PANCRASE 318 – Genpei Hayashi and Tatsuya Saika pre-bout interviews
PANCRASE 318, Sunday, September 27, 2020 – Studio Coast, Tokyo Genpei Hayashi Pre-Bout Interview –With all the cancellations and postponements, as a fighter do you…
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Quintet Fight Night 5 in Tokyo Adds New Teams
QUINTET FIGHT NIGHT 5 in TOKYO tournament will be held at Korakuen Hall on October 27 (Tuesday) Quintet already announced that TEAM CARPE DIEM will…
PANCRASE 318, September 27, 2020 – Studio Coast, Tokyo Card Update
The main card and preliminary bouts to date are as follows. In addition to the Lightweight King of Pancrase Interim Championship title match, this card…
Quintet Fight Night 5 Tokyo October 27, 2020
To “QUINTET FIGHT NIGHT 5 in TOKYO” at Korakuen Hall on Tuesday, October 27 The Carpe Diem team info is below. We will inform you…
Road to ONE:3rd TOKYO FIGHT NIGHT
9.10 Additional matches decided! -Farmer and fighter Hiroyuki Tezuka, starring ABEMA “Koi Ste” series, Nagisa Arii In addition, there will be a “Contract with…
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs Rakic
This coming Sunday, August 30, UFC Fight Night: Smith vs Rakic will air live from Las Vegas at the UFC Apex Arena. The main card…
PANCRASE 317, August 23, 2020 – Studio Coast, Tokyo Show Cancellation Statement
PANCRASE 317, due to take place at the above date and venue, was canceled. Pancrase athletes all undergo medical testing, with coronavirus antibody tests carried…
8/30 – ZST 68 and Battle Hazard 07
This article was written by Ben Buchan and used with his permission. August 30th sees ZST return with a double-header including their first MMA event…
PANCRASE 317, August 23, 2020 – Studio Coast, Tokyo Yoshinori Horie – Pre-bout Interview
In this official interview, featherweight Yoshinori Horie gives his thoughts on his return to Pancrase in February of this year following being cut from…
Pancrase 317 Full Card Line up
Legendary promotion Pancrase announces the full fight match order for its 317 show on 23 August at Studio Coast in Tokyo. The card features…
PANCRASE 317, August 23, 2020 – Studio Coast, Tokyo Taichi Nakajima – Pre-bout Interview
In this official interview, Taichi Nakajima talks about his thorough training camp and excellent preparation for the young gun knockout artist, Yoshinori Horie, breaking…
UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar
UFC holds the next event in Las Vegas at the UFC Apex Arena this coming Sunday, August 23, with UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar….
PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE LAUNCHES OTT PLATFORM, DELIVERING FANS FREE ACCESS TO YEAR-ROUND PREMIUM PFL CONTENT
NEW YORK (August 5, 2020) – Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization ever to present MMA through a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship format, today rolled out…
Deep Osaka 2020 on 8/9
On Sunday, August 9, 2020 at Osaka Sumiyoshi Residents Center Large Hall with all match cards of “DEEP OSAKA IMPACT 2020” to be held
RIZIN.22_RIZIN.23 Public Workout for Kai Asakura
We would like to inform you of the video of today’s public practice of Kai Asakura.
PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE CONTINUES GLOBAL EXPANSION THROUGH MULTI-YEAR BROADCAST PARTNERSHIP WITH RUSSIA’S TELESPORT GROUP
NEW YORK (August 4, 2020): Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization ever to present MMA through a Regular season, Playoffs, and Championship format, today…
PANCRASE 318, September 27, 2020 – Studio Coast, Tokyo Card Update
The main card and preliminary bouts to date are as follows. In addition to the Lightweight King of Pancrase Interim Championship title match, this card…
ONE Championship Announces Confirmed Bouts for Upcoming ‘ONE: NO SURRENDER II’ & ‘ONE: NO SURRENDER III’ Broadcasts
3 August 2020 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), today announced confirmed bouts for ONE: NO SURRENDER II and ONE: NO…
Rizin 22 and 23 Public Work Out Video for Kyohei Hagiwara
RIZIN 22 & 23 Public Practice
ONE: NO SURRENDER FINAL WEIGHT AND HYDRATION RESULTS
31 July 2020 – Bangkok, Thailand: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), today released the official ONE: NO SURRENDER Final Weight…
Rodtang Jitmuangnon Retains ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Title With Victory Over Petchdam Petchyindee Academy
31 July 2020 – Bangkok, Thailand: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), made a successful return to its flagship event…
RIZIN Promotional Video for RIZIN 22&23
PROFESSIONAL FIGHTERS LEAGUE CEO PETER MURRAY TAPS TOP MEDIA EXECUTIVE TO LEAD COMMUNICATIONS
NEW YORK (July 28, 2020) – The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has named Loren Mack Vice President of Corporate Communications. Mack, with over 15 years of…
PANCRASE Official Rankings
The following is the official Pancrase rankings as of 28th July 2020. Numbers in brackets next to King and Queen of Pancrase champions denote the…
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs Benavidez 2
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs Benavidez 2 was the third event live from Fight Island in a partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism…
ONE Championship and Microsoft partner to further accelerate and reinvent the digital fan experience
Microsoft named ONE Championship’s preferred cloud provider, delivering new fan engagement experiences powered by Microsoft Azure and best-in-class collaboration with Microsoft 365
A look at Deep Jewels 29 on July 23rd.
We are just coming out of the COVID-19 lockdown here in Japan. There has not been a lot of MMA action in the last 3…
Shinsuke Nakamura from the WWE Talks to Sakuraba about a hypothetical WWE team in Quintet
This time the video is in Japanese but thankfully there are subtitles. Could you imagine how cool a WWE team on Quintet could be? The…
Rising Star in JMMA Roque Martinez
From time to time we love to point out fighters to keep your eyes on. In this article, we want to show you, Roque Martinez,…
KENJI OSAWA VS TAKAFUMI OTSUKA Free Fight from Deep
Deep Impact 66 is an event that happened back in 2014. In this fight, you have 2 warriors that are still in the fight…
Deep Jewels MIKA NAGANO VS NATSUMI MUKAI (Free Fight)
MIKA NAGANO VS NATSUMI MUKAI
SHIZUKA SUGIYAMA VS JI YOON KIM (Free Fight)
Mia Kang, Muay Thai fighter and Model
Mia Kang, Muay Thai fighter and Model, recently purchased the “ONE Championship Stay Home Kit” sold at the ONE official store (https://one.shop). The kit…
Free Fight from Deep Jewels
Deep Jewels hits us again with another free fight online. This time it is Rin Nakai VS Kaewjai Prachumwong
Free Fight From Deep AKIHIRO GONO VS TAISUKE OKUNO
Deep has given us another classic fight to check out. This time around we have AKIHIRO GONO VS TAISUKE OKUNO
Quintet Flashback Free Fight
Come with us to check out another free fight online. Quintet has put up Daisuke “Amazon” Sugie Vs. Kazuyuki Miyata. Some great Japanese grapplers are…
Deep Impact adds TAKAFUMI OTSUKA VS KOICHI ISHIZUKA as a Free Fight Online
Deep Cage impact has been feeding Rizin and the UFC for years. It is a great place to check out up and coming talent in…
Deep Jewels adds a free fight Online
Deep Jewels is an all-female MMA promotion in Japan that has been building stars for years. Keep your eyes on these athletes! Check out this…
Hana Kimura Aged 22, passed away on May 23, 2020
It is with a heavy heart and with tears in my eyes as I write this to inform you all that Hana Kimura aged 22…
Deep Adds a Free fight for MMA fans KOSUKE TERASHIMA VS MIKURU ASAKURA
Deep is one of the top promotions in Japan. They have added a free fight for all of us fans to enjoy!
UFC 249 was a thrilling success! Get ready for back to back Fight Nights
By all accounts, UFC 249 was a success, and we thank you so much for your interest and coverage of a night of non-stop action…
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
Xiaomi, Intel, HP, and Logitech to sponsor innovative new content stacks including esports and ‘The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition’ 11 May 2020 – Singapore: The largest…
UFC 249 fight week begins; 2 more cards announced
ANNOUNCEMENTS: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs Teixeira Quick upon the heels of UFC 249, the next event takes place on May 14 (Asia time) with UFC…
More Free Quintet Fights
Quintet is trying to make your lockdown a little easier. They are offering some more free fights on their YouTube channel. Make sure you hit…
Quintet is adding free fights on YouTube
Quintet is adding some fights that we are thrilled to see. You can watch them free here or on Quintet’s YouTube Channel. Make sure you…
Pancrase 315 on May 31st
COVID-19 has us all cooped up and chomping at the bit to get back to normal. There is some good news for JMMA fans. Your…
Latest Victims of COVID-19, Deep 95 Impact and Deep Jewels 25.
That’s right MMA Japan fans. Deep 95 Impact and Deep Jewels 29 have been canceled due to the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 Virus. It…
UFC 249 is a go!!!
The UFC returns on April 18 (April 19 in Asia) with a stacked UFC 249 card featuring an interim lightweight title bout between Tony Ferguson…
Dae Sung Park Owes Success to ONE Warrior Series Experience
“Crazy Dog” Dae Sung Park is steadily making a name for himself as one of South Korea’s most promising talents on the ONE Championship stage….
Lito Adiwang – The powerful filipino making waves in ONE Championship
Team Lakay has another star in its arsenal… The goal at ONE Championship has always been to create Asian heroes. To unleash superstars. This…
Pancrase Corona Allowance
The leaders at Pancrase have had to postpone some events in March and April due to the COVID-19. This is a very difficult situation in…
Rizin Press Conference
Rizin FF will be holding a Press Conference on 4/2 at 19:00 JST to discuss the event scheduled for 4/19. Please watch it live on…
Inspired by Manny Pacquiao, Lito Adiwang Is Following in the Footsteps of His Hero
Filipino rising star Lito “Thunder Kid” Adiwang is one of the most explosive action heroes on the ONE Championship roster today. A ONE Warrior Series…
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP MOVES TO CLOSED-DOOR, AUDIENCE FREE EVENTS
Suspension of events with live audiences will take immediate effect until May 29, 2020 11 March 2020 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property…
Stamp of Excellence: Sky’s the limit for ONE Warrior Series graduate Stamp Fairtex
In less than two years since joining ONE Championship, Thailand’s Stamp Fairtex has shot to superstardom, not just in her home country, but…
Pancrase 314 Commercial
Pancrase 314 is coming on April 12th at Studio Coast. Check out their commercial for the event.
Korean stars getting their time to shine thanks to ONE Warrior Series
Countries like Japan, China, Thailand, and even the Philippines have established themselves as hotbeds for mixed martial arts talent in Asia, all having produced multiple…
Deep Impact 95 and Deep Jewels 29
We have some new news today regarding Deep Impact 95. Some great fights are scheduled for this card. Champion Yamasu “Dominator” Satoshi will take on…
Ares 2 Cancellation
ARES Fighting Championship is sad to announce that the ARES 2 event scheduled for the 3rd of April in Brussels will be postponed to the…
UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION ISRAEL ADESANYA RETAINS TITLE AFTER FIVE ROUNDS WITH YOEL ROMERO
UFC 248 took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on Sunday, March 8 (Asia time). Two title fights that went all…
Honor Paid to The Sheik in Shinjuku
Yesterday MMA Japan, the leading source of MMA news in English in Asia, attended the premiere of the Pro Wrestling Documentary “The Sheik” here in…
ONE WARRIOR SERIES ANNOUNCES COMPLETE RESULTS FOR ‘ONE WARRIOR SERIES 10’
19 February 2020 – Singapore: Rich Franklin’s ONE Warrior Series, a subsidiary of ONE Championship™ (ONE), the largest global sports media property in Asian history, recently…
Deep Impact 94 on 2020/03/01
3.1 Skyticket Presents DEEP 94 IMPACT Kisaemon Saiga participates in DEEP for the first time in more than 2 years! Make sure you are there…
UFC 247 Quotes
UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko: ?I think it’s going to be a good fight. Katlyn will put everything inside the Octagon. Being in the…
JOSHUA PACIO RETAINS ONE STRAWWEIGHT WORLD TITLE WITH A CLOSE SPLIT DECISION VICTORY OVER ALEX SILVA
31 January 2020 – Manila, Philippines: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), made its first appearance at the Mall of…
UAE WARRIORS 10 Live Stream
Today UAE Warriors 10 takes place from Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi and is available to watch live and free on MMATV.co.uk.Starting time 8am EST –…
WLC: BATTLEBONES Results: New Champ & KO Finishes
UZBEKISTAN’S NAIMJON TUHTABOYEV BECOMES NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD LETHWEI CHAMPIONSO MI ONG KNOCKS OUT SOK RITH WINS IN CO MAIN-EVENT N.Yangon, Myanmar – World Lethwei Championship (WLC), the…
WLC: BATTLEBONES set for UFC Fight Pass this Friday
World Lethwei Championship (WLC), the world’s largest bare-knuckle fighting organization, held the official press conference for WLC: BATTLEBONES today in Yangon, Myanmar, ahead of the…
ARES 2 set for Belgium on April 3 – Taleb vs. Wouters, Moraga vs. Sandoval
ARES 2 set for Belgium on April 3 – Taleb vs. Wouters, Moraga vs. Sandoval Following on from a hugely successful debut event in Dakar,…
JOSHUA PACIO AND ALEX SILVA FACE-OFF AHEAD OF ONE STRAWWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT IN MANILA
28 January 2020 – Manila, Philippines: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), today…
STAMP FAIRTEX TO DEFEND ONE ATOMWEIGHT KICKBOXING WORLD TITLE AGAINST JANET TODD IN SINGAPORE
17 January 2020 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), returns to the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday, 28 February…
UFC kicks off 2020 with Conor McGregor vs Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone
As you are aware, UFC is kicking off 2020 this Sunday morning with a phenomenal card live from Las Vegas. Former two division champion Conor…
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: EDGAR VS THE KOREAN ZOMBIE
Busan, South Korea – For the first time in UFC® history, the promotion is in Busan, South Korea with a highly anticipated featherweight main event as No. 4-ranked contender Frankie…
Complete card announced for Legend 14 at MGM Theater
Hong Kong – Legend Fighting Championship, China’s largest globally recognized mixed martial arts event, will close out the year at Macau’s MGM COTAI on 28 December with…
ARES 1 Results
Last Saturday night, December 14 in Dakar, Senegal the very first ARES Fighting…
UFC 245 ATHLETES IN LAS VEGAS JOSE ALDO, URIJAH FABER AND VIVIANE ARAUJO RECALL MEMORIES OF JAPAN
UFC 245: USMAN VS. COVINGTON takes place this Saturday, December 14 (Sunday, December 15 in Japan) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, USA headlined by…
Ares Fighting Championship is coming to UFC FightPass
The main event will see Brazilian UFC veteran Ildemar Alcantara (26-13) take on firefighter Laurynas ‘Captain Lithuania’ Urbonanivius (12-1) in the main event. In the co-main…
Team DATE Introduced Gatchi Martial Arts Tag Event
Team DATE has a lot of killer fighters that appears in many promotions in Japan. They have a very distinct form of Martial Arts that…
COMPLETE CARD ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: FIRE & FURY IN MANILA ON 31 JANUARY
12 December 2019 – Manila, Philippines: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced its return to the Mall of…
MAX HOLLOWAY AND ALEX VOLKANOVSKI READY FOR FEATHERWEIGHT FIREWORKS AT UFC 245: USMAN VS COVINGTON
UFC 245: USMAN VS. COVINGTON takes place Saturday, December 14 (Sunday, December 15 in Japan) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, USA. As one of…
The First Pancrase Show of 2020 Announced.
We have some very early information about the first show of 2020 for Pancrase. The information below is subject to change at any time PANCRASE…
UFC Asia Overeem Vs Rozenstruik
Alistair Overeem Your opponent is a late change (the second time in a row), undefeated, and a knockout artist. What is your opinion of…
MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD LETHWEI CHAMPION TOO TOO TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AGAINST UZBEKISTAN’S NAIMJON TUHTABOYEV
On January 5th live on UFC Fight Pass WLC: BATTLEBONES will take place.World Lethwei Championship (WLC), the world’s largest bare-knuckle fighting organization, has…
Quintet Fight Night 4 Results
QUINTET Fight Night 4 RESULTS Round 1: Carpe Diem x K-Top Team Tomoyuki Hashimoto gets a draw with Inseong Jang Sotoro Yamada…
Quintet Fight Night 4 Play List
One: Rich Frankin’s Warrior Series OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES DECEMBER 4 EVENT
29 November 2019 – Singapore: Rich Franklin’s ONE Warrior Series, a subsidiary of ONE Championship™ (ONE), the largest global sports media property in Asian history, holds…
Legend Fighting Championship: Chang Juncheng and Yu Jianhong set to headline Legend 14 inside the MGM Theater
Macau – Legend Fighting Championship, China’s largest globally recognized mixed martial arts event, will close out the year in Macau on 28 December with a stellar card…
Pancrase News Drug Testing Results
Drug testing Drug testing for Pancrase athletes has been conducted at the “Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory” in the United States since the 307…
ONE: EDGE OF GREATNESS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
ONE Championship™ (ONE), returned home to the Singapore Indoor Stadium to deliver yet another incredible martial arts spectacle. ONE: EDGE OF GREATNESS played host to the world’s most…
ONE: AGE OF DRAGONS OFFICIAL OPEN WORKOUT ATHLETE PHOTOS AND QUOTES
13 November 2019 – Beijing, China: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), recently held the official ONE: AGE OF DRAGONS Open…
Pancrase 309
Last weekend, Pancrase 309 was held at the Studio Coast venue. The card was a small one compared to other Pancrase cards that we have…
AUNG LA N SANG DELIVERS STUNNING TKO OF BRANDON VERA TO RETAIN ONE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
13 October 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), completed a historic evening with a stacked card at ONE:…
ANGELA LEE RETAINS ONE WOMEN’S ATOMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SUBMISSION WIN OVER XIONG JING NAN
13 October 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), kicked off a historic evening at the Ryogoku Kokugikan…
ONE: CENTURY 世紀 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
It was a historic evening last Sunday, 13 October, as the iconic Ryogoku Kokugikan once again played host to the world’s greatest martial arts…
ONE: CENTURY 世紀 FINAL WEIGHT AND HYDRATION RESULTS
12 October 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just released the official ONE: CENTURY 世紀 Final Weight…
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETES SHOWCASE SKILLS AT ONE MARTIAL ARTS FAN FEST OPEN WORKOUT
6 October 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), recently held an Open Workout at…
ONE WARRIOR SERIES 8: JAPAN VS THE WORLD COMPLETE RESULTS
5 October 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: Rich Franklin’s ONE Warrior Series™, a subsidiary of ONE Championship™ (ONE), the largest global sports media property in…
UFC ANNOUNCES RETURN TO SOUTH KOREA THE OCTAGON® TO MAKE ITS DEBUT IN BUSAN ON DECEMBER 21
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA –The world’s premier mixed martial arts organization makes a celebrated return to South Korea as UFC Fight Night® Busan takes over Sajik…
Pancrase 308 on Sept 29th
As Summer turns into Fall here in Japan we are getting into some prime JMMA territory as we head for the huge end of the…
