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…
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…
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…
Shooto Weigh Ins
So, this happened at the Shooto weigh ins yesterday. A paper plate and two ring girls pretending not to look!
Pancrase 288 – Yukisora vs. Minowaman
JMMA fight fans, you are in for a rare treat this summer. Pancrase has just announced another matchmake for its 288 card on July 2nd…
NEWS: Pancrase 288 – Welterweight KOP Title Match
Mark this one in your JMMA diary: Hiromitsu Miura is set to defend his welterweight King of Pancrase championship belt against Daichi Abe on July…
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 287 Trailer 1
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….
RIZIN 2017 ‘Sakura’ Digest
RIZIN Fighting Federation opened up 2017 with their spring lineup taking place at Yokohama Arena. Such a martial art show hadn’t been held there since…
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…
Interview with Branco Cikatić
Q. Welcome back to Japan! Branko: Thank you. Q. You’re known as a K-1 legend with great acheivement as a fighter in Japan. Any good…
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…
RIZIN April 16, 2017 Card
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…
Pancrase 286 Trailer 2
Pancrase 286, billed to go down at Differ Ariake in Tokyo on April 23, 2017, promises another strong line up of top domestic and foreign…
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 286 Preview
Some of the talent lined up for Pancrase 286, April 23, live on UFC Fight Pass.
Weight Cutting Mini Documentary
With an increasing number of fighters missing their contracted weight to fight, deaths due to kidney and heart failure, and the scientific research into how…
NEW King of Pancrase Featherweight Champion – Nazareno Malagarie
Nazareno Malagarie defeated Issei Tamura to become the 7th generation featherweight King of Pancrase champion on March 12, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Andy Main, where…
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…
RIZIN Fight Preview
RIZIN Fighting Federation will hold its next event in Japan on April 16 this year, staged at the Yokohama arena. RIZIN promises to deliver another…
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…
Official Pancrase 285 trailer
It’s just 2 weeks until Pancrase 285 kicks off and here’s a preview of the matchups. This card is set to be another great one….
Deep Impact 78 Featuring Pancrase VS Deep
It’s getting to be that time of the year where there are a lot of good MMA events happening here in Japan. 2017 looks like…
Deep Jewels 15 Results
Yesterday MMA Japan attended DEEP Jewels 15, live. It was a sold out crowd and the fighters brought their A games to the ring. DEEP puts…
Pancrase 285 Pre-Fight Interview with Tateki Matsuda
Coming of a unanimous decision win against Tatsuya So at Pancrase 280, Tateki ‘TECH’ Matsuda is looking for his fourth straight win against Senzo Ikeda at…
Pancrase News: Pancrase expanding their roster
The CEO of Pancrase, Mr. Sakai recently represented the promotion at a cross promotional event called Carp Girls and Pu Girls. These are woman’s Professional…
Deep Jewels 15
Deep Jewels will be hosting an event on February 25th at Shinjuku FACE. The Main Event will be Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (12-4-0) versus the…
First Shooto Event of 2017
This is a re-post of one of our friend’s post on Facebook. It is used with his permission. Thanks Mark. Shooto events are headed up…
Pancrase fighter Jarred Brooks will make his UFC Debut in UFC 208.
Indiana MMA phenom Jarred Brooks (11-0 as pro; 15 straight wins including amateur), who made his successful JMMA debut in Pancrase 281, is moving over to…
Cauliflower Culture Kimono
What do you look for in a Kimono for your traditional Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training? Fabric strength, colors, fit, comfort or all of these? Well, Cauliflowoer…
RIZIN New Year’s Eve 2016
The second of the two year-end Rizin shows was even better than the previous year’s. A step up in live and domestic TV production, plus…
Pancrase 284 Fight Highlight: Alan “Yoshihiro” Yamaniha Vs. Tadahiro Harada
On Feb 5th, 2017 we are back in Differ Ariake for Pancrase 284. This card is going to be packed with great fights. We want…
Pancrase 284 Fight Highlight: Syuri Kondo vs. Minna Grusander
That’s right fight fans Pancrase 284 is just a couple of week away. One of the amazing fight that everyone is looking forward to is…
Pancrase 284 Newst Trailer
As we dive into 2017 we look forward to the first Pancrase event of the year. Pancrase 284 kicks off on Feb 5th at 3PM…
Pancrase Cross Promotion with Other Fighting Organizations
We have just learned that Rin Nakai will be facing yet another challenge. Rin Nakai is one of the most popular Pancrase fighters in the…
CroCop announces his retirement
Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipović who is 42 years of age has said his time in the ring/ cage is over. Just a few days after…
RIZIN 2016 December 29
2016 ended with a bang again. RIZIN Fighting Federation championed its second year end show since its inception, this time putting on an openweight tournament,…
Pancrase Documentary with English Subtitles
If you are new to Pancrase and to MMA we have a treat for you. The link below is to a documentary that follows some…
Amir Aliakbari in Rizin
With Rizin right around the corner we thought it would be good to focus on some of the matches that we are looking forward to….
Practice Martial Arts Safely
This is a short article that I wrote several years ago. The concepts of safety in Martial Arts practice still hold true today. The wonderful…
What is a Black Belt?
What does it mean to be a Black Belt? The obvious is that you have achieved a level of proficiency in martial arts. You have…
What can we expect in Pancrase 284?
We have exciting news! The first card of 2017 for the legendary MMA Promotion PANCRASE was announced today by the promotion. Pancrase 284 will take…
X-Treme Jiu-Jitsu Academy Yokohama
Name: X-Treme Jiu-jitsu Academy Yokohama Schedule Monday １９：３０～２０：３０ Sparring ２０：３０～２２：００ General class Tuesday １９：３０～２０：３０ Beginner ２０：３０～２２：００ Sparring Wednesday １９：３０～２０：３０ Sparring ２０：３０～２２：００ General class Thursday ２０：３０～２２：００ General class Friday…
Boxing for Self Defense
MMA-Japan.net was asked to guest on Chuck Johnson’s YouTube channel series ‘How to defeat dudes’ in response to a boxing in street situations enquiry. It…
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…
RIZIN 12/29 and 12/31 Bout Lineup
Pancrase 2017 Schedule
Shuri Kondo set to fight in February, and former Lightweight KOP Kazuki Tokudome to come back strong in March. All Tokyo dates will go out…
Pancrase 283 Review
Pancrase 283 was an event that proved to be a great and exciting show to end 2016 with. This time around you had some great…
RIZIN 2016 Year End GP Tournament
RIZIN’s 2016 year end Grand Prix tournament. Who takes it? This writer calls King Mo and Tsuyoshi Kosaka making it to the semi finals.
Best Gi on the market.
Cauliflower Culture is making a really great Gi. I am a big guy and I love this GI. The sizing is 100% correct. I use…
Pancrase 283 Goes LIVE on UFC Fight Pass
That’s right! You can see Pancrase 283 live tomorrow on Fight Pass if you are a subscriber. Of course MMA Japan will be there to…
Bellator 169
Bellator 169, scheduled for December 16, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland has announced a matchup between Muhammed Lawal and Japan’s Satoshi Ishii. A year ago the…
Pancrase Radio Podcast: Interview with Charlene Watt
During our coverage of Pancrase 282 we had the opportunity to speak with New Zealand fighter, Charlene Watt. Charlene has a great attitude and put…
Pancrase Radio Podcast: Rafael Silva From Pancrase 282
Rafael Silva discusses his fight feelings about fighting Victor Henry in Pancrase 282! Check out the video! Pancrase Radio Podcast Video
RIZIN NYE 2016
Got your tickets for RIZIN yet?
Rizin End of the Year Show 2016
That’s right ladies and gents. Rizin will be back in about 3 weeks to put on their end of the Year spectacular show for fans…
Pancrase 283
Main event: Mitsuhisa Sunabe, reigning Straw Weight King of Pancrase, defends his long held belt against cocksure Kansai fighter, Daichi Kitakata. Co-main Event: Isao Kobayashi…
Pancrase Radio Podcast : Interview with Josh Barnett at Pancrase 282
Recently we were behind the scenes at Pancrase 282. We had the chance to interview The WarMaster himself, Josh Barnett! Please check out this video…
Pancrase 281 Jarrod Brooks calls out Kento Kambe!
Pancrase 281 was an amazing event. There were several changes that made it a bit different for the international viewer. The Promotion that runs Pancrase…
Shane Carwin to Fight at Rizin NYE EVENT
On December 29th RIZIN will start their 3 day Event here in Japan. This time around Rizin brings the heat once again by adding in…
Rizin’s 4th event is coming up on Sept 25th!
Hey MMA fans plenty of MMA news from Japan. Rizin is having their 4th event on Sept. 25th 2016. Back on August 18, 2016 they…
Cowboy Cerrone Vs. Robbie Lawler in UFC 205 Confirmed!
You wanted it you got it fight fans! Coming up in NYC, UFC 205 is going to bring you r Cowboy Cerrone VS. Robbie Lawler!…
UFC Fight Night Andrei Arlovski Vs. Josh Barnett
UFC Fight Night in Hamburg, Germany was an exciting night of fighting. You had a main event of Andrei Arlovski Vs. Josh Barnett. A superfight…
Pancrase 280 Pre-fight Events Kick Off this Thursday!
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the Pre-fight events with the brand new venue start this week on Thursday. If you live under a rock and…
Are you ready for Pancrase 280? It is coming soon!
Wake the kids and phone the neighbors! Pancrase 280 is going to be LIVE on Sept. 11th, 2016 if you are in Japan and Sept….
Pancrase 279 Martial Arts Greatness
Pancrase 279 was a fantastic event. Once again the promotion sold out the Differ Ariake venue. Pancrase MMA never let’s us down. THe men and…
Conor McGregor loves to stir the pot!
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…
Jones, Lesnar, and Machida dropped from UFC rankings
We all knew this was going to happen. Have a look at the original article! Original Source http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2016/8/7/12398504/ufc-rankings-jon-jones-brock-lesnar-and-lyoto-machida-dropped-mma-news?_ga=1.151990960.801266363.1333498532
Pancrase 279 July 24th
That’s right ladies and gentlemen! PANCRASE 279 is LIVE on July 24th at Differ Ariake. If you are not in Japan you can watch it…
Genki Sudo returns to music
MMA fighter, Genki Sudo, returns to release a new song in Japan. The song is called World Order. Check it out here on the original…
RIP Champ
You inspired us all. Rest in peace champ.
Americans Schultz, Tucci, Farrell, Scalzo named to United World Wrestling’s 2016 Hall of Fame Class
If you sat through that piece of shit movie Foxcatcher you got a highly fictionalized story of Schultz. I am happy to see he is…
Pancrase new blood calls out Dominique Robinson
The Swede fighter Andreas Lindblad who is looking to sign with Pancrase had a few words to American fighter Dominique Robinson. He said his mission…
Pancrase Radio Episode 13
This time around we bring you the podcast Pancrase Radio! This is episode 13 that focuses on the review of the fights in Pancrase 277….
Do we need gloves in MMA?
Joe Rogan doesn’t think so. Read his reason in this post https://champions.co/posts/3900629
Online MMA Record BS has to end.
I get many emails from MMA fighters. Mostly it is about making sure their record is correct. If you look online you will see the…
Pancrase 277 on April 24th 2016!
That is right! One of our favorite promotions is back! PANCRASE!!! These are some of the best fighters in the world. Everyone that debuts in…
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…
Rizin.1 Review
Yesterday I boarded the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) and headed off to Nagoya City to see Rizin.1. This was their second event. In the crowd I…
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…
Rizin.1 Fight Card Line up!
Ok Fight fans! Rizin.1 line up has been released. This show is shaping up to be a great live performance. We are looking forward to…
Pancrase 277 On April 24th 2016
Once again From the hart of Tokyo in Differ Ariake Arena, the oldest promotion in MMA in the world, PANCRASE, will be…
Up next on UFC Fight Night: Ben Rothwell vs. Junior Dos Santos
Two giants face off on April 10th on UFC Fight Night. For me this fight is more exciting than their last few PPV. I enjoyed…
