By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez Jul, 15, 2007
TOKYO, July 15 -- Despite losing the Shooto featherweight title fight between current champion Akitoshi Hokazono (Pictures) and former champion Ryota Matsune (...

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez Jun, 28, 2007
TOKYO, June 28 -- The road to the "Elite Eight" of kickboxing ran right through the Nippon Budokan tonight as K-1 held its 154-pound MAX series,...

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez Jun, 18, 2007
TOKYO, June 17 -- DEEP's double-header weekend wrapped up Sunday evening with the debut installment of its new grappling-only only series, DEEP-X

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez Jun, 10, 2007
TOKYO, June 10 -- It's been a busy weekend for MMA out on the artificial islands of Tokyo's Odaiba district. First there was Cageforce on...

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez Jun, 09, 2007
TOKYO, June 9 -- Japan's premier cage-fighting event, Cageforce, continued to roll along as Differ Ariake played host to the quarterfinals of the...

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez Jun, 02, 2007
TOKYO, June 2 -- Amidst the throngs of drunken university students celebrating the Waseda versus Keio weekend baseball tournament, Gutsman dojo,...

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez May, 30, 2007
TOKYO, May 30 -- A cold and rainy night in Tokyo was set afire with mixed martial arts action as fight Mecca Korakuen Hall played host to a packed Pancrase card.

As evidenced during last Saturday's rematch between...

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez May, 28, 2007
TOKYO, May 27 -- While much of the world had their eyes set to Las Vegas for the Chuck Liddell (Pictures)-Quinton Jackson (Pictures) rematch,...

By: Jason Nowe and Stephen Martinez May, 26, 2007
TOKYO, May 26 -- With the busy summer fight season fast approaching, The Kinema Club in the heart of the Ueno district once again played host to...