ONE Championship Kickboxing Queen Phetjeeja Ruled Out of Prifti Title Fight with Injury
ONE Women's Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom has been forced to withdraw from her upcoming title defense.
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RIZIN 25 Standout Performances: Taiga, Yutaka Saito, Shohei Asahara & Kyohei Hagiwara
RIZIN 25 saw the crowning of its first featherweight champion. Shooto featherweight champion Yutaka Saito went on to beat Mikuru Asakura via unanimous decision in a highly anticipated fight. This brought Asakura’s first loss since starting in RIZIN and his second loss in his pro career. That wasn...
Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Koji Announced for RIZIN 24
RIZIN announced at a press conference earlier today the return of kickboxing superstar Tenshin Nasukawa to the promotion. At the press conference, CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced Tenshin would be taking on former K-1 kickboxer Koji at RIZIN 24 in a kickboxing match. This show will also be RIZIN...
GLORY Kickboxing Faces Heavy Financial Strain
GLORY Kickboxing under financial strain GLORY, the largest Dutch kickboxing organisation of today, has been reported to be under heavy financial strain. The promotion had already undergone a change in management with the resignation of CEO Marshall Zelaznik earlier this year. The organisation, fo...
The Top 10 Heavyweights of All Time
When the thought of this list first transpired, it didn’t seem as difficult as it ultimately was. There are so many different aspects to consider when determining who the best heavyweights of all time really are. Especially, when comparing careers that are in different eras. Lists like the one co...
Five MMA Submissions We’ll Never See Again
The sport of MMA has evolved rapidly in its short existence. The fighters have gotten more talented, and the sport has both implemented more sensible rules and soared in popularity. With that considered, the sport looks very different than it did in its infancy in the 1990s. Many things that were...
MFL 16: What To Watch For
The latest in my series of “What To Watch For”, shines a spotlight on MFL 16. Montreal Fight League has been on the scene for over two and a half years now. Quebec MMA is a fruitful scene overall and MFL has been providing a great platform for French Canadian as well as Ontario-based martial […]
Saiga Out of Kickboxing Bout at RIZIN 16; Replaced by Ryuji Horio
.One more fight at RIZIN 16 has been changed four days before the show goes on in Kobe. this time due to medical reasons. A 59 kg/130 pound kickboxing match between Kunitaka and Kizaemon Saiga will now be Kunitaka vs. Ryuji Horio (19-11-3). Saiga was not cleared to fight by the ophthalmologist, a...
Floyd Mayweather eyeing big TMT-branded events in Japan
Floyd Mayweather eyeing big TMT-branded events in Japan As announced a few weeks back, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is looking to expand his business in Japan following his blockbuster NYE 2018 exhibition bout with Tenshin Nasukawa at RIZIN 14. Floyd Mayweather is looking to bring TMT (The Mone...
K-1 Krush Fight 100 – Results
K-1 Krush Fight 100 – Results As the first show as part of the K-1/Krush merger, K-1 Krush Fight 100 went down this morning live from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In a card filled with thrilling match-ups, the main event featured a bantamweight title fight. A training partner of Takeru, Koki lo...
Tenshin Nasukawa and TAIGA get kickboxing fights at RIZIN 15
Tenshin Nasukawa and TAIGA get kickboxing fights at RIZIN 15 Two fan-favourite Japanese fighters will compete in separate kickboxing bouts at RIZIN 15 to finalize 13-fight card. Following an unreal knockout in the -58kg RISE World Series 2019 quarter-finals, the phenomenal Tenshin Nasukawa will ...
Krush 99 – Results
Krush 99 – Results In what will be the last event from Krush as a standalone brand, they head Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan tonight for Krush 99. After this Krush 99 fight card, Krush will be re-branded as ‘K-1 KRUSH FIGHTS’ and essentially become a B-Tier show for K-1 Japan. Krush 99 will be […]
K’FESTA.2 – Results
K’FESTA.2 – Results Finally, to cap off this insane combat sports weekend, K-1 returns with an absolutely stacked K’FESTA.2 card. This absolutely insane fight card features many current and former world champions, and some of K-1’s biggest stars. Live from Tokyo, Japan, the event highlights some ...
Mirko Cro Cop announces retirement following severe health problems
Mirko Cro Cop announces retirement following severe health problems Few names in the world of combat sports as a whole are more note-worthy and iconic than Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic. Arguably the greatest heavyweight athlete in the history of combat sports, Mirko Cro Cop has had a career that spa...
LIVE: UFC 231 Recap Show
The never-ending weekend of combat sports madness has finally concluded. It was a loaded stretch, another dominant Lomachenko performance, the K-1 World Grand Prix, and KNOCK OUT Muay Thai extravaganza were particularly delightful. But the sheer depth of violent content was overshadowed by UFC 23...
Buakaw to return to the ring next month at All Star Fight
Muay thai star Buakaw Banchamek is set to return to the ring on November 4, as he faces French upstart Gaeton Dambo in Pattaya, Thailand. Buakaw is a multi-time K-1 MAX Champion who really made a name for himself in the world of striking arts when he became a star in muay thai. Since turning pro […]