichi Nakajima (LOUTUS Setagaya,…
We have all been fighting through the Covid-19 pandemic. Not just us MMA fans, but also the promotions that have to put on events to…
March 7th, 2021 marked the triumphant return of the all-female MMA Promotion known as Deep Jewels in Japan. They launched their 32 show in the…
When hard-hitting knockout artist John “Hands of Stone” Lineker joined ONE Championship from the UFC in October of 2019, he knew his road to the…
American mixed martial artist Emilio “The Honey Badger” Urrutia is excited to make his way back to the ONE Circle, this time at bantamweight, where…
Hard-hitting Mark “Tyson Fairtex” Abelardo has his sights set on a decisive victory this Friday night. The 29-year-old Filipino by way of New Zealand, currently…
Former ONE Atomweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing World Champion Stamp Fairtex of Thailand was simply ecstatic last week when she could finally break the news…
ONE Championship female atomweight talent and Indian mixed martial arts rising star Ritu “The Indian Tigress” Phogat has been selected as one of eight participants…
When ONE Championship announced that Team Lakay veteran Stephen “The Sniper” Loman was joining the Home of Martial Arts in February, the former undisputed Brave…
We are pleased to announce that additional members of TEAM Coroblock have been selected to participate in Tomoe Battle at QUINTET FIGHT NIGHT 6 in…
We are pleased to announce that TEAM CARPE DIEM will be participating in the “QUINTET FIGHT NIGHT 6 in Tokyo” at EX THEATER ROPPONGI on…
