RIZIN 2017 WGP
December 29th, 2017, saw the first of two end-of-year fight cards from RIZIN including single matches and the quarter finals of the men’s Bantamweight Grand…
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Semi-finals set for Rizin Bantamweight GP
By Chris Gunn Twitter: @chrisgunn82 The first day of Rizin FF’s end of year event featured the second round of the Bantamweight Grand Prix,…
Pancrase to DEEP – DEEP Impact 81
DEEP Impact 81 Guy DeLumeau (22-13-3) stepped up to lightweight to take this fight against Juri Ohara (21-13-2) following a loss in his last DEEP…
Satoru Kitaoka vs Kiichi Kunimoto Announced for Rizin EOY Event
Recently Rizin held a press conference to discuss their End of Year event. MMA Japan has covered all of these events since the promotion started….
Deep Impact 81
Deep is having one last event in Tokyo for the year. We are talking Deep Impact 81 and it looks great. This event will be…
Sakuraba and Josh Barnett announce a new Promotion
Deep Jewels 18 Results
On December 3rd, 2017 Deep Jewels held another event. This time Deep Jewels 18 featured 11 bouts of all female MMA action. As always, Deep…
Pancrase 292 results
By Chris Gunn Twitter @chrisgunn82 Yesterday, the legendary promotion held their last event in Differ Ariake in Tokyo. This event did not disappoint with…
Deep Jewels 18 on December 3, 2017
Deep comes back to us again with another all-female card on their Deep Jewels promotion. This time it is Deep Jewels 18 which will be…
A fond farewell to Seiza’s Julija Stoliarenko & Tabatha Ricci
By Chris Gunn. Twitter: @chrisgunn82 The most recent Seiza event served as graduation for two of it’s most accomplished competitors. After being with the…
Pancrase 291 Results and Review
Yesterday Pancrase put on their 291st event in the numbered series. This took place at Differ Ariake. It is the historical location from where a…
A World of Politics in Martial Arts
In my worldview, I have always thought that the things that restrict human freedom were things that should be ridiculed and brought out into the…
Pancrase Partners with Drone Net, VR filming for fights
This is cool news! Pancrase signed a partnership with a company called Drone Net. This means that Pancrase can increase its production value by adding…
Pancrase 291 Is on the Way
2017 is coming to a close, but we still have some exciting match ups for you JMMA fans out there. Coming up on November 12th…
Seiza 4 Review
This article was written by Chris Gunn and used with his permission. Last night the 4th Seiza event was held at Korakuen Hall in…
Deep Impact 80 Results
On Saturday we went to see Deep Impact 80 in Differ Ariake. Deep has some exciting fights and this card was very impressive. Deep is…
Rizin 7 : Fukuoka Results
Last week we went to Fukuoka, Japan to watch Rizin 7. As always Rizing puts on a great show and this event was just as…
Katsunori Kikuno aims for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
UFC and DEEP veteran, former DREAM lightweight champion, currently running amok in Garyujima, Katsunori Kikuno, is making a run to compete at Olympic level taekwondo…
International Handler’s Curse : It’s Scary Cutting Weight in Japan
Recently we saw the weigh-ins for Pancrase 290. For the most part, it was business as usual for the promotion. However, there was one disturbing image…
10/15 Shooto
This article was originally written by Shooto commentator, Mark Chinnery, and used with his permission. And here we have it – the last…
Cauliflower Culture MMA Fighter and Guam Native Roque Martinez is Heading to Rizin: Fukuoka
Guam native, heavyweight MMA fighter, Roque Martinez is coming back to Japan. He will be competing against Jerome Le Banner on October 15 in…
A message from Brazilian Fighter Daniel Lima before Pancrase 290
MMA Japan’s Stewart Fulton takes a few minutes to talk to Brazilian MMA Fighter Daniel Lima. Daniel wants to give a message to his fans…
Pancrase 290 Card
On October 8th in Differ Ariake in Japan, Pancrase 290 hits us square in the face. This time around the card is stacked with former…
Rizin : Fukuoka
Rizin is fast becoming the top promotion in Japan. The brand of Rizin is very new. However, if you dig a little deeper into the…
UFC Fight Night Japan : What Went Down in the Land of the Rising Sun?
Once again, the UFC has made its presence known in the land of the rising sun. September 23rd, 2017 brought us UFC Fight…
Deep Impact 79 Results and Review
On Sept 16th, we had the opportunity to attend Deep Impact 79 in Ota Gymnasium. As you are aware, Deep puts on several types of…
UFC Fight Night Japan
September 23, Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2 headline has been changed. Reportedly, the old school Pride favourite in Japan, Shogun, is out and replaced by…
Deep Impact 79 Card
This weekend the live coverage and live tweeting of MMA in Japan continues. This time around the venue is Deep Impact 79 and the card…
Pride Superstar Enson Inoue Talks about a Road Rage Incident
Enson Inoue is one of the icons of the Pride era in MMA history. He is involved in a lot of charity work here in Japan…
Ganryujima Adauchi 2017 – What’s it all about?
The Ganryujima Adauchi 2017 event is in the books. If you are unfamiliar with Ganryujima events, you might find them interesting. They are different from…
Ganryujima – ADAUCHI
The latest exciting installment of the ever growing ‘moat fights’ Ganryujima, takes place in Maihama, Japan tomorrow – September 2. Wrestlers, kickboxers, karate-ka, judo-ka, capoeristas,…
Deep Jewels 17 Results and Review
Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend the Deep Jewels 17 MMA event in Tokyo. Recently Deep has been stepping up their game and having…
Pancrase 289 : Weigh in Interview with Senzo Ikeda
Pancrase 289 Weigh in Interview with Kenta Takagi
Pancrase 289 Weigh in Interview with Takashi Sato
Pancrase 289 Review and Results
Results for Pancrase 289: Yoshinori Horie WIN vs Kazunari Kimura LOSS KO (Knee)Ref: Hirokazu Takamoto Rnd: 2 Time 1:12 Tetsuya Yamamoto WIN vs Mitsuhiro Taki…
Yachi VS Gracie?
If you have been watching the Rizin events since they started at the end of the year back in 2015, you know Yusuke Yachi 18-6-0…
Pancrase 289 Preview
This weekend we have Pancrase 289 coming up. The card for this event is packed with exciting fights. If you are in Japan you can…
Pride Shockwave Dynamite 2002
80,000 martial arts fans in attendance on a blazing hot summer day. Helio Gracie lights the Olympic flame, Antonio Inoki parachutes into the stadium. This…
UFC Fight Night Tokyo Card
As the heat wave blazes on in Tokyo all MMA fans are eagerly waiting for the UFC to make it’s annual return to the land…
Syuri Kondo appears at UFC Tokyo Fight Night Presser
Straw weight Queen of Pancrase, Syuri Kondo, appears at the UFC Tokyo Fight Night Presser. She is currently on a 5 fight winning streak and…
There’s something in your eye and it’s Gabi Garcia
Just last week we attended Rizin Summer 2017 Fight Rock Festival. It was a spectacular event that was stacked with a very interesting card. It…
Shinju Nozawa Auclair
Presenting new star of RIZIN Fighting Federation: the althletic, charismatic, dynamic, charming, and beautiful Shinju Nozawa Auclair.
Rizin 2017 Fight Festival Results
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Bantamweight 61 kg Kyoji Horiguchi def. Hideo Tokoro KO (punches) 1 3:49 Bantamweight Grand-Prix 1st Round Heavyweight 120 kg Amir Aliakbari…
Rizin 2017 Fighting Festival Weigh in
Today we attended Rizin 2017 Fighting Festival Weigh in. The venue was in the Westin Hotel in central Tokyo. It is a high-class hotel that…
SEI⭐️ZA
Article courtesy of Chris Gunn Photos by Dennis Dugan Last night the 3rd Seiza event was held in Korakuen in Tokyo. While the promotion certainly…
SEI⭐️ZA
Japan’s ‘joshi-kaku’ women’s martial arts boom is in full swing. Top fighters from around the world gather at Korakuen Hall this Friday, July 28, for…
Professional Shooto 7-23 Results
This article is courtesy of Mark Chinnery and reused with his permission. Wow. What a card! Professional Shooto 7.23 from Korakuen Hall. I’m still…
Rizin World Grand-Prix 2017 – Summer
Once again, RIZIN will make its return and put on some top level fights. All the fun start on July 30th at 14:00 JST. There…
Ganryujima – ‘Adauchi’
The resurrected moat fight organization, Ganryujima, holds its next show on September 2nd in Maihama Amphitheater, showcasing a mixture of fight styles on its unique…
Deep Cage 79 Results
Yesterday we got to attend Deep Cage 79. This was a great event and had 9 fantastic fights. Check out these results. Ryuichiro Sumimura def….
Syuri Kondo Signed for UFC Fight Night Tokyo.
Pancrase’s Straw weight Queen of Pancrase title holder, Syuri Kondo 5-0-0 (Win-Loss-Draw), has been signed for a match at the UFC Fight Night Tokyo event. Syuri,…
Deep Cage Impact 2017
This weekend Deep puts on Deep Cage Impact 2017 at Korakuen Hall. There are 9 fights on the card including a fight which features a former…
UFC Returns to Saitama Super Arena Sept 23, 2017
The UFC will return to the Saitama Super Arena on September 23, 2017. The card for that day is stacked with killers. Of course MMA…
ShootBoxing : Gabi Garcia’s Debut Fight
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Kumite Radio Podcast Interviews Pancrase Commentator Jeremy Deschner
Pancrase 288: Interview with Kieran Jobin
Pancrase 288: Interview with Claire Fryer
Pancrase 288: Interview with Yuki Niimura
Pancrase 288: Interview with Daichi Abe
MMA Japan Samurai Spirits T-Shirts
We’ve just released our latest design for the newest MMA JAPAN T-shirt. The revenue that we make for these shirts help to keep to support…
RIZIN : Crazy Horse Vs. Wanderlei Silva “The Biggest Rivalry in JMMA History”
If you have been living under a rock you probably do not know the depth of the Crazy Horse / Wanderlei Silva back stage and…
Pancrase 288 Preview
This weekend we have Pancrase 288. Of course MMA Japan will be there live Tweeting from the event. You can follow #Pancrase288 to keep track…
A Battle 20 years in the making Yuki Kondo vs Ikuhisa Minowa at Pancrase 288
That’s right. Japan is in the middle of a heat wave in the Summer of 2017. Guess who is bringing the heat? It’s Pancrase 288…
Lethwei In Japan 4 : Frontier
Last Friday MMA Japan attended the Lethwei in Japan 4 : Frontier event. In Japan the bare hand MMA market is picking up Lethwei allows…
Pancrase 289: Featherweight King of Pancrase Battle Announced
The news just broke that Nazareno Malagarie will defend his Feather Weight King Of Pancrase title against Isao Kobayashi at Pancrase 289. Malagarie has impressive…
Pancrase 288
On July 2nd, Pancrase has some summer treats for all you JMMA fans. Headlining the show is a King of Pancrase championship title match with…
Pancrase 287 Weigh in Interview with Brazilian MMA Fighter Thaiane Souza
Pancrase 287 Weigh in Interview with Brazilian MMA Fighter Kinberly Novaes
Pancrase 287 Results
Last weekend was the event that some will call the best card that Pancrase has had all year. If you have the chance check it…
Pancrase 287 Weigh In Interview with former UFC Fighter Hatsu Hioki
Pancrase 287 Weigh Ins Interview with Christiano Marcello
Pancrase 287 Weigh ins Interview with Syuri Kondo
Pancrase 287 Weigh Ins Interview with Rafael Silva
Video Interview with Kumite Radio
We were contacted the other day by a new podcast that asked for an interview. They like to discuss MMA across Asia. Since they wanted…
A Look Back at RIZIN 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura (part 1)
By Keith Vargo A few days after the 4/16 RIZIN 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura event, I met former PRIDE translator Alan Ballard for dinner. When…
Results for Deep Jewels 16
Today we were at Deep Jewels 16. Deep is known worldwide for putting on great MMA events. Today was no exception. The first match on…
Deep Jewels 16 12 Yr Old Momo Chokes out 24 Yr old Yamazaki
Today we were at Deep Jewels 16. Deep Jewels always puts on a good show and has many top women’s JMMA fighters on its cards….
Deep Jewels 16
You’ve heard people from The Joe Rogan Experience talking about it. You’ve probably also read about it on the Internet as well. This weekend on…
Deep Cage Impact 2017 Results
DEEP Cage Impage 2017 was a day of fantastic fights. The promotion puts on several events per year, some of their shows use the cage…
Deep Cage Impact 2017
Saturday May 13th Deep will be putting on the Deep Cage Impact 2017 event. MMA Japan will be on the ground and next to the…
Shooto Weigh Ins
So, this happened at the Shooto weigh ins yesterday. A paper plate and two ring girls pretending not to look!
Pancrase 288 – Yukisora vs. Minowaman
JMMA fight fans, you are in for a rare treat this summer. Pancrase has just announced another matchmake for its 288 card on July 2nd…
NEWS: Pancrase 288 – Welterweight KOP Title Match
Mark this one in your JMMA diary: Hiromitsu Miura is set to defend his welterweight King of Pancrase championship belt against Daichi Abe on July…
Pancrase 286 Results
Pancrase 286 kicked off on April 23rd, 2017 at Differ Ariake to a stellar crowd. This card was stacked with killers. The show provided four…
Pancrase 287 Trailer 1
Pancrase 286 Post Weigh In Interview with Isao Kobayashi
Isao Kobayashi is one of the most exciting Feather Weight fighters in Pancrase at the moment. He completely dominated his opponent Marko Burusic in Pancrase…
Pancrase 286 Post Event Interview with Kazuki Tokudome
Just after Pancrase 286 Stewart Fulton talks with Kazuki Tokudome. Tokudome KO’d his opponent in 0:28 Seconds of round 1 and landing himself back in…
Pancrase 286 Post Event Interview with Branco Cikatić
In the MMA community in Japan there are many foreigners that are seen as MMA royalty. K-1 in its prime set the standard for what…
Pancrase 286 Post Weigh In Interview with Pancrase Fighter Kazuki Tokudome
As the clock ticks down to Pancrase 286, MMA Japan’s Stewart Fulton is on fire with interviews. Here is former UFC fighter, Kazuki Tokudome post…
Pancrase 286 Post Weigh In Interview with The Current Light Weight King of Pancrase Takasuke Kume
We are getting ready for PANCRASE 286 on April 23rd. Today the promotion put on their weigh ins. Every one of the fighters made weight….
Interview with Current Light Weight King Of Pancrase, Takasuke Kume
We are getting ready for PANCRASE 286 on April 23rd. Today the promotion put on their weigh ins. Every one of the fighters made weight….
RIZIN 2017 ‘Sakura’ Digest
RIZIN Fighting Federation opened up 2017 with their spring lineup taking place at Yokohama Arena. Such a martial art show hadn’t been held there since…
4/23 Shooto Event Predictions
This Article is by Mark Chinnery and posted with his permission. April 23 is a significant landmark on the map of Professional Shooto in Japan…
Interview with Branco Cikatić
Q. Welcome back to Japan! Branko: Thank you. Q. You’re known as a K-1 legend with great acheivement as a fighter in Japan. Any good…
Rizin 2017 Sakura Review and Results
Today we attended the latest RIZIN Event, Rizin 2017 Sakura – the promotion’s spring event. Sakura (Cherry Blossom) descibes the event because this time of…
U.S. Navy Training Brazilian Jiujitsu in Japan
One thing that goes with Japan is the US Navy. They have a few bases around here but the biggest one is Yokosuka. Yokosuka has…
RIZIN April 16, 2017 Card
A Bright Future for Young Japanese Fighters
The following article is by Chris Gunn and shared with his permission. Two weeks ago, Takumi Tamaru and Hayato Ishii fought to an incredibly exciting…
IGF Next Exciting Wrestling (NEW) Debut Show Review and Highlights
Yesterday on April 5th 2017 we had the opportunity to attend the debut wrestling event for IGF new promotion called Next Exciting Wrestling. This event…
