13 February 2019 – Bangkok, Thailand: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), earlier today held the ONE: CLASH OF LEGENDS…
On Monday, February 11th, 2019 we were live at the Kickboxing event Knock Out : 2019 Winter The Answer is in the Ring. This…
11 February 2019 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that CEO of ONE Warrior Series,…
Last weekend we were live at one of the greatest events around now-a-days. That is right, we are talking about Quintet. If you do not…
Quintet Tokyo Fight Night 2 Press Event
28 January 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced an additional match for ONE:…
Today Professional Shooto announced they have joined forces with One FC in Japan. That means that One FC will start to sponsor all the Shooto…
Today, One FC will have a meet and greet with some of their famous fighters that will be on the card for their first show…
Fans of Shooto have 30 years of history to celebrate coming up on January 27th, 2019. As you know Female fighters are a huge draw…
ROAD FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Final Match After three regional trials and an international trial start up, sixteen fighters made it to the opening…
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES THREE WORLD TITLE BOUTS AT ONE: A NEW ERA IN TOKYO TICKETS GO ON SALE 20 DECEMBER AT 6PM JST XIONG JING…
ROAD Fighting Championship announces the Official Results for ROAD FC 051 XX which took place on December 15, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. In the…
Mei Yamaguchi will lead the Japanese charge in Malaysia next week. Yamaguchi, who pressed undisputed Women’s atomweight champion Angela Lee to five rounds in…
October 28, 2018 The most dominant world champion in mixed martial arts history has arrived in ONE Championship. Demetrious Johnson has signed a landmark deal…
Sorry we only have this information in Japanese. More to come later. ONE CHAMPIONSHIPは２０１９年３月に東京で開催する総合格闘技のライブイベントを公式に発表いたします。 ONE CHAMPIONSHIPは２０１９年に予定している最初の２４のイベントを発表いたします。 東京の記者会見に登場するONE CHAMPIONSHIPのスーパースター …
Japanese follows the English Eddie Alvarez Reveals Why He Joined ONE Championship October 18, 2018 Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez has…
Japanese follows the English. Demetrious Johnson is thrilled to have joined the world’s largest martial arts organization. On Monday, 29 October, the American flyweight…
Featherweight Champion Choi Mu-Gyeom had his retirement fight as his fourth title defense against Lee Yeong-Jeong. The two engaged in a very technical striking…
Pancrase hit a huge milestone just 2 weeks ago. They hit their 300th event in their numbered series. Pancrase was the first…
Featherweight Champion Choi Mu-Gyeom will defend his title for the fourth time against Lee Yeong-Jeong. Choi stated: “I hope to…
For release on October 31, 2018 – ROAD Fighting Championship announces a live broadcast partnership in the United States with DAZN to commence with ROAD…
It is with heavy hearts and deep respect that we report to you the death of Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto from cancer. We here at MMA…
ROAD Fighting Championship has announced that ROAD FC 050 will take place on November 3, 2018 for the first time in the city of Daejeon,…
Professional Shooto has announced their final card for 10.26 SHOOTO GIG TOKYO Vol.26. This card is comprised of some of their top fighters and will…
ROAD Fighting Championship announces that ROAD FC 050 will take place on November 3, 2018 for the first time in the city of Daejeon, South…
Yesterday we were LIVE and in person at Deep Impact 85. This card was packed with exciting fights and it did not disappoint. Deep is…
Yesterday Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto announced on his public Instagram that he is battling cancer. There was no more information put out other than this. We…
Yesterday we had the pleasure of attending Once FC’s first Press Conference in Japan. It was a great presentation with 12 panelists that ranged from…
Back on August 19th we had the opportunity to see our first event by the promotion Knock Out. They put on a great show. Their…
Wake the kids and phone the neighbors! We just got the announcement of a new Ganryujima Tournament coming to Maihama Arena on September 17, 2018!…
Former ROAD FC Middleweight Champion Lee Eun-Su finally makes his return to the cage after a two year hiatus due to injury. He is known…
Alex Roberts to join the English commentary for KNOCK OUT SUMMER FES 2018 on Sunday, August 19th As it has already been announced, KNOCK…
Another great Japanese fight promotion modernizes their approach to broadcasting. KNOCKOUT, which is a Kickboxing promotion here in Japan wants to reach out to the…
Deep for the longest time has resisted change. That is refreshing if you are like us and you love old school MMA. Just put up…
ROAD Fighting Championship 049 will take place on August 18, 2018 at the Grand Walkerhill resort complex in Seoul, South Korea. In the main event,…
*This article was written by Mark Chinnery and used with his permission. Wow, what a night! Controversy, underdog victories, last ditch heroics – damn, even…
On Monday, June 16th, 2018 we were live at Quintet 2. This is a team survival grappling competition that was started by Kazushi…
Today we were monitoring all the MMA and JMMA news in the world and we came across some shocking news. Not only does this make…
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 This article is by Mark Chinnery and used with his permission. …
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…
*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…
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…
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…
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…
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 kicked off their 2018 season with a spectacular event and in a new venue as well. Last year on February 3rd, it was brought…
This is an article originally written by Mark Chinnery and used with his permission. The first Shooto…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 is having one last event in Tokyo for the year. We are talking Deep Impact 81 and it looks great. This event will be…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This article was written by Chris Gunn and used with his permission. Last night the 4th Seiza event was held at Korakuen Hall in…
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…
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…
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…
This article was originally written by Shooto commentator, Mark Chinnery, and used with his permission. And here we have it – the last…
Guam native, heavyweight MMA fighter, Roque Martinez is coming back to Japan. He will be competing against Jerome Le Banner on October 15 in…
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…
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 is fast becoming the top promotion in Japan. The brand of Rizin is very new. However, if you dig a little deeper into the…
Once again, the UFC has made its presence known in the land of the rising sun. September 23rd, 2017 brought us UFC Fight…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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,…
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…
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…
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