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Former UFC and PRIDE star Enson Inoue plans to walk from one end of Japan, starting in Sapporo and ending in Fukuoka. He posted the fundraising effort on his official Facebook page and the UG. The walk is about 1360 miles and Inoue will complete the walk for charity. He will be raising money t...
Both Kevin Belingon (11-2) and Masakatsu Ueda (17-2-2) collected impressive wins this past Friday at ONE Fighting Championship’s ‘Kings & Champions’ event, which went down in Singapore. Belingon’s stellar performance over Vietnamese-born Thanh Vu (3-2) might have sent a message to the rest of the...
While people around the globe are preparing to usher in the New Year, there’s a huge spectacle that awaits Mixed Martial Arts fanatics on New Year’s Eve. DREAM, a promotion that’s based in Japan, is set to showcase its 18th event at the Saitama Super Arena situated in Tokyo, Japan. Fans were left...
Pride Fighting Championships was magical. The pounding of the drums, the boisterous sound of Lenne Hardt booming through the arena, the jaw-shattering violence and the gathering of the world’s best fighters made Pride an unforgettable spectacle that became the hottest thing in Japanese pop cultur...
Press Release: December 19, 2012 TOKYO, Japan (Dec. 19, 2012) – Brazilian heavyweight upstart Jhonata Diniz (7-2) has been given the opportunity of a lifetime after being brought in to the GLORY 4 Tokyo – Heavyweight Grand Slam event as a replacement for an injured Fabiano ‘Cyclone’ Aoki, and wil...
Press Release – TOKYO, Japan (Dec. 12, 2012): World No. 2 ranked lightweight (154 pounds/70 kilograms) Robin van Roosmalen (37-14-3, 12 KO’s) has been confirmed for a Superfight with colorful Japanese fighter Yuichiro Nagashima (17-5, 12 KO’s) at the GLORY 4 TOKYO – Heavyweight Grand Slam event ...
A couple of bouts have been added to the DREAM.18 fight card, that’s set to go down on New Year’s Eve alongside ‘GLORY 4 TOKYO’ at the Saitama Super Arena situated in Tokyo, Japan. Georgi Karakhanyan (19-3-1) will face veteran Hiroyuki Takaya (17-9-1) in a Featherweight tilt, while American Will ...
2 stellar bouts have been added to DREAM 18, which is set to go down on New Year’s Eve at the Saitama Super Arena situated in Tokyo, Japan. Former DREAM Bantamweight and Featherweight title-holder Bibiano Fernandes is set to square off against former WEC veteran Yoshiro Maeda. A Light Heavyweight...
Former PRIDE veterans Phil Baroni (15-15) and Hayato Sakurai (36-12-2) are set to face one another at DREAM 18, an event brought to you GLORY Sports International. BloodyElbow.com first made the announcement of the match-up. DREAM 18, along with GLORY 4 TOKYO, takes place on New Year’s Eve at the...
Press Release : Thursday – November 15th, 2012 Tokyo, Japan (Nov. 15, 2012) – Glory Sports International (GSI) announced today the top eight seeds for the star-studded GLORY 4 TOKYO – Heavyweight Grand Slam, 16-man, single-elimination tournament at Saitama Super Arena on December 31. Heavyweight...
Press Release – November 9th, 2012 Tokyo, Japan (Nov 9th, 2011) – Following the recent GLORY Sports International (GSI) announcement that it will be producing DREAM 18 at Saitama Super Arena on New Year’s Eve, the company has now announced it will merge GLORY 4: Tokyo Grand Slam with DREAM 18 to...
Press Release – November 9th, 2012 Tokyo, Japan (Nov 9th, 2011) – Following the recent GLORY Sports International (GSI) announcement that it will be producing DREAM 18 at Saitama Super Arena on New Year’s Eve, the company has now announced it will merge GLORY 4: Tokyo Grand Slam with DREAM 18 to...
PXC-34, set to take place on November 17th, will feature 2 of the top MMA prospects from the Hawaiian Islands in the biggest fights of their young careers against dangerous Japanese MMA talent looking to make statements in their PXC debuts. Featherweight – Dustin Kimura, and Bantamweight – Russel...
For a decade, Japan became the business center of mixed martial arts; this all began in 1997 with the inception of Pride Fighting Championships — Pride was the brain-child of Xavier Cullars who proposed to arrange a shoot-fight between Rickson Gracie and the leader of the UWF-International (UWF-i...