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	bodogFIGHT - 07/24/2007: Imagine if they had an MMA event with top ranked world-class fighters and nobody came? Well that seems to be BodogFIGHT's established philosophy ...... > Click Here to Read!	04/20/2008 by Fernando AVILA

	DEEP 34 - 02/22/2008: DEEP is the promotion that always emphasized the aspect of "story". From he road to the titles, grudges between fighters, rivalries between teams, to challenging pro-...... > Click Here to Read!	02/23/2008 by Shu HIRATA

	SHOOTO - 01/26/2008: Recently Katsuya Toida, through the media, has been putting forth the argument on how under the official judging criteria of Shooto rules strikers have the advantage...... > Click Here to Read!	02/09/2008 by Yoshinori IHARA

	SMACK GIRL - 12/26/2007: Why are you doing this? Everyone must have been wondering about this match-up. She is 210 lbs. and you are only 125 lbs...... > Click Here to Read!	12/29/2007 by Shu HIRATA

	PANCRASE - 12/22/2007: Ever since I was in the Pancrase-ism, I always wanted to fight Yuki Kondo. I never expected him to step inside the ring tonight. It's been over three years ..... > Click Here to Read!	12/25/2007 by Yoshinori IHARA

	DEEP 33 - 12/12/2007:DEEP has been one of the most consistent middle-sized MMA promotion in the world for the past couple years. With majority of ..... > Click Here to Read!	12/19/2007 by Shu HIRATA

	SMACK GIRL- 09/06/2007: For the past four years Yuka Tsuji waited for this opportunity. The last time they met in the ring, the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt took it to the ground and .......> Click Here to Read!	09/10/2007 by Shu HIRATA

	DEEP - 08/05/2006: Just as when Hisae Watanabe fought Satoko Shinashi last year this year, the tension of the fans packing Korakuen Hall reached the maximum level when Hisae .......> Click Here to Read!	08/06/2007 by Shu HIRATA

	K-1 MAX - 06/28/2007: Perhaps still the most exciting competitive sport in the planet, K-1 Max 2007 Final Elimination, kicked off with all four champions thus far demonstrating why .......> Click Here to Read!	06/29/2007 by Akira IZQUIERDO MESA

	DYNAMITE! USA - 06/02/2007 A quick review could not quite do when talking about what it is that first made MMA so commercially appealing, and DynamiteUSA was a definite .......> Click Here to Read!	06/05/2007 by Fernando AVILA

	SHOOTO -05/18/2007 From the early part of the first round Akitoshi Tamura got the mount position. Lion Takeshi managed to stick in both knees to get back to the guard position but .......> Click Here to Read!	05/20/2007 by Koji HONJO & Yoshinori IHARA

	SHOOTO - 03/17/2007: In the beginning, both fighters land low kicks. Rumina Sato toakes the kick but comes back with three solid kicks to the .......> Click Here to Read!	03/22/2007 by Yoshinori IHARA

	K-1 DYNAMITE!!-12/31/2007 Although the most memorable or important occurrence of the K-1 New Years Eve show was Genki Sudo's .......> Click Here to Read!	01/23/2007 by Fernando AVILA

	PRIDE - 12/31/2006: 'Sinking Ship?' As 2006 ran out of gas many people expected that some inflammatory articles by the Japanese press released throughout the year would finally .......> Click Here to Read!	01/21/2007 by Fernando AVILA

	PANCRASE - 12/02/2006: What is the strength of Izuru Takeuchi? The ground technique accumulated from years competing in .......> Click Here to Read!	12/10/2006 by Koji HONJO

	SMACK GIRL - 11/29/2006: 'What's Next For Megumi Fujii' Right off the start, Megumi Fujiioutclassed Serin Murray's punches. With a signature .......> Click Here to Read!	12/05/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	IFL - 11/02/2006: On November 2nd the IFL visited Portland OR for the second time in 2006 to showcase their semi-finals event. A lively crowd .......> Click Here to Read!	10/28/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	PRIDE USA 'A Real Rock n Roll Show ' After watching the last UFC show in which Anderson Silva stunningly stole Rich Franklin's .......> Click Here to Read!	10/28/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	PRIDE Open-weight GP Finals 09/10/06: 'Unfinished Business' Many fans greatest fear came true, and just as uneventfully and .......> Click Here to Read!	09/18/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	SHOOTO - 09/08/2006: Suslovas is only nineteen years old so there is a ten-year difference between him and Shooto's bantamweight ......> Click Here to Read!	09/17/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	MARS - 08/28/2006: This was very tense grappling bout. Carina Damm came out striking but slipped, went down and MIKU got on top, and ......> Click Here to Read!	09/17/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	MARS - 08/28/2006: 'MFC Champion Eddie Alvarez' This was the highly anticipated Japanese debut of MFC welterweight .......> Click Here to Read!	09/16/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	RING OF COMBAT - 08/18/2006: 'Lucky Break!'Megumi Yabushita is a genius because she does nothing in terms of MMA training and ........> Click Here to Read!	09/08/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	PRIDE Open-weight GP - 07/01/2006: 'Open Weight World Cup?' Like most people around the world I couldn't help but be absorbed by .......> Click Here to Read!	08/28/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	DEEP 25th IMPACT – 08/04/2005 'Hisae Watanabe - The New Queen!':Satoko Shinashi vs. Hisae Watanabe. .......> Click Here to Read!	08/06/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	WFA - 07/22/2006: After it's short-lived series of shows in the early part of the decade the World Fighting Alliance was reborn.....> Click Here to Read!	08/02/2006 by Tony BLISS

	MARS – 07/21/2005: 'New Beginning, New Rules, New Grudge, And New Relationships': The show took place at a 500-plus seated .......> Click Here to Read!	08/01/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	MARS - 05/13/2006: Now, where is this MARS going? Their second show took place in Korea on April 29th and the third show took place this.......> Click Here to Read!	06/19/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	PANCRASE 06/06/2006: In the first round, Yoshiro Meda, landed steady low-kicks. By losing two in a row, to Masakazu Imanari and DJ........> Click Here to Read!	06/18/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	IFL - 06/03/2006: 'Team Sacrifice' Although a few tweaks and adjustments still need to be made in order to fine tune the "Team MMA" .......> Click Here to Read!	06/16/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	ZST GT-F2 05/27/2006: "I wonder what should I do from now?" These were the first words out of Hideo Tokoro after losing to his training partner, .......> Click Here to Read!	05/31/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	K-1 HERO'S - 05/03/2006: 'Whose HERO'S?' Although this last Hero's show had its share of talent, there is still something that isn't quite jiving in the matchmaking .......> Click Here to Read!	05/10/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	G-SHOOTO 05/06/2006: 'Mirror Opposite - Roxanne and Megumi' - The battle began with a beautiful throw (seoi nage) by a former national judo champion, Megumi .....> Click Here to Read!	05/10/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	PRIDE OW GP 5/5/2006: Perhaps for the real-die hard fans the greatest anxiety and anticipation was for Tsuyoshi TK Kosaka who announced he would retire from MMA if not victorious...> Click Here to Read!	05/10/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	IFL - 04/29/06: "Big Team Dreams" - I suppose that one should always be optimistic about people's "big dreams," but the real question is; is it all just a big dream? .....> Click Here to Read!	05/06/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	RING OF COMBAT X - 04/24/2006: 'The Observers' One fighter in this match was indeed scoring points, but the other was delivering a well .......> Click Here to Read!	05/06/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	DEEP 24 - 04/11/06: The first and second round was just standing. Nobuhiro Obiya, with his senior mentor, Taknaori Gomi, has been ......> Click Here to Read!	04/21/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	PRIDE Bushido Vol. 10 - 04/02/2006: 'Takanori Gomi - Losing the Fire': Loosely interpreted, Freud's "Death Instinct" is about the "self ......> Click Here to Read!	04/12/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	SHOOTO - 03/24/2006: The majority of this title match was standing. BJ took control in the first round.From his southpaw stance he landed left.....> Click Here to Read!	04/09/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	G-SHOOTO - 03/11/06: G-Shooto indeed is struggling. It's because they just can't find an appropriate opponent for Megumi Fujii.......> Click Here to Read!	04/08/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	R.I.S.E. - 03/26/2006: When it started back in March 2003 R.I.S.E. was just another small kick boxing promotion.....> Click Here to Read!	04/05/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	PANCRASE 03/19/06: 'D.J. Taiki, The New Hero?' "Not enough training. I lost because I have something negative. I feel mortified ......> Click Here to Read!	03/20/2006 by Shu HIRATA

	PRIDE 31 'The Gates of Hell - Open Weight GP Preview': With the theme being open weight, PRIDE 31, with a series of upsets, turned......> Click Here to Read!	03/15/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	REALRHYTHM 03/04/2006: 'Jutaro Nakao vs. Seichi Ikemoto' MThe Ace fighter of REALRHYTHM, Seichi Ikemoto made the ......> Click Here to Read!	03/06/2006 by Hideto IDA

	Gracie Fighting Championships 03/03/2006: I am both surprised and impressed. March 3rd's Gracie Fighting Championships: .....> Click Here to Read!	03/05/2006 by Josh TUCKER

	ZST 9 - 02/18/2006: 'Tokoro KO'd by Petraitis!' Hideo Tokoro wanted to take the fight to the ground but "My concentration didn't last" and as he .......> Click Here to Read!	02/20/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	Smack Girl 02/15/2006: At the signing ceremony held the day before, Amanda Buckner revealed that she did extensively study Megumi ......> Click Here to Read!	02/16/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	K-1 MAX Japan Tournament 02/04/2006: In the first bout of the K-1 MAX Japan tournament, Seido-kaikan's ......> Click Here to Read!	02/15/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	K-1 MAX Japan Tournament 02/04/2006: 'Masato's World' Masato makes the entrance to the shrill screams and shouts ......> Click Here to Read!	02/15/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	MARS 02/04/2006: 'If This Was In The Cage..........' : After the fight, backstage, Rodrigo Gracie stated, "I think I won the fight." I thought ...> Click Here to Read!	02/10/2006 by Hideki KOBAYASHI

	DEEP 23rd IMPACT 02/05/2006: 'Although Chonan Broke Ryuta's Nose, He Didn't Get To Break Ryuta's Heart' : Right off the bell,......> Click Here to Read!	02/09/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	Pancrase 01/26/06 : Satoru Kitaoka's strategy is to take the fight to the ground so in the first round he keeps on shooting. But Katsuya Inoue.......> Click Here to Read!	02/02/2006 by Yoshinori IHARA

	PRIDE Shockwave- 12/31/2005: 'Very Japanese' : The best move in PRIDE Shockwave 2005 was without one doubt in my mind, when ...> Click Here to Read!	01/17/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	K-1 Dynamite!! 12/31/2005: 'Getting the Grappling Back into MMA' : When thirty nine year old Royce Gracie (86.2 kilos 186 cm) .......> Click Here to Read!	01/13/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	PRIDE Shockwave- 12/31/2005: 'Black Shoes' : One has to wonder what it was that inspired former K-1 man Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic to ...> Click Here to Read!	01/10/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	K-1 Dynamite!! - 12/31/2005: 'Unresolved Tension' : "I felt like I could still go on. But I have to consent with the referee's decision.......> Click Here to Read!	01/07/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	PRIDE Shockwave- 12/31/2005: 'A Case For Kondo' : It is difficult to write about the integrity of PRIDE sometimes, and it is especially true ...> Click Here to Read!	01/06/2006 by Fernando AVILA

	PRIDE Shockwave- 12/31/2005: 'ADCC Champ Over Olympic Champ' : When Sanae Kikuta became the first ever-Japanese fighter .....> Click Here to Read!	01/06/2006 by Fernando AVILA

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