Articles by Jeremy Deschner
Deep Jewels 20 Review and Results
Last weekend we were at Deep Jewels 20. This is Japan’s premiere all female MMA Promotion. Other promotions have female fighters as well. Pancrase and…
Professional Shooto 5/13/2018
Professional Shooto 5/13/2018 This article is by Mark Chinnery and used with his permission. …
Pancrase 296 Review
Last Sunday we had the honor to be there live at Pancrase 296. It was held at the tremendous Studio Coast in Shin-Kiba. This is…
A Preview for Professional Shooto on May 13th
*This was originally written by Mark Chinnery and used with his permission. Not long to go now for the next installment on the Shooto express…
Professional Shooto 3/25 Breakdown
This artical was written by Mark Chinnery and reposted with his permission. Professional Shooto 3.25 is now over & admittedly, the card might not have…
Pancrase 294 Results
Last weekend we attended Pancrase 294. It is on UFC FightPass if you could not catch it live. It was a great show with some…
Pancrase 294 at Studio Coast On March 11th
This weekend Pancrase 294 is live from Studio Coast in Chiba, Japan. This is the new venue that the promotion started to use from the…
Deep Jewels 19 on March 10th
The 2018 MMA season is now in full swing here in Japan. This weekend is packed with exciting cards from both Pancrase and Deep Jewels….
Pancrase 293 Results and Review
Pancrase kicked off their 2018 season with a spectacular event and in a new venue as well. Last year on February 3rd, it was brought…
Shooto 1/28 Break Down
This is an article originally written by Mark Chinnery and used with his permission. The first Shooto…
Professional Shooto 1/28/2018
On January 28th of 2018, Professional Shooto kicked off their 2018 MMA even season at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There were 8 fights on the…
Quintet: The New Promotion by Kazushi Sakuraba and Josh Barnett
New MMA promotions are popping up all the time. Some are just a flash in the pan, while others bring a unique twist to the…
Shooto on January 28th.
The MMA season is already in full swing and the outlook for JMMA has never looked better. Professional Shooto will be doing their first card…
Ganryujima 9 Enemy Out
On January 3rd, Ganryujima (Moat Fights) kicked off 2018 with a spectacular show. If you do not know what Ganryujima is all about, check out…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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….
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…
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…
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…
Shooto on UFC Fightpass
Professional Shooto 3.24 Shooto Pacific Rim Bantamweight Championship Korakuen Hall, Tokyo This was the 2nd Japanese Shooto event on UFC Fight Pass for 2017 &…
Deep Impact 78 Results
We here at MMA Japan care about the best in JMMA. We attend the best events and report them to you here in English. This…
Guy Delumeau interview at Deep Impact 78
Our man Stewart Fulton had the chance to sit down with Guy Delumeau and talk about his up coming fight in Deep Impact 78.
Pancrase 285 Results and Review
Pancrase 285 took place again at Differ Ariake, Sunday March 12. It was an exciting card and all the action was called by Stewart Fulton…
Takeya Mizugaki signs with a new promotion
Back in 2008 Takeya Mizugaki was showing the world what a top Japanese banthom weight champion was made of in the WEC. Then for 6…
Pancrase 285 Main Event
Ladies and Gentlemen Pancrase 285 is just around the corner. It all goes down on March 12th at Differ Ariake. I am sure it will…
MMA Japan and Pancrase Radio Podcast Goods Available.
If you guys enjoy what we provide here, you can help us out by supporting us! How you ask? You can buy an MMA Japan…