Akimoto Stops Hagiwara, Izawa Retains Title at Rizin FF ‘Landmark Vol. 12’ Japan's brightest teenage prospect and one of the top pound-for-pound women in the sport picked up big wins at Rizin Landmark Vol. 12 on Sunday...

Rivalries: Vadim Nemkov The decorated sambo stylist will defend his 205-pound championship against Julius Anglickas when their Bellator MMA light heavyweight grand prix semifinal shoulders the...

Jiri Prochazka KOs Kazuyuki Fujita in Rizin 1 Headliner, Gabi Garcia Gets Easy Submission Jiri Prochazka didn't come out on top of Rizin Fighting Federation's eight-man tournament back in the New Year's Eve season, but the 23-year-old Czech prospect still scored a first-round stoppage over Japanese veteran...

Hirota Takes Kikuno’s Crown; Matsumoto Retires at Deep 55 TOKYO -- Mizuto Hirota is back.

In his first bout since suffering a gruesome arm break at the hands of Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki 20 months ago in 2009's K-1 Dynamite, the former Sengoku Raiden Championship and Cage Force lightweight champion rebounded with a...

Featherweight, Megaton Title Fights Added to Deep ‘55 Impact’ Next month, Koichiro Matsumoto will put his Deep featherweight belt on the line against once-beaten Tatsunao Nagakura. It will be Matsumoto’s...

Jewels Gets Debut; Hioki-Sato Set for Shooto Fans of women’s mixed martial arts felt fortunate when Greatest Common Multiple announced its new all-female promotion, Valkyrie