Note Worthy and Historical Fights in Japanese MMA
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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
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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…
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Last week it was announced that Rena will be joining Kyoji Horiguchi on the Bellator 222 card from Madison Square Garden. Rena will face…
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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…
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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…
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This weekend saw a strong Shooto card at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The main event featured lightweight champion Koshi Matsumoto defending his title against Yuki…
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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,…
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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…
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Video Interview with Kumite Radio
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
CroCop announces his retirement
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The Soul of Fighting
If you are interested in JMMA and the deeper aspects of MMA itself, you will want to read this book, Soul of Fighting. It is written…
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Conor McGregor Is busy kicking a hornet’s nest by firing barbs and threats over the the WWE guys. THe WWE guys are not taking it…
Genki Sudo returns to music
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RIP Champ
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Do we need gloves in MMA?
Joe Rogan doesn’t think so. Read his reason in this post https://champions.co/posts/3900629
Pancrase Radio Podcast
We just pushed out a new episode of Pancrase Radio Podcast! If you have a device that is connected to iTunes or Stitcher you can…
I am sad to report to you….
A young MMA fighter has succumbed to his injuries and passed away. Our condolences to his team and his family . Portugal’s Joao Carvalho…
MMA-Japan.Net
Coming up soon…. Pancrase 275 Review on Pancrase Radio Podcast P’s Lab in Yokohama is under new management! Rizin is coming back in April 2016
