All Entries in the "MMA in Japan" Category
Videos: Watch the Dream 13 fights
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJWGhroBy4[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlnJkxSl4M[/youtube] More fights after the jump!
Dream 13 Results
Even though the events are usually live on HDNet, it’s hard for most fans who have 9-5 jobs to stay up all night watching ridiculously long and drawn out Japanese MMA events. So the results are here and the videos will be up shortly. Bibiano Fernandes def. Joachim Hansen via split decision Josh Barnett def. [...]
The UFC is looking to head to Japan
News has come out about a proposed UFC card to be held in the land of the rising sun, the country that was home to the now defunct Pride organization, Japan. Fighter’s Only has a story detailing a plan which would include UFC middleweight Yohihiro Akiyama taking on the winner of the Michael Bisping-Wanderlei Silva [...]
Sengoku Raiden Championship: What Every Fan Should Know
I realize that Japanese MMA is not something that’s followed in the states at nearly the same level it is in, well… Japan. Still, it’s worth taking a look ahead a couple of months to what will be an incredibly exciting event organized by World Victory Road. The organization that puts on the Sengoku events [...]
Sengoku IX Post Event Analysis and Review
How can such a good thing do someone so much bad? What on the exterior looked to be a great night of fights might have had a bad affect on business. World Victory Road’s Sengoku IX may be the event that in the future look back to find that it was a culprit in stifling [...]
Rampage and Rashad are the TUF 10 coaches
(UPDATE) Quinton Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans will be coaches on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter show. Rampage passed up a shot at Lyoto Machida and instead will indeed be facing Rashad Evans at seasons end. Machida really did put a snag in the UFC’s plans, because they tried desperately not to give [...]
Dream 9 Results
Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza was declared a No Contest Joe Warren def. Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto via split decision Bibiano Fernandes def. Masakazu Iminari via unanimous decision Hiroyuki Takaya def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO in R1 at 9:40 Hideo Tokoro def. Abel Cullum via submission in R2 at 1:37 Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Gesias [...]
Dream 9 Poster
I’ve always enjoyed the Pride posters and Dream has been doing a pretty good job with their latest offerings. Here is the poster for the upcoming Dream 9 event to be held on May 26th.
Fedor, Aoki to Compete in ‘Exhibition’ Match
It’s official: Fedor Emelianenko will compete in a five-minute grappling exhibition against submission fighter Shinya Aoki during the April 29 M-1 Challenge. Even though rules are still being negotiated, Emelianenko, a Sambo practioner with strong submission skills, will have a large strength and size advantage against Aoki.
