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…
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…
We caught up with UK based Matt Benyon, creator of Scramble – martial arts technical and casual wear brand with its roots in jiu-jitsu. Indeed,…
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…
Before last night’s Quintet event, another member of the press nervously asked me ‘Do you think this will be a success?’. Wildly unsure, but trying…
The new grappling promotion Quintet hosts it’s inaugural event this Wednesday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. Recent years have seen the rise in popularity of…
A quick breakdown of the rule set for QUINTET 1, by Stewart Fulton. LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS, April 11, 2018.
APRIL 11, LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS
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…
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…
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….
On a busy weekend for MMA in Tokyo, last night Shooto put on one of their smaller shows in Shinjuku Face. This was an entertaining…
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…
Pancrase 293 – NEW venue – watch BJJ matches for free – Flyweight King of Pancrase Senzo Ikeda defends his new belt against Yuya Wakamatsu.
Backstage footage from RIZIN FC
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…
By Chris Gunn Twitter: chrisgunn82 Last night Kyoji Horiguchi capped a perfect first year with Rizin by taking the Bantamweight Grand Prix in front of…
December 29th, 2017, saw the first of two end-of-year fight cards from RIZIN including single matches and the quarter finals of the men’s Bantamweight Grand…
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,…
DEEP Impact 81 Guy DeLumeau (22-13-3) stepped up to lightweight to take this fight against Juri Ohara (21-13-2) following a loss in his last DEEP…
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…
By Chris Gunn Twitter @chrisgunn82 Yesterday, the legendary promotion held their last event in Differ Ariake in Tokyo. This event did not disappoint with…
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…
By Chris Gunn. Twitter: @chrisgunn82 The most recent Seiza event served as graduation for two of it’s most accomplished competitors. After being with the…
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…
UFC and DEEP veteran, former DREAM lightweight champion, currently running amok in Garyujima, Katsunori Kikuno, is making a run to compete at Olympic level taekwondo…
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…
September 23, Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2 headline has been changed. Reportedly, the old school Pride favourite in Japan, Shogun, is out and replaced by…
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…
The latest exciting installment of the ever growing ‘moat fights’ Ganryujima, takes place in Maihama, Japan tomorrow – September 2. Wrestlers, kickboxers, karate-ka, judo-ka, capoeristas,…
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…
80,000 martial arts fans in attendance on a blazing hot summer day. Helio Gracie lights the Olympic flame, Antonio Inoki parachutes into the stadium. This…
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…
Presenting new star of RIZIN Fighting Federation: the althletic, charismatic, dynamic, charming, and beautiful Shinju Nozawa Auclair.
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…
Article courtesy of Chris Gunn Photos by Dennis Dugan Last night the 3rd Seiza event was held in Korakuen in Tokyo. While the promotion certainly…
Japan’s ‘joshi-kaku’ women’s martial arts boom is in full swing. Top fighters from around the world gather at Korakuen Hall this Friday, July 28, for…
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…
The resurrected moat fight organization, Ganryujima, holds its next show on September 2nd in Maihama Amphitheater, showcasing a mixture of fight styles on its unique…
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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We’ve just released our latest design for the newest MMA JAPAN T-shirt. The revenue that we make for these shirts help to keep to support…
If you have been living under a rock you probably do not know the depth of the Crazy Horse / Wanderlei Silva back stage and…
This weekend we have Pancrase 288. Of course MMA Japan will be there live Tweeting from the event. You can follow #Pancrase288 to keep track…
That’s right. Japan is in the middle of a heat wave in the Summer of 2017. Guess who is bringing the heat? It’s Pancrase 288…
Last Friday MMA Japan attended the Lethwei in Japan 4 : Frontier event. In Japan the bare hand MMA market is picking up Lethwei allows…
The news just broke that Nazareno Malagarie will defend his Feather Weight King Of Pancrase title against Isao Kobayashi at Pancrase 289. Malagarie has impressive…
On July 2nd, Pancrase has some summer treats for all you JMMA fans. Headlining the show is a King of Pancrase championship title match with…
Last weekend was the event that some will call the best card that Pancrase has had all year. If you have the chance check it…