ADDITIONAL BOUTS ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON IN SINGAPORE ON 17 MAY
22 April 2019 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced additional bouts for ONE: ENTER THE…
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Japanese Fighters ready to Rock in Thailand
18 April 2019 – Bangkok, Thailand: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced the complete card for ONE: WARRIORS OF…
One Championship Announces Partnership with Gamma
16 April 2019 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced a multi-year seven-figure partnership with Global Association of…
Pancrase 304 Play by Play
Today in Tokyo Pancrase puts on their 304th event in their numbered series. This card is stacked and has the potential to be one of…
TATSUMITSU WADA OUTLASTS GUSTAVO BALART TO ADVANCE IN ONE FLYWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX
12 April 2019 – Manila, Philippines: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), once again ignited the Mall of Asia Arena in…
COMPLETE CARD ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: FOR HONOR IN JAKARTA ON 3 MAY
COMPLETE CARD ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: FOR HONOR IN JAKARTA ON 3 MAY 10 April 2019 – Jakarta, Indonesia: The largest global sports media property in…
ONE: ROOTS OF HONOR: YOSUKE SARUTA AND JOSHUA PACIO DISCUSS ONE STRAWWEIGHT WORLD TITLE REMATCH
9 April 2019 – Manila, Philippines: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), in collaboration with City of Dreams Manila,…
Quintet Fight Night 3 Quick Results
Round 1 10th Planet Vs Deep Jewels Liz Carmouche x1 Shido Vs King Reina Draw x1 Shido Grace Gundrum x1 Shido Vs Aono Draw x1…
SHINYA AOKI TO DEFEND ONE LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST CHRISTIAN LEE AT ONE: ENTER THE DRAGON
SHINYA AOKI TO DEFEND ONE LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST CHRISTIAN LEE AT ONE: ENTER THE DRAGONSAGE NORTHCUTT SET FOR ONE CHAMPIONSHIP DEBUT AGAINST COSMO ALEXANDRE…
SHINYA AOKI CHOKES OUT EDUARD FOLAYANG TO CAPTURE ONE LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
31 March 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), put together a historic evening of world-class…
EDUARD FOLAYANG AND SHINYA AOKI FACE-OFF AT ONE: A NEW ERA OFFICIAL KICK-OFF PRESS CONFERENCE
28 March 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), recently held the official ONE: A NEW ERA Kick-Off Press Conference…
Shooto 3/24 30th Anniversary Event
Shooto kicked off part 2 of their 30th anniversary tour at Tokyo’s New Pier Hall on Sunday delievering a solid 16 fight card that had…
Pancrase 303 Results
Pancrase 303 Results
Eddie Alvarez Will Face Any Obstacle On The Way To the ONE Lightweight World Title
Multiple-time Lightweight Mixed Martial Arts World Champion Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez is on a mission for the ONE Lightweight World Title. He has…
Angela Lee Looks To Dominate Xiong Jing Nan And ‘Break Her Will’
Reigning ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion Angela “Unstoppable” Lee was set to face “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan last November 2018 for the ONE Women’s…
Deep Jewels 23 Review and Results
Last weekend the promotion Deep did a double header. On one day, in one venue they held both Deep Jewels 23 and Deep 88 Impact….
Deep 88 Impact Results and Review
*This article was written by Peter Leghorn (peterleghorn@hotmail.com) and used with his permission. Photography by J. Deschner. DEEP brought out their top talent on…
MARTIN NGUYEN TO DEFEND ONE FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE AGAINST NARANTUNGALAG JADAMBAA AT ONE: ROOTS OF HONOR IN MANILA
28 February 2019 – Manila, Philippines: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced the initial bouts to take place at ONE:…
COMPLETE CARD ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: REIGN OF VALOR ON 8 MARCH IN YANGON
COMPLETE CARD ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: REIGN OF VALOR ON 8 MARCH IN YANGONZEBAZTIAN KADESTAM TO DEFEND ONE WELTERWEIGHT WORLD TITLE AGAINST GEORGIY KICHIGIN 27 February…
COMPLETE CARD ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: A NEW ERA ON 31 MARCH IN TOKYO
COMPLETE CARD ANNOUNCED FOR ONE: A NEW ERA ON 31 MARCH IN TOKYO 27 February 2019 – Tokyo, Japan: The largest global sports media…
One Championship Signs Yushin Okami
Asia’s largest international sports media company ONE Championship announces the signing of Yushin Okami. Okami boasts a professional career starting in 2002 with…
DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON VISITS THE SOUTHWEST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON VISITS THE SOUTHWEST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
WRESTLING CHAMPION RITU PHOGAT JOINS ONE CHAMPIONSHIP
26 February 2019 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced that it has signed women’s wrestling…
ROAD FC 052 OFFICIAL RESULTS MANSOUR BARNAOUI WINS TOURNAMENT WITH A KNEE KO NEW BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION KIM MIN-WOO WINS BY SUBMISSION
ROAD FC 052 OFFICIAL RESULTS MANSOUR BARNAOUI WINS TOURNAMENT WITH A KNEE KO NEW BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION KIM MIN-WOO WINS BY SUBMISSION ROAD FC $1 Million…
One Championship: Call to Greatness Results
22 February 2019 – Singapore: The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), delivered another…
ROAD FC 052 OFFICIAL WEIGH IN RESULTS $1 MILLION TOURNAMENT FINAL & BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE ARE SET
ROAD FC 052 OFFICIAL WEIGH IN RESULTS $1 MILLION TOURNAMENT FINAL & BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE ARE SET ROAD FC $1 Million Lightweight Tournament Final Match ROAD…
ROAD FC 052 FIGHT WEEK: CARD HIGHLIGHTS TAEKWONDO, CARTWHEEL KICKS, AND POWER WRESTLING
ROAD FC 052 FIGHT WEEK: CARD HIGHLIGHTS TAEKWONDO, CARTWHEEL KICKS, AND POWER WRESTLING ROAD FC 052 Full Card Highlights The unique ROAD FC Unlimited Points…
NONG-O GAIYANGHADAO STARES DOWN HAN ZI HAO AT ONE: CLASH OF LEGENDS OFFICIAL KICK-OFF PRESS CONFERENCE
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…
Knock Out : 2019 Winter The Answer is in the Ring
On Monday, February 11th, 2019 we were live at the Kickboxing event Knock Out : 2019 Winter The Answer is in the Ring. This…
RICH FRANKLIN AND MIESHA TATE TO JOIN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP US MEDIA TOUR
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,…
Quintet Fight Night Tokyo 2 Results
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
Quintet Tokyo Fight Night 2 Press Event
KEVIN BELINGON AND BIBIANO FERNANDES TRILOGY BOUT ADDED TO ONE: A NEW ERA
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:…
One FC and Professional Shooto Announce Partnership
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…
A NEW ERA: Open Seminar & Meet and Greet Today!
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…
SHOOTO 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR on 1/27/2019
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 052 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT $1 MILLION TOURNAMENT FINAL: ZAVUROV VS BARNAOUI
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
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 FC 051 XX OFFICIAL RESULTS ATOMWEIGHT CHAMPION HAM SEO-HEE RETAINS THE TITLE
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…
Japanese trio hunt victories in Kuala Lumpur in ONE: DESTINY OF CHAMPIONS
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…
Demetrious Johnson Officially Joins ONE Championship
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…
One FC Announces Their First Event in Japan On March 31st, 2019
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 …
Eddie Alvarez Reveals Why He Joined ONE Championship
Japanese follows the English Eddie Alvarez Reveals Why He Joined ONE Championship October 18, 2018 Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez has…
Demetrious Johnson Explain why he joined One FC
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…
ROAD FC 050 OFFICIAL RESULTS LEE JEONG-YEONG BECOMES NEW FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION
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 300
Pancrase hit a huge milestone just 2 weeks ago. They hit their 300th event in their numbered series. Pancrase was the first…
ROAD FC 50 Weigh in Results
Featherweight Champion Choi Mu-Gyeom will defend his title for the fourth time against Lee Yeong-Jeong. Choi stated: “I hope to…
ROAD FC ANNOUNCES NEW LIVE BROADCAST DEAL IN THE US WITH DAZN, WORLD’S LARGEST DEDICATED SPORTS STREAMING SERVICE
For release on October 31, 2018 – ROAD Fighting Championship announces a live broadcast partnership in the United States with DAZN to commence with ROAD…
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto Passes Away at 41 Years Old
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 FC 50: Ready for the TANKS?
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,…
10.26 SHOOTO GIG TOKYO Vol.26 at Shinjuku Face
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 FC 050 ANNOUNCED FOR THE CITY OF DAEJEON FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION CHOI MU-GYEOM TAKES ON LEE JEONG-YEONG
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…
Deep Impact 85 Results
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…
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto Announces Battle Against Cancer
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…
One FC Makes A Splash in Tokyo Japan
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…
Knock Out Results and photos
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…
Ganryujima Moat Fights Tournament 9/17/2018
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!…
ROAD FC 049 IN PARADISE OFFICIAL WEIGH IN RESULTS
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
Alex Roberts to join the English commentary for KNOCK OUT SUMMER FES 2018 on Sunday, August 19th As it has already been announced, KNOCK…
KNOCKOUT: English Broadcasting Information
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 Now Broadcasts LIVE on Youtube
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…
One FC: Renzo Gracie talks about his match with Pancrase’s Yuki Kondo
ROAD FC 049 CARD: FORMER ROAD FC CHAMP LEE EUN-SU FACES DEEP CHAMP MIZUNO TATSUYA
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,…
Shoot 7/15 Review From Commentator Mark Chinnery
*This article was written by Mark Chinnery and used with his permission. Wow, what a night! Controversy, underdog victories, last ditch heroics – damn, even…
Quintet 2 Results and Review
On Monday, June 16th, 2018 we were live at Quintet 2. This is a team survival grappling competition that was started by Kazushi…
Josh Barnett bids farewell to the UFC
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…
Eddie Bravo brings 10th Planet to Quintet 2
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…